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Mrs. Martha Jeanette DeFoor Moore, age 90, of Eastanollee, GA, entered into rest Saturday, October 31, 2020. Jeanette was born September 24, 1930, in Stephens County where she lived most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Sandford Mack DeFoor and the late Lucy Cleo Looney DeFoor. She was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church most of her […]
Read moreMs. Tanna Kay Jones Dixon, age 37, of Mountain City, GA, passed away Friday, October 30, 2020. Born August 28, 1983 in Gainesville, GA, she was the daughter of Maurice Jones and Sandra Wall Jones. She was of the Mormon Faith and was licensed as a CNA. Family members in addition to her parents include, her children’s father, Michael Dixon […]
Read moreMr. Jerry W. Williams, Sr., age 78, of Martin, GA, passed away Friday, October 30, 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, GA. Born January 27, 1942 in Alabama, he was the son of the late Claude and Helen Angles Williams. He was of the Baptist Faith and was a self-employed sign maker. Family members include his […]
Read moreThe Stephens County High School Cross Country teams participated in the Region 8-AAA meet Friday at Jefferson. The boys team qualified for the state meet in Carrollton this weekend. The boys were paced by Grady Sanders with a time of 17:04. The girls team barely missed out on a trip to state by finishing 5th, but they ran their best team […]
Read moreThe Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19, the first death reported in the county in almost three weeks, bringing the total to 42. DPH is now reporting 1,288 positive cases of the virus in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Friday […]
Read moreAs of 3:30 P.M. on Friday, some Stephens County residents remain without power after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region Thursday morning. According to Georgia Power, a little more than 750 customers in Stephens County remain without power. As of 5 P.M. on Thursday, Hart EMC was reporting just under 3,000 customers without power, but now is reporting that […]
Read moreEarlier this morning, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Executive Order 10.30.20.01 and Executive Order 10.30.20.02, extending the public health state of emergency through December 9 and renewing current COVID-19 restrictions with minimal changes to the sections on Healthcare and Governments. The Order extending the public health state of emergency (1o.30.20.01) is effective immediately. Executive Order 10.30.20.02 takes effect on November 1 […]
Read moreMrs. Wilma Lipford Everitte, age 84, of Eastanollee, GA, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2020 at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart in Lavonia, GA. Born September 27, 1936 in McNairy County, TN, she was the daughter of the late John and Mable Plunk Lipford. She was self-employed as a Truck Driver. Family members include her husband, William Albert Everitte of […]
Read morePower remains out to thousands of Stephens County residents after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region this morning. According to Georgia Power, more than 1,700 customers in Stephens County remain without power and Hart EMC is reporting just under 3,000 customers without power as of 5 P.M. in Stephens County. Many of those outages started this morning when high […]
Read moreStephens County Schools will be closed on Friday. Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham had the following statement. “I hope that everyone is doing well and safe after the storm. Due to the power outage at the high school and the bus shop, we will be closed tomorrow. Georgia Power is dealing with widespread outages across the region which […]
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