Main Street awarded grant
Hazlehurst Main Street announced it has been awarded a Vibrant Communities grant by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Fifty-seven entities in 43 counties statewide received grants through the 2022 program. The funding was used for arts programming at the South Georgia Food & Wine…
Read MoreHospital certified to ISO 9001 Quality Management System
Jeff Davis Hospital has been certified to ISO 9001 Quality Management System by DNV Healthcare. ISO 9001 is the internationally recognized standard for Quality Management Systems. In simple terms, ISO 9001 certification provides the basis for effective processes and effective people to deliver an effective product or service time after time. The key to any…
Read MoreHello ?! Tax Bills Are NOT Going Up
Homeowners. Your county and school tax bills are not going up this year. While the wording in advertisements run in last week’s issue of the Ledger made it sound like homeowner tax bills will go up, that’s not true. The wording was unfortunate but state regulations require that wording be used no matter how confusing…
Read MoreCOVID Vaccine Available For Children 5-11
Following the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Southeast Health District began offering Pfizer pediatric COVID vaccine to children 5-11 years old Nov. 8. The pediatric Pfizer COVID vaccine is authorized for children as a 2-dose series taken 3 weeks apart. The…
Read MoreMr. Milton Atkinson, 80
Mr. Milton Atkinson, 80, of Denton passed away Nov. 5 at his residence. Mr. Atkinson was born Aug. 30, 1941, in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Lott Atkinson and Mary Moon McCook, sister, Verna Sue Lott and brother, Junior Atkinson, Mr. Atkinson was previously employed with Propex for…
Read MoreMr. Dwight Earl Carter, 71
Mr. Dwight Earl Carter, 71, of Brunswick, departed this life Nov. 7 at Greenville Memorial Hospital, in Greenville, S.C. A celebration of life will be conducted at 11 a.m. Nov. 13 in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Father Alan Akridge officiating. Born Jan. 5, 1950, in Hazlehurst to the late…
Read MoreMs. Tonya Leigh Creamer, 46
Ms. Tonya Leigh Creamer, 46, of Hazlehurst, passed Nov. 4 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Ms. Creamer was born Oct. 4, 1975, in Savannah. She was formerly a kindergarten teacher with Jeff Davis Board of Education, was a teacher at Mt. Zion Learning Center and a member of First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst. She was…
Read MoreMr. Richard Chane Crumpton, 33
Mr. Richard Chane Crumpton, 33, of Lumber City, passed Nov. 1 at this residence. Mr. Crumpton was born June 4, 1988, in Vidalia. He is preceded in death by his father, Richard Crumpton, paternal grandparents Rick Nelson and Aris Crumpton, and uncle Phil Murphy. He loved fishing, and was devoted to his family and friends,…
Read MoreMrs. Mary Louise Altman Dowling, 91
Mrs. Mary Louise Altman Dowling, 91, of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 31 at her residence. Mary was born on May 28, 1930, in Hoboken to the late Harvey and Endeka Altman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Dowling; daughters, Mary Nachman and Deborah Dowling; brothers, J.H. Altman, Aubrey Altman, Kennon Altman, Carrol Altman,…
Read MoreMs. Betty Harper, 66
Ms. Betty Harper of Evans, 66, entered into rest Oct. 30 in Augusta. Ms. Harper was born Jan. 5, 1955, in Hazlehurst. She is preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Edna Johnson. Ms. Harper was retired from grocery store management in Louisville, where she lived for more than 25 years and was a…
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