Oglethorpe Echo

GARRETT KICKLIGHTER/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

GARRETT KICKLIGHTER/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

Vanguard rep met with heated discussion in Wilkes

Garrett Kicklighter
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Vanguard Renewables Development Manager Nic Cunha’s presentation about a proposed anaerobic digester in Wilkes County led to a heated discussion at a meeting at the McGill-Woodruff Agricultural Center in Washington on July 18.
Jere Van Mathews

Jere Van Mathews

Obituary: Jere Van Mathews

News Staff
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Jere Van Mathews, 85, of Lexington, ended his Happy Hour on July 19 at 7 p.m.    A lifelong resident of Oglethorpe County, Jere was the life of the party who never met a stranger.
The Oglethorpe Echo

The Oglethorpe Echo

Obituary: Jimmy Crumbley

News Staff
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
The Rev. Jimmy Crumbley, 83, of Comer, died July 15. The funeral service was Saturday, July 22, at 2 p.m. at Holly Creek Baptist Church, with Pastor David Bell, eulogist. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Charles “Buddy” Richmond Crawford

Charles “Buddy” Richmond Crawford

Obituary: Charles “Buddy” Richmond Crawford

News Staff
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Charles “Buddy” Richmond Crawford Jr., 94, husband of the late Mary Ann Bost Crawford, died on July 16. Born in Lexington on March 22, 1929, he was the son of the late Charles Richmond Crawford Sr. and Kathleen Margaret Bailey Crawford.
Taylor McGreavy (from left), Justin Loggins, J.T. Mathews, Audrey Green, Devyn Patrick, Jayden McGreavy, Jaxson Blocker, Rebecca Jones, Mae Mathews, McKinley Grimes, Eli Patton, Haleigh Baker and Kiley Paul took part in a kayaking trip. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Taylor McGreavy (from left), Justin Loggins, J.T. Mathews, Audrey Green, Devyn Patrick, Jayden McGreavy, Jaxson Blocker, Rebecca Jones, Mae Mathews, McKinley Grimes, Eli Patton, Haleigh Baker and Kiley Paul took part in a kayaking trip. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Fun-filled summer for 4-H students

McCain Bracewell
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Oglethorpe County 4-Hers have traveled to the North Georgia Wildlife Park and Safari, kayaked down the Broad River, cooked horse treats to feed horses at Echo Hills and toured the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry.    But the fun’s not done.
Oglethorpe County baseball players move and place the sod during work at the OCHS baseball field on July 12. The infield was leveled and the pitching mound was raised to regulation height. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Oglethorpe County baseball players move and place the sod during work at the OCHS baseball field on July 12. The infield was leveled and the pitching mound was raised to regulation height. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

OCHS baseball infield leveled, mound raised

Owen Warden
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The Oglethorpe County High School baseball field just received a makeover.    The field was leveled to raise the pitching mound to its proper height and new sod was placed on July 12.
Construction equipment sits at one of the construction sites on Bunker Hill Road, near the intersection of Highway 78, in Crawford last week. Crawford Village, a multi-use development, and The Pines at Grove Creek are being built. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Construction equipment sits at one of the construction sites on Bunker Hill Road, near the intersection of Highway 78, in Crawford last week. Crawford Village, a multi-use development, and The Pines at Grove Creek are being built. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Crawford Village stays on five-year time frame

Julianne Akers
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Crawford Village, the mixed-use development at the intersection of Bunker Hill Road and Highway 78 expected to house hundreds, is on track with the loose timeline Patriot Construction set in place last year.    “We’re just working on it as we have time.
The Muscadines of Oglethorpe, which were discovered on Lewis Sanders’ property in Stephens in 1994, are on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

The Muscadines of Oglethorpe, which were discovered on Lewis Sanders’ property in Stephens in 1994, are on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Dazzling display: The Muscadines of Oglethorpe, the state’s largest amethyst cluster, were dug from the ground in Stephens

Avni Trivedi
Thursday, July 20, 2023
When Lewis Sanders received a letter from Chester Karwoski in 1994, inquiring about digging up parts of his farm in Stephens for crystals, he didn’t have high expectations they would find much.