Lady Jackets continue to roll
Jeff Davis Tennis started last week off by hosting the Brantley County Herons. The Lady Jackets played a close match and pulled out a 3-2 win. Aleah Parker and Presley Cox played second doubles for the Lady Jackets pulling a 6-3, 6-2 win. They played incredibly smart and placed balls really well. The guys were…
Read MoreWho Cares? — By Tommy Purser
Let’s just suppose for a moment that there is a city in which an elected mayor also serves as an appointed city manager. And that the city charter of that city prohibits any elected official of that city from serving in any appointed office of the city. And let’s just suppose further that the mayor…
Read MoreThompson is GMCA Treasurer
Vernice Thompson, City Clerk of Hazlehurst, has been elected to serve as treasurer of the Georgia Municipal Clerks Association (GMCA) for 2023. Treasurer Thompson was sworn in during the Business Meeting held Feb. 6 at Jekyll Island. Ms. Thompson has been a member of GMCA for many years and most recently served as secretary for…
Read MoreHuge Crowd Attends Board Meeting
There was a huge crowd at Monday night’s meeting of the Jeff Davis County Board of Education. Parents, grandparents and other family of 18 Jeff Davis Primary School students gathered to watch as Primary School Principal Dr. Shelly McBride and School Superintendent Dr. Chris Roppe presented certificates of achievement to the young students who have…
Read MoreMr. Donald Lee Dotson
Mr. Donald Lee Dotson, fondly known as “Buddy Coats,” was born March 24, 1943, in Hazlehurst to the late Willa Mae Thomas Dotson and Elias Jack Dotson Sr. He was the eighth of nine children. He attended the public schools of Jeff Davis County. Donald Lee possessed a “green thumb” and always kept a garden…
Read MoreMr. Claude Stone Jr., 77
Mr. Claude Stone Jr., 77, of Denton, passed away Jan. 29 at his residence. Mr. Stone was born Dec. 9, 1945, in Denton, to the late Claude Stone Sr., and the late Addie Wooten Stone. Mr. Stone and his wife Connie were the Entrepreneurs of “Southern Vault Company” for 39 years. He was also retired…
Read MoreMr. Ronald Lamar ‘Bucky’ Wood, 56
Mr. Ronald Lamar “Bucky” Wood, 56, of Hazlehurst, died Feb. 12 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Wood was born in Jeff Davis County Aug. 2, 1966. He was preceded in death by his father, Ronald Wood, maternal grandparents, Albert and Olif (Bazemore) Partin and paternal grandparents, Tom and Willie Pearl (Ursery) Wood, and stepbrother, Johnny…
Read MoreVirginia Patrice ‘Pat’ Campbell, 76
Virginia Patrice “Pat” Campbell, age 76, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. She died after a sudden and unexpected ruptured brain aneurysm. Pat was born Aug. 14, 1949 in North Carolina and grew up in southern Georgia. She attended Wesleyan College and completed her last two years…
Read MoreBaseball opens with 13-1 win
Jeff Davis High’s baseball season got off to a strong start last Tuesday as the Yellow Jackets rolled to a 13-1 win over Bleckley County in Cochran. The Yellow Jackets blew the game open with a 7-run fourth inning, ballooning a 3-0 lead to a 10-0 advantage. Colby Beach’s lead-off single got the fourth inning…
Read MoreJDMS Gold splits two
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Gold Team split its first two games, defeating Wheeler County 11-8 and falling 17-0 in three innings to West Laurens Middle School. In the win over Wheeler, David Calderon was 2-for-3, Owen King was 2-for-3 with an RBI and three stolen bases, Bentley McLendon had a single and two RBI, Weston…
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