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The ADVANCE, August 25, 2021 /Page 8A
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Obituaries
Rev. Roy Thompson, Sr.
Rev. Roy Lee Thomp
son, Sr., age 89, of Adrian,
died on Wednesday, August
18, 2021, at his home.
Rev. Thompson was
born in Johnson County.
He was a graduate of Trev-
ecca Nazarene University
in Nashville with a Bach
elor’s degree. He served
several Nazarene churches
in Americus and in the
Nashville area, includ
ing Pond Creek, Morris
Hill, Whites Creek, Joel-
ton, Glencliff and Griffins
Chapel. His final assign
ment before retiring was
his childhood church as
a staff minister, Mt. Olive
Church of the Nazarene
in Wrightsville. During his
time in the Nashville area,
he also drove a school bus
for the Metro Nashville
Public School System. He
was preceded in death by
his parents, Harvey Millard
and Mattie Mae Rowland
Thompson; 1 son, Roy Lee
Thompson, Jr.; 2 brothers,
Herman and James Thomp
son; and 1 sister, Blanche T.
Smith.
Survivors include his
wife of 69 years, Mary
Katherine Thompson,
Adrian; his children, Freida
Thompson Orsbon, Nash
ville, TN, Bruce Thompson
(Sandy), Cookeville, TN,
Wanda Thompson Greene
(Ricky), Nashville, TN, and
Tommy Thompson (Car
ol), High Point, NC; his
siblings, Marvin Thomp
son (Willett), Wrights
ville, Doris Peace, Adrian,
Carl Thompson (Joyce),
East Dublin, and Molline
Thompson, Adrian; 1 cous
in, Herschel Roland, Ope
lika, AL; 10 grandchildren;
9 great-grandchildren; and
many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
conducted on Saturday, Au
gust 21, 2021, at 11:00 a.m.,
at Mt. Olive Church of the
Nazarene in Wrightsville,
with Rev. Jimmy Wright
and Rev. L.T. Logue offici
ating. Interment followed
in the church cemetery.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Johnnie Foskey
Mrs. Johnnie Foskey,
age 80, of Uvalda, died on
Saturday, August 21, 2021,
in the Jeff Davis County
Hospital after a brief ill
ness.
Mrs. Foskey was a life
long resident of Montgom
ery County and a 1959
graduate of Montgomery
County High School. She
worked with Alley Manu
facturing and Walmart of
Vidalia for many years.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Lewis and
Pauline Chambers, and
1 brother, Lewis Edward
Chambers.
Her family includes
her husband of 61 years,
Hugh Foskey; 2 daughters,
Debbie Thornton and hus
band Wayne of Hazlehurst
and Janet Adams and hus
band Bryant of Uvalda;
2 siblings, Ouida Smiley
of Savannah and Dennis
Chambers and Judy of
Uvalda; 3 grandchildren,
Paula Driskall and husband
Doug, Starla Godwin and
husband Daniel, and Josh
ua Foskey and Hillary, all
of Uvalda; 9 great-grand
children; and several niec
es, nephews and cousins.
The funeral service will
be held on Wednesday, Au
gust 25, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.,
in the chapel of Ronald V.
Hall Funeral Home, with
Pastor Reese Mincey offi
ciating. Burial will follow in
the Dead River Cemetery
near Uvalda. The family
will receive friends at the
funeral home on Wednes
day afternoon from 2:00
until just prior to the ser
vice.
Pallbearers are Doug
Driskall, Daniel Goodman,
Joshua Foskey, Ashton
Barwick, Josiah Godwin,
and Elijah Godwin.
Flowers are accepted,
or donations may be made
to Cedar Crossing Bap
tist Church, P.O. Box 157,
Uvalda, Georgia 30473.
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...
• Enrique Juan
Itzep, of Lyons, was
arrested on August
21 and charged with
Battery,
• Katyiah Nishay
Clark, of Lyons, was
arrested on August
22 and charged with
DUI/Less Safe-Alco
hol.
