Mrs. Mildred Veronica Hill Wilcox, 82
Services for Mrs. Mildred Veronica Hill Wilcox, 82, who died Sept. 29, were held Oct. 6 at Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Overseer Elgin Lanier Dixon gave the eulogy and Pastor Cyprus O’Neal presided at the services with burial at Hill Memorial Garden. Mrs. Wilcox, born in Hazlehurst, was the daughter of the late…
Read MoreYellow Jackets roll to 43-0 halftime lead, win 43-7
Defeat? Easy win? Rout? Blowout? Destruction? Vanquishment? Domination? How about annihilation? It would be hard to come up with an adequate description of what happened in the first half of Friday night’s Jeff Davis High-Bryan County High football game. Everything went right for the Yellow Jackets and wrong for the Redskins as Jeff Davis rolled…
Read MoreLady Jackets host Monticello in 2nd round matchup
Jeff Davis High’s softball team entered the 2019 Georgia High School Association State Tournament Tuesday as the No. 3 seed from Region 2-AA. That put them on the road to meet Screven County in Sylvania, the No. 2 seed from Region 4-AA. The Lady Jackets swept the Lady Gamecocks in Sylvania 9-1, 8-0. Jeff Davis…
Read MoreLady Jackets down Toombs 10-2
Jeff Davis High’s Lady Jackets cruised to a 10-2 victory over Toombs County last week to claim the No. 3 seed out of Region 2-AA in this year’s state championship tournament. JD spotted the Lady Bulldogs to a 1-0 first inning lead but quickly turned it around, leading 6-1 after four innings. Toombs got back…
Read MoreJDMS wins conference
Jeff Davis Middle School’s softball team won its second straight conference championship last week, defeating Dodge County 12-6 in the semifinals and topping West Laurens 8-5 in the championship game. In the semifinal game, Jeff Davis took a 12-6 win over Dodge County in Hazlehurst. Maggie Spell had a single, a double and two RBI,…
Read MoreKirby is pre-season Class AA All-State
Jeff Davis High senior Ja’Queze Kirby has been named to the Class AA Preseason All-State First Team by Sandy’s Spiel website. The site also lists Kirby as Georgia’s best strong forward regardless of classification. Two other Region 2-AA players are ranked among the state’s best, Bernard Pelote (Woodville-Tompkins) No. 7 power forward and Jaylan McKinney…
Read MoreCross Country Competes in Cochran
Jeff Davis County’s cross country team competed in the Bleckley County Invitational last Thursday in Cochran. Pierce Parlor led the middle school boys to a 3rd place finish among 14 teams, Presley Cox topped the middle school girls to fifth place out of 11 teams, Joshua Ratliff had the low time for the high school…
Read More2019 Homecoming Queen
Taylor Walsh, center, was crowned the 2019 JDHS Homecoming Queen Friday night at the homecoming game. Cheri Simmons, left, was first runnerup for the honor and Maci Kight, right, was second runnerup.
Read MoreTraffic Lights Are Not Safety Devices — By Tommy Purser
There was much hullabaloo several years back from people who wanted a traffic light installed at the intersection of Miller and Coffee streets. Concerned citizens came to a City Council meeting to lobby for the light when I was a member of the City Council. I explained to them that a traffic light is not…
Read More2019 JDHS Homecoming Court
Members of the 2019 Jeff Davis High School Homecoming Court were, from left, sophomore representative Dalathia Black, junior representative Jayla Roundtree, senior contestant Lori Ann Breedlove, senior contestant Dafne Valdelamar, Second Runner-up Maci Kight, First Runner-up Cherie Simmons, Homecoming Queen Taylor Walsh, senior contestant Lindezy Rowland, senior contestant Hannah Dubberly and freshman representative Jasmine Guerrero.
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