Entries by Staff Writer

Landon Allen White and Ryker Holton Kersey are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their parents, Chelsea Rena White, daughter of Ricky and Libby Carter of Baxley and Christopher Glen Kersey, son of George and Doris Lightsey of Baxley. [Full Story »] 

Bane and Rosa Courson of Hazlehurst are pleased to announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Brittnay Courson, to Jon Spell, son of Steve and Jeanne Spell of Baxley. [Full Story »] 

Pastor John and co-pastor Billie Jackson are celebrating their 40th anniversary this month. They were married on July 25, 1971 in Baxley. [Full Story »] 

Michael and Stacy Sturgis are delighted to announce the birth of their baby girl, Audrey Marie Sturgis.

Audrey arrived on March 29, 2011 at 11:17 a.m. at Candler Hospital in Savannah. She weighed seven pounds 15 ounces, was 19.5 inches long, and was delivered by Dr. Melanie Helmken. [Full Story »] 

Robert and Ellen Drawdy are proud to announce the birth of their son, Emmett William Drawdy. [Full Story »] 

Are you sick yet? Washington is sure making me sick these days. Over the weekend a friend started talking about our President, and I abruptly asked him to stop. Why? Because I started feeling nauseous. This guy just doesn’t get it. I don’t know what planet he’s from, but we can’t continue to try to spend our way out of debt. It’s time to take a long hard look at entitlements and government handouts to hopefully set this sinking ship back afloat. [Full Story »] 

Last Thursday night I attended a Friends-of-the-Library meeting in Hazlehurst’s beautiful new facility. After a business meeting, Carole Jones Graham was to speak on etiquette. She is quite the expert and has even written books on the subject. I am quite the amateur and can hardly remember which fork to use for which dish. I watch the people around me and hope they know their etiquette. Hopefully, they’re not watching me for the same reason. [Full Story »] 

I recently installed a PVC water line along the fenced in area in my back yard. I have a chocolate Lab, Fox. I didn’t like him but the family did so he was in like flint. They think he is human and treat him as such. [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor,

I would like to take this opportunity to say “thank you” to my dear friends and relatives in Baxley. As many of you know, I’ve been on the Kidney Transplant list at Emory Hospital for a while now.

I was blessed to receive not one but two new kidneys on April 13, 2011. The transplant was a tremendous success, and I’m doing wonderful. God has truly blessed me through this experience.

I’d like to say “thank you” to everyone. You may have attended a fund raising event, made a donation to the fund raisers or my transplant fund, brought food, stopped by for a visit, called, simply asked about me, thought of me or said a prayer. Each and everything is so appreciated. [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor,

Every since reading Ms. McVey’s post regarding Fair Street on a local website I have debated with myself about responding. You see I also live on Fair St., between Anthony St. and Tollison St., and as Ms McVey complained, we do have our share of speeders. However, my office overlooks Luckie St (also a residential thru street) and it usually looks like a racetrack as well. Also I seem to recall that MLK has had some serious traffic issues in the past. In fact, let’s face it - people will speed when they can and Baxley is far short of the needed officers to keep each and every street patrolled at all times. As for Fair St., I have often seen patrol cars on our street both night and day. In the midst of the long lines of people who bring their children from all over the county to Trick or Treat on Fair Street, I appreciate the way they are extremely visible, keeping the little ones safe and the big ones in line! Often they are giving out candy too! [Full Story »] 

Dear Jamie,

I would like to submit just a short note to say how fortunate that we are to have our hospital system in Baxley. A lot of people don’t realize how many communities have either lost their hospitals or have had to cut back to “skeleton crews” across Georgia. Nearly every hospital that I am aware of is having severe financial problems for numerous reasons. That is another story for another time. [Full Story »] 

The mountains of north Georgia and western North Carolina have been my and B. J.’s second home since the early days of our marriage. We have been going to Helen, Ga. since Richard was just a kid and Betty’s Country Store was indeed “country”. This was Big Red’s second trip. [Full Story »] 

Junior B. Carter, 70, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at Chandler Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Carter was born Dec. 21, 1940 in Baxley and had resided in Jesup. He was retired and before retirement he was working in agriculture. Junior was the son of the late Bernice Carter and the late Retter Carter. [Full Story »]