Where Was The Leadership? — By Tommy Purser
“We were elected to do what the people want.” That was what a county commissioner told me many years ago. It appears he slept through his American government class in high school. Our government is not a democracy, it is a republic. In a democracy, a majority of the people make all the decisions. In…
Read MoreAs For Me And My House — By John Reed
As For Me And My House This wonderful scripture in Joshua chapter 24 comes in the middle of a longer passage about choices. Well worth a read, even in modern editions…the King James Version, translation errors aside, is still my preference. I thought of this phrase after getting into a flame war online. I’m embarrassed…
Read MoreNo One Injured In School Bus Fire
A potential catastrophe was avoided last Friday afternoon when a Jeff Davis County Schools bus caught on fire with students still on board. The bus driver, Portia Cappers, got all the children off the bus with the help of volunteers in the area who saw what was happening. School Superintendent Dr. Chris Roppe said Cappers…
Read MoreVaccination clinic available
The Southeast Health District and the Jeff Davis County Health Department will host a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic open to all Georgians aged 18 and older. The clinic will provide the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, a single dose vaccine. The clinic will be April 6 at the Jeff Davis County Health Department, at 30…
Read MoreMrs. Grace Evelyn Anderson, 77
Mrs. Grace Evelyn Anderson, 77, passed away March 26 at her home following an extended illness. Mrs. Anderson was born March 16, 1944, in Baxley. She was preceded in death by her parents, the late Hilton Lee Hesters and Mary Rentz Hesters, her husband, Homer Lamar Anderson, sisters, Dollie Mae Dyal and Dorothy Carter, brothers,…
Read MoreMrs. Patricia Ann Farmer, 77
Mrs. Patricia Ann Farmer, 77, of Hazlehurst, died March 25 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Mrs. Farmer was born April 28, 1943, in Rutland, Vt., and had resided in Hazlehurst since 1982. She is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Joseph Ryan and Blanche Elizabeth Julius, beloved step-father, Gordon Charles Burke, and…
Read MoreMrs. Nora Margaret Spivey Hughes Lewis, 81
Mrs. Nora Margaret Spivey Hughes Lewis, 81, of Hazlehurst, died March 26 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mrs. Lewis was born Dec. 15, 1939, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Willard Valdice Hughes, Joel W. Spivey and Cora Turner Spivey, brothers and sisters, Joel Wendell Spivey, Velma Spivey…
Read MoreMrs. Donna Lynette Russell, 52
Services for Mrs. Donna Lynette Russell, 52, who died Feb. 28, were held March 6 at Saint James A.M.E. Church in Hazlehurst The Rev. Ruben Bennett Jr. officiated with burial in Wilcox and Hall Cemetery in Hazlehurst. Mrs. Russell, born in Hazlehurst, was the daughter of Larry Williams and Catherine Burke. She graduated from Jeff…
Read MoreJackets drop region series 1-2
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team opened its Region 2-AA schedule last week, dropping a 3-game series to Toombs County two games to one. In Tuesday’s opener, Toombs won 6-5 in Lyons, in Wednesday’s second game the Jackets won 5-3 in Hazlehurst, and in Thursday’s finale, the Bulldogs took a 7-4 victory in Lyons. In Tuesday’s…
Read MoreLady Jackets win tournament
Jeff Davis High Girls and Boys golf teams place in the Dynamite Goodloe Golf Tournament in Valdosta, hosted by Valdosta High School. Jeff Davis Girls finish in first place with a 3-person, 18 hole total of 251, one shot ahead of Lowndes County with 252. Jeff Davis Boys finish 2nd with a 4-person, 18 hole…
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