Mr. Robert Eugene Eason Sr., 76
Mr. Robert Eugene Eason Sr., 76, of Baxley passed away June 9 at Landmark Hospital of Savannah. Mr. Eason was born Oct. 5, 1941, in Jefferson County to the late Robert Hyden Eason and the late Marion Elizabeth Dozier Eason Stone. He was a member of Baxley Church of God and was a veteran of…
Read MoreMs. Mary Alice Morris Kirkland, 86
Ms. Mary Alice Morris Kirkland, 86, of Hazlehurst, died June 8 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia. Ms. Kirkland was born Jan. 16, 1932, in Appling County to the late Daniel Morris and the late Alice Morris. She was a housewife and member of Grace Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband,…
Read MoreMr. Henry Lee Morris, 28
Mr. Henry Lee Morris, 28, of Hazlehurst passed away June 9 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Morris was the son of Joe Daniel Morris Sr. and Martha B. Harrell He was a native of Jeff Davis County and was a mechanic. Survivors include his fiance’, Tiffany Toler of Hazlehurst; daughters, Serena Morris,…
Read MoreMrs. Verda Edith Smith, 88
Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the funeral for Mrs. Verda Edith Smith, 88, of Hazlehurst, who passed away June 7. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, in Elizabeth Baptist Church. The Rev. Keith Yawn will officiate with burial in Bridgeford Church of God Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Ehron,…
Read MoreMr. Robert Futch Smith, 89
Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the funeral for Mr. Robert Futch Smith, 89, of Hazlehurst, who passed away June 11. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, in Elizabeth Baptist Church. The Rev. Keith Yawn will officiate with burial in Bridgeford Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born in Homerville.…
Read MoreLearning About Jeff Davis County
By MARY ANN ANDERSON When Dr. Annette Laing wrote “Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When,” the first of four books in her time-travel adventure series entitled “The Snipesville Chronicles,” the former Georgia Southern University professor had no idea that the community of Snipesville actually existed. “I made up the name ‘Snipesville,’” she wrote in an…
Read MoreContractor Wants To Be Paid For Work At Airport
By TOMMY PURSER Editor-Publisher Dealing with bureaucratic red tape sometimes can be a struggle. And contractor Joey Hiers of Baxley is struggling with unpaid invoices amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars for work he did constructing the taxiway at the City of Hazlehurst’s airport. In an effort to get Hiers his money, the Hazlehurst…
Read MoreRev. Brenton Assigned to Hazlehurst FUMC
The Rev. Scott Brenton has been appointed as pastor of Hazlehurst First United Methodist Church by Bishop R. Lawson Bryan, says Jim Peterson, chairman of the Staff Parish Relations committee. Scott comes to Hazlehurst from Bleckley First UMC. He was born in Germany as a part of a military family and his family is mostly…
Read MoreOne Dead, Two Injured In Two Saturday Accidents
A fatal, one-vehicle accident on the Altamaha Road and yet another accident at the Collins Street-Pat Dixon Road intersection highlighted the dangers that exist every day on the county’s roads. Both accidents occurred Saturday. According to a State Patrol report, in the Altamaha Road accident, Henry Lee Morris, 28, of Bush Road, Hazlehurst, lost his…
Read MoreStay The Course — By John Reed
Stay The Course One of the terms I hear bandied about whenever I listen to the news is “regime change.” A generation ago, we called it “nation building.” Whatever the label, we’ve been at it a long time. We first built our own nation, and that gave us the sense that might be good at…
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