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Billy Charles Harper, age 63, of Pearson, GA, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Harper was born on January 21, 1954, in Dade City, FL to the late Johnny Harper and Beatrice Stevens Harper. Survivors include: his daughter, Amber Nicole Harper Stuart of Bristol, VA; brother, Jimmy Harper of Pearson, GA; five sisters, Margaret Moody of Homerville, GA, Elizabeth Burney of Falkville, AL, Geneva Hardee of Homerville, GA, Evelyn Taylor of Nashville, GA, and Barbara Harper of Douglas, GA; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A graveside service was held…

Don “Big Don” Edward Adams, Sr., age 51, of Douglas, Ga. passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Adams was born on January 15, 1966, to Wilma Lee Burch Adams and the late Jack Edward Adams. Survivors include: his wife, Brenda Kay Waldron Adams of Douglas, Ga.; two sons, Don Edward Adams, Jr. (girlfriend Ashleigh Johnson) of Douglas, Ga. and Bryant O’Shaunessy Adams (girlfriend Ashlyn Roberson) of Douglas, Ga.; one daughter, Emilee Jacklyn Adams (boyfriend Tony Hunt) of Douglas, Ga.; one grandson, Ashton Brooks Adams of Douglas, Ga.; mother, Wilma…

The City of Douglas Utilities Department will recognize its utility linemen on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 with a special luncheon for employees in the Douglas Utilities Department. Douglas Utilities employ 10 linemen in the department. Several of these linemen have helped other communities in our state this year following severe weather. Douglas linemen have helped electricity be restored in Albany three times, Thomasville two times, and Ellaville once following storm disasters this year for approximately a total of 23 days. “We are very proud of the work that our City of Douglas Linemen perform each day,” says Mayor Tony Paulk.…

First Academy will be offering a half day Pre-K program and a full day Pre-K program for the 2017-18 school year. Doug Wasden, headmaster at First Academy, said, “We have had a huge interest in our Pre-K program this year. Most parents are looking for a full day program, but we have many who are not quite ready for their child to attend a full day of school so the half day option will be available.” First Academy only has eight available spots left in its full day program. Wasden commented, “We only had one Pre-K class this school year,…

Coffee Middle School students are challenged to earn 50 points by reading for the months of March and April. Gift cards are given each week to motivate students to read. Winners of the gift cards for Reading Counts for the week of April 3rd of the competition are: 6th grade – Aaliyah Coronado, 7th grade – Nash Harper and 8th grade – Andrea Garcia. Congratulations to this week’s winners.

Kevin D. Tatum, County Extension Coordinator, Coffee County 4-H Honors Night Each year, Coffee County 4-H holds a program to recognize our 4-H members who have been active in 4-H competitions and community service projects. Competitions include District Project Achievement (DPA), poultry judging, livestock shows (cattle, goats, hogs, and horses), and target sports contests (archery, air pistol, air rifle, .22 rifle, BB rifle, and shotgun). We also recognize students for their participation in community service projects like the Adopt-A-Highway workdays, Pet Therapy visitation days, and bell ringing for the Salvation Army, just to name a few. This year’s honors night…

The CCA boys and girls tennis teams had a dominant performance at this year’s region tournament. The boy’s doubles team of Drew Roberson and Tyler Corsa placed 1st. First year player Payton Bradshaw came in a surprising 2nd, upsetting Robert Toombs 2nd seed Tim Waller to advance to the finals. The CCA girls continued their dominance, winning their 3rd region tournament in a row. Sara Walker and Graceanna Griffis placed 1st and 2nd in singles for the second consecutive year. Ivy Roberts also placed 3rd. Hanna Dunn and Madelyn Tanner placed 1st in girls doubles, and Lori Lott and Jessa…

Members of Team A from Lowndes High School captured first place in the annual Mathematics Tournament held recently on South Georgia State College’s (SGSC) Waycross Campus. A total of 114 students from seven high schools – Brantley, Charlton, Georgia Christian, Lowndes, Pierce, Valdosta, and Ware – competed in the event. Students participated in individual and team competitions. The individual competition featured a 75-minute, 40-question multiple choice exam that covered topics in the high school curriculum – algebra, trigonometry, geometry, and calculus. Joyce Liu of Lowndes High School captured first place in the individual competition. Dhairya Patel (Valdosta), Andrew Spradley (Brantley),…

South Georgia State College (SGSC) students Loren Mertz of Nahunta and Kelsey Smith of Douglas were named to the All-Georgia Academic Team, a program sponsored by two-year college presidents, the national honor society for two-year colleges Phi Theta Kappa, and community college state associations. Mertz and Smith are members of Phi Theta Kappa’s Kappa Sigma chapter on the Douglas Campus. A recognition luncheon was recently held in their honor in Atlanta at the Sloppy Floyd Building Empire Room. Colleges may nominate students from their campuses to the All-USA Academic Team. Students from Georgia nominated to the national team make up…

Terrell Jacobs, City Manager, was the speaker at the Douglas Kiwanis Club meeting of Tuesday the 11th of April at the Flyin’ Cowboy restaurant. He spoke about the City in the Mix week, the Premium Sports Complex, the new utility yard on 206 connector and other recent news. The Kiwanis club members enjoyed and appreciated his presentation.