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Obituaries
Mr. Jose Trejo
Mr. Jose Trejo, age 58,
of Uvalda, died on Tues
day, February 23, 2021, at
Meadows Health in Vidalia
after a brief illness.
Mr. Trejo was a na
tive of Mexico, as an adult
moved to Corpus Christi,
TX, for a few years, spent
many years in West Palm
Beach, FL, before moving
to Uvalda in 1998. He was
the owner of Uvalda Pine
Straw, Uvalda Grain Har
vesting, Locos Trucking,
and Apex Xpress. He was a
member of New Horizons
Apostolic Ministries in Ha-
zlehurst. He was preceded
in death by his parents, Jose
Trejo Villeda and Victoria
Trejo Almaraz.
Survivors include
his wife, Yolanda Trejo;
4 sons, Victor Trejo and
wife Gloria, Eric Trejo and
wife Michelle, Ivan Trejo
and wife Itzel, and Luis
Angel; 6 grandchildren,
Carlos, Alex, Maia, Vic
tor, Jr., Luke, and Yomaeri
Trejo; 2 sisters, Guillerma
Trejo and Federica Trejo;
4 brothers, Lazaro Trejo,
Alfredo Trejo, Telesforo
Trejo, and Moises Trejo;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
The funeral service was
held on Saturday, February
27, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., at
New Horizons Apostolic
Ministries in Hazlehurst,
with Pastor Joel Lopez of
ficiating. Burial followed at
the Trejo Family Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Vic
tor Trejo, Eric Trejo, Ivan
Trejo, Luis Trejo, Chase
O’Conner, David Torres,
Joel Lopez and Martin Lo
pez.
Flowers will be accept
ed, or memorial contribu
tions may be made to New
Horizons Apostolic Min
istries, 441 Douglas Hwy.,
Hazlehurst, GA 31539.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Mrs. Janet Williamson
Mrs. Janet Williamson
(Lindsey), age 63, died on
February 23, 2021, after a
brief battle with cancer.
Mrs. Williamson was
born in Vidalia and was
raised and lived most of
her life in Oak Park. She
recently retired as a seam
stress. She was preceded
in death by her parents,
Garnett and Drunell (Bar-
wick) Lindsey; 1 nephew,
Mick Lindsey; and 1 great-
nephew, Logan Reffitt.
Survivors include her
children, Heather Phillips
of Mount Vernon, Allen
Williamson (Sonia) of Flo
ral City, FL, Ayla Heckel
of Statesboro, and Justin
Heckel (Julie) of Lyons;
her siblings, Mickey Lind
sey (Teresa) of Oak Park,
Deron Lindsey (Robin)
of Dublin, and Tracy
Boatright (Brad) of Mount
Vernon; 8 grandchildren; 5
nieces and nephews; and 7
great-nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life
was held on Saturday, Feb
ruary 27, 2021, at 2:00
p.m., at the Community
House in Oak Park. Inter
ment followed in Oak Park
Cemetery.
Mrs. EllaVee Braswell
Mrs. EllaVee Reagin
Braswell, age 83, of Adrian,
died on Monday, February
22, 2021, at her home.
Mrs. Braswell was bom
in Hazlehurst and was a
1955 graduate of Jeff Davis
High School. She worked
as a bookkeeper at Hazle
hurst Manufacturing where
she remained until 1980.
She then worked in Human
Resources at Oxford Manu
facturing shirt factory in Vi
dalia, where she remained
until retiring in 2002. She
was a member at Mt. Olive
Church of the Nazarene,
near Adrian, for over 50
years. She was a Prayer War
rior and was involved in the
teaching and preparation
of young people for Bibli
cal quizzing, participated in
Mt. Olive Working Witness
Missionary trips to the Phil
ippines, Guyana and Ven
ezuela, attended Cottage
Prayer Meetings, Camp
Meetings and for many
years was involved with Sat
urday Women’s Afterglow
Meetings with her daugh
ter. She was preceded in
death by her parents, Carl
ton Plemon and Lily Mae
Christine Dyal Reagin; her
siblings, Robert Mervyn
Reagin, Daniel Harrison
Reagin, Wayne Madison
Reagin, Gerrell Alice Re
agin Wheeler, Wilma Janice
Reagin Varnadoe, Ned Car-
lyn “Buddy” Reagin, and 2
infants.
