All Obituaries

Mrs. Sylvia Meeks Hall, age 82, of Vidalia, died Thursday, April 25, 2024, at her home, following an extended illness.  She was a native of Toombs County, living in Jacksonville, Florida for seven years and in Toombs County most of her life.  She worked private duty at Meadows Memorial Hospital and as a sales representative at Belk Matthews for many years.  She attended Smith Street Baptist Church.  She is preceded in death by her husband, William Robert...

Mr. JT Helms, age 85 of Vidalia, died Friday, April 25, 2024, at Oxley Park Health & Rehab in Lyons, following a brief illness.  He was a native of Vidalia, living in Savannah for fourteen years, and in Vidalia and Montgomery County most of his life.  He served three years in the U.S. Army.  He worked as an insurance agent with Independent Life for several years, Chickasha Mobile Homes for eleven years, and retired from Choo Choo Supply in Vidalia after thirty-four years...

Mr. Melmoth “Mel” Garlington Rivers, Jr. age 69, of Tarrytown, died Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at his residence after a brief illness under the care of Affinis Hospice. He was a native of Treutlen County and lived there most of his life. He graduated from Robert Toombs Christian Academy in 1973 and attended East Georgia College and Georgia College in Milledgeville. Mel worked as a lineman with Georgia Power for many years before retiring as a supervisor in April of 2017. Mel was...

Pamela Diane Connell, age 64, of Milledgeville, died Saturday, April 20, 2024, from injuries sustained in a fire at her home.  She was born June 5, 1959 in Vidalia to her mother Joyce Connell Ramey and father Hershel Casper “H.C.”  Connell.  She was a homemaker and Baptist by faith.  Her family includes her daughter, Stephanie Davis of North Carolina and Justin Lee of California; two sisters, Vicky Connell Daniels and husband Tommy of Clark Hill Lake,...

Mrs. Marion Zeigler Peterson, age 89, of Lyons, died Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida, following an extended illness.  She was a native of Toombs County and lived in Lyons most of her life.  She was a 1952 graduate of Lyons High School, and retired from the Toombs County Board of Education after thirty-three years in 2011, as lunchroom manager.  She was a long-time member of Sharpe’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Lyons.  She enjoyed...

Mrs. Connie Thigpen Sowell, age 79, of Vidalia, died Monday, April 22, 2024, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia.  She was a native of Montgomery County, growing up in Uvalda and living in Toombs County most of her life.  She was a 1962 graduate of Montgomery County High School.  Earlier in her life, she worked at Altamaha Bank & Trust in Uvalda, later at Toombs County Department of Family Children’s Services for many years, and currently at Ronald V. Hall...

Louise Page Selph, age 80, of McRae-Helena, died Thursday, April 25, 2024, at Heart of Georgia Nursing Home in Eastman, following an extended illness.  She was a native of Appling County, and she lived there and in Montgomery and Dodge Counties most of her life.  She was a homemaker and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Telfair County.  She enjoyed reading, watching Hallmark, listening to music, and spending time with her family.  She is preceded in death by her...

Mr. Henry “Mack” McCall, age 83, of Vidalia, died peacefully on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at his home, after an extended illness.  He was a native of Montgomery County, a 1958 graduate of Vidalia High School, and attended Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.  He lived in Jacksonville for twenty-five years, in Cumming, Georgia eleven years before returning home to Montgomery County in 2002.  He retired from Satellite Industries as a regional sales...

Mrs. Jean Colson Barnes, age 95 of Vidalia, died Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Zebulon Park Health & Rehab in Macon, following an extended illness.  She was a native of the Smyrna Church Community in Toombs County and was a 1945 graduate of Toombs Central School.  She moved to Vidalia in 1953 and retired as supervisor from Oxford Industries in 1993, after forty-one years.  She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and began teaching Sunday school in 1956, teaching for...

Ms. Nancy Jo Skipper won her battle over her earthly pain on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia and was called home to be with the angels above.  She was 68 years old at the time of her passing. Nancy was born in the mountains of North Carolina but was adopted when she was around 6 years old to Chester and Helen Ann Rouse of Rose Hill, North Carolina.  She was a “Daddy’s girl” her entire life.  She always saw Chester as a...