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The ADVANCE, February 17, 2021 /Page 9A
Obituaries
Mrs. Irma Martin
Mrs. Irma Jean Martin,
age 86, of Olive Branch,
MS, went to be with the
Lord Sunday, February 7,
2021. Mrs. Martin loved
the Lord and was an ac
tive member at Fairhaven
Baptist Church, where she
taught Sunday School and
VBS for many years. She
loved her family and en
joyed spending time with
them. She had a servant’s
heart and loved helping
others. She and her hus
band were always very gen
erous and would help any
one in need. To know Jean
was to love her, and she will
be missed by all who knew
her.
Mrs. Martin was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band, Milton Martin; one
brother, Holmes Tarver;
and two sisters, Pat Metzler
and Mary Scruggs.
Mrs. Martin is sur
vived by her loving daugh
ter, Camille Hutson (J.W.);
grandchildren, Misty West,
Martin Freeland (Lori),
Justin Hutson, Jr. (Stepha
nie), and Noel Freeland;
9 great-grandchildren; 5
great-great-grandchildren;
brother, Donald Tarver;
and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services for
Mrs. Irma Jean Martin
were held Saturday, Feb
ruary 13, 2021, at Toombs
County Funeral Home in
Lyons, Georgia. Interment
followed at Mount Zion
Cemetery in Lyons, Geor
gia.
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Mr. Wayne Irvin
Mr. Wayne G. Irvin,
age 81, of Adrian, died on
Tuesday, February 9, 2021,
at Bethany Oaks Health
and Rehabilitation Center
in Vidalia.
Mr. Irvin was born
in Carrolton and moved
to Swainsboro, where he
was a 1957 graduate of
Swainsboro High School.
He worked in the family
business, Irvin Implement
Company, became owner/
operator and retired in the
mid 1970s. He attended
Blackville Church of God.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, H.C. and
Janie McRae Irvin; and 2
brothers, Sidney McLain
Irvin and William McRae
(Billy Mac) Irvin.
Survivors include his
wife, Joan Rowland Ir
vin, Adrian; his children,
Wayne “Noot” Irvin (Kar
en), Swainsboro, Regina
Harrell (Mike), North Au
gusta, SC, Renee Martin,
North Augusta, SC, Jay
DeWayne Irvin (Kristie),
Swainsboro,JeffEno (Kris
ti), Canton, Missy Eno,
Murfreesboro, TN; 1 sister,
Linda Winn (Walter), NC;
14 grandchildren; 13 great
grandchildren; 1 niece;
and 1 nephew.
Funeral services were
conducted on Thursday,
February 11, 2021, at 2:00
p.m., at Blackville Church
of God, with Pastor Kip
Boswell officiating. Inter
ment followed in Swains
boro City Cemetery.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.
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i Happy Heavenly Birthday
in memory & celebration
Rosa Marie Asberry
February 15, 1960
With all our love.
Husband - Bruce.
^ Children - Jerrell, Daniel, Derrek.
Grands - Dekenley, Kasen,
Raya & Coach.
A sister & friend to all.
Enjoy your birthday with your sister
Lynn, who resides up there with you.
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Mrs. Janie McCarthy
Mrs. Janie Faye Mc
Carthy, age 78, of Glen-
nville, went home to be
with the Lord on Friday,
February 12, 2021, at her
residence.
She was born on De
cember 3, 1942, in Aline,
GA, to the late Quincey
Lee and Rola Mae Sta
pleton Collins. She had
worked as a seamstress
for most of her life and
was employed by Toombs
County Manufacturing,
Ithaca. She was preceded
in death by two brothers,
Willard Lee Collins and Al
bert Lee Collins; and three
sisters, Annie Lou Collins
Goff, Inez Collins, and
Emma Ree Bruner.
