Council honors Chief Godfrey
By Noah Gardner The Baxley City Council held its meeting August 26 at 8:30 a.m. Mayor Tim Varnadore called the meeting to order and Reverend Rick Brown gave the invocation. Councilwoman Betty...
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Turner sworn in
On Monday, August 31, a swearing in ceremony was held at the Appling County Courthouse. The Appling County Board of Education voted to appoint Sabrina Turner to fill the vacant seat for District 4...
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“Cry Out America” event to be held for Community-Wide Prayer at Harvest Chapel
Submitted by Wanda Stone Appling County will be having a special Cry Out America service on Monday, September 14, at 7:00 p.m. at Harvest Chapel Church. Cry Out America - Patriot Day is on 9/11....
View ArticleTracy Fleming Beckworth
Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral service of Mr. Tracy Fleming Beckworth, 85, who passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Mr. Beckworth was a native and lifelong resident of...
View ArticleMAXINE HUNTER BROWN
Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral services for Mrs. Maxine Hunter Brown, 69, who passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at her residence in Surrency. She was a native and...
View ArticleJULIE CARTER
Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the death of Mrs. Julie Carter, 67, who passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Ascension St. Vincent’s in Jacksonville, Fl. Arrangement are currently...
View ArticleKENDALL MILLS
Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral services for Mr. Kendall Mills, 78, who passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 at the Baptist Village Nursing Home in Waycross. Mr. Mills was a...
View ArticleKARL SEXTON
Karl Sexton, 54, of Baxley passed away August 13, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. Bro. Sexton was born October 29, 1965 in Moline, Illinois. He surrendered to the call...
View ArticleALEX SIMMONS
Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral services of Mr. Alex Simmons, 80, who passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Appling...
View ArticleRICHARD ANTHONY STAPLETON
Mr. Richard Anthony Stapleton, 65, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 at Jeff Davis Hospital under the care of Serenity Hospice after an extended illness. Mr. Stapleton was born November 9, 1954 in...
View ArticleHILDRA FAYE STONE
Hildra Faye Stone, 75, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Stone was born March 27, 1945 in Lucedale, Mississippi to the late Claiborne Matthew...
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Appling taxpayers will appreciate millage reductions
This past week Appling taxpayers received welcome news in the form of less property taxation. The Appling County Board of Education rolled back its millage by almost a half of a mill. Then the Appling...
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Not finding much good news in this bummer year
We are now into September of what has so far been a bummer of a year. My colleague, David Carroll, a Chattanooga TV anchor with whom I share the editorial page in several papers, calls 2020 “ the...
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Nightmare weekend
Mama used to tell me that bad things come in threes and then they are gone. Not so, or not for me this weekend anyway. Saturday night I put a chicken in the crock pot so I could get up Sunday morning...
View ArticleLEGALS FOR 9-9-2020
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: ESTATE OF VIRGIL LEE CARTER DECEASED ESTATE NO. 2020-90 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE TO AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:...
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