All Obituaries

Mrs. Bernadine J. “Bernie” White, age 60, of the Blue Ridge Community, died Friday, November 27, 2020, in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after an extended illness.  She was a native of Toombs County, living in Blue Ridge most of her life and was a 1978 graduate of Lyons Senior High School.  She worked at Meadows Health in Vidalia for thirty-six years as a transcriptionist and a medical records specialist.  She was a member of East Gordon Street Baptist...

Mrs. Geneva Green Silvers Toler, age 84, of Lyons, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020, in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia.  She was a native of Haywood, North Carolina and lived there until moving to Lyons in 1974.  She was a cook and retired from Meadows Health in Vidalia in 1998.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Dexter Green and Cora Lee Rathbone Green; one sister, Wilma Burgess; and one brother, Jarvis Green Survivors include her husband, Frank Toler of...

Mrs. Tammy L. Tatum, age 59, of Lyons, died Friday, November 20, 2020, in Meadows Health in Vidalia after brief illness.  She was a native of Charleston, South Carolina and graduated high school there.  She lived in Savannah and Glennville before moving to Lyons in 2013.  She worked as a CNA at Glennville Nursing Home for thirty years.  She was an active member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Lyons, and she enjoyed quilting, knitting and walking.  She was preceded...

Mrs. Alice Conaway Mosley, age 75, of Vidalia, died Wednesday, November 18, 2020, in Landmark Hospital in Savannah.  She was a native of Montgomery County, a 1962 graduate of Montgomery County High School, and lived in Vidalia most of her life.  She was a graduate of Georgia Southern College in Statesboro, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree from Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus.  Mrs. Mosley began her teaching career at...

Mr. Harrell L. Wiggins, Sr., age 65, of Vidalia, died Saturday, November 14, 2020, at his home after an extended illness.  He was a native of Toombs County, lived in Vidalia most of his life and was a 1973 graduate of Vidalia High School.  He was a surveyor and worked twenty-eight years with Altamaha Surveying.  He was Baptist by faith.  Harrell was an avid hunter and fisherman; and was a motorcycle enthusiast.  He was preceded in death by his father, John Lewis...

Mrs. Janis Carol Gunnells Reid, age 82, of Acworth, GA, died Saturday, November 7, 2020, from complications with Covid-19 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Reid was born on February 12, 1938, in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up in Vidalia.  She graduated from Vidalia High School where she was a Homecoming Queen and cheerleader.  After obtaining her Associate degree from Middle Georgia College, she worked as a Department of Defense civilian employee at Warner Robins...

Mr. Edward O’Neal Hancock, age 71, of Vidalia, died Monday, November 9, 2020, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany after an extended illness.  He was born in Palatka, Florida, as a child moved to the Toombs Central Community and attended Toombs Central School.  He enjoyed fishing and riding horses.  He was preceded in death by his parents, J.T. Hancock and Wilma Frances Driggers Hancock. Survivors include three children, Maurine Hancock Hood and husband Anthony...

Ms. Rhonda Williams, age 66, of Swainsboro, died Friday, November 6, 2020, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro after an extended illness.  She was a native of Uvalda, a 1972 graduate of Montgomery County High School and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Georgia Southern College in Statesboro.  She began her teaching career in Vidalia and taught most of her career in Emanuel County.  The Emanuel County School Superintendent told Rhonda that...

Mr. Ronnie Tatum, Sr., age 71, of Lyons, died Friday, November 6, 2020, in East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro after a brief illness.  He was a native of Glennville and lived there until moving to Lyons in 1971.  He worked as a heavy equipment operator with Hercules in Lyons for eleven years and retired from the Toombs County Road Department as a heavy equipment operator after twenty-two years.  He was an active member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in...

Mrs. Frances F. Findley, 84, of the Blue Ridge Community, died Wednesday November 4, 2020, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia, following an extended illness.  She was a native of Tattnall County, a 1954 graduate of Reidsville High School, and lived in Toombs County since 1958.  She was a licensed practical nurse and a homemaker.  In her early life, she worked with Dr. W.W. Aiken in Lyons.  She was a member of Marietta Free Will Baptist Church and enjoyed cooking,...