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PAGE 2—THE MONTICELLO NEWS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2024
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Obituaries
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mission, failed to pay
restitution, and failed to
make court payments.
Also ordered to pay
monthly toward his resti
tution, obtain a substance
abuse evaluation, and
banned contact from pre
vious victims.
Jimmy Lee Jackson,
probation revoked to one
year in state prison for
positive drug test, un
known residence, failed to
enroll in substance abuse
program, and failed to pay
court fees.
Kenneth Standifer, pro
bation revoked to jail for
positive drug test.
Jason Grindle, proba
tion revoked to 60-90
days in a probation deten
tion center for positive
drug tests, failed to report
for substance abuse eval
uation and provide proof
of evaluation, and failed
to pay court fees.
Bond orders were is
sued for Donald Loren
Pope, Sr. in the amount
of $11,000 for unindicted
charges of two counts of
aggravated assault and
driving under the influ
ence with bond condi
tions. Also, Brandon
McGaha was granted at
$25,000 bond for four
counts of homicide by
vessel in the first degree,
three counts of operating a
vessel under the influence,
reckless operation of a
vessel, and endangering
a child while operating a
vessel under the influence.
On December 12, Bri-
anna Curry was sentenced
to one year of probation
for driving without a li
cense, possession of mari
juana, and giving false
information to a law en
forcement officer. She was
fined $500.
Two probation revoca
tions were handed down.
Frederico Epps was sen
tenced to a recovery treat
ment program in Macon,
where he will stay for a
minimum of six months,
but will remain in jail un
til a bed is available. He
was sentenced for smok
ing marijuana in jail, fail
ure to report to probation
officer in North Carolina,
moved without pennis-
sion, failed to provide
proof of family violence
and substance abuse class
es. Also, David Banks
was sentenced to 60 days
in jail for a positive drug
test.
Clifford Milton Aiken
On January 15, 1978,
Ted Bundy broke into the
Chi Omega sorority house
at Florida State Univer
sity. Bundy, who escaped
from a Colorado jail cell
just two weeks before,
went on a violent ram
page. He fatally attacked
two women, bludgeon
ing them with firewood
and strangling them with
stockings, according to
police reports.
On the evenings of Jan
uary 12th and 13th, 2024,
(the 46th anniversary of
these Bundy murders),
Georgia Writers Museum
will partner with the Cold
Case Investigative Re
search Institute (CCIRI)
to bring back the extreme
ly popular Crime & Wine
experience at 7 p.m. with
doors opening at 6:30 p.m.
The host for the evening
will be Sheryl McCollum,
Founder and Director of
CCIRI and author of Cold
Case: Pathways to Jus
tice. Sheryl is an Emmy-
Award-winning Crime
Scene Investigator (CSI)
from CBS46’s CSI At
lanta, writer for CrimeOn-
Line, Forensic and Crime
Scene Expert for Crime
Stories with Nancy Grace,
and a CSI for a metro At
lanta Police Department.
At these two special
evening events will be
Kathy Kleiner. Headlights
saved Kathy Kleiner and
her roommate from the
notorious serial killer in
1978. Ted Bundy mur
dered at least 30 women
between 1974 and 1978,
and Kleiner was just sec
onds from becoming a
murder victim. Hear de
tails of the attack at the
Chi Omega House, her
health battles, and other
extraordinary life-chang
ing events. Meet Kathy
and take pictures with this
hero who testified against
Ted Bundy, sending him to
the electric chair. Kathy’s
amazing life of survival is
outlined in her book, “A
Light in the Dark: Surviv
ing More than Ted Bun
dy,” which will be for sale
at the museum.
The event will be held
at the Plaza Arts Center
in Eatonton. Tickets are
$45 per person ($40 each
for two or more tickets).
Half of the proceeds go to
CCIRI to help fund cold
case investigations.
Gourmet snacks will
be served. Kathy will be
signing copies of her book
following her presenta
tion.
Contact Georgia Writ
ers Museum (www.geor-
giawritersmuseum.org)
to register for one of the
events..
Jasper County 2024 Alcohol Renewal
The following application will go before the
Board of Commissioners on January 8, 2024 at
6 pm.
Turtle Cove Property Owners Association - Appli
cation number 2024-A-006 located at 222 Club
house Drive, Monticello, GA 31064. Name of ap
plicant Philip Daly Myers III- Pouring license for
distilled spirits, beer, and wine- Renewal
Consideration of approval will be on the agenda
for the monthly County Commissioners meeting
on January 8, 2024 at 6 pm. The meeting will be
in the Commissioners meeting room on the base
ment floor of the courthouse.
Clifford Milton Ai
ken, age 99, of Shady
Dale, died Friday, Dec.
29, 2023, at The Retreat
Nursing Home.
Milton was born March
22, 1924, in Aikenton,
near Shady Dale to the
late Corinne Baynes Ai
ken and Clifford W. Ai
ken. The youngest of six
children, he had five sis
ters, Virginia, Annie Ruth,
Dorothy, Bessie Dean,
and Rene.
