Lady Jackets get first win
Jeff Davis High’s girls basketball team got its first win of the season Saturday, downing visiting Appling County 52-47. The Jacket boys won their fourth straight game, topping the Pirates 68-60 to up their record to 4-1. Last Tuesday, the teams hosted Toombs County for a region encounter with the Lady Bulldogs winning 45-42 while…
Read More22 Jackets earn region honors
A record 22 members of the 2021 Jeff Davis High Football Team received All-Region Honors in a vote of region coaches. Topping the list were linebacker Tre Chandler, who was named the Region 2-AA Defensive Player of the Year, and defensive back/wide receiver/returner CJ Parker, who was selected the region’s Athlete of the Year. Five…
Read MoreHouse Fire Claims Two Lives
A late night house fire claimed the lives of two Hallspur Road residents last Wednesday. The bodies were found in the rubble after firefighters got control of the blaze. Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Fire Chief Charles Wasdin said firefighters arrived on the scene to find the entire back part of the home in flames. There was…
Read MoreRev. J. Barry Owens Dies
Beloved Hazlehurst Pastor the Rev. J. Barry Owens died last week at the age of 89. The Brunswick native spent 71 years in the ministry after being ordained at Norwich Street Baptist Church in Brunswick in 1950. He graduated from Brewton-Parker College as Valedictorian of the class of 1952 and from Georgia Teachers College (now…
Read MoreVintage Christmas Is Dec. 11
The Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Christmas Parade and Hazlehurst Mainstreet’s Vintage Christmas have been scheduled for this Saturday. “Vintage Christmas” is the theme for the parade and participants are asked to recognize any decade from the 1940s forward. Parade entry fee is $15 for Chamber members and $20 for non-members. Entry categories are churches/religious organizations,…
Read MoreMr. Timothy Elmer Carter, 58
Mr. Timothy Elmer Carter, 58, of Hazlehurst, died Dec. 5 at Memorial Health Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Carter was born July 7, 1963, in Bacon County. He is preceded in death by his father, Earlice Carter, uncle, Lyman Darrell Waters and cousin, Willie Bratcher. Mr. Carter loved hunting and fishing with his grandbabies. He loved…
Read MoreMrs. Cynthia Ann Edwards Deal, 65
Mrs. Cynthia Ann Edwards Deal, 65, of Broxton, entered into rest Dec. 4. Mrs. Deal was born on Nov. 3, 1956, in Jeff Davis County, the daughter of the late Ralph Harris Edwards Sr. and the late Elyse McLean Edwards. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Donna Mims and…
Read MoreMr. George William Everett, 88
Mr. George William Everett, 88, passed away Dec. 4. His funeral will be Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. at Heritage Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Charlie Bibb and the Rev. Norman Brockway officiating. A graveside service will follow at Glen Haven Memorial Garden. Mr. Everett was born in Preston to the late Guy Everett…
Read MoreMs. Linda McEachin Harrell, 75
Ms. Linda McEachin Harrell, 75, of Hazlehurst, died Nov. 23, 2021 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah. Ms. Harrell was born March 4, 1946, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Felton McEachin and Myrtice Altman McEachin and her husband, Curtis Harrell. She was a homemaker and a member of…
Read MoreMr. David E. Miles, 81
Mr. David E. Miles, 81, passed away Nov. 20 at Hospice Savannah. Mr. Miles was born Nov. 23, 1939, in Jeff Davis County. After graduating from Jeff Davis High School, he moved to Jacksonville, Fla., where he worked in retail for several years before his love for helping grieving families led him to employment at…
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