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The ADVANCE, January 13, 2021 /Page 7A
Obituaries
Mr. Ronald McKenzie
Mr. Ronald Larry
McKenzie was born July
10, 1943, in Vidalia, Geor
gia, to Wilfred and Tossie
McKenzie. He was the last
of their four sons.
Ronnie graduated
from Vidalia High School
in 1961. After high school
graduation, he worked,
served in the
U.S. Army,
and attended
Brewton-
Parker and
Middle Geor
gia Colleges.
After he was ordained as
a minister, he attended
Baptist Bible Institute. He
worked, preached at small
churches, and continued
his education at Stetson
University and South
eastern Baptist Seminary.
While he was studying at
seminary, he was pastor
of Berry’s Grove Baptist
Church in North Carolina.
After he finished seminary,
he was pastor at Brown
Memorial Baptist Church
in Wrightsville, Georgia,
before moving to Jackson
ville, Florida, in 1975 to be
come pastor at Southside
Estates Baptist Church.
While he was pastor at
SSEBC, he went back to
school and earned his Doc
tor of Divinity degree. Dur
ing his ministry, SSEBC
outgrew its location. In the
1990’s, the church bought
35 acres in an undeveloped
area of Kernan Road. The
church built a sanctuary,
family life center, outside
pavilion and ball fields.
The church celebrated the
first service at that location
on August 1, 1999. Ronnie
was pastor at that church
for 34 years. He retired in
2009 to take care of his be
loved wife, Sylvia, who was
ill.
Ronnie was a beloved
pastor, a loving husband
and father, a true friend.
He had a magnetic person
ality and drew people to
him. He had the uncanny
ability of being able to
meet people at their point
of need. He also loved to
joke and have fun.
Ronnie was preceded
in death by his wife, Sylvia
McKenzie; parents; two
brothers, Max McKenzie
and Theron McKenzie; and
a son-in-law, Tim Smith.
Survivors include his
wife, Cuba Spivey McK
enzie; three daughters,
Rhonda McKenzie Smith
of Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, Rene McKenzie
Crook and husband Wil
liam of Jacksonville, Flori
da, and Lashan McKenzie
Wolfe and husband An
drew of Kingsland, Geor
gia; eight grandchildren,
Beth Shaw and husband
Bruce, Luke Smith and wife
Emilee, Caleb Smith and
wife Tessa, Jacob Smith,
Ethan Crook and wife
Lindsay, Zac Crook, Jack-
son Wolfe, and Levi Wolfe;
three great-grandchildren;
one brother, Glen McKen
zie and wife Geraldine of
Vidalia; one aunt, Nelma
Cowen of Greenwood,
South Carolina; Cuba’s
two children, Jan McKay
and Bill Bernatis and Nick
McKay; and many nieces
and nephews.
Because of the pan
demic restrictions, a fam
ily-only memorial service
will be held on Wednesday,
January 13, at 11:00 a.m.
in the chapel of Ronald V.
Hall Funeral Home with
Reverend Randy McDuff
ie and Reverend William
Crook officiating.
The service will be
streamed on the Facebook
page at Ronald V. Hall Fu
neral Home, Vidalia, GA.
Family burial will be at
Hardage-Giddens Chapel
Hills Cemetery in Jackson
ville, Florida.
The family requests
no flowers. Memorial con
tributions may be made
to the Community Hos
pice Foundation, P.O. Box
2277, Vidalia, GA 30475,
or Alzheimer’s Disease
Research, P.O. Box 1950,
Clarkesville, MD 20871-
1950, or to the charity of
your choice.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
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Mr. Gerald Dismuke
Mr. Gerald Dean Dis
muke, age 83, of Oak Park,
died on Tuesday, January 5,
2021, at his residence.
Mr. Dismuke was
born in Oak
Park. He was
an auto me
chanic and
had served
his country
in the United States Army.
He was a Mason and a
member of Cedar Cross
ing Baptist Church. He was
preceded in death by his
parents, Edward Dismuke
and Irene Fowler Dismuke.
Survivors include his
wife of 31 years, Betty Dis
muke, Oak Park; 2 daugh
ters, Sandra Hutcheson
(Stacey), Oak Park, and
Metresa Powell (Patrick),
Oak Park; 6 grandchildren;
several great-grandchil
dren; 2 brothers, Royce
Dismuke (Cathy), Oak
Park, and Danny Dismuke
(Bennie Faye), Oak Park;
and 2 sisters, Ellen Ogles
by, Meldrin, and Ina Kerr,
Soperton.
Due to the Covid-19
Pandemic, a memorial ser
vice will be held at a later
date.
Tomlinson Funeral
Home and Crematory of
Swainsboro was in charge
of arrangements.