Milton served in the U.
S. Navy during World War
II. After the war, he was
employed as a civil ser
vice employee at Robbins
Air Force Base in Warner
Robins, until his retire
ment.
He married Joan Brown
from Dublin, who was
also employed at the
base, and they made their
home in Macon. While
still working at Robins,
he started a dairy farm in
Shady Dale where they ul
timately made their home
Crime & Wine Event Set
Public Notice
The Jasper County Board of Commissioners will conduct a Public
Hearing on the following item on January 8, 2024 beginning at 6:00
P.M. in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room, Suite 16, located in the
Courthouse at 126 W. Greene Street, Monticello, GA 31064.
A Public Hearing will be held for an update of the FY 2023 Capital
Improvements Element (CIE) of the Jasper County’s Development
Impact Fee Program as required annually by the Department of Com
munity Affairs.
The public is invited to attend and provide comments and suggestions
on the update to the 2023 CIE.
A copy of the draft of the updated FY 2023 CIE can be obtained dur
ing normal business hours, M-F 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at the BOC Office,
Suite 18, at the Courthouse, obtained by email at mbenton@jasper-
countyga.org or by calling the Courthouse at 706-468-4900.
living a meaningful life
of purpose and gratitude.
Milton
became a Master Mason
on February 7, 1947. He
became a
loved
spending
time with
his fam
ily, work
ing on his
beloved
fann, and
serving
his com
munity.
As a
Jasper
County
Conunis-
member of
A1 Sihah
Shrine June
16, 1947,
and was also
a member
Scot-
Rite.
CLIFFORD \1. AIKEN
sioner in
the mid-
1970s, he made positive
changes in the community
he loved. He retired from
the base in 1970 with 28
years of service and con
tinued farming full-time.
Milton and Joan were
part of the group of found
ing parents of Piedmont
Academy. He joined the
Masonic Lodge on De
cember 27, 1946, and
of the
tish
He was
secretary
of Walton
Lodge 200
from 1982
to 1996 and
received his
seventy-fifth
year pin in
2022. He had served as a
Mason for almost 77 years
at the time of his death.
Milton was preceded
in death by his wife of
57 years, Joan, his father,
mother, and all siblings.
He is survived by his
son, Cliff (Sandra) Aiken
of Loganville, daughter
Nora (Mark) Berend-
sen of Chapel Hill, N.C.;
A celebration for life for
Ebb Barber, Jr. was held
Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023
at Springfield Missionary
Baptist Church in Monti
cello Rev. Tracy Gaither,
eulogist; Rev. Dr. Jimmy
Horton, pastor
Mr. Barber was the el
dest child of the late Mrs.
Effie Marie Barber Whit
ening and Ebb Barber, Sr.
He was born on June 17,
1936 in Monticello.
On Saturday, Dec. 23,
2023, Mr. Ebb Barber, Jr.
made his transition from
Ebb Barber, Jr.
physical life to his eternal failed.
life with daughter, Marie
Woods by his side.
He is preceded in death
by his mother, Effie Marie
Whitening; father, Ebb
Barber, Sr.; son, Elbert
Gene Barber; brother-
in-law, Sonny Clemons;
niece, Pricilla Clemons
Brown and grandmothers,
Matilda Phillips and Lu
cille Comer.
Ebb attended school in
Jasper County. He loved
going to church and gar
dening until his health
Marilyn LeCroy Poole
Marilyn LeCroy Poole
of Athens, passed away
peacefully surrounded by
her family on December
30, 2023.
Marilyn was born in
Toccoa, and grew up in
Hart County where her
father, Roscoe LeCroy,
was principal of Air Line
School. She graduated
from Hart County High
School in 1971 as an hon
or graduate. She achieved
lots of success in 4-H,
which would lead her to
a successful career. She
graduated from the Uni
versity of Georgia (UGA)
with a Bachelor of Sci
ence Degree in 1975 in
Home Economics Educa
tion cum laude (now Fam
ily and Consumer Sci
ences).
Marilyn married the
love of her life, Michael
Poole on July 5, 1975.
They moved to Monti
cello, where he coached
high school football, and
she began her career as
the Jasper County Exten
sion Agent with a joint
appointment as FACS
agent/4-H agent. She be
gan an outstanding career
of working with people
through Georgia 4-H
teaching them lifelong
skills including public
speaking, leadership de
velopment and decision
making. She became the
4-H Agent in Athens-
Clarke County in 1981
and created a 4-H legacy
in Athens-Clarke County
with her co-worker, Bo
Ryles.
Marilyn
received her
Master’s
Degree in
Adult Edu
cation from
UGA in
1987. She
also worked
as 4-H
Agent for
both Ath
ens-Clarke
County and
Oconee
County go
ing to every
school in
both coun
ties each
month. In
1998, she was named
Athens-Clarke County
Coordinator until Decem
ber 2003. Then, she was
named Northeast District
4-H Program Develop
ment Coordinator begin
ning in January, 2004 for
the 39 counties in North
east Georgia.