Survivors include her
husband of 58 years, Ron
ald Braswell, Adrian; her
children, Sharon McKenzie
(Rick), Nolensville, TN,
Dane Braswell, Adrian, Jef
fery Braswell, East Dublin,
Marsha Hightower Poole
(Terry), East Dublin; 8
grandchildren, Christian
Tyler McKenzie, Amber
Reagin Allen, Caitlin Joyce
Kritz, Chase Anthony Bras
well, Jordan Leigh Bras
well, Lee Hightower, Shane
Poole, Nicole Poole; 10
great-grandchildren; and
numerous nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were
conducted on Saturday,
February 27, 2021, at 11:00
a.m., at Mt. Olive Church
of the Nazarene, with Rev.
Jimmy Wright and Rev. L.T.
Logue officiating. Inter
ment followed in the Bras
well Family Cemetery in
Adrian.
Pallbearers were Autry
Brantley, Mike Soles, Gary
McCord, Chase Braswell,
Tyler McKenzie, and Jeff
Braswell.
Doyle Knight and the
Mt. Olive Senior Adult Sun
day School Class served as
honorary pallbearers.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Jimmy McBride
Mr. Jimmy McBride,
age 82, of Alston, died on
Friday, February 26, 2021,
at Meadows Park Health
and Rehab in Vidalia after
an extended illness.
Mr. Mc
Bride was
a native of
Alston, living
in Vidalia for
many years,
and in Alston
most of his life. He retired
as purchasing agent from
Meadows Memorial Hos
pital in Vidalia and farmed
for most of his life. He was
a member of Alston United
Methodist Church and
served in the Army National
Guard. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Patty
Hughes McBride; his par
ents, Marvin Peter McBride
and Gladys Jones McBride;
1 brother, Edwin McBride;
and 1 nephew, Mel Mc
Bride.
Survivors include 2
daughters, Laura McBride
McLendon and husband
George of Soperton, and
Lynda McBride Gordon and
husband Todd of Alston; 1
brother, Melvin McBride
and wife Diane of Lyons;
4 grandchildren, Mallory
McLendon Taylor and hus
band Matt of Vidalia, Madi
son McLendon Barwick
and husband Holt of Sop
erton, and Tyler Gordon
and Tiftani Gordon, both of
Alston; 1 great-grandchild,
Beckham Taylor; 1 niece,
Lea Anne McBride Foster
and husband Wes of Alexan
dria, VA; several great-niec
es, and one great-nephew.
A graveside funeral ser
vice was held on Monday,
March 1, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.,
in Sharpe Cemetery, with
Rev. Brandon Williams of
ficiating.
Those desiring may
make memorial contri
butions to Alston United
Methodist Church, P.O. Box
143, Alston, GA 30412.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Mr. Mitchell Bridges, Jr.
Mr. George Mitch
ell Bridges, Jr., age 78, of
Soperton, passed away on
Thursday, February 25,
2021, at Meadows Regional
Hospital after a brief illness.
Mitchell was a native of
Treutlen County, lived most
of his life in Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, amongst the swamps
of the Everglades. Mitchell
first moved to Florida to be
come a professional boxer.
Mitchell later bought Ev
erglades Holiday National
Park, where he not only
owned and operated the Ev
erglades Park but worked in
the tourism industry there
until his retirement. After
his retirement, he moved
back to his hometown roots
of Soperton, GA, to be clos
er to his family. Mitchell
will be laid to rest beside his
brother Curtis Bridges in
the family cemetery.
Mitchell was preceded
in death by both parents,
George and Leanna Bridg
es, and seven siblings.
Those left to cherish
his memory include his lov
ing son, Clint (Cortney)
Bridges of Ft. Lauderdale,
FL; two brothers, Delton
(Margaret) Bridges of Sop
erton and Paul Bridges of
Uvalda; and three sisters,
Sula (Charles) Webb of
Soperton, Martha (Frank)
Smith of Milledgeville, and
Precilla Heyer of Soperton.
Several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral Services for Mr.
George Mitchell Bridges Jr.
were held Monday, March
1, 2021, in the Vidalia cha
pel of Roberts-Stewart Fu
neral Home with Reverend
Authur Conley officiating.
