Jayvees improve to 6-3
Jeff Davis High’s jayvee softball team improved to 10-0 in the last week with a 6-3 win over Telfair County and a 9-5 victory over Coffee County. Laisha Hernandez led the win over Telfair, going 3-for-3 at the plate. Bentlee Metts and Jenna Miles both doubled, Tia Cornish and Zoe Spencer both tripled and drove…
Read MoreJDMS wins Stinger Silver Bracket
Jeff Davis Middle School’s softball team won the 2020 JD Stinger Silver Bracket this weekend, going 3-1 for the day and topping Appling County in the finals with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to claim a 1-0 victory. The Lady Jackets also defeated Bleckley County Aug. 19 10-1 and took a…
Read MoreRebecca Latimer Felton — By Tommy Purser
During the Civil War, women across Georgia and the south had to take over the men’s farming work as so many farmers put down their hoes and plow mule reins and picked up rifles to join the “fight against northern aggression.” In those days, it was customary that the ladies of the plantations and high…
Read MoreCity Toughens Parks Restrictions
By MARY ANN ANDERSON With the stroke of a pen, the City of Hazlehurst signed into effect an emergency ordinance to help end the sort of violence that occurred just over two weeks ago at Mary Frazier McLean Community Park on Young Street. The ordinance, which comes in the aftermath of what was termed by…
Read MoreTrying Time For Coaches
“I think this is the most trying time in the history of coaching high school football.” That’s what Jeff Davis High Head Coach Lance Helton said of the preparation for the start of the 2020 football season, scheduled for Sept. 4 as the Yellow Jackets travel to Lincolnton to face the Lincoln County Red Devils.…
Read MoreWWII Veteran Buford West Dies
Buford West, one of two surviving Jeff Davis County veterans of World War II, died Aug. 17 at his home. That leaves former longtime Hazlehurst Mayor Wyatt “Buddy” Spann as the last World War II veteran still alive in Jeff Davis County. Buford West was 98 years old. He served with the U.S. Army Air…
Read MoreMrs. Mary Frances Pridgen Andrews, 79
Mrs. Mary Frances Pridgen Andrews, 79, of Pridgen, died Aug. 18 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia. Mrs. Andrews was born March 26, 1941, in Turner County to the late Mitchell Ernest Pridgen and the late Della Mary Lewis. She was a homemaker, seamstress, loved beautiful flowers and feeding her birds. She was a member…
Read MoreMr. Payne Bradwell ‘Brad’ Copeland II, 65
Mr. Payne Bradwell “Brad” Copeland II, 65, passed away at his residence Aug. 18 after a short illness. He was born in Bacon County Dec. 19, 1954, to Walter Payne Copeland and Nelle Crosby Copeland. Brad retired in April, 2020, from the City of Brunswick Fire Department where he was a firefighter for more than…
Read MoreMrs. Johnita Ruth Dykes, 74
Mrs. Johnita Ruth Dykes, 74, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 20 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Dykes was born Oct. 8, 1945, in Bacon County. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lonie Rewis and Mrs. Ruby Taylor Rewis, brother, Ronnie Pete Rewis. She was a homemaker, loved to cut grass, loved cooking and…
Read MoreMr. George Pickren, 89
Mr. George Pickren, 89, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 20 at his residence. Mr. Pickren was born May 21, 1931, in Jeff Davis County to the late Elijah Pickren and the late Rose Rowland Pickren. He was formerly employed with Otis Elevator, Amercord and was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. He was preceded in death…
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