Teacher’s Encouragement Produces Young Author
Ashton Jai Bland’s seventh grade teacher at Montgomery County Middle/High School recognized his talent as a writer and encouraged him to build on that talent. So Ashton took Kimberly Pinzon’s encouragement to heart and went to work. Today, he is a young, new author of his very own book entitled “Silent Night.” Because of the…
Read MoreBradford Named Assistant D.A.
District Attorney Keith Higgins has selected Whitney Bradford to assume the duties of Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney responsible for Appling County and Jeff Davis County. Deputy Chief Bradford came to the Brunswick Judicial Circuit from the Cordele Judicial Circuit, where she worked as an Assistant District Attorney since 2015. As a prosecutor, she has…
Read MoreMock Named Interim Chief
During last Thursday night’s called meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council, James Mock, who has served as captain of the Hazlehurst Police Department for the past 27 months, was named interim police chief to replace Ken Williams, who has served as chief since January 2017. Williams resigned from HPD, effective this week, to take another…
Read MoreMrs. Lucille Creamer Flowers, 80
Mrs. Lucille Creamer Flowers, 80, of Wilson, N.C., a native of Hazlehurst, died July 10. Her funeral will be Friday at 6 p.m. at Wilson Memorial Service, followed by visitation. Mrs. Flowers was preceded in death by her parents, George Washington Creamer Sr. and Mary Winnie Bryant Creamer; sisters, Edna Moody, Myrtice Tucker, and Louise…
Read MoreSmall World — By Tommy Purser
What a small world this is. Barnie O’Quinn Jr. writes this week about the closing of the Pinova Plant in Brunswick which was formerly the Hercules Plant. My father worked as a machinist at the Hercules Plant back in the 1940s. That’s why my sister and I were both born in Brunswick in the late…
Read MoreEnjoying the Fourth
State Champions
Jeff Davis County’s 8-and-under baseball team won the State Championship of the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association Tournament. Members of the team are, from left, front row, Rem Long, Josel Rentz, Liam Knowles, Kross Taylor, Kolton Miles and Anson Graham. Second row, Michael Brookins, Maverick Kersey, Knox Helton, Hudson Crawford, Jaylen King, Tate Adams, Kaden…
Read MoreRiddle Is New Pastor
Hazlehurst First Methodist Church has a new pastor, says E.M. Wilkes, chair of the staff parish relations committee. The Rev. Steven Riddle preached his first sermon at HFMC this past Sunday. Steven was pastor of County Line UMC in Acworth the past five years and in ministry as a pastor for 22 years. A native of…
Read MoreDefendant Found Guilty
District Attorney Keith Higgins announces that Avery Mondell Davis, 39, of Hazlehurst, was found guilty of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute following a criminal jury trial June 20 in Jeff Davis County Superior Court. On April 12, 2022, Jeff Davis Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Booker stopped a vehicle on Uvalda Highway for a…
Read MoreMorrison ‘Jib’ Bennett
Morrison “Jib” Bennett, born Gemma Mazelle Morrison, passed away in her home May 30. Jib was born in Manhattan to Jualice (Bennett) and Alfred Morrison but some time later moved back to her mother’s home state of Georgia where she was raised, specifically in Hazlehurst with a short but memorable time on St. Simons Island.…
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