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The ADVANCE, May 12, 2021/Page 8A
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Obituaries
Mrs. Lois Fleming
Mrs. Lois Jackson Flem
ing, 87, of Vidalia, Georgia,
passed away on April 12,
2021, in Birmingham, AL.
Her life was marked by her
strong faith, love for family,
commitment to First Baptist
Church of Vidalia (FBC),
belief in education, and ser
vice to community Her hus
band, Thomas H. Fleming,
son, John T. Fleming, and
sister, Sara Jackson, preceded
her in death. She is survived
by her sister, Martha Lee
Baggett (Bill) of Dunwoody;
daughter, Landra Edwards
(John) of Birmingham; five
grandchildren; and five great
grandchildren.
Lois was bom on May
22, 1933, in Carroll County,
Georgia, to Lee H. Jackson
and Helen Brock Jackson.
She graduated from Carroll
ton High School in 1950 and
attended LaGrange College
before graduating from Brew-
ton-Parker College with an
associate degree in education.
Lois married Thomas at Fort
Leonard Wood Army base
in Missouri in 1951. Follow
ing Thomas’s military service,
the couple lived in Carrollton
and Atlanta before relocating
to Vidalia in 1954. They cel
ebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary shortly before his
death in 2001.
During her career, she
worked at Sally D. Meadows
School as a paraprofessional;
Toombs County Department
of Family and Childrens
Services; and Southeastern
Technical Institute. After re
tiring, Lois worked as a sub
stitute teacher at Vidalia High
School (VHS) for 16 years.
She was recognized as the
Kelly Educational Staffing
Georgia Substitute Teacher
of the Year in 2015, an honor
that both surprised and de
lighted her. She loved the stu
dents and enjoyed attending
their sports events. Lois, who
was a talented seamstress,
made laundry bags for gradu
ating seniors for nearly 50
years. She sponsored college
scholarships to VHS seniors
for 10 years.
Lois taught Sunday
School classes at FBC and
for the residents of Summer’s
Landing for many years. She
was active in the Womens
Missionary Union and was a
former president of both the
Town and Country Garden
Club and the VHS PTA. She
was named Vidalia Woman of
the Year in 2016. Her pride in
Vidalia made this award espe
cially meaningful to her.
She will be greatly
missed.
A memorial service will
be held on Sunday, May 23,
2021, at 2:00 p.m., at First
Baptist Church of Vidalia.
Full Paid Obituary
Mr. Sammy Sanders
Mr. Sammy Sanders,
age 90, of Uvalda, died on
Sunday, May 9, 2021, at
Ogeechee Area Hospice in
Statesboro surrounded by
his family, following an ex
tended illness.
Mr. Sanders was a life
long resident of Montgom
ery County and lived most
of his life in Uvalda. He
retired after
30 years as a
rural mail car
rier and was
a member of
Uvalda Bap
tist Church, and recently
attended Smyrna United
Methodist Church. He
was a veteran of the U.S.
Air Force during the Ko
rean War Era and a mem
ber of VFW Post #10229
in Mt. Vernon. In 1998,
while playing golf at Jeff
Davis Country Club in
Hazlehurst, he was recog
nized on the Golf Channel
as having a hole-in-one.
He was preceded in death
by twin infant daughters;
an infant son; his parents,
Simp Sanders and Gladys
Pollette Sanders; and 2
brothers, Billy Sanders and
Ephraim Sanders.
Survivors include his
wife of 62 years, Betty
Mimbs Sanders of Uvalda;
2 children, Scott Sanders
and wife Tara, and Pam
Sanders, all of Statesboro;
3 grandchildren, Jarrod
Humphrey, Addie Sanders,
and Sela Sanders.
The funeral service was
held on Tuesday, May 11,
2021, at 3:00 p.m., in the
chapel of Ronald V. Hall
Funeral Home, with Pas
tor Ron Johnson and Roy
Mimbs officiating. Burial
followed in Uvalda City
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Fran
cis Sanders, Mark Hern
don, Doye Sanders, Darrell
Mimbs, Jeff Sanders and
Dwayne Mincey.
Honorary pallbear
ers were Wade Carpenter,
Buddy Lane, T. Clark, Joey
Carpenter, Jim Paul Poole,
Rayburn Clark, Buddy
Mosley, Gary Braddy and
Roger Rowland.
