All Obituaries

Mrs. Edna Rose Moseley O’Neal, age 72, of Vidalia, died Saturday, July 11, 2026, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia following a lengthy illness. She was a lifelong resident of Toombs County, growing up in Lyons and living there and Vidalia all of her life. She attended Lyons High School. She was a homemaker, but worked at Northland Cable, Dudley Sports, Toombs Nursing Home, and S&H Green Stamps Store. She attended First Baptist Church of Vidalia and was a long-time former ...

Vickie S. Dees, age 60, of Lyons, died Friday, July10, 2026, at her home after a sudden illness. She was a native of Toombs County, living in Cedar Crossing and Lyons most of her life. She was a 1983 graduate of Toombs Central School and attended Brewton-Parker College. She worked with Rotary in McRae-Helena, Claxton Poultry, and currently was working at Trane for the past ten years. She attended Cedar Crossing Baptist Church and Liberty Baptist Church. She enjoyed visiting family and ...

Mrs. Lois F. Henderson, age 71, of Hahira in Cook County, died Friday, July 10, 2026, at Colquitt Regional Health System in Moultrie following an extended illness. She was born in Lakeland, Georgia, and lived there until she married her late husband in 1968. She was a supportive pastor’s wife, as he pastored many churches, including living and pastoring in Nashville, Georgia, for many years. They moved to Lyons where he pastored Edmond Chapel Church of God in the Johnson Corner ...

Mr. Robert “Reb” Adams, age 77, of Mt. Vernon, died Thursday, July 9, 2026, after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, living in Mt. Vernon most of his life. He was a 1966 graduate of Montgomery County High School. He retired as a correctional officer after thirty-four years from Montgomery State Prison. He is a member of Mt. Vernon Church of God, and he loved his pastors and his church family. He was a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans ...

Mr. Trueman Lee Groves, age 94, of Lyons, died Friday, July 10, 2026, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia following an extended illness. He was born in Copeville in Collin County, Texas and grew up in Mesquite, Texas. His father worked for the railroad, and he and his family lived in a railroad car for a few years. He entered the U.S. Army in 1949, and was stationed in Italy. After his military service, he returned to Mesquite and worked for Ford Motor Company for twelve years. ...

Mr. John Paul Wilson, age 90, of Higgston, died Saturday, July 4, 2026, in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after a brief illness. He was born on September 30, 1935, in Montgomery County to the late Lehman Wilson and Nina Mae Braddy Wilson. He was raised in the Kibbee Community and was a 1954 graduate of Vidalia High School. He moved to Atlanta in 1955, and began a career with Sears and also graduated barber school, becoming a master barber. He returned home in 1967, working with Sears ...

Mrs. Ella “Faye” Rustin, age 76, of the Center Community, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2026, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia following an extended illness. Born in the New Branch Community on February 20, 1950, on the family farm, Faye was the youngest of the children of Charlie Hugh Rustin and Lillian Rollins Rustin. She was a 1968 graduate of Toombs Central School and 1969 graduate of Swainsboro Technical School with a Business Degree. She attended Edmond Chapel Church ...

Mr. Randall Clark, age 72, of the Toombs Central Community, died Friday, July 3, 2026, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia after a sudden illness.  He was a lifelong resident of Toombs County, living in Toombs Central most of his life, and was a 1971 graduate of Toombs Central School. Earlier in his life, he was a sewing machine mechanic at Toombs Manufacturing and in Cobbtown. Randall retired after thirty-eight years as Operations Supervisor at Edwin I. Hatch Plant, and ...

Mrs. Lula Mae McGowan Patrick, age 69, of the Normantown Community, died Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia after a brief illness. She was a native of Toombs County and a 1975 graduate of Vidalia High School. She worked at Meadows Memorial Hospital in Vidalia for several years and retired after nearly thirty years from Southeastern Technical College in Vidalia. She was a member of Victory Fellowship - Lyons Church of God of Prophecy, and when she was ...

Zach Bond, age 26, of Vidalia, died Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Vidalia. He was born in Statesboro and lived in Vidalia most of his life. He was a 2018 graduate of Vidalia High School where he played on the golf team and was voted “Class Clown”. He was a 2022 graduate of Georgia Southern University, earning a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management. He worked with Greenline Distributors and briefly with FedEx. He was a member of Cornerstone Church in Vidalia. Zach continued ...