All Obituaries

Lyons, Mr. James A. Dukes, age 73, of the Marvin Yancey Community, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at his home after an extended illness.  He was a native of Toombs County, and lived most of his life in Marvin Yancey.  He was a graduate of Toombs Central High School, and served in the Army National Guard.  He worked as a police officer with the Vidalia Police Department and as a correctional officer with the Georgia Department of Corrections in Reidsville.  He attended...

Lyons, Mrs. Vondell Blaxton, age 93, of the Johnson Corner Community, died Friday, November 9, 2018, in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia, after a sudden illness.  She was a native of Tattnall County, and grew up in Cobbtown.  She lived in Vidalia and Lyons most of her life and in Johnson Corner since 2009.  She retired in 1990 from Oxford Industries and thirty-seven years of service.  She attended the Edmond Chapel Church of God and was a member of the Tabernacle...

Vidalia, Mrs. Barbara Ann Brinson, age 69, of Vidalia, died Thursday, November 8, 2018 in Candler Hospital in Savannah, after a extended illness. She was a native of Soperton and lived most of her life in Vidalia. She retired from J.D. Dickerson’s Elementary School after twenty-five years as a food nutritionist, was a member of Vidalia Baptist Temple, and loved her family and grandchildren.  Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, William Albert Brinson; son, Phillip Larson...

Lyons, Mr. Carl Coursey, age 62, of Lyons, died Saturday, November 3, 2018, in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia.  He was a native of Toombs County, and lived in Lyons most of his life.  He worked with Steel Erectors and Mitchell Construction for several years, was manager of Thompson Farm Supply in Lyons, and retired from Atlantic Wood.  He was Baptist by faith, and enjoyed fishing, and watching racing, wrestling, football, and the Braves.  He was preceded in death...

Kathleen, Mr. Monty George Winge, age 59, of Kathleen, died Monday, October 29, 2018, in Navicent Health in Macon, after a sudden illness.  He was a native of Tallahassee, Florida, and moved to Lyons in 1966.  He was a 1976 graduate of Lyons Senior High, where played he in the Redcoat Band as first trumpet.  Monty attended Georgia Southern in Statesboro, enlisted in the Air Force, and later transitioned to the Air Force Reserve, serving honorably for nineteen years as a...

Lyons, Mr. Josh Rowland, age 25, of Lyons, died Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at his home, after a sudden illness.  He was born in Macon, and lived in Lyons most of his life.  He was a 2011 graduate of Toombs County High School where he played the trumpet in the Redcoat Band, and was a graduate of Middle Georgia Aviation and Technical College in Eastman.  While in high school, Josh worked at Thriftway in Lyons, and after high school, at the Vidalia Municipal Airport.  He...

Vidalia, Mr. William S. Collins, age 58, of Vidalia, died Monday, October 29, 2018, at his home, after an extended illness.  He was a native of Toombs County, and lived there most of his life.  He was a purchasing agent with Kamtech, and was preceded in death by his father, Gaston Levi Collins, Sr. William is survived by his mother, Sidney Pearl Hall Sheppard and husband Gene; one brother, Gaston Levi Collins, Jr. and wife Freida; two sisters, Melinda Collins Hilton, all of...

Vidalia, Mr. Kenneth L. Jackson, 80, of Vidalia, died Tuesday, October 23, 2018, in Meadows Health in Vidalia, after an extended illness.  He was a native of Belleview, Florida and lived most of his life in Vidalia.  He was a security guard at Piggly Wiggly warehouse, and was Church of God by faith.  He was preceded in death by his wife Thelma Lewis Jackson; parents, Otis Odell Jackson and Annie Laura Hutcheson Jackson; one sister Jeanette Jackson Faircloth; and three...

Mrs. Joyce Virginia Holland, age 78, died in Dacula, Georgia, October 22, 2018, surrounded by her children and grandchildren after a long battle with illness.  Mrs. Holland was 78 years old.  She was a member of New Life Baptist Church in Metter, Georgia.  Mrs. Holland was born December 14, 1939 in Toombs County, Ga.  She was preceded in death by husband Petty Officer 1st Class Archie Elmer Holland; and her mother, Mary "Grace" Avery, her father John Wesley...

Vidalia, Mrs. Barbara White Crutchfield, age 69, of  Vidalia, died Sunday, October 21, 2018, in Meadows Park Health and Rehabilitation in Vidalia, after a brief illness.  She was a native of Eclectic, Alabama, grew up in Elmore, Alabama, and was a 1967 graduate of Wetumpka High School.  She was office manager for Taylor Gin in Tallassee, Alabama for twenty years.  Barbara was a member of the Lyons First Baptist Church, and was former longtime member of the Eclectic...