Three local school systems have released their updates as of Friday, January 22, for COVID-19 cases. Those results are:
VIDALIA CITY SCHOOLS: 3 students testing positive; 54 students in quarantine; 2 staff members positive; and 14 staff members in quarantine.
TOOMBS COUNTY SCHOOLS: 5 students
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Last week consumed days one through four of the 40 day legislative session. This week, the legislature “recessed” to focus solely on the state budget. Most department and agency heads appeared before the joint House and Senate Appropriations Committees to speak for the dollars they currently
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A large crowd was on hand for the Ribbing Cutting and Grand Opening celebration of four local businesses at 201 East First Street in Vidalia on Thursday afternoon by the Toombs-Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, the Paul Thigpen Automotive Group, and the Downtown Vidalia Association. The businesses included
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Robert Toombs Christian Academy celebrated their 100th day of school on January 21, 2021. Kindergarten students celebrated the day by dressing up as old men and women and also made a poster with 100 items of their choice. First grade students arrived at school with their poster of 100 items as
...Vidalia Police Department reports the following arrests.
Thigpen, Jordan Ryan - W/M - 26 YOA - 323 Mossy Banks Rd Cobbtown Ga. DUI Less Safe Durgs / Fail to Maintain Lane/ Headlight Requirments
Simmons, Julius McNeal - B/M - 40 YOA - 519 Jenkins St Vidalia Ga Battery / Giving False Information /
...The Toombs county Commissioners did some “trash talking” at their first meeting of the new year – literally.
At the January meeting of the Toombs County Commissioners Tuesday night, Chairman David Sikes said the Commissioners’ Office had recently received a call from a Toombs County resident
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Now that Meadows Regional Me3dical Center and HCA have come to a mutual agreement for HCA to acquire the local medical facility, the final events will begin to take shape. Meadows CEO Alan Kent said the acquisition will now have to be approved by the Attorney General and then a public hearing will be
...On November 5, 2020, Montgomery County was awarded a Scrap Tire Abatement Grant from the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. In accordance with the terms of the grant, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners will be hosting a Scrap Tire
...Due to members of the Jeff Davis high school basketball program being quarantined for COVID, the games between the Vidalia Indians and the Jeff Davis Yellow Jackets scheduled for tonight have been postponed and will be made up at a later date to be determined.
Hall of Famer, former home run leader, and Atlanta Braves legend Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron has passed away at the age of 86.
Aaron completed his career with 755 home runs, an all-time record that stood until Barry Bonds passed him, finishing with 762 home runs. Aaron remains baseball’s RBI leader
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Fresh off their Area 2 Dual Championship performance, the Vidalia High School Wrestling team will host the 2021 GHSA Quad Sectionals, Friday afternoon at H. Ralph Parsons Gymnasium.
The Indians who took down Toombs County, Washington County, East Laurens, and Swainsboro en route to their
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January 20—The RTCA Crusaders basketball teams opened region play with a sweep of the Twiggs Academy Trojans at home Tuesday night. The Lady Crusaders defeated the Lady Trojans 32-21 with the Crusaders winning 78-51.
The Crusaders had the lead at the end of the first quarter 16-15, 38-30 at the
...2021 Vidalia Recreation Department
Teeball, Coach Pitch Teeball, Coach Pitch 8U Baseball and Softball, Pitching Machine 10U Baseball and Softball,
Live Pitch 12U and 14U Baseball and Softball
The Vidalia Recreation Department is excited to announce registration for our teeball, baseball, and
The Vidalia Wrestling team took down the Toombs County Bulldogs en route to a 4-0 record on Friday to win the Area 2 Duals Title at H. Ralph Parsons Gymnasium. The Indians, who had never defeated the Bulldogs in the Duals (began in 2002) before Friday, slipped by Toombs 40-39 despite the Bulldogs
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Robert Toombs Christian Academy played Thomas Jefferson on Monday, January 11. The Lady Crusaders lost to the Lady Jaguars 30-28. Leading scorers were freshman Ansley Akins with 16 points and eighth grader Meredith Durden with four points. "Ansley had a great shooting night and Meredith was a big
...January 18---Here are the latest sports schedules and scores for the week.
Monday, January 18
Basketball: St. Andrews 44, RTCA 17 Girls
RTCA 60, St. Andrews 48 Boys
Tuesday, January 19
Basketball: RTCA 32, Twiggs Academy 21 Girls
RTCA 78, Twiggs Academy 51 Boys
Treutlen 43, Johnson County 38 Girls
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January 14—The Montgomery County High School Track & Field team will have a new track to run on this upcoming season. The second phase of the new facility at the high school was recently completed with a new Eight-Lane Rubberized Track.