Those left to cherish
her memory include her
husband, Frank McCar
thy; two sons, Mike Willis
(Margie) of Poplar Grove,
AR, and Jimmy Eugene
Barber (Bonney Bailey) of
Glennville; daughter, Bar
bara Willis Davis of Baxley;
stepson, Tommy McCar
thy of Kansas City, MO;
stepdaugher, Kim McCar
thy of Kansas City, MO;
two sisters, Lilly B. Wilcher
of Lyons, and Grace Col
lins Smith of Townsend;
8 grandchildren; 22 great
grandchildren; and 4 great-
great grandchildren.
Funeral Services for
Mrs. Janie Faye McCarthy
were held Tuesday, Febru
ary 16, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.,
at Roberts - Stewart Fu
neral Home Chapel of Vi
dalia. Rev. Dennis Bryant
and Matt Bass officiated.
Graveside service and in
terment followed at Cool
Springs Cemetery.
Pallbearers for the
family were Brandon Slat
er, Wadis Dubberly, Ben
nett Craven, Tony Moore,
Chandler Harrelson, and
Danny Dean.
The funeral service
was shared via Facebook
Live by searching Roberts
- Stewart Funeral Home
on Facebook.
The family received
friends for visitation on
Monday, February 15,
2021, from 6:00 p.m. un
til 8:00 p.m. at Roberts
- Stewart Funeral Home,
Vidalia Chapel.
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Mrs. Susie Collins
Mrs. Susie “Sue” Heu-
ett Harrison Collins, age
91 of Vidalia, died on Sat
urday, February 13, 2021,
at Fairview Park Hospital
in Dublin.
Mrs. Collins was born
in Oak Park and grew up in
Treutlen County, and lived
in Vidalia for many years.
She worked as a supervi
sor for Oxford Industries
in Dublin. She was Baptist
by faith. She was preceded
in death by her parents,
Charlie Obie Heuett and
Effie Mixon Heuett; 2 hus
bands, Gene Harrison and
Sam Collins; 1 son, Carlton
Harrison; 1 daughter-in-
law, Cathy Peterson Harri
son; and 1 niece, Charlene
Lowery.
Survivors include 1
sister, Hazel Heuett Daniel,
Dublin; 1 nephew, Wayne
Lowery (Jane), and 2 niec
es, Debbie Floyd (Eddie)
and Christy Floyd (Mark),
all of Soperton; and nu
merous other nieces and
nephews.
A graveside funeral
service was held on Tues
day, February 16, 2021, at
11:00 a.m., in Westview
Cemetery, with Rev. Craig
Wilkes officiating.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.
Amber
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ized Loren was trying to
regain composure after a
sudden swell of emotion.
“They have become
part of my family,” he
said through tears. “Their
kindness — I’m so grate
ful for all they’ve done
for me, but how do you
say thank you for saving a
life? My life? How do you
thank someone for that?”
It wasn’t Loren’s rec
ollection of his personal
struggles and pain that
brought his tears, but the
kindness of strangers who
chose to help — to serve.
I understand the
tears. Kindness gets me
every time. Maybe it’s be
cause there’s not as much
kindness in the world as
there used to be, and so
when I see it, hear about
it, or experience it, like
Loren, I can’t control my
emotions.
I’m so glad that Lo
ren is doing so well and
is sharing his story — a
story of never giving up
and accepting kindness
and help during the dark
est times of life. To learn
more about Angel Flight
Soars, visit www.angel-
ffightsoars.org.
VOF
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with the festival this year
was made with the most
current data and a desire to
provide our citizens with an
opportunity to enjoy our
largest community event.
We thank all of those indi
viduals that volunteer their
time to make this happen
and we look forward to a
successful festival.”
The Vidalia Onion Fes
tival Committee is made up
of community volunteers
appointed by the Vidalia
City Council. They work 10
months each year to plan,
secure volunteers and carry
out the work to produce
this annual festival.