After her full-time re
tirement on September
1, 2009, Marilyn worked
part-time with University
of Georgia Extension Ser
vice as EFNEP (Expanded
Foods Nutrition Educa
tion Program) Specialist
with counties from across
Georgia and with Georgia
4-H with Health Rocks, a
National 4-H Grant until
September, 2016.
Marilyn spent her en
tire 41-year career with
the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension
Service as Senior Public
Service Associate.
Marilyn received many
awards during her career
of
MARILYN POOLE
grandchildren, Christo
pher Matthew (Dawn) Ai
ken of Savannah, Corey
Bryant (Samantha) Ai
ken of Loganville, Robyn
Carlotta Aiken of Logan
ville, and William Gray
son Powell, Jr., Madison,
Wise., Charles Aiken
Powell, Cary, N.C., Mat
thew Baynes Berendsen
of Raleigh, N.C. and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
The family received
friends on January 2,
2024, at Jordan Funeral
Home in Monticello.
Graveside funeral servic
es followed at Providence
Baptist Church Cemetery
in Shady Dale.
Serving as pallbearers
were Chris Aiken, Corey
Aiken, Grayson Powell,
Charlie Powell, Matthew
Berendsen, and Gene
Dopson.
Jordan Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments. Visit its website
at www.jordanfimeral-
homemonticello .com.
He leaves to cherish his
precious memories: two
daughters and one son,
Abbie Robinson, Marie
Woods and Dexter Barber
of Detroit, Mich; step
daughter, Karen Barber
of Hillsboro; a brother,
Benjamin Whitening (An-
gelia), three sisters: Betty
Clemons, Gloria Vinson
(Jerry) of Hillsboro, and
Bernice Houston (Larry)
of Oxford. Also, grand
children, Aaron A. Saw
yer, Amyre M. Barber,
Imani Woods, Clarence D.
Robinson and Jovan T. Ar
nold; seven great- grand
children and one great-
great-grandchild. Also, a
host of nieces, nephews,
cousins and friends.
Final arrangements
entrusted to Smith and
Sons Funeral Home,
923 Funderburg Drive,
Monticello, Ga. 31064;
706- 468-6625; smith-
funlun@bellsouth.net /
www.smithandsonsfi.mer-
alhomemonticelloga.com
including the National
Distinguished Service
Award from the National
Association
Exten
sion 4-H
Agents and
the National
Association
of Fam
ily and Con
sumer Sci
ences, plus
Statewide
Winner of
the William
H. Booth
Award. In
2018, she
was hon
ored to be
one of the
100 Centen
nial Honor-
ees of the University of
Georgia College of Fami
ly and Consumer Services
at the 100 Year GALA and
to be escorted by her two
sons, Lee and Mark.
Marilyn was a member
of the First Presbyterian
Church of Athens, where
she taught fifth grade Sun
day School for years. She
was a member of Youth
Leadership Athens Steer
ing Committee and helped
with this leadership pro
gram for over 1,500 Ath
ens high school students
over the last 30 years. She
was a proud member of
the Clarke Central Touch
down Club and the Clarke
Central Dugout Club for
several years.
Marilyn loved Athens.
She enjoyed attending
UGA football and base
ball games, plus tailgating
with family and friends.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, Ros
coe LeCroy and Margue
rite Maret LeCroy.
She is survived by her
husband, Michael Poole;
and sons, Lee Poole and
Mark Poole; one sister,
Marie Garaventa (John)
of Manchester, CT; two
sisters-in-law, Gwen Con
ner of Greensboro, and
Patti Swymer (Dee) of
Eatonton; aunts, Sue Ma
ret of Lavonia, Bette M.
Cowles (Bob) of Mari
etta, Jean L. Bailey of
Toccoa; uncle, Charles
Maret (Sarah) of Dalton;
several nieces and neph
ews, Andrew Garaventa
of Manchester, CT, Lau
ren Bastura (Craig) of Or
lando, FL, Meredith Bal
dridge (Ed) of Brevard,
NC, Chandler Conner of
Bogart, Clint Swymer of
Eatonton, Cory Swymer
(Brantley) of Bishop, plus
many cousins.
Bernstein Funeral
Home, 3195 Atlanta
Highway, in Athens is in
charge of arrangements.
Visitation will be from
5-7 p.m., today, Jan. 4, at
Bernstein Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be
held Friday, Jan. 5, at 2
p.m., at the First Presbyte
rian Church, 185 E. Han
cock Avenue in Athens.
A reception and visitation
for family and friends will
be held in the Church Fel
lowship Hall after the ser
vice.
In lieu of flowers, dona
tions can be made to the
Georgia 4-H Foundation,
306 Hoke Smith Annex,
UGA, Athens, GA 30602
or to the First Presbyterian
Church, P.O. Box 1592,
Athens GA 30603 or to
the American Cancer So
ciety.
Jordan Funeral Home
Monticello 706-468-6303
Website
www.JORDANFUNERALHOMEMONTICELLO.com
