Mrs. Mary Etta Pearson, 81
Help us celebrate the life of Mary Etta Pearson, lover of all things nature and science, music and art, and self proclaimed amateur ornithologist. Mary Etta Pearson, 81, of Hazlehurst, passed away Oct. 2. Mary Etta was born May 28, 1941, in St. Augustine, Fla., to Ruby Rhodes McSwain Doby and Haywood McSwain who both…
Read MoreVictory eludes Yellow Jackets
Friday night in Nashville, Jeff Davis High’s football team looked like it was about to win its first game of the season as they led Berrien County 24-14 late in the third quarter. And the Jacket defense had held Berrien’s offense in check all evening long. Berrien’s 14 points at that point came on kickoff…
Read MoreJDMS wins conference
The Jeff Davis Middle School Yellow Jackets softball team won the Conference Championship by defeating East Laurens Middle School 8-5 and 13-11 in the best-of-3 championship series. The Lady Jackets finished the season with a 17-1 record. In the 13-11 win in the final game Monday, JD took the lead late in the game.…
Read MoreJD improves to 21-1
Jeff Davis High closes out the softball regular season next week and the schedule makes the final six games the toughest streak of games for the Lady Jackets this season. Thursday JD (21-1, ranked No.1 and No 2 in polls) travels to Cook County (13-6) for a double header in Adel. Monday Dodge County (15-5,…
Read MoreArnold hurls back-to-back perfect games
Jeff Davis freshman Carrie Ellen Arnold had quite a week last week for the Jeff Davis High softball team. She threw back-to-back perfect games as the Lady Jackets blasted Fitzgerald 12-0 Tuesday and routed Worth County 18-0 Wednesday. And in the Worth County game she got her first career homer with a 2-run blast over…
Read MoreGo, Braves!! — By Tommy Purser
The good wife, quite frankly, obsesses over the Atlanta Braves. I, too, like the Braves but I have nowhere near the absolute obsession the good wife has for them. The Bravos are in the thick of the race for their division crown, but to hear the good wife moan and grown and gripe and growl…
Read MoreSeline Flores is 2022 JDH Homecoming Queen
State Patrol Post Opens
A large crowd was on hand Friday morning in Hazlehurst for the official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Hazlehurst Georgia State Patrol Post on the Baxley Highway. SFC Eric Wilkes, commander of the Hazlehurst Post, served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which featured the official raising of the U.S. Flag…
Read MoreMrs. Helen Dixon, 78
Mrs. Helen Dixon, 78, of Vidalia, died Sept. 19 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia after a brief illness. She was a native of Blackshear and was a 1962 graduate of Blackshear High School. She lived in Baxley for several years before moving to Toombs County in 1986. She worked at Ship & Shore in…
Read MoreMs. Karen Lavette Lawhorn, 61
On Sept. 19, Ms. Karen Lavette Lawhorn received her wings. Born Nov. 7, 1960, in Hazlehurst, and lived her entire life leaving for a brief period to live in Woodbridge, Va. She suffered a stroke in 2007 which left her partially paralyzed on her right side. She was admitted to Lumber City nursing home in…
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