Office Redecoration — By Tommy Purser
I think I’m due for an office redecoration. The things I have hanging on the walls of my office and displayed on the shelves of a cabinet in my office haven’t been changed in decades. The cabinet, by the way, is built of walnut. Not just any walnut, but boards hewned from a huge walnut…
Read MoreRelatively Absolute Absurdity— By John Reed
Relatively Absolute Absurdity A recent birthday brings me closer to my eighth decade, and the view of our world from that lofty height is increasingly absurd. More on that later, but first let’s talk opposites: relativism and absolutism. Just about any debate these days seems to be defined by one or the other of these…
Read MoreHeat Is Turned Up on D.A. Higgins
The heat has been turned up on Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Keith Higgins. During the summer, the Jeff Davis County Commission joined the commissions in the other four counties of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit — Glynn, Appling, Wayne and Camden — in filing a complaint seeking to remove Higgins from his position, In March,…
Read MoreNO!! Business owners don’t like GDOT plan
The message was clear: Local business owners do not like plans to improve traffic safety along Coffee and Jarman streets in Hazlehurst. About two dozen people gathered at Hazlehurst City Hall last Thursday for a hastily called meeting to talk with Georgia Department of Transportation officials about a recently released plan to make significant changes…
Read MoreMr. Alfred Gerard Brantley, 56
Mr. Alfred Gerard Brantley was born Dec. 2, 1968, in Alston, to the late John Ellis and Margaret Clarice Brantley. He entered into eternal rest Oct. 7 at his home. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, brother Gary Lee Brantley and sister Francis Mae Brantley. Survivors include his longtime companion Beneva…
Read MoreMr. Delton Tyrone Clark, 58
Mr. Delton Tyrone Clark was born Nov. 19, 1966, to the parents of Shirley and Delmar Clark, who preceded him in death. He passed away Oct. 6 at his residence. Delton spent the majority of his life in Philadelphia where he attended public school and worked (Security Officer). During his childhood he spent a…
Read MoreMr. James Lyle Edge, 78
Mr. James Lyle Edge, 78, of Valdosta, passed away Oct. 24 at Fellowship Home Assisted Living in Valdosta. He was born May 21, 1947, in Hazlehurst, to the late Jessie James Edge and Julie Moody Edge. He grew up farming on his family’s land, where he developed a lifelong love for the outdoors — he…
Read MoreMr. Sam McNeely, 77
Mr. Sam McNeely, 77, of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 25 at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia following a brief illness. He was born March 6, 1948, in Danville, Ill., to the late Glenn Edward McNeely and Wanda Patricia Murphy McNeely. As a child, his family moved to Westfield, Ind. where he grew up and graduated…
Read MoreMrs. Daisy Mae Meek, 72
Mrs. Daisy Mae Meek, 72, of Roberta, passed away Oct. 22 at her home. She was born March 18, 1953, in Jacksonville, Ga., to the late Hoke Smith and Maybel Hulett Smith. She was raised in Telfair County and called Hazlehurst home for over 30 years. She retired from Sunrise Poultry and worked at several…
Read MoreMrs. Jane Hawkins Walker, 87
Mrs. Jane Hawkins Walker was born Nov. 30, 1937, and died Oct. 23, 2025. The daughter of Lawrence H. and Selma C. Hawkins of Macon, she grew up in Macon and attended Gresham Grammar School, Miller Jr. and Miller Sr. high schools in Macon. She attended Young Harris College where she was a Class Speaker…
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