Chamber/DDA Update — By Andrea Taylor
As we welcome in a new year, I am very proud of the progress of our Chamber of Commerce and Development Authority (JDA) made in 2018 as well as the community as a whole. I am also very excited to see what 2019 holds! The Chamber has grown by over 25% in membership this year…
Read MoreBorders and Citizenship — By John Reed
Borders and Citizenship The debate about immigration has been going on ever since the country was founded. At its most basic it comes down to how we define ourselves as a nation and as a people. I guess that argument first started after the tower of Babel fell, but some very fundamental questions need to…
Read MoreSuperintendent Rentz To Retire
At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Jeff Davis County School Superintendent Dr. Stan Rentz announced his retirement at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. Rentz thanked the board members for the confidence they placed in him adding that he was honored to have served as School Superintendent and was thankful to the board…
Read MoreRicky Crosby Elected Commission Chairman
The first County Commission meeting of the new year began with disagreement as Vice-Chairman Ricky Crosby was elected the new chairman on a 3-2 vote. Commissioner James Benjamin motioned to appoint Crosby chairman, new Commissioner Vann Wooten seconded and Crosby called for the vote without allowing any discussion of the motion. Commissioners Hank Hobbs and…
Read MoreCommunity Leadership Will Meet
The Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Chamber and Joint Development Authority will facilitate a gathering of Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis County leaders Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. at The Big House. Valdosta State University’s Center for South Georgia Regional Impact Executive Director, Darrell Moore, will be guest presenter. Mr. Moore will share available resources for local industry, economic development, health…
Read MoreMrs. Edna Ussery Jones, 77
Mrs. Edna Ussery Jones, 77, of Hazlehurst, died Jan. 9 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mrs. Jones was born Nov. 30, 1941, in Telfair County to the late William Ussery and the late Mamie Jewell Ussery. She was a retired seamstress with Hazlehurst Manufacturing and member of Lumber City Methodist Church. She is preceded in…
Read MoreMr. Dave Smith, 66
Mr. Dave Smith, 66, of Hazlehurst, died Jan. 9 at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin. Mr. Smith was born June 14, 1952, in Jeff Davis County to the late Lowell Davis Smith Sr. and the late Tommie Ruth Harrell Simmons. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and the former owner and operator…
Read MoreMs. Patricia Ann Williams, 59
Ms. Patricia Ann Williams, 59, of Hazlehurst died Jan. 9 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Williams was born Aug. 23, 1959, in Jacksonville, Fla., to the late William Horne and the late Mary Jane Fremat Horne. She was a homemaker and is preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Courson. Survivors include daughters, Melissa (Jason)…
Read MoreYellow Jackets split games
Jeff Davis High’s basketball teams split a pair of games last week, both teams defeating Bacon County Tuesday in Alma and both falling to Woodville-Tompkins Friday in Savannah. Coach Niki Perry’s girls snapped a 6-game losing streak with their 40-29 win over Bacon, thanks to some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch by junior…
Read MoreLiving To Be 100 — By Tommy Purser
It was close to 30 years ago when a “futurist” speaker at a Georgia Press Association event looked around the group in the room where he was speaking and said, “Yep. I suspect everyone in this room can expect to live to be 100 years old.” IF, he added, you don’t die in an accident,…
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