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Mr. Cleo Patrick
Mr. Cleo Patrick, age
93, of Mt. Vernon, died on
Sunday, January 3, 2021,
at Community Hospice
House in Vidalia after a
brief illness.
Mr. Patrick was a native
of the Modock Commu
nity in Emanuel County,
living in the Kibbee Com
munity for many years,
and lived in Mt. Vernon
for the past 47 years. He
worked with Chick-a-shae
in Vidalia for 10 years and
retired from Copper Con
struction after 47 years. He
was a member of the Tab
ernacle Baptist Church and
the Ready Men Sunday
School Class. He was pre
ceded in death by his first
wife of 43 years, Virginia
McGahee Patrick; his par
ents, George Washington
Patrick and Myrtie Randall
Patrick; and 9 brothers and
sisters.
Survivors include his
wife, Betty Patrick of Mt.
Vernon; 6 children, Te
resa Jones of Mt. Vernon,
“Buddy” Patrick and wife
Sheila of Uvalda, Lisa Gra
ham and husband Dwayne
of Lyons, Debbie Kittrell of
Vidalia, Kathy Gunn and
husband Bobby of McRae-
Helena, and Randy Kittrell
of Dublin; 6 grandchildren;
11 great-grandchildren; 2
great-great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
The funeral service was
held Wednesday, January 6,
2021, at 11:00 a.m., in Tab
ernacle Baptist Church,
with Rev. Randy McDuffie
and Pastor Bobby Thomp
son officiating. Burial fol
lowed in the Mt. Vernon
Memorial Cemetery.
Flowers will be accept
ed, or memorial contribu
tions may be made to Tab
ernacle Baptist Church,
P.O. Box 160, Vidalia, GA
30475, or the Community
Hospice Foundation, P.O.
Box 2277, Vidalia, GA
30475.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Mr. Kevin Moore
Mr. Kevin Todd
Moore, age 52, of Forsyth,
died on Friday, January 8,
2021, at his home.
Mr. Moore worked in
the Macon and Central
Georgia healthcare net
work as a Radiology, CT
and MRI Technologist for
over thirty (30) years.
Survivors include
his wife, Monica Foskey
Moore; 3 children, Dylan
Byrd, Tate Richardson,
and McKenna Moore; 3
siblings, Gary Moore, She
lia Freeman, and Sherry
Mason; his father and
mother-in-law, Mike and
Tina Foskey, Soperton; 2
grandchildren, Fraya and
Kevin; 1 brother-in-law,
Brian Foskey (Meredith);
and nieces and nephews.
A graveside funeral
service was conducted on
Monday, January 11, 2021,
at 2:00 p.m., in Rosemont
Cemetery in Treutlen
County, with Pastor Marty
Dillon officiating.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. MaeBelle Sapp
Mrs. MaeBelle Usher
Sapp, age 97, of Lyons,
died Tuesday afternoon,
December 22, 2020, at her
residence surrounded by
family after an extended
illness. She was a native
and lifelong resident of the
New Branch community of
Toombs County and was a
faithful and devoted mem
ber of New Branch Meth
odist Church. Mrs. Mae
Belle comes from a large
family of ten brothers and
sisters and spent her life as
part of the farming com
munity. She took pride in
being a homemaker, wife,
mother, and grandmother.
She enjoyed cooking, flow
ering, and vegetable gar
dening.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
Thomas Sapp; her son, Joe
K. Sapp; and her parents,
Lonnie and Mattie Usher.
She is survived by her
sons, Ronald Sapp and
Danny Sapp (Connie),
both of Lyons; her daugh
ter, Gloria Helms (Ladson)
of Vidalia; and one sister,
Loraine Lewis of Milled-
geville. Nine grandchil
dren, Ron, Nathan, Ryan,
Lance, Lee, Heidi, Mandy,
Jennifer, and Valerie; and
eighteen great-grandchil
dren also survive.
Funeral services for
Mrs. MaeBelle Usher Sapp
were held Saturday, De
cember 26, 2020, at 2:00
p.m. at Toombs County
Funeral Home of Lyons
with Reverend Michael
Kennedy officiating. Inter
ment followed in Lyons
City Cemetery. The family
received friends for visita
tion on Saturday, Decem
ber 26, 2020, from 1:00
p.m. until the hour of ser
vice.
The family requested
that those who attended
services to please follow
social distancing guide
lines.
In Lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made in her name to
Community Hospice, 904
Mt. Vernon Road, Vidalia,
GA 30474.
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Mr. Cordy Bellflower
Mr. Cordy “Junior”
Bellflower, Jr., age 89, of
Montgomery County,
died Monday, January 4,
2021, in Meadows Park
Heath and Rehab in Vi
dalia after an extended
illness. He was a native of
the Zaidee Community in
Treutlen County, living
in Toombs County for a
short time and in Mont
gomery County most of
his life. He was a carpen
ter, working for several
builders, and was self-em
ployed. He attended Cor
ner Stone Baptist Church
in Kibbee and Alley Bap
tist Church. He liked his
yards cleaned and loved
hunting and fishing, but
most of all, loved music.
