Mr. Phillip Eugene Walters, 77
Mr. Phillip Eugene Walters, 77, of Lumber City, died Feb. 19 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Mr. Walters was born Feb. 17, 1944, in Jeff Davis County to the late Roy Eugene Walters and the late Nannie Elizabeth Causee Walters. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Lumber City Baptist Church. Survivors…
Read MoreMr. Abdul Jabar Rajai Furcron, 38
Services for Mr. Abdul Jabar Rajai Furcron, 38, who died Feb. 11, were held Feb. 22 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church. Pastor Tara Wilcox Woody, Evangelist Dorothy Dotson, Pastor James Earl Cray, Pastor Darrol Mitchell and Pastor Paul McLeod officiated the services. Mr. Furcron was the son of Johnny H. Miles and Leslie Laron Furcron…
Read MoreJackets Down Heard, Callaway
Jeff Davis High’s varsity baseball team made a weekend trip to west Georgia last week, defeating Heard County 9-3 Friday in Franklin and edging Callaway 2-1 Saturday in Hoganville as three JD pitchers combined to no-hit the Cavaliers. The Jacket pitching staff gave up only one earned run in 14 innings for the weekend. The…
Read MoreJackets Ranked No. 1
Georgia Dugout Club Class AA Baseball Rankings 1. Jeff Davis 3-2 2. Rockmart 2-0 3. Bacon County 2-2 4. Thomasville 3-2 5. Vidalia 5-1 6. Elbert County 2-2 7. Bleckley County 2-1 8. Bremen 2-3 9. Callaway 1-3 10. Westside-Aug. 3-1 Others considered: Heard County (2-4), Model (3-3), Banks County (4-3), Metter (2-3), Dodge County…
Read MoreRegion 2-AA Roundup
Region 2-AA Baseball Reg. Overall Vidalia 0-0 5-1 Jeff Davis 0-0 3-2 Swainsboro 0-0 3-2 Bacon Co. 0-0 3-2 Metter 0-0 2-2 Bryan Co. 0-0 2-2 Toombs Co. 0-0 1-6 Feb. 17 Statesboro 12, Bacon 1 Bradwell 9, Bryan 1 Feb. 18 Vidalia 10, Tattnall 1 Feb. 19 Coffee 4, Toombs 3 (11) Feb. 21…
Read MoreDoes Jeff Davis County Want A Newspaper — By Tommy Purser
Okay. Let’s go back and relearn, if you’ve ever learned, the mechanics of the newspaper business. We exist because of advertising. Too many folks erroneously think that we can survive simply by selling newspapers. No. Emphatically no. The business people in Hazlehurst or people who have business interests in Hazlehurst keep this newspaper in business…
Read MoreStop And Frisk: Criminal? — By John Reed
Stop And Frisk: Criminal? Much has been made this past week over the police tactic called “stop and frisk.” Implemented in New York and other big cities, “SAF” the practice of random questioning and searching pedestrians and drivers in high crime areas. The idea is similar to the roadblocks we sometimes see set up down…
Read MoreMan Dies Fleeing Police
A 38-year-old Hazlehurst man died last Tuesday night when he lost control of his car while trying to elude a law enforcement officer and crashed on Elizabeth Church Road. According to a Georgia State Patrol report, Abdul Jabar Rajai Furcron was traveling at a high rate of speed in his 1997 Cadillac Seville while being…
Read MoreChip Wood’s Response To Lawsuit
The story posted by WTOC on Facebook regarding the lawsuit filed against Chip’s Discount Drugs does not tell the whole story. We were never contacted by WTOC for our side, in fact the story was posted on Facebook before we even received a copy of the lawsuit! There have been a lot of comments about…
Read MoreWood Disagrees With Civil Suit
Rogers “Chip” Wood of Chip’s Discount Drugs in Hazlehurst strongly disagrees with a civil lawsuit filed by the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Georgia. A news release issued last Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice, Southern District of Georgia, was apparently posted on WTOC-TV Savannah’s Facebook page that afternoon. According to…
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