Mrs. Faye E. Wilcox, age 76, of Alston, died Friday, January 27, 2023, at The Oaks Bethany in Vidalia after an extended illness. She was a native of the Kibbee Community, lived in Toombs County most of her life, and returned to Montgomery County in 2003. She was a 1964 graduate of Montgomery County High School, attended Brewton-Parker College, and Southeastern Technical College. Earlier in her life, she worked at Belk and Oxford Industries, and retired from the nursing facility at Meadows Regional Medical Center in medical billing and coding. She was a former member of the Vidalia Church of God and a charter member of Harvest Chapel in 2006, serving as secretary, board member, and pianist. She was an active member of the Vidalia Church of God Small Group. She enjoyed fishing, camping, cooking, canning, traveling, plants, flowers, Southern Gospel music, singing, and scrapbooking. Preceding her in death was her husband, Floyd Wilcox; former husband, Gary Osborne; and parents, Ervin Edge and Annie Lou McGahee Edge.
Her family includes two children, Scarlett Osborne McDaniel and husband James of Calhoun, and Chris Osborne and wife Amy of Alston; four grandchildren, Emily and Morgan Osborne and Spencer and Lilly Anna McDaniel; one sister, Barbara Edge Kersey and husband Leroy Kersey, who was like a brother she never had; one niece, Lisa Miller and husband Ed of Savannah; one nephew, Brian Kersey and wife Delores of Kibbee; and two dear friends, Minnie Hattaway and Winona Flowers Clements.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6:00 until 8:00.
The funeral service will be Tuesday morning at 11:00 in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Collins officiating. Burial will follow at the Braddy Cemetery.
Flowers are accepted, or memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Clinic and Foundation, 300 Arlington, Dr., Vidalia, GA 30474.
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