In Toombs
County...
• Clarence Bos
tic, Jr., of Vidalia, was
arrested on August
19 and charged with
Possession of Fire
arms by Conv Felons
and FOProbationers,
Methamphetamine-
Purchase, Possession,
Manf, Distribution,
Sale, Possession of
Firearm or Knife Dur
ing Certain Crimes,
Cocaine-
Purchase, Possession,
Manf, Distribution,
Sale, Use of commu
nications facilities to
violate provisions
prohibited.
• Gregory Mos
ley, of Vidalia, was
arrested on August
20 and charged with
Involuntary Man
slaughter.
In Montgomery
County...
• Shannon Der
rick Wyche, of Ailey,
was arrested on Au
gust 17 and charged
with Toombs County
Warrant Served.
• James Lee
Braddock, of Uvalda,
was arrested on Au
gust 21 and charged
with Sale of Metham-
phetamine.
• John Henry
Madison, of Uvalda,
was arrested on Au
gust 21 and charged
with Speeding, Driv
ing w/Suspended Li
cense, No Insurance,
No Registration.
In Vidalia...
• Leroy Sinleton
III, of Vidalia, was ar
rested on August 13
and charged with
Disorderly Conduct.
• Destany S. Gil-
chriest, of Vidalia,
was arrested on Au
gust 13 and charged
with Criminal Dam
age to Property.
• Joe Reece
Coursey, of Ailey,
was arrested on Au
gust 14 and charged
with Possession of
Marijuana.
• Shemika Jor
dan, of Vidalia, was
arrested on August
15 and charged with
No Driver's License /
Child Restraint under
8.
• Bautista Lopez,
of Lyons, was ar
rested on August 19
and charged with
No Insurance / No
Driver's License.
• Michael Matin,
of Ailey, was arrested
on August 19 and
charged with War
rant Served (Candler
County).
• Ira Clements, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on August 20 and
charged with Force
ful Obstruction.
• Exena Naisha
Carter, of Soperton,
was arrested on Au
gust 21 and charged
with Aggravated As
sault / Forceful Ob
struction.
• Anthony Tevin
Summersett, of Vida
lia, was arrested on
August 21 and
charged with DUI
(2nd) / Driving while
License Suspended.
Nitty
continued from page 6A
terrorist plans and bring
terrorists to justice.” This
was accomplished in our
successful military
incursion in Afghanistan.
But second, “We must
prevent the terrorists and
regimes who seek chemical,
biological or nuclear
weapons from threatening
the United States and the
world.”
Bush rightly noted that
Afghanistan could not and
cannot be viewed in
isolation from forces in the
world that hate us and hate
our ideals. This humiliation
of our nation in the current
withdrawal from
Afghanistan strengthens
those forces.
Although Biden
decided to continue the
process of withdrawing
from Afghanistan, he
reversed President Donald
Trump’s withdrawal from
the deal with Iran, and
Biden’s deal strengthens
rather than weakens Iran
and creates a path leading to
nuclear capability of this
dangerous and threatening
nation.
But most critical is to
appreciate that we cannot
succeed in defending our
nation abroad if we are not
clear at home who we are.
President Ronald
Reagan observed, “While
America’s military strength
is important ... I’ve always
maintained that the struggle
now going on for the world
will never be decided by
bombs or rockets, by armies
or military might. The real
crisis we face today is a
spiritual one; at root, it is a
test of moral will and faith.”
Our enemies, per
Reagan, “must be made to
understand: We will never
compromise our principles
and standards. We will
never give away our
freedom. We will never
abandon our belief in God.”
It is here that Biden’s
credibility is so deeply in
question.
Under the leadership of
this administration, the
values that Americans have
always known that protect
individual freedom and
protect God-fearing
Americans — certainly
those that understand this
as Christianity — are on
historically shaky ground.
Cancel culture and
wokeness limit our ability
to speak and run our private
lives and businesses freely.
