School Board Meets
Most of Monday night’s Board of Education meeting was spent behind closed doors as board members met in closed session for almost an hour to discuss personnel and compensation. After the closed session, the meeting was reopened to the public and the board approved a consent agenda which included accepting the retirement of Michael Hart…
Read MoreCoastal Plains Education Charter High School Opens Here
Coastal Plains Education Charter High School is set to officially open in Hazlehurst with open house on Aug. 9 from 5-p.m. in the Jeff Davis Choices Learning Academy at Jeff Davis Pre-K Building. Classes begin the week of Aug. 13 to be held nightly Monday-Thursday from 4-9 p.m. in the Jeff Davis Choices Learning Academy…
Read MoreTaylor Earns IOM Credentials
Andrea Taylor, IOM, CEO, of the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce, has graduated from the Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and has received the recognition of IOM. Awarded to all graduates of the Institute program, the IOM Graduate Recognition signifies the individual’s completion of 96…
Read MoreMr. Lamar Parker
Services for Mr. Lamar Parker, who died July 14 at Appling County Health Care in Baxley, were held July 19 at Tallahassee Missionary Baptist Church. Apostle Sallie Kirkland, Rev. Christopher Johnson ad Elder Joseph Kirkland officiated with burial in Hall and Wilcox Cemetery. Mr. Parker, son of Leroy Parker and Carrie Elephant Parker, was born…
Read MoreMrs. Fay Johnson Clifton, 73
Mrs. Fay Johnson Clifton, 73, of Hazlehurst, died June 29 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mrs. Clifton was born May 14, 1945, in Jeff Davis County to the late Lonnie Johnson and the late Lettie White Johnson. She was a retired secretary with Cary Johnson Insurance and attended Southside Baptist Church. She is preceded in…
Read MoreStop Complaining About The Law – By John Reed
Stop Complaining About The Law I am a lawbreaker. At least according to a local gendarme in a neighboring town last Spring. All my protestations of innocence, of the slow log truck I was trying to pass, of my being late for a meeting fell on deaf ears. Naturally I grumbled about being singled out:…
Read MoreCounty Earns Grant For Farmers Market
The Jeff Davis County Commission recently received some long awaited good news. In an email from the Rural Development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the county was notified they were approved for a $99,730 grant to build a farmers market. The farmers market is another aspect of the joint effort by the county…
Read MoreDr. Turfler To Retire
Dr. David L. Turfler recently announced his retirement effective at the end of July. “It has been a great pleasure providing your health care needs over the years and it is not easy for me to give this up,” he said in a letter to patients. Dr. Jason Laney and Nurse Practitioner Eric Carelock will…
Read MoreRay Inducted Into Hall of Fame
Howard Ray of Hazlehurst was recently inducted into South Georgia State College (SGSC) Athletic Hall of Fame. The gala, awards ceremony and dinner were held June 7 to recognize the newest class of Hall of Fame inductees that have made athletic contributions to the College and to raise funds to support the SGSC Foundation’s need-based…
Read MoreVeterans Adding Names To Monument
It is Jeff Davis County Veterans Association honor to place new names on the Veterans Monument at Veterans Square Park every Veterans Day. As a Jeff Davis County Veteran or a Veteran with a Jeff Davis connection we urge you to have your name inscribed on our Monument, for the era in which you served,…
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