Mr. Otto James Roundtree Sr. ‘Batman’
Graveside services for Mr. Otto James Roundtree Sr. “Batman”, 75, who died Sept. 3 at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, were held Sept. 13 at Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Denton where the Rev. Sylvester Roundtree officiated. Mr. Roundtree, born in Hazlehurst, was the son of the late Elijah Roundtree and the…
Read MoreJackets Down Atkinson 50-20
Jeff Davis High overcame a flood of penalties and turned a close first half into a second quarter rout as the Yellow Jackets downed Atkinson County 50-20 Friday in Pearson. The game got off to a rough start as the Jackets fumbled the opening kickoff just outside the 20 yard line and a Rebel scooped…
Read MoreLady Jackets Win 3 Of 4
Vidalia High School’s top ranked girls softball team came to Hazlehurst last Tuesday with their bats swinging as they banged out 15 hits to take an 11-5 win over Jeff Davis. The Lady Jackets rebounded Wednesday and Thursday with road wins over Appling County 5-2 and Swainsboro 17-0 and Monday with a 6-1 victory over…
Read MoreJDMS XC Boys Win In Warner Robins
Jeff Davis Middle School boys won the 21st Annual Warner Robins Cross Country Invitational last Wednesday in Warner Robins while the girls team finished second Fifteen boys team and 13 girls team participated in the event. The Jacket boys were led by Gael Valora who finished second overall. The JD girls were topped by…
Read MoreBridge work continues
The SR 135 (Uvalda Highway) Bridge over the Altamaha River is underway in Jeff Davis County. So far, contractors have completed the pile, footers, and columns on all the bents within the river bank. Traffic should transition to the new bridge in Spring 2021 with the new boat ramp coming later that summer.
Read MoreIt’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Last week, Hazlehurst Mayor Bayne Stone and Jeff Davis County Commission Vice-Chair Vann Wooten signed a proclamation declaring September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Mayor Stone and Vice-Chair Wooten were joined by Drew Hughes of Hazlehurst whose daughter Braylynn Hughes suffered from childhood cancer. Gold bows are being placed at businesses around town to help…
Read MoreHiggins will be on ballot
After nine months of campaigning, Keith Higgins has officially been added to the ballot as a candidate for District Attorney in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. “Thanks to the hard work and efforts of everyone who circulated and signed petitions, we’re on the ballot,” Higgins said. “The voters of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit now have a…
Read MoreMrs. Isadora Sharpe Brookins, 97
Services for Mrs. Isadora Sharpe Brookins, 97, who died Sept. 3, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Matthew AME Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 4-6 p.m. at King Brothers Funeral Home. Mrs. Brookins was born to the late Wille and Mary Vales Sharpe Sept. 27, 1922, in the St. Matthews…
Read MoreMr. Winnon Douglas Griffin, 51
Mr. Winnon Douglas Griffin, 51, passed away Sept. 4 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Mr. Griffin was born Nov. 21, 1968, in Alma. He was preceded in death by his father, Winnon Griffin, mother and step-father, Nettie Selph Hamilton and Leroy Hamilton Jr., brother, Allie Jerome Griffin and a sister, Lavon Gambrel. He was a…
Read MoreMr. Ricky Charles Scott, 62
Mr. Ricky Charles Scott, 62, of Uvalda, died Sept. 3 at his home after a brief illness. He as a native of Cordele and was a 1976 graduate of Ocmulgee Academy in Lumber City, lived in Uvalda for many years. He started his career in the lumber industry with Continental Can in 1976 in Hazlehurst…
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