Band Conducting Fund Raiser
Funnel cakes! Hamburgers! Boiled peanuts! . . .The football team suited up! . . . The band playing! It’s that time of year . . . Friday night lights! Your award- winning Yellow Jacket Marching Band – The Pride of the Pinelands – takes the field at halftime this Friday night in Charlton County. This…
Read MoreCity Re-Opening Golf Course
By MARY ANN ANDERSON The Hazlehurst City Council, during a called meeting on Monday, hopes to make par by reopening the city-owned golf course after it closed several weeks ago because of ongoing money woes. The golf course has been failing and draining the city’s finances for years, and after discussing ways to keep it…
Read MoreLongtime Businesswoman Valiree Elton Dies
Mrs. Valiree Elton, a longtime downtown businesswoman in Hazlehurst, died Saturday at her residence. She was 91 years of age. She and her husband, the late Cecil Clarence Elton, together operated Elton’s Appliance and Service Center in Hazlehurst, a business first started in the 1950s. Later Mrs. Elton owned and operated Eltons Drapery and Decorator…
Read MoreRamay Will Run For Mayor
Hazlehurst City Councilman John Ramay this week announced his candidacy for Mayor of Hazlehurst in the Nov. 7 City Election. He made the following statement: Greetings my fellow Hazlehurst residents; my name is John Ramay, and I proudly serve as your Ward 2 City Councilman. Prior to serving on the city council, I was an…
Read MoreWooten is Conservation Treasurer
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts elected Tabatha Wooten as Treasurer at their Annual Meeting held Aug. 6-8 in conjunction with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Southeast Region Meeting in Savannah. As Treasurer, Tabatha will assist with leading GACD as they work with federal and state partners of the United States Department of Agriculture…
Read MoreMs. Valiree McDaniel Elton, 91
Ms. Valiree McDaniel Elton, 91, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 12 at her residence. Ms. Valiree was born June 24, 1932, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Carey Monroe McDaniel (Mr. K) and Mary Elizabeth Dixon McDaniel (Ms. Lizzie), husband, Cecil Clarence Elton, sister, Gertrude McDaniel Waldron, brothers, Herbert Edgar…
Read MoreMs. Brenda Ray Anderson Kirkland, 80
Ms. Brenda Ray Anderson Kirkland, 80, of Hazlehurst died Aug. 11 in Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Kirkland was born Sept. 26, 1942, in Jacksonville, Fla. She is preceded in death by her parents, Leonard Anderson and Jane Elizabeth Wingate Anderson, husband, Eddis Jack Kirkland, brothers, Keith Anderson and Casper Anderson, sisters, Norma Weakley, Sonja Smith,…
Read MoreMs. April Shandre Shumans, 47
Ms. April Shandre Shumans, 47, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 8. April was born Dec. 20, 1975, in Metter. She is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Preston and Luna Mae Sellers and paternal grandparents, J.B. and Viola Shumans, and uncle, Randall Shumans. April was a free-spirit. She loved to bake and shop. She enjoyed…
Read MoreMs. Hazel Ragan Taylor, 91
Ms. Hazel Ragan Taylor, 91, of Hazlehurst, passed away at home Aug. 1. Ms. Taylor was born Oct. 5, 1931, in Mitchell County to the late Charlie W. Ragan and Runa Jones Ragan. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy G. Taylor;…
Read MoreJackets roll in pre-season game
Jeff Davis High’s football team prepared for this week’s opener against Charlton County with a pre-season game last Friday against Atkinson County in Pearson. The Jackets looked formidable, racing to a 28-0 lead with just under two minutes left in the first half. On the kickoff following their final score of the game, on the…
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