All Freshman Girls Golf Team Finishes 9th at State
2019 Class AA Girls Golf Results Oak Mountain Golf Club Carrollton Jeff Davis Individual Scores Zoie Marchant 88-92-180 Shelby Moore 102-107-209 Team Scores Bremen 149-153-302 Bleckley County 166-167-333 Metter 178-161-339 Elbert County 172-172-344 St. Vincent’s 175-170-345 Vidalia 185-193-378 Pepperell 189-190-379 Rabun County 201-182-383 Jeff Davis 190-192-389 Rockmart 214-206-420 Laney 219-210-429 Union County 226-207-433
Read MoreAll Sophomore Boys Golf Team Finishes 3rd At State
2019 Class AA Boys Golf Results Oak Mountain Golf Club Carrollton Jeff Davis Individual Scores Kalob Flint 75-80-155 Cody Creamer 86-79-165 Josh Herrington 83-86-169 Cason Varnadoe 95-82-177 Kole Williams 89-88-178 Haden Beckworth 103-83-186 Team Scores Metter 302-292-594 Elbert County 317-303-620 Jeff Davis 333-324-657 Bremen 331-335-666 Berrien County 340-332-372 Dodge County 339-336-675 Social Circle 352-326-678 Gordon…
Read MoreMarchant, Miles lead stats
Colby Marchant and Garrison Miles were the top two statistical performers for the 2019 State Champion Jeff Davis High baseball team. Marchant batted .404 for the season and Miles had an 11-1 pitching record. Britt Metts was the homerun leader with 11 homers and he was tops in RBIs with 42. Caleb Leggett was the…
Read MoreJeff Davis Wall of Faces Now Complete
Efforts by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund resulted in photographs being obtained of all five Jeff Davis County soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. Last November, only two of the five photos had been found — SSgt. Jesse H. Hughes and Sgt. Jimmy H. Mercer. Shortly after a Nov. 14, 2018, news story in…
Read MoreOfficer Assists Baby’s Birth
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story by Harley Strickland was taken from the WTOC-Savannah web site] A Hazlehurst Police Officer responded to an unusual call early Thursday morning: to deliver a baby. Amber Wood and her fiancé Efrain put their two children to bed Wednesday night. It wasn’t long after they went to bed, not knowing…
Read MoreMoney Not There For Sidewalk
By MARY ANN ANDERSON For those residents who travel by foot or wheelchair from Hammock Homes just off the Douglas Highway to Jeff Davis Hospital, cheers went up when the City of Hazlehurst announced its new sidewalk projects that would link the two. At the same time, the city also said it planned to build…
Read MoreJD football Hall of Fame Inductees named
Jeff Davis High School’s football program will host the 2nd Annual Legends Gala June 14 at 6 p.m. to benefit the football team. The 2019 inductees will be: 1950s-1960s – E.M. Wilkes III 1970s — Bobby Varnadoe 1980s — Connell Swain 1990s — Mondrae Chambers 2000s — L.J. Stegall Supporting Role — Claude Cook Last…
Read MoreMr. Jerry W., Anderson, 63
Services for Mr. Jerry W. Anderson, 63, who died May 5, were held May 18 at Thornton’s Funeral Home Chapel in Hazlehurst where the Rev. Joseph McLeod officiated. Mr. Anderson was the son of the late Jerry M. Anderson and Mildred Frederick. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Leonard Frederick and brother, Jarvis…
Read MoreMr. Gerald Wesley Brinson, 73
Mr. Gerald Wesley Brinson, 73, of Vidalia, died May 14 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Brinson was born Nov. 4, 1945, in Savannah to the late John Wesley Brinson and the late Helen Alma Webb. He was a veteran of the United States Army, retired maintenance supervisor with Laquinta Inn, and was of the…
Read MoreMs. Frankie Annett Mims Dunn, 92
Ms. Frankie Annett Mims Dunn, 92, of Lumber City, died May 12 at her residence. Ms. Dunn was born April 10, 1927, in Towns to the late Lewis N. Mims and the late Corrie Anderson Mims. She was retired from Lumber City Egg Marketers and a member of Lumber City United Methodist Church. She is…
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