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Integration at VSU 1,054 Views In the spring of 1963, Drewnell Thomas and Robert Pierce Jr. walked across a stage to receive their high school diplomas from Valdosta’s all-Black Pinevale High School. Then they walked right into the history books. Thomas and Pierce both graduated with honors from Pinevale, but another academic achievement managed to outshine that one: Thomas and Pierce were the first Black students to attend VSU, then Valdosta State College. Pinevale High closed its doors for the final time in 1972, but the impact its two 1963 graduates had on the VSU community lives on tod...

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Obituary - Mr. Willie Earnest “Ernie” Myers Jr. Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory BROOKLET, Ga. -- Mr. Willie Earnest “Ernie” Myers Jr., age 55, died Sunday at his residence.     The Savannah, Georgia, native was born on Flag Day and that gave him the foundation of being a truly patriotic American.     Ernie was an owner/operator truck driver for many years. He was well-traveled, having done so all over the world and the United States.     He served in the Merchant Marines, which gave him the opportunity to travel the world, and as a...

PARISHVILLE — A house along Pickettville Road went up in flames early Saturday afternoon, and is destroyed as a result.

PARISHVILLE — A house along Pickettville Road went up in flames early Saturday afternoon, and is destroyed as a result.