Flowers will be ac
cepted, or memorial con
tributions may be made to
Ogeechee Area Hospice
Foundation, P.O. Box 531,
Statesboro, GA 30459, or
consider helping a local
family or a child in need,
or to the charity of your
choice.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
From the Record
THE BLOTTER
These are the reported
arrests from the Toombs
County Sheriff's Office,
the Vidalia and Lyons
police departments,
and the Montgomery
County Sheriff's Office
for the past week.
Incidents are taken
directly from police
files, All suspects are
innocent until proven
guilty.
In Lyons...
• Forrest Kyle
Drehs, of Lyons, was
arrested on May 3
and charged with
Warrant Service.
• Nell S. Waddell,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on May 7 and
charged with Disor
derly Conduct and
Public Drunkeness.
In Toombs
County...
• Anne Rocco-
Kelly, of Baxley, was
arrested on May 5
and charged with
Disorderly Conduct.
• Joseph Smith, of
Soperton, was ar
rested on May 2 and
charged with Posses
sion of Drug Related
Objects, DUI/Drugs/
Less Safe.
• Cody Williams,
of Cobbtown, was ar
rested on May 8 and
charged with Theft by
Taking.
• Deion Wimberly,
of Simpsonsville, SC,
was arrested on May
3 and charged with
Theft of Automobile.
In Montgomery
County...
• Michael Dillan
Lowther, of Mount
Vernon, was arrested
on May 4 and
charged with False
Imprisonment, Aggra
vated Assault, Aggra
vated Stalking, Theft
by Taking (Felony).
• Craig Antonio
Singleton, of Vidalia,
was arrested on May
5 and charged with
DUI, Failure to Main
tain Lane.
• Jaurin Meza Tor
res, of Soperton, was
arrested on May 6
and charged with
Speeding, Driving
While Unlicensed.
• Christopher Ber
nard Williams, of Dub
lin, was arrested on
May 7 and charged
with Possession of
Marijuana <loz.,
Commercial Vehicle
Driver Failing to Use
Seatbelt.
In Vidalia...
• Layne Tyler Bell,
of Metter, was ar
rested on May 3 and
charged with Theft by
Shoplifting.
• Robin Rebecca
Lapoint, of Metter,
was arrested on May
3 and charged with
Theft by Shoplifting,
Criminal Trespass.
• Austin Heath
Rowland, of Soper
ton, was arrested on
May 4 and charged
with Seatbelt Viola
tion / Suspended Li
cense / Warrant
Served (Soperton PD).
• Marvin Leon
Thompson III, of Sop
erton, was arrested
on May 4 and
charged with Posses
sion of Marijuana.
• Carla Karina Se
gura, of Soperton,
was arrested on May
4 and charged with
No Driver's License.
• Jordan Kilgore,
of Lyons, was arrested
on May 5 and
charged with Posses
sion of Marijuana.
• Chantelle Lis
Clark, of Vidalia, was
arrested on May 6
and charged with Im
proper Turn / Sus
pended License.
• Chelsea Marie
Marble, of Swartz
Creek, Ml, was ar
rested on May 6 and
charged with Disor
derly Conduct.
• Yashekia D.
Mckinney, of Lyons,
was arrested on May
7 and charged with
Possession of a Con
trolled Substance /
Possession of Drug Re
lated Objects.
• Christina Nich
ole Jackson, of Mt
Vernon, was arrested
on May 7 and
charged with Posses
sion of Marijuana /
Suspended License /
Cracked Windshield.
• Steven K. Dann,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on May 8 and
charged with Sus
pended License / Fail
to use Turn Signals /
Warrant Served X2
Toombs County.
• Nato Vashaun
Baker, of Lyons, was
arrested on May 8
and charged with
Possession of Mari
juana and a cracked
windshield.
• Justin Lee
Moore, of Vidalia,
was arrested on May
9 and charged with
No Driver's License /
Warrant Served Ap
pling County.
Amber
continued from page 5A
silent prayer asking God to
halt its growth and spare
me the embarrassment
and despair of having a hu
miliating fever blister.
On day two, it began
rising like a cake in the
oven — pushing itself to
the surface into a large
pimple-ish mound just
above my lip line.
By day three, it was as
big as the state of Texas —
maybe bigger.
On day four, it blis
tered and began to ooze.
On day five, I got up,
looked in the mirror be
fore dressing for work, and
thought, “It is, what it is.”
