Pearl (Chester) Lundy

Mrs. Pearl Chester Lundy, age 93, of Vidalia, died Friday, April 1, 2022, at Meadows Park Health & Rehab in Vidalia after an extended illness.  She was born in Johnson County, living there and Laurens County as a child, and grew up in Bradenton, Florida.  She married her late husband in 1949, and they lived in the southern U.S., including Hawaii.  She moved to Vidalia in 1966, and retired from TG&Y Department Store.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vidalia, the Steadfast Sunday School Class, and the Eastern Star.  Preceding her in death was her husband, Dallas Stewart Lundy; parents, Milo Eugene Chester and Minnie Lee Wynn Chester; son-in-law, Hugh Tomlin; grandson, Wyatt C. Tomlin; and seven siblings, Rudolph Chester, Eugene Chester, Bobby Chester, Rose Chester Strickland, Mary Chester Carter, Frances Chester Baumgardner, and Ila Mae Chester.

Her family includes four children, James S. Lundy and wife Denise of the Five Points Community, Carol L. Tomlin of Vidalia, Gail L. Hill and husband Jimmy of East Point, and Reverend Angela Pooley and husband David of Hickory, North Carolina; one brother, Clifton Chester of Highpoint, North Carolina, and two sisters, Sandra Chester Graham of Rockledge, and Shirley Chester Hardy of Lothair; five grandchildren, Erin Griner of Nashville, Georgia, Stephanie Whitley and husband Paul of Ailey, Timmons Tomlin of Pooler, and Charles Wesley Edenfield and wife Beth of Lyons, and Dallas A. Pooley of Hickory, North Carolina; three great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be Monday, April 4th, at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Joey Diers officiating.  Burial will follow at Pinecrest Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 until just prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Pinecrest Paving Fund, c/o The City of Vidalia, PO Box 280, Vidalia, GA 30475 or to the charity of your choice.

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