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...

Pauline M. Petrosky, age 79, of Vidalia, died Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Memorial Heath in Savannah after a brief illness. She was a native of Toombs County, living near Vidalia most of her life and was a 1965 graduate of Vidalia High School. She was a security guard at Edwin I. Hatch Plant for a...

Diann Walker Clark, age 67, of Higgston, died Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at Wellstar Health System in Augusta following an extended illness. She was a native of Montgomery County, briefly living in Uvalda and was a 1975 graduate of Montgomery County High School. She lived in South Carolina for...

Funeral services for Mr. Daryl Walden will be held Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Higgs Funeral Home in Soperton with Reverend Mark Sweat officiating. Burial will be in the Westview Cemetery in Treutlen County. Mr. Walden died Sunday, March 22, 2026. Mr. Walden, 72, was the...

Mrs. Wanda Toole Collins, age 74, of the Johnson Corner Community, died Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Memorial Health in Savannah following a sudden illness. She was a native of Toombs County, living in Johnson Corner most of her life, and she was a 1969 graduate of Toombs Central School. She...

Virginia Haines James, age 85, of Vidalia, whose sunrise was October 13, 1940 and sunset was Friday, March 20, 2026, at Appling Healthcare in Baxley after an extended illness. She as a native of Montgomery County, growing up in Mt. Vernon and was a 1958 graduate of Montgomery County High School. She...

Mrs. Elaine Brandenburg, age 86, of Lyons, died Thursday, March 19, 2026, at her home following an extended illness. She was a native of Homestead, Florida and was a 1958 graduate of South Dade High School. She lived in Homestead until moving to Lyons in 1973. She was a member Lyons Community...

Mrs. Sonya Jean Powell, age 60, of Vidalia, died Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia following an extended illness. She was a lifelong resident of Vidalia and a 1983 graduate of Vidalia High School. She attended Brewton-Parker College where she studied Criminal...

Miss Shelby Jean Rowell, age 88, of Vidalia, died Sunday, March 15, 2026, at The Oaks Bethany in Vidalia following an extended illness. She was born July 19, 1937, in Montgomery County to the late Lloyd R. Rowell and Claudine Calhoun Rowell. She grew up in the Kibbee Community and Vidalia and was a...