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Jessie Lovett, 61, of Millen died Thursday, March 23, 2023.
He was bom in Emanuel County and was a Baptist.
He was preceded in death by his father, Elzie Sr. and mother, Betty
Kangeter Lovett, sister, Brenda Lee Lovett, brother, Dewey Elzie
Lovett Jr., and Freddie Lovett.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Survivors include his sisters, Mae Bracewell (Eschol), of Dublin and
Marie Clanton (Shawn) of Warner Robins, brothers, Charles Lovett
(Beth), Dewey Lovett (Linda) and Allen Lee Lovett of Millen.
28 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he
leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and tny
staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Governor visits storm ravaged Milledgeville
On Tuesday, March 28, Governor Brian Kemp,
First Lady Marty Kemp, and GEMA Chief of Staff
Mike Smith toured the storm ravaged community
of Milledgeville. The governor issued a state of
emergency Sunday, after the storms hit the state.
Savannah asks for public input on renaming square
It’s called Calhoun Square after VP and Secretary of
War John C. Calhoun. Back in November the city
voted to remove the name because of Calhoun’s pro
slavery position. The city is now asking for public
input on the renaming. According to city ordinances,
this could be a long drawn out process with the city considering the proposed names in
August-September 2023.
The deadline for applying is May 15, 2023. The square may not be named in honor of a
living person.
Savannah man captured on video spying on neighbor through window
A 45 year old Savannah man is behind bars for allegedly spying on his neighbor through her
window. The victim told detectives she was reviewing security footage of her home when
she saw a man looking through the window of her home around 11pm. the previous night.
The man has been identified as Jimmy Louis Baylor, 45, a neighbor.
Baylor was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with three counts of felony peeping Tom,
three counts of misdemeanor criminal trespass, and one count of stalking.
Inmate captured after escaping work detail in Bulloch County
Spencer Popwell, 51, has been located after escaping a work detail in Bulloch County.
According to the Statesboro Police, Statesboro High School was put on lockdown after
Popwell escaped from a work detail Monday. Officials locked down the after-school
activities and canceled any evening events. Popwell is serving time for felony theft incidents.
Gordon County deputies shoot motorcyclist after chase
A motorcyclist, who Gordon County deputies say tried to flee during a traffic stop, was shot
Sunday morning when he tried to reach for a weapon. Christopher Boyer faces charges of
felony obstmction of law enforcement officers, terroristic threats/acts, and a host of traffic
related offenses.
Deputies say they tried to pull Boyer over near Calhoun but instead of stopping, he sped
off, leading them on a chase. He later crashed in the Newtown community. Boyer then told
deputies he had a gun and threatened to shoot them, reaching inside his clothing, causing
deputies to fire. It took two hours before Boyer gave himself up and was transported and
later released from an area hospital. He currently sits in the Gordon County Jail.
Teen hazed in Glynn County, FBI joins investigation
A Glynn County teen remains hospitalized after a group of teens forced him to guzzle vodka,
tied him to a chair and urinated on him. Hundreds of people attended a vigil Monday night
outside a Brunswick Hospital where Trent Lehrkamp, 19, is being trated. The Glynn County
Police said in a press release that the FBI and the GBI are helping conduct interviews
related to the March 21 bullying incident that left Lehrkamp covered in spray paint and
unable to breath on his own.
Reports show the teen was victimized at the same St. Simons home just five days prior,
according to his father. Mark Lehrkamp, the victim’s father, told police that on March 17,
his son returned from the same friend’s house covered in WD-40, vomit, paint, glue, egg
yolks, and spray paint. A few weeks prior, the teen visited the emergency room after visiting
the same house because of a laceration above his left eye.
GA high court considers abortion law
Georgia’s highest court is considering whether the state’s restrictive abortion law is void
because it violates U.S. Supreme County precedent that was in effect at the time it was
enacted. A lower court mled last year that the law enacted in 2019 was not valid because it
was unconstitutional at the time for governments to ban abortions before viability based on
the precedent set in Roe v Wade. The Georgia High Court has repeatedly said the General
Assembly is presumed to know the law, including judicial interpretations of that law.
Georgia Abortions Law was signed into law by Gov. Kemp in 2019 and took effect in July
after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It prohibits most abortions once there
is a detectable heartbeat.
Education funding would benefit all Georgians
State lawmakers say funding schools, and expanding hope grants will benefit all Georgians.
With sports betting not getting traction, lawmakers say we must find ways to make college
affordable. Another push is to fund technical colleges to keep up with new companies
moving to Georgia.
There is currently a push to increase teacher pay to keep them from leaving the state.
