All Obituaries

On Saturday September 9, 2023 our precious Ava Kate (Cake) Barsoum was taken to be with Jesus. Ava was born on January 14th, 2021 to Samer and Jennifer Pittman Barsoum of Agoura Hills, CA. She was a beautiful, spunky, bundle of joy. Mommie’s baby girl and Daddy’s little Angel. She loved singing and dancing, and made sure she always said the blessing first before every meal. Ava adored her two older brothers George and Asher, and they thought she hung the moon. She affectionately...

Mrs. Eula James Shaw Rigdon, age 98, of Vidalia, died Sunday, September 17, 2023, at her home, following a brief illness.  She was a native of the Johnson Corner Community and lived in Vidalia most of her life.  She was a sales clerk at TG&Y in Vidalia for many years, worked with her husband at Rigdon Printing and was a homemaker.  Since 1968, she was an active member of Smith Street Baptist Church in Vidalia and kept the children’s nursery at church.  She was a...

Mrs. Aileen Nobles, age 98, of Vidalia, died Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at her home after a brief illness.  She was born July 7, 1925, to the late James Albert Poole and Etta Jane Christie Poole in Cornelius, North Carolina.  She graduated high school in Cornelius and attended business school.  She and her late husband moved to Vidalia in the late 1940s.  They were the owners of Skyways, Inc. at Vidalia Municipal Airport and she worked as the company’s office...

Mrs. Martha Horne Newton, age 71, of Glenwood, died Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after an extended illness.  She was a native of Montgomery County, grew up in Mt. Vernon and lived in Glenwood most of her life.  She was a 1981 graduate of Regents Nursing School in Baxley.  She was a licensed practical nurse and was dedicated to her profession for thirty years, working at Meadows Regional Medical Center, Dr. Robert Clark, Care One and...

Mr. Tommy Lee “Pedro” Faircloth, Jr., age 44, of Vidalia, died Thursday, September 7, 2023.  He was a lifelong resident of Toombs County, living in Vidalia most of his life.  He worked as an automotive mechanic with his father at T&T Taxi and at Mann’s Performance, as well as working at County Seat restaurant in Lyons.  He attended First Baptist AME Church in Vidalia, and he enjoyed fishing and tinkering with small engines.  He is preceded in death...

Mrs. Frances Savage Sharpe, age 88, of Lyons, died Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at her home after an extended illness.  She was a native of Elberta, Alabama, briefly living in Eastman and Savannah before moving to Lyons in the mid 1940s.  She was a 1953 graduate of Lyons High School.  She began a thirty year career in banking in Lyons at Peoples Bank, later working at First National Bank of Jesup and returned to Lyons, retiring from Peoples Bank.  She was a member of...

Joy D. Hadden, age 73, of Vidalia, died Thursday, September 14, 2023, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia following an extended illness.  She was born in Vidalia on December 31, 1949 to the late Eschol J Downie and Geneva Glisson Downie.  She was a lifelong resident of Vidalia and a 1968 graduate of Vidalia High School.  She was a graduate of Georgia Southern College in Statesboro, earning Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Education Specialist degrees, all in Middle...

Mr. Donald Lee Blaxton, age 70, of Henderson, Nevada, died Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada after a brief illness. Mr. Blaxton was a native of Vidalia living most of his life in Savannah. He graduated from Vidalia High School and later received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Georgia. Donnie was a devoted educator for Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. He later taught Chemistry and Physics at A.E. Beach...

Mrs. Audrey Register Dixon, age 83, of Lyons, died Monday, September 11, 2023, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia.  She was born in Orlando, Florida, living in Lake City, Florida, and later to Folkston before moving to Lyons in 1954.  She and her husband were owners of Dixon Farms for many years, she was a CNA at Glenvue Nursing Home in Glennville for ten years, and she attended Marvin Church.  She enjoyed vegetable and flowers gardening, canning and was a caregiver....

Mr. Steve Lockhart, age 74, of Vidalia, died Sunday, September 3, 2023, at his residence after an extended illness.  He was a native of Port Arthur, Texas, living in Toombs County since the early 1980s.  Steve was a veteran of the United States Navy and served three tours of duty in Vietnam.  He retired from Plant Hatch in 2011 after twenty-seven years as maintenance supervisor.  He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Vidalia and served on several committees,...