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Allie Mildred Taylor, age 89, of Douglas, GA passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Taylor was born on May 2, 1925, in Broxton, GA to the late Owen Melton and Leona White Melton. Survivors include: her three daughters, Gail (Joe) White of Nicholls, GA, Deborah (Howard) Carter of Douglas, GA and Pam (Mike) Wells of Douglas, GA; three sons, Bobby Taylor of Douglas, GA, Billy (Nell) Taylor of Douglas, GA, and Dennis (Beuleatha) Taylor of Douglas, GA; daughter-in-law, Deborah Taylor of Valdosta, GA; twenty-six grandchildren; thirty-two great grandchildren; fourteen…

It’s been two years since the tragic death of Edith Sheffield. Although she no longer walks among us, her kind spirit continues to touch those who knew her and even some who did not. That was true when the staff at First National Bank headed up a gift giving campaign in memory of Edith. Family and friends of Edith graciously donated a large flat screen television and a Wal-Mart gift card to Still Waters women’s substance abuse and recovery center. The TV will be placed in the Still Waters chapel to support worship, as well as Christian-based 12-step study. -Submitted…

Contractors have been busy this week in Douglas as several local entrepreneurs break ground at Peanut Partners, LLC, a new peanut buying point located on the Sinkhole Road just inside the city limits. The facility will buy peanuts for members at Tifton Quality Peanuts, LLC as well as for outside farmers. Peanuts will be received, weighed, cleaned, dried, inspected, graded and stored at the buying point, which will feature a 10,000 ton storage facility. Clarkie Leverette, Phil Murray and Lyle Gaskins expect to have 25 to 30 employees at the new facility. Most of those will be seasonal, but…

Beginning March 4, 2015, the City of Douglas will begin using an automated phone calling system to inform utility customers of a delinquency. Once this automated system is active, the City of Douglas will no longer mail delinquent notices to past due utility customers. Using an automated phone calling system will speed up the process of a customer being notified of a past due/delinquent status. It is very important that the city has the best phone number to reach customers. Therefore, the city is requesting customers to confirm their phone number on file by simply dialing 311 or dialing 912-384-3302.…

Kenneth Morgan, Private Fleet Safety Manager at Walmart DC6810 recently presented a check to West Green Elementary School in the amount of $2,407.03. The money was raised by safe driving on the part of Walmart truck drivers and was received by Anne Peterson, Assistant Principal at West Green Elementary. Thank you, Walmart drivers, for supporting our community. -Submitted by West Green Elementary School

Elected officials from Douglas were among nearly 800 city officials to attend the Georgia Municipal Association’s annual Mayors’ Day Conference in Atlanta Jan. 23-26. The annual conference provides city officials with an opportunity to learn more about legislation under consideration at the Georgia Capitol, attend training sessions, and hear from state leaders. “Attending Mayors’ Day gives us an opportunity to hear about legislation affecting our cities so we can then discuss these issues with our legislators, and it also gives us a voice in shaping GMA’s legislative policies,” said Mayor James Dennis. While attending the conference, several Douglas officials were…

Norma Luke, age 93, of Douglas, GA passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Southern Senior Living following an extended illness. Mrs. Luke was born on August 10, 1921, in Broxton, GA to the late William Floyd Lewis and Emma Jane Merritt Lewis. Mrs. Luke was the oldest member of Satilla Baptist Church at the time of her death. She retired in 1973 from the local telephone company after 30 years of service. Survivors include: her two sons, Jerry (Judy) Spikes of Douglas, GA and Joe (Sissy) Spikes of Ormond Beach, FL; four grandchildren, Mark (April) Spikes of Douglas,…

Mrs. Waunelle Benton Kimbrel, age 81, passed away in Pooler, GA on January 23, 2015 following an extended illness. Mrs. Kimbrel was born in Douglas, GA on February 16, 1933 to the late Edd Benton and Ruby Kirkland Benton. She was preceded in deathy by her husband, Billy Kimbrel. Survivors include one daughter: Cathy (Ron) Rose of Pooler, GA; two sons: Rev. Billy (Dr. Jane) Kimbrel of Ft. Valley, GA; and Emmitt Babe Kimbrel of Douglas, GA; six grandchildren, Macon (Mike) Clemmons; Lauralyn (Michael) Jarrell, Zeke Corbitt, Abbyjane Kimbrel, Robert (Erin) Kimbrel andCatherine (Marc) Bond; seven great grandchildren, Tripp Jarrell,…

Dale Hartley, chair of the Division of Business and Social Sciences at South Georgia State College, is pleased to announce the appointment of Maggie Jones-May to the business and social sciences faculty. “Maggie is an asset to the Division of Business and Social Sciences in that she is qualified to teach both political science and criminal justice. As a newcomer, she will also be an asset to the Waycross community,” said Hartley. A native of Camden, S.C., Jones-May earned a bachelor’s degrees in political science and mass communication from Frances Marion University in 2009. She earned dual master’s degrees in…