Meet William and LouAnn Puckett! William and LouAnn grew up in Jefferson and met at Jefferson High School. They became parents at 16 years old. Nearly 4 decades later, they share their story, to anyone who will listen, of overcoming life’s struggles, financial failures, and William’s drug addiction so others may find the hope, peace,…
Faces of Jackson County: Cary Pittman
Meet Cary Pittman! He grew up in Flowery Branch and has been in the ministry for over 25 years. He and his wife, Laura have two children, and their family has lived in Jackson County for the past five years. Cary also is a bus driver in the Jackson County School System. It has been…
Faces of Jackson County: Lisa Stephens
Meet Lisa Stephens! She was born in Orlando, Fla., grew up in Ormond Beach, Fla., and moved to Georgia in her early twenties. In 2004, she moved to Jackson County when her husband, Chris, started Hope Crossings Church in Jefferson. It didn’t take long for Jackson County to become her favorite place to live and…
Faces of Jackson County: Todd and Trisha Harper
Meet Todd and Trisha Harper of Hoschton! They have three children Amber, TJ, and Xavier. They are the founders of their 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, TNT Visions Outreach. Their mission is to empower the Jackson County community by providing much needed support to the youth, working parents, and senior citizens. The Harpers are the voices of…
2021 Top 3 Faces of Jackson County
Since we began the Faces of Jackson County project, we have had the chance to interview over 100 of Jackson County residents. In 2021, we again were honored to interview even more locals that own businesses, are students, teachers, firemen, coaches, pastors, police officers and many more! We have pulled together the top Faces of…
Brent Gilstrap
Meet Brent Gilstrap! He is the Pastor of Ebenezer UMC and Redstone UMC and currently teaches and coaches at Jackson County High School. He is married with four children, and they have lived in Jackson County for 21 years. Brent wears many hats; he is a husband, father, Christian, teacher, coach and sports enthusiast to…
Jeff Grant
Meet Jeff Grant! He and his wife, Sherry have lived in Jackson County for 15 years. They have three daughters and 5 grand children. Jeff and Sherry started iServe Ministries with the goal of ending poverty in Northeast Georgia. Jeff can be seen all over our community working with iServe, mentoring students, at sporting events,…
The Faces of Jackson County: EJ Council
Meet Ephraim Jevon Council! But everyone knows him as EJ. He is from Peachtree City and attended college at Berry College in Rome. While there, EJ fell in love with a ministry called YoungLife and decided that his time serving as a volunteer leader at Berry College was not the end of time with the…