Interment followed at Phil
lips Family Cemetery. Visi
tation was held from 12:00
p.m. until 2:00 p.m. on
Monday March 1, 2021, in
the Vidalia Chapel.
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Nitty
continued from page 6A
machine every time we had
to go two blocks.”
But she was right. We
didn’t have the “green
thing” in our day.
“Back then we washed
the baby’s diapers because
we didn’t have the throw
away kind. We dried clothes
on a line, not in an energy-
gobbling machine burning
up 220 volts. Wind and
solar power really did dry
our clothes back in our early
days. Kids got hand-me-
down clothes from their
brothers or sisters, not
always brand-new clothing.”
But that young lady is
right; we didn’t have the
“green thing” back in our
day.
“Back then we had one
TV; or radio, in the house
— not a TV in every room.
And the TV had a small
screen the size of a
handkerchief (remember
them?), not a screen the
size of the state of Montana.
In the kitchen we blended
and stirred by hand because
we didn’t have electric
machines to do everything
for us. When we packaged a
fragile item to send in the
mail, we used wadded up
old newspapers to cushion
it, not Styrofoam or plastic
bubble wrap. Back then, we
didn’t fire up an engine and
bum gasoline just to cut the
lawn. We used a push
mower that ran on human
power. We exercised by
working so we didn’t need
to go to a health club to run
on treadmills that operate
on electricity.”
But she’s right — we
didn’t have the “green
thing” back then..
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Crossword Puzzle
Solution, page 10A
CLUES ACROSS
1. One of Noah’s sons
5. Openings
11. Rising from the dead
14. Expressions for humorous
effect
15. North American country
18. Flowed over
19. Tags
21. Long-lasting light bulb
23. Off-Broadway theater award
24. Khoikhoi peoples
28. Beloved movie pig
29. South Dakota
30. Tai language
32. Get free of
33. Afflict
CLUES DOWN
1. A title of respect in India
2. His and
3. Employee stock ownership
plan
4. A type of bond (abbr.)
5. Acting as if you are
6. Affirmative
7. Not caps
8. Type of medication
9. Monetary unit
10. Private school in New York
12. Small stream
13. A person of wealth
16. Exclude
17. Someone who vouches for you
20. Vegetable part
22. Gov’t lawyer
25. Term to address a woman
26. Swiss river
27. About senato
29. Paulo, cityr
35. Transmits genetic information
from DNA
36. Commercials
39. Digits
41. Expression of sympathy
42. Bleats
44. Swiss Nobel Peace Prize winner
46. Vegetable
47. Turf
49. Disorganized in character
52. Takes
56. Rules over
58. More fervid
60. Sweet drink
62. Cry loudly
63. A friendly nation
31. Native American tribe
34. “Titanic” actor
36. Campaign for students’
rights (abbr.)
37. Capital of Senegal
38. Slang for military leader
40. Football’s big game
43. Women who threw themselves
on funeral pyres
45. Equally
48. Forest animal
50. Heavy stoves
51. Releasing hormone (abbr.)
53. Song
54. Type of pickle
55. Offer in return for money
57. Soviet Socialist Republic
58. Bums wood (abbr.)
59. Beloved singer Charles
61. Three-toed sloth
Lowry
continued from page 6A
course, this is exactly what
Cuomo was doing.
And so, the media’s
anointed hero of the
pandemic — who wrote a
book on his own exemplary
pandemic response, who
won a Grammy, who was
elevated to an authority
with the standing to
comment on how the
country was handling
COVID-19 — is facing calls
to resign or face
impeachment and is the
subject of multiple
investigations, while his
routine bullying of critics is
now out in the open.
Not only are none of
these things happening to
Ron DeSantis, his policy of
avoiding strict lockdowns,
which occasioned so much
criticism, has avoided the
educational and economic
downsides of Cuomo’s
policies. According to
Florida data, the state offers
more in-person education
than any other state, and it
has a lower unemployment
rate than the national
average and other populous
states. This matters greatly
to the well-being of
Floridians.
All of this said, the virus
has presented enormous
challenges and excruciating
choices to policymakers
around the country. It’s not
healthy to be overly invested
in red state versus blue state
comparisons. But the media
gleefully went all-in on this
game — and managed to
pump up the wrong
governor and run down the
wrong one, in a failure for
the ages.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
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