Hymns That Touch the Heart
. JZ#**
"Church in
the Wildwood"
er/Writer
for
The Times
I am sure alot of folks remember hearing men's voices of By Sam ]
your favorite Church choir singing..."O come, come, come,
come, come, come ".and you thought to yourself "are
they ever going to stop singing that?" Well, this happens to
be the bass line to one of my Grandfather's favorite hymns, "Church in the Wildwood" or as
some folks know it, "The Little Brown Church in the Vale."
One of my grandfathers was Sam Charles Cathcart of Thomson, Ga. He loved going to the
little white Methodist Church in this quiet Cobbham community and if he wasn't singing "I
can tell you the time, I can take you to the place", he was belting this particular hymn. I re
member those days like it was yesterday. As a child, I would always try and grab the special
spot beside him on one of the old wood pews my family would fill. You see our family was
big and we filled most of the Church.
Now, it was hot in that Church. No air at all and only drop down ceiling fans to move the
air around, a few wasp nests in the comers of the building and of course shutters that would
open from the outside to let in a brisk not always so cool breeze. But, it was nice. I didn't
realize how much I would appreciate the time with my family in that old country Church.
As you know by now, I love good ole Country Gospel music! It makes my heart sing and
my feet dance!
The hymn "Church in the Wildwood" was composed and written by Dr. William S. Pitts
in 1857 following a coach ride that stopped in Bradford, Iowa. It is a song about a church in
a valley near the town, though the church was not actually built until several years later. In
the years since, the church has become known simply as "the Little Brown Church".
The story is, that during a stagecoach ride to visit his fiancee in Fredericksburg, Iowa, the
stage stopped at Bradford and allowed Pitts to wander in the area and enjoy the woodlands.
Pitts found particular beauty in a wooded valley fomied by the Cedar River. While viewing
the spot, Pitts envisioned a church building there and could not seem to ease the vision from
his mind. Returning to his home in Wisconsin, he wrote "The Church in the Wildwood" for
his own sake, eventually saying of its completion, "only then was I at peace with myself."
By 1862 Pitts was married, and he and his wife moved to Fredericksburg to be near her
elderly parents. He was surprised upon his return to the area to find a Church being erected
where he had imagined it five years before. The building was even being painted brown,
because that was the least expensive color of paint to be found. During the winter of 1863-
64, Pitts taught a singing class at Bradford Academy. He had his class sing the song at the
dedication of the new Church in 1864. This was the first time "Church in the Wildwood"
was sung by anyone apart from Pitts himself.
Nearing the twentieth century, small Bradford was in
great decline. The village had been bypassed by a new
railroad through Nashua, Iowa, two miles west, and the
flour mill moved to New Hampton, Iowa to be on a big
ger river. The town was once the county seat, but popu
lation was in steady decline, and the Church had grown
neglected. In 1888, the Church was closed.
However, about 22 years later the "Society for the pres
ervation of The Little Brown Church" was founded, and
by 1914, services were again held in the building. Shortly
afterward, the small congregation experienced a revival
that attracted new attention to it and to its namesake song,
"Church in the Wildwood." It attracts thousands of visi
tors every year to see or be married in "The Little Brown
Church in the Vale.
There's a church in the valley by the wildwood
No lovelier spot in the dale
No place is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale
(Oh, come, come, come, come)
Come to the church by the wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the vale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale
Wiggins receives coveted
DAISY award for nurses
By Joe Brady, Editor
for
The Times
Dr. William S. Pitts
Daphne Wiggins, R.N., a nurse
at East Georgia Regional Medical
Center and JCHS graduate has
won the DAISY for extraordinary
nurses. The Millen native has
been a labor and delivery nurse at
EGRMC over 15 years.
A former patient, Jordan
Wilburn said, “Daphne was my
superhero during my recent stay
at EGRMC. She exemplifies the
extraordinary strengths and skills
needed in the nursing profession.
Thanks to her quick thinking
and calm communication, my
experience in the Women’s
Pavillion was a positive one.”
Congratulations to Nurse
Wiggins!
Daphne Wiggins, R.N.
RABIES
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Department Environmental Health Section recommends
the following:
Make sure your dogs and cats are currently
vaccinated against rabies.
Do not let your pets roam free. They are more likely
to have contact with a rabid wild
animal.
Avoid feeding your animals outside. This draws stray
and wild animals to your doorstep.
Teach your children not to approach wild animals and
animals they do not know.
The Jenkins County Health Department Environmental
Health Section is asking all residents to make sure pets
are vaccinated against rabies and to avoid all contact
with wild animals.
In addition, report any contact of humans and domestic
animals with wild animals to Jenkins County Health
Department Environmental Health Section office at
478-982-2811.
For additional infomiation on Rabies refer to these
websites: U.S. Food and Drug Administration- www.
fda.gov
Center for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.
govncidod/dvrd/rabies
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