Jayvee Baseball Wins 13-1
Jeff Davis High’s jayvee baseball team scored 12 runs in the third inning to roll to a 13-1, 5-inning win over Bleckley County last Wednesday in Hazlehurst. Conner Rea had a double, a single and an RBI, Ethan Hulett had a pair of singles and two RBI, Cam Williams had two singles and drove in…
Read MoreJD Girls Tennis Seeded No. 1
Jeff Davis High’s girls tennis team ran roughshod through their opposition in Region 2-AA to capture the No. 1 Seed in the region tournament. The boys have also had an excellent season and are seeded No. 2. On March 26, the JDHS girls hosted the first round of Region against Toombs County and came away…
Read MoreMemory (or lack of)
Last week, I talked about hearing loss. This week, let’s tackle memory. The good wife went out of town last week so I went to the JDHS baseball games by myself Thursday in Hazlehurst and Friday in Lyons. We got ready to go to yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) game in Hazlehurst and she asks me, “Where’s your…
Read MoreKirby is Georgia’s Class AA Player of the Year
Jeff Davis High School junior Ja’Queze Kirby was named to the AJC Class AA All-State First Team last year as a sophomore. This year, he repeated the honor and earned even more of an accolade: He was named Class AA’s Player of the Year. Kirby, ranked as a 3-Star small forward by Rival and 247Sports,…
Read More18 Apply For Superintendent’s Job
The Jeff Davis County Board of Education continues to work on selecting a new superintendent. Planning for the search began in February. Dr. Stan Rentz is retiring at the end of the school year. The board engaged King-Cooper and Associates, a superintendent search firm, as consultants for the search. The position was advertised with an…
Read MorePedestrian Struck and Killed
A 57-year-old Hazlehurst man was struck and killed by an automobile while he was walking in the roadway on a darkened South Cromartie Street. According to a report by the Georgia State Patrol, the accident occurred March 24 as Jose Luis Guzman-Gonzalez was walking in the middle of the southbound lane. There were no street…
Read MoreMrs. Ida Mae Jenkins (Robbs), 80
Mrs. Ida Mae Jenkins (Robbs) of Hazlehurst departed this life March 25. She was born Jan. 3, 1939, in Bogansville Township, Union County, S.C., to William and Ena (Faulks) Robbs. May 14, 1960 Ida Mae was joined in marriage to Thomas Graham Jenkins Sr. The majority of her life was spent in Newberry County, S.C.,…
Read MoreMrs. April Baxley Raines, 40
Mrs. April Baxley Raines, 40, of Hazlehurst, died March 23 at her residence. Mrs. Raines was born Jan. 11, 1979, in Lakeland, Fla., previously moving to Hazlehurst and was employed with Williams Brothers Trucking. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Bruce Raines of Hazlehurst; twosons, Richard Allen Krzyzaniak III (Ricky) of Bartow, Fla., and Jordan Bavaro…
Read MoreMrs. Patricia Rose, 84
Mrs. Patricia Rose, 84, of Alma passed away March 10 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was born Jan. 28, 1935, in Ontario County, New York, to the late Winfred Lannon and Rosaltha Farrell Lannon. Ms. Rose is survived by her husband, Donald John Rose of Hazlehurst; children, John William Rose…
Read MoreMr. Jerry Thompson, 67
Mr. Jerry Thompson, 67, of Lumber City, died March 25 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia. Mr. Thompson was born Oct. 8, 1951, in Telfair County to the late William Lewis Thompson and the late Louise Elizabeth Screws Thompson. He was a retired fiber optic project manager and a member of Lumber City Baptist Church.…
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