At the age of 12, he start
ed playing lead guitar for
local square dances and
then with several bands
during his adult years, he
even played once with Bill
Monroe. Until his admis
sion to Meadows Park,
he accompanied mem
bers of church to sing and
play guitar at local nurs
ing homes. He loved the
Atlanta Braves and knew
each player, their posi
tion, and how well they
did, or did not play. He
was a “jack of all trades,”
carpenter, mechanic, elec
trician, plumber, musi
cian and boss. He liked to
be neat, shirt tucked in,
belt and clean shaven. He
loved people; teasing and
“cutting up,” flirting with
his nurses, never touched
his hair or his cap after
he was dressed and ready,
and he could be feisty at
times. If you wanted to
call, make sure it was not
between 10-12 or 7-8 on
weekdays. He didn’t like
missing any or part of his
game shows. He was pre
ceded in death by his wife
of thirty-four years, Mary
Katherine Wood Bell-
flower; parents, Cordy
Armstrong Bellflower and
Nannie Lou Bealie Tapley
Bellflower; three sisters,
Dorothy Nell Bellflower
Collins, Alberta Bellflow
er Collins Hutcheson and
Joann Bellflower Edge;
one brother, Robert Bell-
flower; nephew, Mitch
ell Bellflower; and niece,
Margaret Collins.
Survivors include
three children, Sharon
McDonald, Jerry Bell-
flower and Glennis Blis-
sett; six grandchildren,
Brad McDonald, Derek
McDonald, Nicholaus
Bellflower, Brandon
Bellflower, Jennifer Col
lins Young and husband
Dusty, and Jason Collins
and wife Beth; nine great
grandchildren, Kalea Bell-
flower, Alyssa Bellflower,
Baileigh Lowery, Jaden
Collins, Jacob Collins,
Brayden Helms, Blayne
Helms, Drake Young and
Kelsi McDonald; special
friend, J.H. Memory; spe
cial nieces, Tammy and
Christy Smith; special
nephew, James “Buddy”
Collins; and several other
nieces and nephews.
A graveside funeral
service was held Wednes
day, January 6, at 3:00
p.m. in the Hughes Fam
ily Cemetery with Pastor
Gaynor Ridgdill and Pas
tor Joe Phillips officiating.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made to Affinis Hos
pice, 806 Maple Drive, Vi
dalia, GA 30474.
Special appreciation
and gratitude is given to
Meadows Park and Affinis
Hospice.
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FUNERAL HOME
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Mrs. Carol Fulford
Mrs. Carol S. Foskey
Fulford, age 66, of Adrian,
died on Thursday, January
7, 2021, at her home.
Mrs. Fulford was born
in Waycross and moved
to Adrian as a child. She
was a graduate of Adrian
High School and obtained
her Licensed Practical
Nursing Certification
from Swainsboro Techni
cal College. She worked
as an LPN in Obstetrics
at the Emanuel County
Medical Center for ap
proximately 15 years. She
later worked at Shamrock
Nursing Home in Dublin
and Wrightsville Manor in
Wrightsville before retir
ing in the early 2000s. She
was a member of the Adri
an New Life Church of the
Nazarene. She was pre
ceded in death by her par
ents, Willard Franklin and
Betty Jean Davis Foskey;
her husband, Cecil Wayne
Fulford; 1 sister, Doris
Barnes; 1 nephew, Chris
Donaldson, her father and
mother-in-law, Eustace
and Myrtle Fulford; her
paternal grandparents,
Calvin and Revenna Fo
skey; and her maternal
grandparents, Clayton and
Ethel Taylor Davis Brown.
Survivors include 3
children, Matt Fulford,
Wrightsville, Caleb Ful
ford (Cindy), Soperton,
and Jacy Fulford Ausburn,
Adrian; 3 sisters, Louise
Owens (David), Tennille,
Kay Ricks (Jimmy), Sop
erton, and Dean Downs
(Jeff), Adrian; 1 son-
in-law, Frederick Miller,
Adrian; 9 grandchildren,
Larissa Thompson (Mat
thew), Becky Fulford,
Lizzie Ryan, Nathan Ryan,
Cleant Ryan, Ian Ryan,
Abigail Ausburn, Bayleigh
Ausburn, and Jacob Mill
er; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were
conducted on Saturday,
January 9, 2021, at 1:00
p.m., in the Adrian New
Life Church of the Naza
rene, with Rev. Stuart
Broderick and Rev. Larry
Little officiating. Inter
ment followed in \ Foskey
Cemetery.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.