1,090 Early Votes Through Tuesday
Jeff Davis County voters are showing a keen interest in the 2018 elections as early voting turnout has far surpassed the turnouts of previous years. As of the close of the early voting poll Tuesday, 1,090 early ballots had been cast at the courthouse. Early voting continues through the remainder of this week and next…
Read MoreMr. Silas A. Dukes Jr., 83
Mr. Silas A. Dukes Jr., 83, of Uvalda, died Oct. 16 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Dukes was born Dec. 16, 1934, in Toombs County to the late Silas A. Dukes and the late Missouri Roberts Dukes. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Bible Baptist Church. He is preceded in…
Read MoreMr. Samuel ‘Sam’ Lewis Moon, 82
Mr. Samuel “Sam” Lewis Moon, 82, of Alma passed away suddenly at his residence Oct. 17. Sam was born Dec. 7, 1935, to the late Samuel Tribble Moon and Bertie Adrian Overstreet Moon. His first wife, Mary Jacqueline Moon, a son, Tim Moon, brothers, Bobby and Donald Moon and sisters, Betty Hartless and Carolyn Moon,…
Read MoreMr. Donald Wooten, 82
Mr. Donald Wooten, 82, of Snipesville, died Oct. 19 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Mr. Wooten was born March 5, 1936, in Jeff Davis County to the late Glenn Wooten and the late Evelyn Joyce Wooten. He was a farmer, retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He…
Read MoreMrs. Mary Lou Harmon Johnson, 71
Services for Mrs. Mary Lou Harmon Johnson, 71, who died Sept. 30, were held Oct. 6 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church in Hazlehurst. Bishop Maxwell Thomas and Bishop Michael McElroy officiated the service with burial at Hazlehurst Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Johnson, born in Colquitt County, Georgia, was the daughter of the late Emma Lou…
Read MoreJackets Whip Bulldogs 35-14
Jeff Davis High got a big win Friday night in Hazlehurst with a 35-14 Region 2-AA victory over Toombs County. The win keeps the Yellow Jackets, 6-2 overall and 2-2 in the region, in the hunt for a playoff spot. They travel to region-leading Swainsboro this Friday and then close out the regular season with…
Read MoreLady Jackets Headed To Columbus
Jeff Davis High’s softball team swept Berrien County Wednesday, 10-3, 6-1, to earn a position in the 8-team State Tournament Finals in Columbus this week. The Lady Jackets, 24-9, will face Social Circle, 16-11, at 3 p.m. Thursday. Other games Thursday at 3 p.m. are Harlem, 27-4, vs. Banks County, 26-8; Heard County, 23-7, vs.…
Read MoreCross Country Teams Get Seconds
The JDHS cross country teams raced their way to second place finishes at the last regular season meet of the year hosted by Wayne County High School. South Effingham High School won both the boys and girls races. Junior Joshua Ratliff led the boys team with a 11th place finish in a time of 17:52.80.…
Read MoreThe Hidden Tribes of America – By Tommy Purser
The Hidden Tribes of America. That’s the title of a year-long project recently launched by a group that calls itself More in Common. The Hidden Tribes of America survey collected the views of more than 8,000 people, a group of U.S. citizens statistically representative of the population based on census data. While so many people…
Read MoreAfter The Storm – By John Reed
After The Storm Thoughts after the storm: Disasters have a way of making people behave differently…sometimes better, sometimes worse. A perfect example: local drivers who can’t figure out how to let each other get through McDonald’s new double drive-through lanes were perfectly capable of managing intersections with powered-down traffic lights. Major kudos to both Georgia…
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