Ellen Parrish, 106, of Monticello’s Lamont Community passed on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2020. Graveside services were Saturday, Dec. 5, in Boland Community Cemetery. A resident of Jefferson County, Scott was retired and…
Flora Hall Williams
Flora Hall Williams of Tallahassee passed on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Graveside services were held Saturday, Dec. 5, in Springfield Cemetery, in Lloyd. Williams had been a nurse’s assistant at Seven Hills Health…
Danielle Sprague is awarded 2020 Extension Professional of the Year
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Danielle Sprague, local Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Extension Office, has been awarded the Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s 2020 Extension Professional…
NextEra money coming
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Almost five months after county officials and representatives of NextEra/Gulf Power negotiated an agreement whereby the county would receive $3.3 million in direct and service contributions in…
Cancellation of Veterans Day Fireworks
American Legion Post 49 is very sorry for the cancellation of the Veterans Day fireworks display and program caused by the threat of Hurricane Eta. Two days prior to the event, Hurricane…
Bringing a Little JOY at Christmas!
Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. Christmas time is the time of year when attention turns to meeting needs, and there is a need for some of the youth in our community. On…
Civil war career of colonel GEORGE WASHINGTON SCOTT by MARION B. LUCAS
Submitted by Phil Calandra This article provides a much more thorough and harrowing telling of George Washington Scott’s career in CSA cavalry and a good look into his personal and business life….
Schofill keeps rollin’
Ramsey Sullivan ECB Publishing, Inc. Megan Schofill, the Aucilla Christian Academy and Auburn University golf standout, has jumped into her second year exactly where she left off — winning. Schofill finished off…
4-H Speech Contest Overall school-wide winners
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. As you may have noticed, this year, what is generally known as the 4-H Tropicana Public Speaking Contest, or just Tropicana for short, is now known as…
Traditional farm family pivots to sustainable farm-to-table business
Story Submitted The Boyd Family has decided to pivot its traditional cattle operation and is now selling its beef directly to consumers in a new farm-to-table venture called Boyd Farms Fresh. The…
Susie Mae Morris
Susie Mae Morris, 102, of Monticello, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Graveside services are 11:00 a.m. on Saturday in Old Union Cemetery. The viewing is…
Welcome to new commission member; Farewell to another commission member
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. There was a partial turning of the guard at the recent commission meeting, with a new commissioner joining the board, another taking his exit, and the chairman…
Monticello Christmas this Friday
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. With COVID-19 still going strong, many people have had to cancel their usual Christmas plans. Many annual events have had to skip a year because of this…
Emerald’s Gem Box…A Good Attitude Is Something That Can Be Managed And Learned
So many times in life, we take such small incidents and we blow them up into what we believe to be such huge life-altering incidents. There are so many things that happen…
There’s always room for one more
Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. When they picture a large family, most people probably think of a family of seven or eight, including parents. A long time ago, this might have been…
Church Member Spotlight Violet Hatcher, Kathy Howes and the Ladies in Faith Together (L.I.F.T) Ministry of First Baptist Church of Lloyd.
Giving women a L.I.F.T Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. COVID-19 has pushed a lot of people to do things differently. Even weekly small group Bible studies are not able to meet like…
Tiger Beat – Middle School Girls on the Run
Submitted by Theresa A. Sterling On this November day, every girl has logged a personal best, their fastest time so far this year as part of Girls on the Run at Jefferson…
Betty Jean (Brown) Williams
Betty Jean (Brown) Williams, 87, of Tallahassee, passed away surrounded by her children on Nov. 28, 2020. Betty was born May 1, 1933, to Clea Sconyers and Harvey Joe Brown in Metter,…
William T. Thigpen, Jr.
William T. Thigpen, Jr., age 86, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Tallahassee, Fla. He was born in Monticello, Fla on Jan. 28, 1934 to William T. Thigpen Sr. &…
Gerald Griffin
Gerald Allen Griffin, Sr., 83, of Lamont, Fla., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. A visitation is planned for Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Beggs Funeral…