Jackets fall to Swainsboro 47-0
The first half of Friday night’s Jeff Davis-Swainsboro football game was a nightmare for the Jackets as they had turnovers on four of their five first half possessions and found themselves down 40-0 at halftime. The Tigers scored only once in the second half for a 47-0 win. Swainsboro scored on the first play of…
Read MoreLady Jackets top Worth
Jeff Davis High’s softball team jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings and coasted to an 8-2 win over Worth County last Tuesday in Hazlehurst. The game was the first of a 3-game Region 1-AA series. In the first of two games scheduled for Thursday, Jeff Davis led 3-1 in the top of…
Read MoreJayvees blank Dodge County
Carrie Ellen Arnold pitched a 3-hit shutout as Jeff Davis High’s jayvee softball team improved to 10-0-1 with an 8-0 win over Dodge County last Wednesday in Hazlehurst. And Cori Mims and Alara McCall had hot bats for the Lady Jackets as both had a trio of singles and Mims drove in a run. Claire…
Read MoreClass AA Softball Rankings
MaxPreps Class AA Softball Rankings 1. Appling County 9-1 2. Jeff Davis 10-1 3. ACE Charter 11-2 4. Mt. Paran Christian 11-4 5. Vidalia 9-5-1 6. Eagles Landing 6-4-1 7. Cook 6-1 8. Rockmart 11-3 9. Pierce County 7-5 10. Banks County 8-6 Sports Atlanta Class AA Softball Rankings 1. Appling County 9-1 2. Jeff…
Read MoreMs. Joyce White Dykes, 88
Ms. Joyce White Dykes, 88, of Hazlehurst died Aug. 20 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Ms. Dykes was born Sept. 30, 1933, in Telfair County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Grady Edward White and Emma Estelle Hatten White, husband, John Walker Dykes (the love of her life) and a brother, Edward Eugene…
Read MoreMrs. Shirley Ann Evans, 65
A memorial service for Mrs. Shirley Ann Evans, 65, who died Aug. 20 at Jeff Davis Hospital, will be held Aug. 27 at 11 a.m. at Hazlehurst First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Charles Carter officiating. Mrs. Evans, born in Miami, Fla., was the daughter of the late Clayton and Elizabeth Rowland. She was…
Read MoreMs. Elizabeth (Beth) Rogers Faulk, 86
Ms. Elizabeth (Beth) Rogers Faulk, 86, of Hazlehurst died Aug. 21 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Faulk was born Sept. 19, 1935, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Homer C. Rogers and Hazel Schell Rogers, husband, Robert Carlton Faulk, and sister, Teresa Brewer, with whom she is eternally reunited…
Read MoreDr. Sidney Phillip Johnson, 86
Dr. Sidney Phillip Johnson, 86, of Hazlehurst, passed away peacefully Aug. 20 at his home. Known to many people as “Doc,” he was born Feb. 2, 1936, in Butts County to Spencer and Lucile Johnson, their only child. Doc was preceded in death by his parents; his grandson, Nathan Fleming of Arlington, Va.; and Honey,…
Read MoreMrs. Chante Denise Mobley, 46
Mrs. Chante Denise Mobley, 46, passed away Aug. 14. She was born to Shirley Paulk and the late Danny Dasher Sr. April 9, 1976, in Appling County. She was a life-long resident of Baxley. She spent a brief time, residing in Jacksonville, Fla. She attended Appling County High School and was employed as a cook…
Read MoreMrs. Linda Jones Music, 70
Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the funeral for Mrs. Linda Jones Music, 70, who passed away Aug. 15 at Douglas Center Hospice in Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Music was born in Blackshear. She was the daughter of the late Randall and Laura Jones and the wife of the late William L Music. She is also…
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