continued from page to the new Education Freedom $1,700 federal tax credit to contribute to scholarship funds to help parents privately educate their children? The answer is 25 of the 28 states that have opted in are Republican states. Democrats are subservient to the hundreds of millions of political contributions from the teachers unions and their agenda to indoctrinate our kids with pro...

Mrs. Barbara Lawrence Barbara Carlene Young Lawrence, 80, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 27, 2026. Born on October 25, 1945, she was the daughter of the late William Herbert Young and Mamie Clyde Carr Young. Barbara was a loving wife, devoted mother, cherished grandmother and great-grandmother, and a treasured sister and friend. She was a faithful Christian and an active member f...

Mr. Rabun Beasley Mr. Henry Rabun Beasley, age 87, of Hazlehurst, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at Jeff Davis Hospital. He was born on December 2, 1938, near Cobb Creek in Lyons, Georgia, to the late Henry Beasley and Alene Phillips Beasley. Mr. Rabun was the founder and owner/operator of Beasley Timber Company in Hazlehurst, a business he established in 1969 and faithfully gr...

Miss Virginia Gay Miss Mary Virginia Gay, age 81, of the New Branch Community, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia following an extended illness. Miss Gay was born in Savannah, grew up in New Branch, graduating from Lyons High School in 1963, and she was a graduate of Greenleaf Business College in Atlanta. She returned to Savannah in 1974, retiring aft...