contributors
Volume 18 • No . 3
Publisher LAURIE GAY
Editor DEAN POLING
Contributors WILLIAM DAVIS COBB EVE COPELAND-BRECHBIEL DAVID & KAY SCOTT BECKY TAYLOR
Contributing Photographer KELLIE RAE PHOTOGRAPHY
Design & Layout DEREK SCHAPER
M A G A Z I N E
Becky Taylor joined the sports department of The Tifton Gazette in September 2012 . She was reared in Berrien County and developed a love of sports , starting with the 1991 Atlanta Braves and an invitation to keep basketball scorebooks for Nashville Middle a year later . She graduated from Berrien High , attended ABAC and finished Valdosta State with a degree in History . Five years later , she found herself in Athens and later graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Newspapers . Prior to joining The Gazette , she worked with Georgia Public Broadcasting for the recently aired production “ As If We Were Ghosts ” and has done research for the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association .
William Davis Cobb is a reporter for the Tifton Gazette . Native to Suwanee but a resident of Thomasville , he graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2021 , earning a Bachelor ’ s in Writing and Linguistics . While he isn ’ t from the Tifton area , he ’ s enjoyed the times he ’ s had the opportunity to visit the city and see what it has to offer .
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Eve Copeland-Brechbiel is a communication specialist for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College . A native of Tifton , she graduated from ABAC with a political science degree and from the University of Georgia with a BA in anthropology . She previously worked for four years as a reporter for The Tifton Gazette and as the communications manager for the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce before joining the team at ABAC . Copeland-Brechbiel is married to Jeremy and has one son , James .
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ON THE COVER : Makeup artist Abigale Wise continues to follow her dream despite a strenuous medical condition .
Photography by Kellie Rae Photography
A Magazine with Personality !
MAY 2023 | TiftonScene 5