Later that day, I had to
zip into the grocery store
to pick up a few items for
dinner. Thankfully, many
people in my community
are still wearing masks
when they shop, and my
COVID-19 mask hid my
fever blister from the rest
of the world and spared
me from the intrusive
stares and gasps of other
customers and their curi
ous children.
And as of today, my
fever blister has formed a
nice crusty scab that tight
ens when I smile. Ugh. I’ll
probably have to deal with
this ugliness for another
week or two.
Some people are
prone to developing styes
around their eyes. Others
get warts on their fingers
and hands. Some endure
massive acne outbreaks.
As for me, I am queen of
the fever blisters. Lord
have pity and mercy on
me.
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“After seeing on TV
where the governor
has lifted all restric
tions on gyms, bars,
restaurants, etc,,
looks like the Mead
ows Wellness Center
would open their gym
back up where all the
people who have
been members can
go back to working
out and enjoying the
good life."
"If you cannot
swim, you better learn
how because Joe
Biden and the demo
crats are digging a
deep hole full of wa
ter. The old saying
"sink or swim,' they
giving everything to
prisoners, all these
people sitting home
doing nothing and
won't work. There's
not a place in Toombs
County that you
can't see a sign want
ing help. They rather
stay home than work.
It's time for someone
to see what's hap
pening."
“As you go in busi
nesses around, you
see signs up saying
"masks required'. You
go in and customers
and employees are
not wearing masks. I
hope every one of
them comes down
sick, and maybe they
will wish they'd a
wore a mask."
“To the nurse that
called Your Mind on
Line with the attitude,
it's none of your busi
ness whether I get a
shot or not. That's my
choice. If you don't
like it, clock out and
go home. We don't
need nurses with atti
tudes."
“I would like for the
Vidalia mayor to
bring in some new
restaurants. Vidalia is
big enough to have
some chain restau
rants that are not fast
food, like a Chili's or
Texas Roadhouse."
“When was it ok for
the Assessor's Office
to run personal er
rands in a county ve
hicle? I thought we
were past that."
Nitty
continued from page 6A
to the rest of the country.
The $6 trillion
spending blowout of the
first 100 days of the Biden
administration, sold under
the guise of COVID-19
recovery, has been about
using the COVID-19 crisis
to sell a new era of welfare-
state big-government
socialism that will
fundamentally change our
country forever.
The U.S. economy was
already well underway to
recovery in the latter half of
last year, and in the first
quarter of 2021, it surged
6.4%, taking our gross
domestic product almost
to where it was pre-
COVTD-19.
Contrary to the
president’s rhetoric, the
case for the connection
between prosperity and
freedom is about facts, not
ideology.
Each year, the Fraser
Institute publishes its
Economic Freedom of the
World report, which
consistently shows that
nations with more
economic freedom —
smaller government, lower
taxes, less regulation —
have the highest incomes
and lowest poverty rates.
In his address to
Congress, the president
assured the American
people that he can finance
all this big government by
getting the wealthy and big
corporations to pay their
“fair share.”
But facts about who
foots the tax bill tell a
different story than the
president’s ideology-
colored stories.
According to the
nonpartisan Tax
Foundation, which used
the latest data available
from the IRS, in 2018, the
top 1 percent of all
taxpayers paid 40.1 percent
of all taxes. The top 50
percent of taxpayers paid
97.1 percent of all federal
taxes. And the bottom 50
percent paid the remaining
2.9 percent.
What about
corporations? Again, facts
tell a different story.
Corporate income
taxes simply punish labor
with lower wages and
punish customers with
higher prices. Boston
University economist
Laurence Kotlikoff
estimates that a zero
percent corporate tax rate,
which would focus taxes
only on individuals, would
increase wages 12 percent.
Giving the nation a
civics lesson worthy of one
of our failing public
schools, President Biden
used in his address the
opening words of the
preamble to the
Constitution — “We the
People ...” — to justify big
government.
But that preamble says
that the Constitution was
established to “secure the
Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our
Posterity.”
Sen. Tim Scott, in his
response to the president,
noted what he experiences,
and what I have
experienced all my working
life: that Blacks who speak
about freedom and biblical
values are met with
derision and ridicule from
the left.
Scott spoke truth.
America is about freedom
under God. Achieving this
is today’s great challenge.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban Renewal
and Education and host of
the weekly television show
“Cure America with Star
Parker."
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