Mr. Thomas Copeland
Mr. Thomas M. Cope
land, age 82, of the Center
Community, died on Sat
urday, February 13, 2021,
at the Community Hos
pice House in Vidalia after
an extended illness.
Mr. Copeland was
born in Toombs County
where he lived most of his
life, and in Ware County
for 15 years. He worked
with Mitchell & Collins
Construction Company
for many years and more
recently owned a lawn
care business. He attended
South Thompson Baptist
Church. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Shir
ley Gassett Copeland; 2
sons, Darrell Copeland
and Charlie Copeland; his
parents, Lonnie Francis
Copeland, Sr., and Nancy
Eugene Moye Copeland; 1
sister, Sarah Frances Cope
land Grimes; and 1 broth
er, Francis F. Copeland, Jr.
Survivors include 1
brother, Paul Copeland
and wife Miriam of Cen
ter; 1 adopted daughter,
Ashley Mock and husband
Ronnie, and their children,
Aryana Mock and Zayne
Mock; and several nieces
and nephews.
A private graveside
memorial will be at a later
date.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made to South Thomp
son Baptist Church, 225
South Thompson Road,
Vidalia, GA 30474.
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FUNERAL HOME
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Mr. Earl Frost
Mr. Earl Frost, age 81,
of Vidalia, died on Sunday,
February 7, 2021, at Oxley
Park Health and Rehab in
Lyons after an extended ill
ness.
Mr. Frost was a na
tive of East- Wi-
man and «&$&
lived most u—
of his life in \
Mt. Vernon '
and Vidalia.
He retired from Thomas
& Betts in Vidalia, was a
U.S. Army veteran, and
was a member of Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Disabled
American Veterans, and
American Legion. He was a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Mt. Vernon and
was a ham operator. He
was preceded in death by
his parents, John Freeman
Frost and Seffie Mixon
Frost; and 6 siblings, Tom
Frost, Jim Frost, Margie
Frost Cook, Emmit Frost,
and fraternal twins.
Survivors include his
wife, Vivian Temples Frost
of Vidalia, and numerous
nieces and nephews.
A graveside funeral ser
vice was held on Wednes
day, February 10, 2021, at
3:00 p.m., at Mt. Vernon
Memorial Cemetery, with
Pastor Karl Hay officiating.
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"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Nitty
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argument that we’d be
better off when it was
legalized doesn’t make a
lot of sense.
Since it’s now legal in
most places, I personally
can’t think of a good reason
for selling alcoholic
beverages. However, I can
certainly come up with
some good reasons for not
selling it: l) Most alcohol
treatment centers are filled
to the “brim.” 2) Our
prisons are overcrowded
— of which a majority of
the inmates were probably
under the influence of
alcohol, or drugs, when
they committed their
crimes. 3) Drunk driving is
the leading killer on our
highways. 4) Heart disease,
liver disease, hypertension,
kidney disease, cancer,
broken homes and many,
many more.
You know, folks, I
guess we should be
thankful that we collect so
much tax money from the
legal sale of alcoholic
beverages. If we didn’t,
how in the world would we
pay for all the problems
that are caused by their
consumption? I’m sure
we’ll probably get a chance
to vote on the legalization
of marijuana (which, in my
opinion, is another useless
mind altering substance)
and since it would bring us
some of the same benefits
as alcohol, I’ll just vote
with the preachers and
bootleggers...
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Lowry
continued from page 6A
presidential election and
serve as president than
Donald Trump 2.0. The
incentives are for them to
slipstream behind Trump
for now, but that won’t
always be true.
The temptation to
splinter from the GOP
might be alluring to
elements of both the
populists and the
Republican traditionalists,
but this a dead end.
The Republican Party
is the only plausible
electoral vehicle for any
sort of right-of-center
politics in America. It is
worth fighting over, and it
will be.
That struggle is sure to
be toxic and unpredictable
— except for the fact that
at the end of the day the
Grand Old Party will still
be standing.
Rich Lowry is editor of
the National Review.
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