Ms. Caroline Moore Sweat, 70
Ms. Caroline Moore Sweat, 70, of Hazlehurst, passed Oct. 28 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Sweat was born Oct. 8, 1951, in Savannah. She is preceded in death by her parents, Dodge Moore, Irene Moore, brother Barry Moore, sister Elizabeth Gomez. Ms. Sweat was a member of Satilla Freewill Baptist Church, She loved cooking, and…
Read MoreMr. Rodney Demetrus Wooten, 52
Services for Mr. Rodney Demetrus Wooten, 52, who died Oct. 21, were held at King Brothers Funeral Home in Hazlehurst Oct. 30 with Pastor Michael Fedrick officiating. Special singing was by The Perry Family. Burial was private. Mr. Wooten, known to many as “Demetrus,” was born March 19, 1969. He was the owner and operator…
Read MoreJackets roll over East Laurens 43-0
Perhaps a little flat from their heartbreaking loss to Swainsboro the week before, Jeff Davis High’s football team got off to a slow start Friday night in East Laurens. But once things began to click for the Jackets they rolled to an easy, 43-0 win over the homestanding Falcons as they improved to 9-1 for…
Read MoreSoftball eliminated in Elite 8
Jeff Davis High’s softball team’s dream of winning a state championship came to an end last week in the Georgia High School Association Elite 8 Tournament in Columbus. The Lady Jackets won their opening game in the double-elimination tournament, blasting Chattooga 11-1. In the second game, defending state champion Heard County rolled to an 11-0…
Read MoreXC teams win region titles
The Jeff Davis cross country teams competed at the Region 2AA Championship Oct. 28 at Toombs County High School. This was the first time in six years that the Jeff Davis program has not hosted the region championship at either the Heritage Center at Towns Bluff or at Jeff Davis Middle School. Coach Jeremy Moore…
Read MoreNo Comment — By Tommy Purser
We ran a letter to the editor last week received via email from a Taylor Fernandes. The writer made some accusations that I, quite simply, did not believe were true. But I gave her her say and then added some of my personal knowledge of the local adults, school administrators, school officials, etc., who the…
Read MoreAfter Almost 5 Decades, Googes Calling It Quits
By TOMMY PURSER Sometime in 1972, Olen Googe stopped at Rentz Grocery on Jarman Street in Hazlehurst to get gas for his vehicle. Fresh off a 20-year career in the Air Force, the father of three young boys wanted to return to his hometown of Hazlehurst along with his wife, the former Mary Altman who…
Read MoreCity Meeting Is Smooth, Quick
By MARY ANN ANDERSON Last Thursday’s regular monthly meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council moved along smoothly and quickly, with a host of motions passing unanimously, including funding half of an upgraded dispatch system for Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County Fire-Rescue. “For some time, we’ve been having issues with our paging system as far as paging our…
Read MoreLocal Traditions — By John Reed
Local Traditions Last Sunday I attended the homecoming service held at a local church. The day marked 147 years that church has been in existence, and the tombstones in the adjacent cemetery bore witness to the passing decades. There was certainly 147 years’ cooking experience on display at the dinner offered after the service. No…
Read MoreSheriff’s Department Recognized For Work
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Coastal Georgia Violent Gang Task Force met with several agencies last week to recognized them for their assistance in one of the largest and most successful gang cases in the Southern District of Georgia and the United States in recent years. Dubbed “Operation Sandy Bottom,” the case indicted 48…
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