Mr. Tony Scott, 65
Mr. Tony Scott, 65, of Lumber City, passed away Aug. 6 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Scott was born April 14, 1959, in Telfair County. He is preceded in death by his parents, John Scott and Polly Hilton Scott, and sister-in-law, Kay Scott. Tony was definitely an outdoorsman. He liked to fish on the…
Read MoreMr. James Earl Miller, 57
Mr. James Earl Miller, 57, of Snipesville, passed away Aug. 8 in Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Mr. Miller was born June 29, 1967, in Coffee County. He is preceded in death by his father, James Hubert Miller and his sister, Kathy Lynn Miller Crawford. He was a farmer and attended Macedonia Church of…
Read MoreMrs. Alice Katherine Ripper Johnson, 79
Mrs. Alice Katherine Ripper Johnson, 79, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 11 at her residence. She was born on Jan. 20, 1945, in Chicora, Penn. She is preceded in death by her parents, Dale Ripper and Leeta Katherine Kelly Ripper and her brother, Ross Ripper. Mrs. Alice always loved working in her yards. She loved pretty…
Read MoreBlessings Taken For Granted — by John Reed
Blessings Taken For Granted The rain came, ponds and rivers overflowed. The winds blew, tree limbs and powerlines felled. Maybe a dove returned with an olive branch. In the end, we survived with relatively little damage. We take so many things for granted. In most places in the world, storms like this cause far more…
Read MoreStudent assessments are encouraging
At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Dr. Debbie Hobbs, Director of Assessment and Accountability with the Jeff Davis County School System, gave an encouraging report on student assessments garnered from students’ 2024 test results. Hobbs told board members that local students’ test scores exceeded the state and RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) scores in…
Read MoreMr. Derrick Lashawn Vann, 53
Mr. Derrick Lashawn Vann, 53, entered eternal rest July 29 at his home in Hazlehurst. A graveside service was held Aug. 4 at Dillard’s Cemetery in Alamo with Minister Reginald King officiating. Mr. Vann was born Sept. 11, 1970, to the late Aaron Vann and Phelicia Ann Howell Chatman in Lumber City. His educational experience…
Read MoreMr. Leighton Dewayne Walsh, 23
Mr. Leighton Dewayne Walsh, 23, of Brunswick, died July 31 at his residence. He was born July 16, 2001, in Mayfield, Ohio. He moved to Lumber City in middle school and settled in Brunswick after graduating from Jeff Davis High School in 2019. He was a member of Spring Hill Baptist Church. He was the…
Read MoreMrs. Tina Hayslip O’Conner, 53
Mrs. Tina Hayslip O’Conner, 53, of Hazlehurst, died July 22 at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia after a brief illness. She was born Nov. 30, 1970 in Savannah. She was Baptist by faith and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Carolyn Sorber and James E. Hayslip,…
Read MoreMrs. Nancy Ann Ponder, 77
Mrs. Nancy Ann Ponder, 77, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., passed away July 12 at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick. Nancy was born in Brunswick to parents Carlton and Genie Purser. The family moved to Palatka, Fla., and then to Waynesboro where she was raised. She graduated from Waynesboro High School and attended Georgia Southern…
Read MoreMr. Ronald Estus ‘Randy’ Thompson, 72
Mr. Ronald Estus “Randy” Thompson, 72, of Hazlehurst passed away July 28 at his residence. Mr. Thompson was born Oct. 15, 1951, in Jeff Davis County to the late George Thompson Jr. and the late Allene Herrin Thompson. He was a member of Hazlehurst Church of God and was owner of South Georgia Machine Shop…
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