New Year’s Day Parade
The Snipesville Community will host their annual New Year’s Day celebration Jan. 1 with a parade and traditional lunch menu. The menu will consist of barbecue pork or grilled chicken, black-eyed peas, yams, rolls, and cake. Plate prices are $12. There will be take out or dining in at the center with lunch beginning at…
Read MoreMr. Corey Wayne Varnadoe, 43
Mr. Corey Wayne Varnadoe, 43, of Lumber City, passed away Nov. 23 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah. Corey was born May 4, 1982, in Vidalia and spent his entire life in Lumber City. He was a graduate of Jeff Davis High School and attended Helena Baptist Church. He lived life with a…
Read MoreMr. Raymond Tillon Smith, 78
Mr. Raymond Tillon Smith, 78, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 22 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Smith was born July 2, 1946, in Metter to the late Sam Tillon Smith and Louise Dowd Smith. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy, retiring after 24 years of active duty as a Chief Gunner’s…
Read MoreMrs. Sara Jo Thomas, 89
Mrs. Sara Jo Thomas, 89, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 30 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mrs. Thomas was born Oct. 27, 1936, in Jeff Davis County. She was known for her warm, outgoing spirit and the kind of friendliness that made everyone feel welcome — truly, to know her was to love her. She…
Read MoreCaulson serving aboard USS Oakland
By Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Osborne, Navy Office of Community Outreach SAN DIEGO – Petty Officer 1st Class Jessie Caulson, a native of Jeff Davis County, serves aboard USS Oakland, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of San Diego, Calif. Caulson graduated from Jeff Davis High School in 2007. The skills and values…
Read MoreMr. Stephen Chad Mims, 44
Mr. Stephen Chad Mims, 44, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 21 at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, after an extended illness. Stephen was a lifelong resident of Hazlehurst and a member of Mims Baptist Church. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, racing ATVs, and offshore boat racing. He also loved spending time with his fiancée and…
Read MoreMr. Jeffery Lane Lovett, 64
Mr. Jeffrey Lane Lovett, 64, of Hazlehurst passed away Nov. 22 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Lovett was born Sept. 23, 1961, in Savannah and was a member of Grace Community Church of God. He enjoyed gospel singing, was a self-taught pianist, and sang with various Southern Gospel Quartets. He was a maintenance foreman for…
Read MoreCage teams drop games
Both Jeff Davis Highs girls and boys basketball teams dropped their contests in the Hugh McBride Basketball Classic played in Hazlehurst. The Lady Jackets fell to Toombs County 47-31 and Wayne County 60-6 and the Jacket boys lost to Turner County 56-54 and Camden County 74-34. The Lady Jackets got off to a good start…
Read MoreChildren’s Christmas Program coming
Because He Lives Ministries is busy making plans for the annual Children’s Christmas program. It will be held Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Project Help-A-Child provides Christmas gifts for over 400 children in our county each year. This program will be conducted in a drive-through manner at the recreation center across…
Read MoreVenting — By Tommy Purser
The good wife and I went on what has become our annual Thanksgiving shopping spree at Wal-Mart over the weekend. Wal-Mart …. the place with low prices. Prices so low that local, home-owned businesses cannot compete. Prices so low that, decades ago, one by one, locally owned stores shuttered their doors …. gave up. The…
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