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The Vidalia Advance Established 1901
Vol. 123 NO. 14
Your Newspaper - Toombs, Montgomery & Wheeler County, Georgia
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M BOB DIXON
COUNCILMAN-AT LARGF
April 7, 2021
The wisdom of the
wise and the
experience of the ages
are perpetuated by
quotations.
- Benjamin Disraeli
News
BYTES
Covid Vaccines
Are Available
Locally
Covid Moderna and
Johnson and Johnson
vaccines are available
locally from the health
care agencies listed
below. Please call for an
appointment.
Moderna Vaccine
Allergy and Asthma Clinic
of SEGA 912.537.9488
Toombs County Health
Dept 855.473.4374
Meadows Regional
Medical Center
912.535.5555
Walmart Pharmacy
912.537.7765
East Georgia Healthcare
912.537.6565/583.2271
East Georgia Healthcare
Mt. Vernon 912.583.2271
Johnson and Johnson
Vaccine
Phillips Pharmacy
912.537.3049
City Drugs 912.537.4147
Community
Cleanup Day
Set for April 10
Everyone is invited to meet
at 9 a.m. on April 10 at
the Vidalia Community
Center to participate in
Community Cleanup Day.
For more information,
contact kmurray@
vidaliago.gov or call 912-
537-8718.
Food Drive for
Seniors
Tri-County Connection is
accepting donations of
nonperishoble food for
Senior Citizens Centers
in Treutlen, Montgomery
and Wheeler Counties
through April 16. For more
information, call 478-697-
3782.
IN THIS ISSUE
Editorials Page 5A
Obituaries Page 7A
From the Record Page 8A
Your Mind On Line Page 8A
Sports Page 1 B
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Life Without Parole
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
In a jury trial that
ended Thursday April
1, in Toombs County
Superior Court, Israel
Timothy Williams was
convicted and
sentenced for
his role in the
2019 murder
of Brandon
Colson in Ly
ons.
Williams
was convicted
of malice mur
der and the
possession of a firearm
during the commission
of a felony and sentenced
to life without the possi
bility of a parole, plus five
years to be served con
secutively, said Middle
Judicial Circuit District
Attorney Tripp Fitzner,
who tried the case. “The
jury convened Monday
(March 29) and returned
a verdict a little after
lunch time today (Thurs
day). The sentence goes
into effect today,” Fitzner
said Thursday.
The conviction
and sentenc
ing brings to
a close a case
that began on
October, 4,
2019, when
Colson, 24,
of Lyons, was
reported miss
ing.
An article
published in The Ad
vance on October 30,
2019, reported that on
October 24, 2019, the
Georgia Bureau of In
vestigation (GBI) from
Eastman, the Toombs
Please see Murder page
4A
Brandon Colson
File Photo
FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT - Toombs County Deputies Tyler Peebles, Kevin Col
lins and Gerald Price circle defendants Hollis Alan Bryant and Israel Timothy Wil
liams in Toombs County Superior Court on October 28, 2019, Also pictured are
Public Defender Brandi Payne and Chief Assistant District Attorney Tripp Fitzner.
(Fitzner was elected Middle Circuit District Attorney in 2020),
Meadows Courtyard Dedicated
In Memory of Dr. Nancy Shaw
DR. SHAW HONORED - Friends and coworkers gather
together to celebrate the life of Shaw and dedicate
the hospital courtyard in her memory.
Dr, Nancy Shaw
On Doctors’ Day,
Tuesday, March 30,
Meadows Regional
Medical Center dedi
cated its courtyard in
memory of Dr. Nancy
Allyson Shaw, who
passed away in 2020.
Meadows Chief
Medical Officer Dr. Kar
en McColl spoke at the
dedication, along with
Anesthesiologist Dr.
Stacie Wong and Wendy
Cooper, RN. Shaw’s life
was also celebrated with
a balloon release and
cupcakes for all in atten
dance.
“Dr. Shaw was an
Please see Shaw page 1OA
COVID-19 Gathering Restrictions In
Georgia Set to Roll Back on April 8
By Beau Evans
Staff Writer
Capitol Beat News Service
Gov. Brian Kemp is
rolling back restrictions
on public gatherings
and a shelter-in-place
order for elderly-care fa
cility residents that have
been in place since the
start of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Set to take effect
on April 8, the rollback
marks the broadest lift
ing of COVID-19 safe
ty measures since the
governor ended a state
wide shelter-in-place
order was in place for
about three weeks last
April.
Going forward, res
taurants, bars and other
popular social spots will
no longer face limits on
the number of patrons,
according to one of sev
eral executive orders
Kemp signed Wednes
day. Capacities in public
spaces have been kept at
50 people or fewer for
many months.
The amount of
space people will have
to keep apart can also be
reduced from 6 feet to at
least 3 feet in movie the-
Please see COVID page
2A
Rep. Greg Morris
Elected to State
Transportation Board
State Rep. Greg Mor
ris, (District 156-Vidalia)
has been elected by the
board as the new State
Transportation Board
member to represent the
12th Congressional Dis
trict.
The district includes
counties in east central
and east southern Geor
gia and is comprised of
Appling, Bulloch, Burke,
Candler, Coffee, Colum
bia, Effingham, Emanuel,
Evans, Jeff Davis, Jenkins,
Laurens, Montgomery,
Richmond, Screven,
Tattnall, Toombs,
Treutlen and Wheeler
Rep. Greg Morris
counties. It also includes
parts of Columbia and
Effingham counties.
Morris will take his
seat on the State Trans
portation Board at the
Please see Morris page
10A
MoCo Board Approves
Administrative Staff
By Deborah Clark
Regional Editor
dclarkadvance@gmail.com
In a called session
on March 25 the Mont
gomery County Board of
Education approved ad
ministrative staff for the
2021-2022 school year.
In addition to In
terim Superintendent Dr.
Mark Davidson, whose
position was formalized
on March 22, the Board
approved personnel for
the next fiscal year.
Among those ap
proved were Marcee
Pool, Assistant Superin
tendent/ Curriculum/
Human Resources; Julie
Harrelson, Federal Pro
grams/ CTAE; Audrey
Walters, Special Educa-
tion/PreK; Regina Har
ris, Nutrition Director,
part-time at 49%; La-
verne Mobley, Testing
Coordinator, part-time at
49%; and Mike Hilliard,
School Improvement
Specialist, part-time at
34%.
Please see MoCo page 2A
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