Wayne County Historical Society
The podcasts of the Wayne County Historical Society in Wayne County, Georgia.
Episodes
The podcast gang is joined by Yellow Jacket football legends Paul Connor, Fred Fender, Jerry Jones, and Kenny Bryant to discuss the early years of Yellow Jacket football, including the 1954 and 1959 state championship seasons, and into the early 1960s.
The podcast gang (Janet, actually) is joined by State Court Judge Vi Bennet and County Administrator Paul Drawdy to discuss the Wayne County Courthouse; early iterations, the existing courthouse, and efforts to restore the courthouse after the fire of October, 2025, which landed the courthouse on The Georgia Trust’s Places in Peril list for 2026; and Wright Mitchell from the Georgia Trust of Historic Preservation to discuss t...
The Podcast Crew is again joined by native son Dink Nesmith, Jr. to discuss the downtown Jesup businesses and business leaders of the 50s through the 80s.
The podcast gang is joined by special guest Dink NeSmith, Jr., to discuss businesses and business owners in the developing years of downtown Jesup.
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The podcast gang is joined by Sherry Milikin and Florrie Hopkins to discuss movers and shakers in the days gone by of Wayne County.
The Mad About Wayne podcast gang is joined by Emma Lou Todd Thompson to discuss Toddtown (AKA Toddville) and reminisce about the history of Wayne Memorial Hospital.
The Mad About Wayne podcast gang is joined by special guest Jason Deal, President of the Altamaha Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution, as we discuss early settlers of Wayne County and the 23 patriots recognized on the Revolutionary War Memorial at the Wayne County Courthouse in Jesup.
Richard Bennett
Mrs. Sibbiah Earl Blair
George Cooper
John Fort
Thomas Fullwood
Jacob Highsmith
John Kemp
William Kelly
John Knight
Moses Mann...
The Mad About Wayne podcast gang is joined by Derby Waters to discuss the doctors and dentists of yesteryear.
The Mad About Wayne podcast gang is joined by Vietnam Veteran and former Wayne County Sheriff John Carter to discuss the fallen from Wayne County in each war (or engagement) for our May/Memorial Day remembrance.
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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
AT the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
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The Mad About Wayne podcast gang talks about everyone's favorite recreation destination, the mighty Altamaha River and it's role in out history.
The Mad About Wayne podcast gang continues the America250 series with the dual topics of The Town That Trains Built and Women in Wayne County History.
The Mad About Wayne podcast gang is joined by Chanda Cogdell Pittman to discuss her Grandfather, L. C. Cogdell, Jr., and Anna Hall, co-namesake of Hall-Richardson Rec Center, prominent African-American community members of Wayne County for Black History Month.
Earl Watson joins the Wayne County Historical Society podcast gang in a discussion on the county seats of Wayne County - Tuckersville, Waynesville, and Jesup.
December at Doctortown
Wayne County Historical Society member Janet Royal welcomes guests Eric Swilley and Harry Bennet, both Civil War re-enactors and historians, to discuss the battle for the Doctortown railroad trestle in December, 1864, the only significant Confederate victory in Sherman's march to the sea.
An introduction to the Wayne County, Georgia, Historical Society, and a brief history of Wayne County.
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