Welcome To The Real World – John Reed
Welcome To The Real World This week, the class of 2018 will graduate. The “commencement” ceremonies will indeed mark the beginning of the next phase of their lives. Sadly, many will make choices that will forever affect them and their children in the future. Recently, a former student accosted me in Walmart and demanded to…
Read MoreGetting Old
Not much room for a column in this week’s Ledger so I’ll, by necessity, be brief. Where has the time gone? At Friday night’s graduation, I saw some kids receiving diplomas that are the grandchildren of people I watched get a diploma when I first came to Hazlehurst to run this newspaper. I wasn’t surprised,…
Read MoreThe Protected vs. The Unprotected
Time magazine had an interesting article in this week’s edition concerning the sorry state our country is in today. The author was Steven Brill, who it turns out is about my age, and its title surprised me: “My Generation Was Supposed To Level America’s Playing Field. Instead, We Rigged It For Ourselves.” The article was…
Read MoreBonner Performing Well At Truett-McConnell
JDHS alumus Donald Bonner had an impressive sophomore season at Truett-McConnell University. Bonner competed in multiple individual events in Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field for the Bears. On March 10 at the Paine Lions Invitational he took 1st in the men’s triple jump with a jump of 14.72 meters (48 ft., 3 1/2 in.).…
Read MoreMrs. Alma Jack (Jackie) Ross Wilson, 87
Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the graveside service for Mrs. Alma Jack (Jackie) Ross Wilson, 87, of Hazlehurst, who passed away May 15. Services were held May 18 in Hazlehurst Memorial Cemetery with Bro. Jimmie Ryles officiating. Mrs. Wilson was born in Jeff Davis County. She was the daughter of the late Ella Matthews…
Read MoreLocal Voters Favor Cagle
None of the Republican candidates for Georgia Governor in last week’s Primary and Nonpartisan General Election received a majority of the vote in Jeff Davis County, as was the case statewide. Locally Casey Cagle led the way with 359 votes (34.59%), followed by Brian Kemp with 282 (27.17%) and Hunter Hill with 234 (22.54%). Cable…
Read MorePoppies In Remembrance
At Monday’s Memorial Day Ceremony in Hazlehurst, members of the Jeff Davis County Veterans Association Honor Guard took turns laying stems of bright red poppies at the base of the monument saluting each of the 32 Jeff Davis County men who had lost their lives fighting as members of the U.S. Military. What was the…
Read MoreSen. Tillery to speak at Memorial Day Ceremony
The Jeff Davis County Veterans Association will hold its annual Memorial Day ceremony May 28 at 10 a.m. at Veterans Square Park on Tallahassee Street to honor veterans who lost their lives in defense of America’s freedoms. The keynote speaker is State Senator Blake Tillery, who represents Georgia’s 19th District, which includes Jeff Davis County.…
Read MoreMr. Billy Joe Creamer, 75
Mr. Billy Joe Creamer, 75, of Hazlehurst, died May 15 in Memorial Satilla Health Hospital in Waycross. Mr. Creamer was born Jan. 10, 1943, in Appling County to the late Joseph Daniel Creamer and the late Ada Mae Hall Creamer. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Hazlehurst Pentecostal Church. He is…
Read MoreMs. Margaret Burkhaulter Grantham, 78
Ms. Margaret Burkhaulter Grantham, 78, of Hazlehurst, died May 14 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Ms. Grantham was born Dec. 16, 1939, in Jeff Davis County to the late Charlton Burkhaulter and the late Phoebe Stapleton Burkhaulter and was a seamstress. She is preceded in death by her daughters, Gail Grantham and Cathy Cannon, siblings,…
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