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thejenkinscountytimes.com The Jenkins County Times Friday, March 31, 2023 - Page 5 Contact our office 478-401-5007. Prices start at $25. 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 Continued from page 1 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 ilBLE REB NDI G - Bonded Leather - Genuine Leather - Cowhide (912)451-6397 125 North Main Street, Sylvania, Georgia 30467 The Cotton Gin EXCITING WORSHIP Oak Hill Baptist Church 3233 Oak Hill Church Rd, Millen, GA 30442 Down load Oak Hill C h u re h APR Tod ay ! Joshua Johnson, siYr, scan MF - •••'A-.-ji- X H 'fw-T Senior Pastor Call Us for all your floral needs 478-982-2153 717 Cotton Ave Millen, GA
