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Mr. Willie B. “Boe” Peacock, age 93 of Douglas, passed away Friday afternoon, February 17, 2017 at Shady Acres Health and Rehabilitation following an extended illness. Funeral services will be Sunday, February 19, 2017, at 2:00 P.M. at Chatterton Grove Holiness Baptist Church with the interment to follow in Chatterton Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends, Saturday, February 18, 2017 from 6:00 until 9:00 P.M. at Ricketson Funeral Home. Condolences may be left at www.ricketsonfuneralhome.com. Ricketson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements

Marilyn Geraldine Harper Morris, age 83, of Columbia, SC passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, SC following an extended illness. Mrs. Morris was born on May 2, 1933, in Douglas, GA to the late Osie Harper and Lucy Adel Martin Harper. Survivors include: her husband, Basil Neil Morris of Columbia, SC; daughter, Sheree Morris of Hilton Head Island, SC; son, Mark Morris of Columbia, SC; two granddaughters, Dana Morris (Chris) Browy of Lexington, SC and Jamie Neil Morris of Columbia, SC; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents,…

The Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting today for Warrior Works Emporium & Eatery located at 121 East Ashley Street in Douglas(next door to Martin Centre). Owner owner and chef Mark Corradino is a retired veteran who always had a dream of opening a restaurant. Coffee High School NJROTC provided the presentation of colors for the ceremony in honor of Mr. Corradino’s service in the military. Warrior Works Emporium & Eatery is open Monday – Friday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., serving a wide variety of breakfast and lunch specialties. Additionally, the restaurant will be open…

CLOVERLEAF 4-H DANCE Our staff would like to thank the volunteer and teen leaders who helped chaperon the Cloverleaf 4-H Dance on February 16. Your help was greatly appreciated. We also want to thank our 4-H teachers in school for their assistance with selling the 4-H armbands to students. We would also like to thank Indian Creek Elementary School for allowing us to hold our dances this year in their school gym. A very special thank you goes out to Mr. Steve Hall for the wonderful job with the sound and lights for the dance. LIVESTOCK NEWS 4-H and FFA…

Mr. James E. Knight, III, age 54 of Nicholls passed away Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Newton County, following a brief illness. He was born Sept. 10, 1962 to the late James Everett Knight, II and the late Frances Inez Simmons Knight. Survivors include: 1 Son: James Everett Knight, IV of Newnan, Ga.; Siblings: Chris Jones of Nicholls, Ga.; Warren Sterling of Austin, Texas; Cathy Benson of Ambrose, Ga.; 1 Grandson.; Several Uncles, Aunts, Cousins and Friends. Funeral Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. The family is requesting that in lieu of flowers, please make donations to Ricketson…

West Green Elementary School recently celebrated School Bus Driver Appreciation Week. The faculty, staff, and students showed their love and appreciation for the bus drivers by presenting each with a basket full of goodies, including a card signed by all the students who ride the bus. Our bus drivers do an awesome job getting our boys and girls to and from school safely each day. Pictured are bus drivers Donovan Simpson, Christy Batten, Amanda Musgrove, Carrie Aycock, and Carolyn Ricketson. – Submitted

February is CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education) month. CTAE Director Brad Riner recently presented the Coffee Middle School CTAE teachers with a nice satchel as a token of his appreciation for their dedication and service. The CMS CTAE department also appreciates Mr. Riner! Pictured above are David Wilder, Director Brad Riner, Jamey Stodghill, Courtney Branch, Heather Stodghill, Olivia Durden, and Scottie Adams. (Not pictured: Tara Carver) – Submitted

Jenny Massey, pseudo, J. G. Jakes, an author of Christian, faith-based fictions, will be signing her books of “The River’s Trilogy” at the First Baptist Church on March 1, 2017, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., and donating the proceeds to support First Academy, an academic, Christian school at the First Baptist Church. Jenny, mother of Seab Lastinger of Douglas and Lisa Lastinger Lott of Starke, Florida, and grandmother of Sam and Sydnee Lastinger and Maci Lott, is now a retired school teacher and spends her time writing suspenseful fictions and enthralling tales of life’s lessons attuned to the heart…

The South Georgia State College Hawks baseball team split a double-header against Thomas University JV in Thomasville winning game one 12 – 1 and losing game two 2 – 1. The Hawks dominated the opener by collecting eleven hits and twelve runs. The biggest inning for SGSC was thanks to a single by Chase Hinson, a double by Jacob Schmidt, and a triple by KC Brown. Hinson, Schmidt, Brown, and Cameron Coffey all had two hits each, followed by Chandler Rogers, Zack Williams, and Rodregas Jenkins contributing one hit. Brown led the RBI with five and Schmidt’s three added to…