Wayne County Historical Society

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 the mission of the Georgia Trust and his book, Georgia’s First Elected Governor: John Adam Treutlen and the American Revolution.

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The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

The Georgia Trust's Places in Peril list

Georgia’s First Elected Governor: John Adam Treutlen and the American Revolution

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.

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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 Manning, Jr. 

James Middleton

Solomon Morgan

John Munden

William Rawls

Lewis Roberts

Frederick Robeson

James Robinson

John Rooks

West Sheffield

Charles Smith

Robert Stafford

Reuben Turner

Caleb Moore

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.

From “For the Fallen” by Laurence Binyon

The Mad About Wayne podcast gang talks about everyone's favorite recreation destination, the mighty Altamaha River and it's role in out history.