“This is a really exciting time for us to be opening up our
...LYONS RECREATION DEPARTMENT
2021 TEEBALL, BASEBALL, & SOFTBALL REGISTRATION
Physical Address: 168 Miot St Phone: 912-526-3084
Lyons, Ga 30436 Fax: 912-526-4832
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2021 Vidalia Recreation Department
Teeball, Coach Pitch Teeball, Coach Pitch 8U Baseball and Softball, Pitching Machine 10U Baseball and Softball,
Live Pitch 12U and 14U Baseball and Softball
The Vidalia Recreation Department is excited to announce registration for our teeball, baseball, and
...Below is a list of upcoming blood drives in the area. Please give the gift of life if you can. For more information and to register to donate blood, visit www.redcrossblood.org
Ailey
1/19/2021: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Higgston Baptist Church, 512 James St
Lyons
1/22/2021: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Grace Community
...Coastal Plains Charter High school is now actively enrolling students. We offer many locations throughout GA to better serve your secondary educational needs including our location at 413 Pete Phillips Drive (SECCA Bldg.), Vidalia GA. Coastal Plains offers numerous advantages to help your student
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Grady Ray Cammack, age 66 of Soperton passed away on Wednesday afternoon, January 20, 2021 at his home in Soperton, Georgia.
A native and lifelong resident of Treutlen County, he was one of seven children born to the late Grady James and Jessie Lee Gilreath Cammack. Grady and his siblings grew up in the Rosemont section of Treutlen County until moving to Soperton in 1964. Grady graduated from Treutlen High School, Class of 1973. At the age of sixteen he began a long career in the Grocery Industry at Harrell’s IGA in Soperton. He later worked at the Piglet, becoming and retaining the position as Store Manager for many years and through the most recent acquisition by Pinetucky Meats and Piggly Wiggly. In 1977 he and his brother, Billy, founded Cammack Processing that quickly became and remains the choice meat processing business in the area. Grady didn’t only work to live but he lived to work. He enjoyed his work, he enjoyed his coworkers but most of all he enjoyed his customers. There was nothing in the store that he wouldn’t or couldn’t do.
He and his siblings grew up in Rosemont Baptist Church and Grady has been a longtime member of Bethsaida Baptist Church where he was a Deacon.
In his spare time he enjoyed growing and sharing tomatoes, tending to his chickens, that he would drive many miles to find and buy, and the game of softball.
Grady leaves behind his sisters and brothers, Lucy M. Peebles (Jones), Hinesville, GA, Bobby Joe Cammack (Joan), Soperton, GA, Billy Cammack (Sue), Mt. Vernon, GA, Geraldine K. Walker (Preston), Dublin, GA, Jane C. Asbell (Earl), Dublin, GA, Donnie Cammack (Teresa), Soperton, GA and numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 23, 2021 from the graveside in Westview Cemetery with Reverend Glenn Pulliam officiating.
Grady will be laid to rest beside his parents.
His family will receive friends on Saturday, at the graveside, from 10:00 am until the hour of service.
Please share a memory, leave a condolence and sign the online guest register at www.sammonsfuneralhome.com
SAMMONS FUNERAL HOME, The Tradition Since 1917, Soperton, Georgia
Mrs. Ella Jean Mimbs Carter, age 91 , beloved wife of the late Hershel T. Carter of Soperton, passed away on January 20, 2021 at her residence with her family by her side.
Mrs. Carter was a lifelong resident of Treutlen County, born on July 8, 1929. She was one of eight children and the last living born to Felder Ashley and Lessie Price Mimbs. Mrs. Carter worked as a Machine Operator for many years both for Soperton Manufacturing and Roydon Wear, Inc. Soperton, Georgia. She loved to sew and cook for her family.
Mrs. Carter attended Union Grove Calvary Holiness Church, Wrightsville, Georgia.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, a granddaughter Jeana Latrice Carter, five brothers: Leo, Woodrow, Manning, Parker Soperton, GA and Elzira (Sprog) Mimbs, Lyons, GA. two sisters Valrie Heady Aiken, S.C. and Dessie Mae Hicks, McDonald, GA.
