Authority To Auction Lumber City Property
The Joint Development Authority (JDA) of Hazlehurst, Lumber City and Telfair County has decided to auction property and four commercial/industrial buildings located at 2 Hugh Harris Road in Lumber City. The property will be divided into several different parcels before auctioning. Two of the buildings are approximately 6,000 square feet and two are approximately 8,000…
Read MoreSchools To Lose A Lot Of Experience
The Jeff Davis County School System will lose almost 325 years of experience this year through the retirement of 10 employees. Those employees were recognized Monday night at the Board’s monthly meeting. The retirees, their years of service to education and their positions at retirement are: Dr. Cecelia McLoon, 30 1/2 years, Human Resources Director.…
Read MoreCity To Collect Past Due Accounts
By MARY ANN ANDERSON For those experiencing financial hardship in bringing their past due water accounts current in the wake of layoffs and job losses related to coronavirus and COVID-19, help is on the way. The Hazlehurst City Council voted unanimously in last week’s regularly scheduled July workshop to automatically add 10 percent of the…
Read MoreMiller Heads Magnolia Midlands
Sonya Miller has been elected as the new President for the Magnolia Midlands Travel Association. Sonya is the President of the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce. The Magnolia Midlands Travel Association is one of the nine travel regions classified by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD). The Magnolia Midlands Travel Association consists of 24…
Read MoreCouple Charged In Infant’s Death
The Hazlehurst Police Department last week arrested two people in connection with the June 6 death of a 3-month-old infant in Hazlehurst. Jessica Lynn Gay was charged with murder and cruelty to children in the second degree in the death of her son Dalton Aiden Lane Hand. And the child’s father, Matthew Hank Austin Hand…
Read MoreSerial Killer Dies In Prison At Age 89
William J. Pierce Jr., the notorious serial killer convicted of murder by a Jeff Davis County jury in 1971, died at the end of May at the Georgia Diagnostics Center in Jackson. At 89 years of age, he outlived most of the law enforcement officers in three states who investigated his string of murders. For…
Read MoreSmith is Chamber Chairman
Eric Smith, Georgia Power Local Manager, was recently named the Chairman of the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Eric and his wife Laura live in McRae. Eric grew up in Alamo and graduated from Wheeler County High School. He worked with Benchmark Fabricating in Dudley and Little Ocmulgee EMC before beginning his…
Read MoreMrs. Alice Gibbs Browning, 81
Mrs. Alice Gibbs Browning, 81, of Lumber City, died July 18 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Browning was born May 2, 1939, in Tattnall County to the late John Gibbs and the late Iona Purvis Gibbs. She was formerly an LPN employed by Memorial Hospital in Vidalia and a member of Lumber…
Read MoreMs. Angie Marie Hall, 57
Ms. Angie Marie Hall, 57, of Hazlehurst, died July 19 at her residence. Ms. Hall was born Feb. 1, 1963, in Bacon County. She was the manager of the Polka Dot Pig Boutique and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Christopher Columbus “Jr.” Hall, her brother, Ricky…
Read MoreMr. Jonie Lee Hughes, 87
Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the memorial service for Mr. Jonie Lee Hughes, 87, of Hazlehurst, who passed away July 17. A private memorial services will be held later. Mr. Hughes was born in Jeff Davis County. He was the son of the late Ivey W. Hughes and Martha M. Walls Hughes. He was…
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