Mrs. Trellys Porterfield Hayes, 79
ob-hayes Mrs. Trellys Porterfield Hayes, 79, passed away Nov. 27 in Savannah where she resided for the past two years. She was born Oct. 4, 1939, to the late Willard Chavis and Fannie Chavis Mills in Hazlehurst, where she lived most of her life. She loved listening to gospel and country music, especially Conway Twitty,…
Read MoreRumph Tops Offense And Defense
Senior running back/defensive back Emanuel Rumph led the 2018 Jeff Davis High football team on both sides of the ball. Rumph was the leading rusher with 755 yards on 116 carries, and his 10 touchdowns were tops on the team. On defense, Rumph was the leading tackler 47 tackles, 3 tackles for losses and one…
Read MoreSwimmers Take 5th In Savannah
The Jeff Davis Swim Team opened the season in Savannah at the Richmond Hill Invite. The swimmers had several personal best times and many GHSA State Meet qualifying times. JDH Swim placed 5th out of 16 teams. Their next meet will be at Georgia Tech Dec. 15. The results from the Richmond Hill Invite are…
Read MoreTrain-Truck Collision Causes Derailment
An eastbound freight train struck a semi-tractor trailer truck last Thursday on the train track’s intersection with Farmers Street. The driver of the Williams Brothers Trucking Company truck was injured in the accident. There were two men in the train engine who were shook up as the engine left the track and slid to a…
Read MoreWrestlers Finish 9th
This past weekend the Jeff Davis High School wrestling team hosted the 12th annual Yellow Jacket Duals, the largest tournament ever. Twenty-six teams were represented as far north as Loganville (near Athens), as far south as Berrien County, as far east as Islands High School (Savannah), as far west as Turner County, and even another…
Read MoreOperation Vanilla Gorilla Nabs Former Resident
A former Jeff Davis County resident was among 43 individuals indicted on federal charges related to drug trafficking and firearms possession through six Georgia counties. Meagan Cooke James, 35, of Savannah grew up in Hazlehurst and graduated from Jeff Davis High School. Calls to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Savannah to determine the charge(s) against…
Read More8U All Stars Win District
Jeff Davis Recreation Department’s 8 and under All-Stars won the 8U District 2 Championship. Pictured from left, front row, are Mark Durden, Garrison Coleman, Seth Saunders, Braylon Varnadore, Jacob Laney and David Calderon. Back row, Coach Keith Rea, Peyton Jones, Ceith Sellers, Giovanni Torres, Jason Burkett, Braxton Cooper, Jackson Hulette, Tye Rea, Aiden Rish and…
Read MoreAvoiding Another Public Shaming
I wrote about this more than a year ago. But, today, it seems so much more relevant than then. What I wrote back then was that I stopped going to the local National Day of Prayer observance after three or four years because I felt uncomfortable there. There were no kind prayers for the media…
Read MoreEchoes That Follow — By John Reed
Echoes That Follow I’ve written before about the digital “echoes” people leave behind, even after death. For example, Facebook still eerily reminds me of birthdays of lost loved ones. There are other more tangible echoes. At least once a month, I get mail from one charity or another in my mother’s name…she passed in 2008.…
Read MoreJeff Davis teen dies in Laurens County accident
A Jeff Davis High School student was killed Sunday night in a two-vehicle accident in Laurens County. According to news reports, Jessica Jasmin Andrade, 15, a sophomore at JDHS and a first-year member of the Lady Jacket cross country team, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene, Laurens County Coroner Richard Stanley…
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