Lady Jackets improve to 10-1
PHOTOS BY REBECCA UNDERWOOD Jeff Davis High’s softball team improved to 10-1 overall and 3-0 in Region 2-AA play with a pair of lopsided region victories last week. On Wednesday, the Lady Jackets routed Swainsboro 15-0 in three innings in Swainsboro and Thursday they ousted East Laurens 15-0 in three innings in Hazlehurst. In Swainsboro,…
Read MoreCross Country hosts second meet
The JDHS cross country teams hosted their second race of the year Sept. 2. The Georgia Coastal Plains Hoka Postal Nationals was a two mile race sponsored by Hoka One One shoes. The event brought in nine schools from across southeast Georgia. Visiting Lowndes County swept the boys and the girls races, while the Jeff…
Read MoreCity App0lies For Grant
In a called meeting last Thursday, the Hazlehurst City Council completed paperwork to apply for a $50,000 grant to be used to purchase a new vehicle for the Hazlehurst Police Department. Plans had been formulated to purchase three vehicles using $150,000 from CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funds and use the grant…
Read MoreJDHS football to host Herschel V. Jenkins Friday at 7:45
Jeff Davis High’s football team has a new opponent and a new kickoff time for this Friday night’s 2021 home opener football game. The COVID virus has hit the Brantley County football team so hard they were forced to cancel their scheduled game this Friday against Jeff Davis. JDHS Head Coach Lance Helton was able…
Read MoreKemp declares Sept. 3 a state holiday
In an effort to promote COVID-19 vaccinations for state employees, Governor Brian Kemp has announced that Sept. 3 will be a state holiday. It is his hope that this will incentivize those current state employees who are unvaccinated to take the time to go get their COVID-19 vaccinations. All health department sites in the Southeast…
Read MoreThe Farmer
Sound Ussery shared the following with me this week: THE FARMER I have worked in the fertile earth and planted a garden, so I know what faith is. I have listened to the birds caroling in the dusk and in morning, so I know what music is. I have seen the morning without clouds after…
Read MoreMrs. Daisy Sheral Todd Crump, 73
Mrs. Daisy Sheral Todd Crump, 73, of Hazlehurst, passed away Aug. 25 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Born in Blackshear Dec. 16, 1947, she had lived in Hazlehurst most of her adult life. Mrs. Crump was a 1965 graduate of Blackshear High School. She would go on to further her education at South Georgia College…
Read MoreMrs. Sandra Holton Graham, 74
Mrs. Sandra Holton Graham, 74, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 30 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mrs. Graham was born Aug. 13, 1947, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Norman Holton, Levora Parkerson Holton, husband, Olin Lee Graham, son, Neil Graham and brother Danny Holton. Mrs. Graham was a true homemaker,…
Read MoreMrs. Elouise Bryant McCoy Horne, 75
Service for Mrs. Elouise Bryant McCoy Horne, 75, who died Aug. 21, were held Aug. 28 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Horne in Lumber City with Apostle Alfred Solomon, Minister Columbus Williams, Overseer Steward and Prophetess Marthalynn Smith officiating. Singing was by Peggy Fletcher and Stephanie Fletcher. Interment was in Dillard Cemetery…
Read MoreMrs. Othella Owens Powell, 89
Mrs. Othella Owens Powell, 89, of Lumber City, died Aug. 23 at her residence. Mrs. Powell was born Nov. 5, 1931, in Wheeler County. She is preceded in death by her parents, William Doc Owens and Eula Pearl Dickens Owens, sister, Beulah Thompson, and brothers, Donald Owens, Robert Owens and Morgan Owens. Years ago she…
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