The company built a shortline railway running south from Bexley.

[5] In 2010, George County Sheriff Garry M. Welford was killed in Bexley while assisting in a high-speed chase.

Welford was attempting to lay spike strips at an intersection in Bexley, when the vehicle under pursuit struck him.

Both occupants of the fleeing vehicle, a boyfriend and girlfriend, were sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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