Mrs. Christine Thompson Atkinson, 83
Mrs. Christine Thompson Atkinson, 83, of Hazlehurst passed away June 23 after an extended illness. Mrs. Atkinson, the daughter of the late Ben Allen Thompson and Cora Parkerson Thompson, was a native of Coffee County, having resided in Jeff Davis County most of her life. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church, and was…
Read MoreMrs. Bessie Causey Clark, 95
Mrs. Bessie Causey Clark, 95, of Hazlehurst, died June 23 at her residence. Mrs. Clark was born Aug. 22, 1922, in Kentucky to the late Robert Causey and the late Emily Farley Causey. Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Shirley Graham of Hazlehurst and many, many friends that Mrs. Bessie had made while living in Hazlehurst.…
Read MoreMrs. Dorothy Mae Webb, 84
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Webb, 84, of McRae, died June 22 in Dodge County Hospital, Eastman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cleo Columbus Webb and her parents, Frank Crisp and Annie Bell McElhannon Crisp. Services were held June 25 in the chapel of Lowe’s Funeral Home with interment in Springhill Cemetery. The Rev.…
Read MoreMr. Thomas Tommy Lawrence Wood, 45
Mr. Thomas Tommy Lawrence Wood, 45, of Cecilia, KY, passed away June 17 at his residence. Tommy served in the United States Army where he was a medic. He worked in various places after being discharged from service. Survivors include his wife, Pam Wood of Cecilia, KY; daughters, Chelsea Renee (Nikki) Lovell of Elizabethtown, KY,…
Read MoreRoundabout Mayhem
By MARY ANN ANDERSON Around and around the city goes on the issues of the roundabouts, and where – and when – it will stop, nobody knows. The latest volley began during last Monday night’s Hazlehurst City Council workshop with a marathon discussion on the project. Ward Four Councilman John Bloodworth was not present for…
Read MoreModSpace To Bring 80 New Jobs
By JAMIE GARDNER Baxley News-Banner Modular Space Corporation, better known as ModSpace, is expected to open a refurbishing facility in Baxley in October. The new company projects that at full capacity, it will employee approximately 80. ModSpace has agreed to a five-year lease agreement with the Southeast Georgia Regional Development Authority on the General Housing/Contender…
Read MoreDistracted Driver Law Begins July 1
Georgia’s new distracted drivers law goes into effect Sunday, July 1. Gov. Nathan Deal signed House Bill 673, which would require drivers to use hands-free technology when using cell phones and other electronic devices while driving. But “hands free” isn’t as clear cut as it sounds. Here’s a look at what would and would not…
Read MoreEmotional And Contentious Meetings
By MARY ANN ANDERSON The Hazlehurst City Council kicked off last week with an emotionally charged workshop on Monday night, followed by a sometimes contentious regular monthly meeting on Thursday night. The hot topics for both meetings were the roundabouts that are being built in the school district (see story elsewhere), the city’s insurance, and…
Read MoreWe Did Our Best
There is much confusion, misunderstanding, misrepresentations and unfounded fears about roundabouts swirling around Jeff Davis County — especially on social media — and it pained me to watch the video of last Thursday night’s Hazlehurst City Council meeting to see the council members having to deal with all of this. So bad is it that…
Read MoreThe Column The Editor Trashed
In April, I wrote a column about research clearly showing roundabouts are safer than both signaled intersections and four-way stops. A reader responded on our website, saying in California, roundabouts were constructed with the idea of slowing traffic and were quickly removed as they caused more accidents than they alleviated, adding that her point was…
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