Mrs. Carter leaves behind her children: Jerry Carter (Judy), Faye Carter, Deborah Clark, (John), Sandra Price (Floyd), Denise Kirby (David), grandchildren: Jason Carter, Jennifer Crutchfield (Scott), Jessica Roberson (Ryan), Jahala Akins (Jared), Jodi Phillips (Derek), Jeremy Carter (Amanda), Dana McDaniel (Dylan) ten great grandchildren: Jerika Oliver (Spencer), Colt Cooler, Adam Crutchfield, Carter and Ella Roberson, Grayson and Gavin Akins, Kylie and Easton Phillips, Haven Carter; one great great granddaughter: Olivia Rae Oliver and one sister-in-law Peggy Mimbs Marchant.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday January 24, 2021 in the Williams Chapel of Sammons Funeral Home with, Reverends Jim Yeomans and Tim Mock officiating
Serving as pallbearers will be: Jason Carter, Jeremy Carter, Scott Crutchfield, Ryan Roberson, Jared Akin, Derek Phillips.
Mrs. Carter will be laid to rest beside her husband in Westview Cemetery, Soperton, GA.
Her family will receive friends on Sunday January 24, 2021 at the funeral home from 1:00 PM until the hour of service, or friends may call at her home at 3980 Lake Cassie Road.
Mrs. Dora Snow Williams, age 53, of Adrian, Georgia passed away on Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2021 at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin, Georgia.
Born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, she was the eldest daughter born to the late Kenneth Leroy Drury and Peggy Faye Snow. She grew up in Fernandina Beach until moving with her family to East Dublin, Georgia in 1978. Dora attended East Laurens High School and obtained her Nursing Certifications from Heart of Georgia Technical College and Macon College in Macon, GA. She worked at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin from where she retired in the mid 2000s. During her thirty year nursing career she spent twenty seven of those years working in Obstetrics and the Nursery.
Dora enjoyed handcrafts, needlepoint, collecting lighthouses and time spent with her family and friends.
She was a member of Poplar Springs United Methodist Church.
Dora leaves behind her husband of thirty three years, Adrian native, Jerry F. Williams, their son, Douglas Griffin Williams, their daughter, Cora Elizabeth Williams, all of Adrian, GA, siblings, Kevin Drury (Karen), East Dublin, GA, Donna Wall (David), Dexter, GA, Aubrey Shrader (Sharon), Hazlehurst, GA, Ken Drury, Fernandina Beach, FL, Erin Drury, Fernandina Beach, FL, Christy Youngblood (Tom), Yulee, FL, her step mother, Claudette Drury, Fernandina Beach, FL, numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Poplar Springs United Methodist Church with Reverend Mark Hardin.
Dora will be laid to rest in the family plot at Poplar Springs Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends on Friday, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Sammons Funeral Home, Soperton, Georgia.
Please share a memory, leave a condolence and sign the online guest register at www.sammonsfuneralhome.com
SAMMONS FUNERAL HOME, The Tradition Since 1917, Soperton, Georgia
Mrs. Carol Kight, age 73, of Lyons, died Wednesday afternoon, January 20, 2021 at Community Hospice of Vidalia. She was a native and lifelong resident of Toombs County. Carol was an LPN at Meadows Regional Medical Center for many years and later worked as a social worker with Toombs County Department of Family and Children’s Service and the Toombs County Health Department. Carol was Baptist by faith and was a member of Hammond Baptist Church.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley and Ruby Kight; and one daughter Nora Kreider.
Carol is survived by her husband, Frank Wright of Lyons; and five sisters, Velma Williamson of Lyons, Mattie Benforado of Raleigh NC, Betty Page of Lyons, Marion Ritch of Homerville, and Mable Culpepper of Eastman. Two special nieces, Gail Pierce, and Lisa Smith of Lyons; and four grandchildren, JW, Marcus, Nora, and Shannon also survive.
Services and Committal for Mrs. Carol Kight will be scheduled at a later date at Lakeview Memorial Gardens.
Toombs County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Eva Connell “Jack” Coleman, age 97, beloved wife of the late Leland Elwyn “Shotgun” Coleman of Tarrytown passed away on Monday evening, January 18, 2021 at the home of her son in Tarrytown.
A native and lifelong resident of Montgomery County, she was the eldest of ten children born to the late Mitchell Baldie and Hattie Levada Fountain Connell. Mrs. Coleman had worked as a Clerk with the Public Health Department for over 42 years; retiring from the Montgomery County Health Department in the early 1980s.
She had been a lifelong member of Bear Creek Baptist Church where she played the piano for many years.
Mrs. Coleman enjoyed cooking, reading her Bible, visiting others and being around her family.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Leland Elwyn “Shotgun” Coleman, who passed away in 1979, seven siblings, a daughter in law, Lynette Claxton Coleman and two grand daughters, Brenda Lynette Arnsdorff and Amy Rebecca Coleman.
