Commissioners meet Thursday
The Jeff Davis County Commission will hold two meetings this Thursday at the courthouse. At 5:30 p.m., the commissioners will hold a public hearing concerning road closures. t 6 p.m., the commissioners’ regular December meeting will be held. Following is the agenda for the 6 p.m. meeting: CALL TO ORDER Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Approval…
Read MoreGrand Jury hands down indictments
The following indictments were filed by the 2025 September Term Jeff Davis Grand Jury on Nov. 17: The State of Georgia vs. Nathaniel Robert Arrington and Julia Eden Porter: conspiracy to commit robbery. The State of Georgia vs. Benjamin James Raines: Count 1: Rape; Count 2: Child Molestation; Count 3: Aggravated Sexual Battery; Count 4:…
Read MoreLarry Parlor passes
Larry Parlor, the former long-time Jeff Davis County Coroner and the namesake for Wainright-Parlor Funeral Home in Hazlehurst, passed away at his home last Thursday. He was 80 years old. A native of Brunswick, Parlor spent most of his life in Hazlehurst and Jeff Davis County. After a stint in the U.S. Army, he graduated…
Read More12,639 shoeboxes were shipped from Hazlehurst
Because He Lives had two semi loads of filled shoeboxes delivered to the Operation Christmas Child processing center in Atlanta. A total of 12,639 boxes were collected from eight surrounding counties. After being processed in Atlanta, the boxes will be shipped by Samaritans Purse to over 100 countries all over the world. That equals many…
Read MoreMs. Sonya Johnson Gibson, 62
Ms. Sonya Johnson Gibson, 62, of Hazlehurst, passed away Dec. 7 at her residence. Ms. Gibson was born July 8, 1963, in Jeff Davis County to the late Earl Johnson and Edna Ann Newham Johnson. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Sherman Gibson and her sister Betty Faye Harper.…
Read MoreMrs. Bertha Mae Hill, 78
Mrs. Bertha Mae Hill was a loving wife, a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, a sister, and an aunt. She was born April 30, 1943, to the late Ike White and Easter White. Bertha was a hard worker. After many years of faithful employment, she retired from Hazlehurst Mills. She enjoyed sewing and going to…
Read MoreMr. Mason Pedro Morrison, 61
Mr. Mason Pedro Morrison, 61, of Hazlehurst, passed away Dec. 4 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah. Born June 25, 1964, in McRae to the late John B. Morrison and Barbara Jean Livingston Morrison, Pedro lived his entire life in Jeff Davis County. He worked faithfully as a master pressman for more than…
Read MoreMrs. Lynda Joyce Johnson Newell, 79
Mrs. Lynda Joyce Johnson Newell, 79, of Hazlehurst, passed away Dec. 5 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice. Mrs. Newell was born Feb. 24, 1946, in Tifton to the late Seaburn Hedgepath Johnson and the late Fanny Pearl Cooksey Johnson. She was a homemaker who loved her family and especially her grandchildren,…
Read MoreMr. Larry Edward Parlor, 80
Mr. Larry Edward Parlor, 80, of Hazlehurst passed away at his home Dec. 4 after an extended illness under the care of Coastal Hospice. Mr. Parlor was born March 22, 1945, in Brunswick to the late Earl S. Parlor and the late Alice Chavis Parlor, but lived most of his life in Jeff Davis County.…
Read MoreMariette Scables, nee Sanchez
Mariette Scables, née Sanchez, passed away peacefully Dec. 4, leaving behind her beloved partner Tony Mirabella of Hazlehurst, father Rafael R. Sanchez of Winston-Salem, N.C., half-brother Michael Sanchez and wife Stefanie Sanchez of Winston-Salem, daughter Heather Kalks of Jacksonville, Fla., and daughter Sarah Jackson and her husband Nick Jackson, of Boston, Mass. She is preceded…
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