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As cases continue to rise in the community, Coffee Regional Medical Center urges you to stay vigilant in reducing the spread of COVID-19. As we welcome the New Year, we remind our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues to continue following the three W’s: Wear a mask, Wash your hands, and Watch your distance. Masks not only protect the wearer, but also those around them. It is also important to wear a mask indoors if social distancing is not possible at large gatherings. In exchange for a healthier and safer year, we must continue to take these precautions to keep everyone…

The Douglas-Coffee County community is embarking on a journey to bring aviation education to this community, region, and state. State and local leaders met on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at South Georgia State College to discuss how partnerships with educational organizations in the community can assist with nurturing and growing pilots and mechanics in the aviation field by developing an aviation school on the airport grounds. The United States is home to about 80 percent of the world’s primary flight training schools. However, there is a critical shortage of aviation pilots and mechanics. Leadership in Georgia, Coffee County, and…

Do you want to help make a difference in the city of Douglas? The City of Douglas is searching for motivated individuals who want to make a difference in the community to serve on volunteer boards and committees. The City of Douglas Community Development Department is looking for volunteers for the executive board of the newly formed Keep Douglas Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliate. KAB affiliates are community-based and represent communities that range in geographic area, population, and budget. Individuals interested in serving on the board of the Keep Douglas Beautiful Committee, please contact Christian Mikell in…

Do you want to help make a difference in the city of Douglas? The City of Douglas is searching for motivated individuals who want to make a difference in the community to serve on volunteer boards and committees. The City of Douglas Community Development Department is looking for volunteers for the executive board of the newly formed Keep Douglas Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliate. KAB affiliates are community-based and represent communities that range in geographic area, population, and budget. Individuals interested in serving on the board of the Keep Douglas Beautiful Committee, please contact Christian Mikell in…

The beginning of the end of the COVID-19 global pandemic began with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Following the FDA’s approval of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine for emergency use, an ambitious vaccine distribution plan is unfolding. This vaccine distribution effort, known as Operation Warp Speed (OWS) will initially include the two approved vaccines and potentially others in the future. This collaborative effort and phased plan outlined by OWS will help to ensure the aggressive target of vaccinating a majority of the U.S population over the coming months. Wednesday, Coffee Regional Medical Center received its first doses…

The beginning of the end of the COVID-19 global pandemic began with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Following the FDA’s approval of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine for emergency use, an ambitious vaccine distribution plan is unfolding. This vaccine distribution effort, known as Operation Warp Speed (OWS) will initially include the two approved vaccines and potentially others in the future. This collaborative effort and phased plan outlined by OWS will help to ensure the aggressive target of vaccinating a majority of the U.S population over the coming months. Wednesday, Coffee Regional Medical Center received its first doses…

Kevin Tatum, County Extension Coordinator The Coffee County Extension office will be closed from noon on Thursday, December 24, through Sunday, January 3. We will reopen on Monday, January 4, with regular business hours of Monday through Friday, 8 am to 12 pm, closed for lunch, and reopening daily from 1 pm to 5 pm. If you have an urgent need for the county agent, please go to our website at http://coffee4h.org to find my contact information. I will assist you with getting in touch with the agricultural agent covering our county during our agent vacancy. We wish you all…

Mae Leatha Littleton was born on June 9, 1965, to Dealur and Samuel Littleton. When her mother Dealur remarried, Namon Williams became her step-father. Mae Leatha was born the 9th child of 11 siblings. Mae Leatha attended a concerted service school for the handicapped and disabled for over 25 years, where she grew and socialized with many of her friends She will truly be missed by all that knew her. Mae Leatha was loved and admired by all that she came in contact with because she was just that special. Mae Leatha is preceded in death by her father,…

Brother Eugene Williams, the eldest son of the late Elder Jesse Williams, Jr., and Missionary Bernestine Fields Williams, and the grandson of the late Deacon Amos Fields, Sr., and the late Mrs. Jannie McCray Fields, was born on February 8, 1943. He attended Carver High and Elementary School, Douglas, Georgia, and later joined the U. S. Army. He was a two-time Vietnam veteran. Eugene also worked in various job capacities (welding, food processing, railroad, agriculture, and farming). Eugene was a member of Saints Temple COGIC during his early years of life. In later years, he became a member of…

It is with great sadness that we announce passing of Ms. Carolyn Evon Vann, on December 19, 2020 at Coffee Regional Medical Center, Douglas, Ga. Ms. Carolyn Evon Vann is survived by her loving children; Carol Baker, Michael (Carol) Baker, Mary (Jimmy) Crumbry, Marilyn Francis; nine beautiful grandchildren, Marquetta (Jamaal) Smith, Na’Tesha (Jerome) Johnson, Dorothy Hilton, Christopher Mason, Carmen Mason, Akira Campanioni, Faithlyn Harvey, Josiah Francis, Marcus Mainer; four great grandchildren, Matthew Taylor, Ne’Vaen Johnson, Majesty Taylor, and Liberty King; a host of other relatives, nieces, nephews and sorrowing friends. Memorial services will be announced at a later…