Mrs. Coleman leaves behind a son, Gary Coleman, Tarrytown, two daughters, Dianne Quinn (Thomas), Mt. Vernon, GA, Debra O’Connor (Ben), Ailey, GA, a brother, Russell Connell, Mt. Vernon, GA, a sister, Flora Connell, Mt. Vernon, GA, grandchildren, Charles Leland Coleman (Kathryn), Teresa Stevens (Greg), Gail Moses (Randall), Leland Stephens (Jenniffer), Daniel O’Connor (Rizza), Nathan O’Connor, Matthew O’Connor, great grandchildren, Eva Coleman, Anthony Coleman, Will Boyette, Dillon Boyette, George Arnsdorff, Brandon Arnsdorff, Michael Stevens, Nickolous Stevens, Tori Moses, Anna Moses, Casey Moses, Haleigh Moses, Savannah Stephens, Ashleigh Stephens, Kyleigh Stephens, Nataleigh Stephens, Judson O’Connor, Evie O’Connor, a great great grand daughter, McKinsey Stevens, numerous nieces and nephews and her longtime caregiver, Susie McMullen.
Funeral services will be at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from the graveside in Tarrytown Cemetery with Reverend Owen Waters and Daniel O’Connor officiating. She will be laid to rest beside her husband.
Serving as pallbearers will be: Charles Coleman, Daniel, Nathan and Matthew O’Connor, Will and Dillon Boyette.
Her family will receive friends on Wednesday, following the service, at the graveside.
Adherence to CDC guidelines is requested.
Please share a memory, leave a condolence message and sign the online guest register at www.sammonsfuneralhome.com
If so desired, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Bear Creek Baptist Church, 1604 Bear Creek Rd., Mt. Vernon, GA 30445 or to Community Hospice, 904 Mt. Vernon Rd., Vidalia, GA 30474
SAMMONS FUNERAL HOME, The Tradition Since 1917, Soperton, Georgia
Grady Ray Cammack, age 66 of Soperton passed away on Wednesday afternoon, January 20, 2021 at his home in Soperton, Georgia. A native and lifelong resident of Treutlen County, he was one of seven children born to the late Grady James and Jessie Lee Gilreath Cammack. Grady and his siblings grew up in... Mrs. Ella Jean Mimbs Carter, age 91 , beloved wife of the late Hershel T. Carter of Soperton, passed away on January 20, 2021 at her residence with her family by her side. Mrs. Carter was a lifelong resident of Treutlen County, born on July 8, 1929. She was one of eight children and the last... Mrs. Carol Kight, age 73, of Lyons, died Wednesday afternoon, January 20, 2021 at Community Hospice of Vidalia. She was a native and lifelong resident of Toombs County. Carol was an LPN at Meadows Regional Medical Center for many years and later worked as a social worker with Toombs County... Mrs. Dora Snow Williams, age 53, of Adrian, Georgia passed away on Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2021 at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin, Georgia. Born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, she was the eldest daughter born to the late Kenneth Leroy Drury and Peggy Faye Snow. She grew up in Fernandina... Mrs. Eva Connell “Jack” Coleman, age 97, beloved wife of the late Leland Elwyn “Shotgun” Coleman of Tarrytown passed away on Monday evening, January 18, 2021 at the home of her son in Tarrytown. A native and lifelong resident of Montgomery County, she was the eldest of ten children born to the late... 
Mrs. Wanda Kale Shank, age 81, of Lyons, died Monday, January 18, 2021, at her residence after a brief illness. She was a native of West Virginia and lived in Ohio for many years before moving to Georgia in 2011. Wanda was retired from Walmart after 18 years of service and loved gardening, making... 
Funeral services for Mr. Johnny Wayne Lanford will be held Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 1 PM in the Chapel of Higgs Funeral Home in Soperton. Burial will follow in the Beasley Cemetery in Treutlen County. Reverend Allen Green will officiate. Mr. Lanford died Saturday, January 16, 2021. Mr... 
Michael McAfee Thigpen, 92 of Rockledge passed away on January 16, 2021, at Dublin Place after a brief stay. Mike was born in Rockledge, Georgia on February 25, 1928, to Marvin Jack Thigpen and Neva Lillian Williford Thigpen. He was one of four children. He attended Laurens County School located in... 
Mr. Noah Dale Boyette, age 59, of the Five Points Community of Soperton passed away on Friday morning, January 15, 2021 at Meadows Regional Medical Center, with his wife and daughters by his side. Born in Chatham County, he was the eldest of four children born to Noah Arthur Boyette and the late... 
January 31--East Gordon Street Baptist Church in Lyons is hosting a "Getting Back to the Basics" Missions Event, Sunday January 31st at 5:00 with guest speaker Missionary Marty Youngblood. Come enjoy a soup & salad supper. Bring a dish if you'd like. There is plenty of room to social distance and everyone is welcome to wear a mask. 
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