All Obituaries

Mrs. Patricia McLemore Usher, age 90, of the New Branch Community, died Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after a brief illness. She was a native of Toombs County, growing up in Vidalia, and was a 1954 graduate of Vidalia High School. She married her husband, and they moved to New Branch in 1955. She was a homemaker and a member of Vidalia Church of God where she sang in the choir and served as church secretary. She enjoyed cooking and feeding whoever walked ...

Mrs. Mae “Audrey” Joyce Williamson, age 88, of Vidalia, died Friday, April 10, 2026, at her home after a brief illness. She was a native of Montgomery County and had lived in Vidalia for the past 30 years. She was a graduate of Montgomery County High School and was a homemaker. Audrey was a member of Higgston Baptist Church and she enjoyed gardening, flowers, cooking, but she especially loved taking care of her family. She is preceded in death by her husband, Earl Williamson; an ...

Mrs. Charlotte Ann Mathis, age 53, of the McNatt Falls Community, died Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia following an extended illness. She was born on March 3, 1973, in Wheeler County to the late Melvin E. Mathis and Elouise Wilkerson Mathis. She grew up in Glenwood and attended Wheeler County High School. Later, she moved to McNatt Falls where she lived most of her life and was a cook at several restaurants in the Vidalia area. She was a member of the ...

Mr. Henry “Bud” Brady White, age 72, of Tarrytown, died Monday, April 13, 2026, at his home following an extended illness. He was born on August 20, 1953, in Candler County to the late Henry Brady White and Mary Emma Collins White. The family returned to Tarrytown in 1959, and he graduated from Montgomery County High School, Class of 1972. After high school, he worked many years with the Georgia Department of Transportation. In 1996, Bud moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, working as a ...

Miss Leslie J. Short, age 68, of Augusta, died Monday, April 6, 2026, at The Oak Bethany in Vidalia after an extended illness. She was a native of Richmond County, growing up in Augusta, and lived there until moving to Vidalia in 2025. She was a homemaker, a member of Crawford Avenue Baptist Church in Augusta; and she enjoyed crafts and sewing. She is preceded in death by her father, Howard Stanley Short. She is survived by her mother, Mary “Betty” Thompson Short of Augusta; two ...

Mrs. Princess Fawn “Angie” Butts, age 76, of Vidalia, Georgia, died Sunday, April 5, 2026, at Select Specialty Hospital in Savannah. She was born on October 2, 1949, in Montour Falls, New York as the only child of the late Raymond Dewey and Frances Stanko Dewey. She lived in New York most of her life before moving to Vidalia in May of 2018. Mrs. Butts worked various jobs during her life, but at the age of 56, she decided she wanted a career in nursing. She was a 2006 graduate of ...

Mrs. Sally Jo Collins Thompson, age 89, of Vidalia, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2026, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law following a brief illness. She was born and raised in Cobbtown, Georgia, and was a 1955 graduate of Collins High School. She then attended Georgia Southern College before beginning her career in Vidalia, where she worked at both Chevrolet and Ford car dealerships. It was during her time at Threlkeld Motor Company that she met her husband, Jack Thompson. She ...

Carlene “Corky” Keyes, age 75, of Vidalia, died Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Memorial Health in Savannah after an extended illness. She was born on June 21, 1950, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and grew up there and Waterloo, Iowa. She was a 1968 graduate of Kennedy High School and Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. She moved to Texas City, Texas in 1976, and returned to Cedar Rapids in 1983. She lived in New Hampshire and Cap Cod, Massachusetts before making Vidalia her home in ...

Oretha “Honey” Byrd, age 82, peacefully entered into rest surrounded by her loved ones on March 26, 2026. Oretha dedicated her life to Jehovah on April 3rd,1965, along with her loving husband “Byrd”. She began an outstanding career at Olathe Medical (Olathe, Kansas) in 1981, where she served as a nutrition specialist until the early 2000s. After retiring, she and her beloved husband, Thomas, returned home to Vidalia, Georgia. Oretha “Honey” believed with ...

Mr. Wayne T. Brantley, Sr., 81, of Vidalia, passed away Monday, March 30, 2026. A native of Toombs County, Wayne spent most of his life in Vidalia. He graduated from Vidalia High School in 1962, where he played football, earned All-American honors, and was inducted into the Vidalia High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He went on to attend the University of Georgia, graduating in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Arts. While at Georgia, he was a four-year starting offensive ...