The values that have
sustained marriage and
family and protect the
unborn have been
dangerously weakened.
Government expansion
and incursion into private
life is unprecedented. Per
the Hoover Institution’s
John Cogan, if Biden plans
find their way into law, “for
the first time in history,
more than half of all
Americans would be on the
federal dole.”
How can we expect
leadership in Afghanistan
or anywhere else abroad for
these American values,
when we don’t see it at
home?
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Mrs. Polly Nelms
Mrs. Polly Beasley
Nelms, age 58, of Collins,
died on Wednesday, Au
gust 18, 2021, at Memorial
Health Meadows Hospital
in Vidalia, after a brief bat
tle with Covid.
Mrs. Nelms was born
in Augusta, grew up in
Jesup, and later lived in
Jacksonville, FL, for sev
eral years. She moved to
Toombs County in 1975
and then to Tattnall Coun
ty in 1996. She was a mem
ber of the Collins Full Gos
pel Church, where she sang
and played the piano, and
was First Lady and pastor’s
wife of the church. She
was a founding member of
Master’s Touch Ministries.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Sewell Gor
don Beasley, Sr., and Ear
line Shuman Beasley Jones;
and 1 sister, Belinda West
Harrell.
Her family includes
her husband, Pastor An
drew Nelms of Collins; 1
son, Michael J. King and
wife Jenny of Lyons; 2
granddaughters, Maddie
and Lily; 8 siblings, Sewell
G. Beasley, Jr., and wife
Brenda of Vidalia, Hank
A. Beasley and wife Becky
ofBlackshear, Phillip Jones
and wife Liz of Vidalia,
Danny West of Pearson,
Homer Beasley and wife
Judy of the Zaidee Com
munity, Velma Ann Beasley
of Soperton, Patsy Brinkley
of Hazlehurst, and San
dra Stevens of Soperton;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
A graveside funeral
service was held on Tues
day, August 24, 2021, at
11:00 a.m., in Pinecrest
Cemetery, with Pastor
Rodney Gibbs officiating.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made to Collins Full
Gospel Church, P.O. Box
338, Collins, GA 30421.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Mrs. Nancy Richardson
Mrs. Nancy Lynn Bar
wick Richardson, age 53,
of Brunswick, died on Sun
day, August 22, 2021, at St.
Jospeh’s Candler Hospital
in Savannah.
Mrs. Richardson was
born in Vidalia, spent a
short time in St. Mary’s as
a young child, and grew
up in the Lothair Commu
nity of Soperton. She was a
1986 graduate of Treutlen
County High School. She
worked with the Depart
ment of Defense at Kings
Bay Naval Base in King-
sland and worked for 30
years with the Internal
Revenue Service at the
Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center in Bruns
wick. She was a former
member of the Lothair
United Methodist Church,
Soperton and College
Place United Methodist
Church in Brunswick, and
was presently a member
of Crooked River Baptist
Church. She was preceded
in death by her parents,
Marvin Carter Barwick,
Jr., and Jeanette Elliot Bar
wick, and 1 brother, John
Barwick.
Survivors include her
husband, John Raymond
Richardson; her children,
Erica Lynn Day (Wesley
Carroll), St. Simons Island,
Kristy Renee McLaws (Bri
an), Woodbine, Mercedes
Lynn Richardson, Sop
erton, and John Shelton
Richardson (Sierra), Sop
erton; her siblings, Mary
Ann Barfield (Richie),
St. Mary’s, Beth Warnock
(Ken), Dublin, Charles
Barwick, St. Mary’s, Mi
chael Kim Barwick (Vick
ie), St. Mary’s, Chris Bar
wick (Danielle), Lothair
Community of Soperton,
George Barwick (Jan), Ce
dar Crossing, and Susan
Duggan (Lee), Dublin; her
in-laws, John Lewis and
Daisy Richardson, Soper
ton; 5 grandchildren, Evie
Carroll, Braden McLaws,
Zaiden Cox, Ariel McLen
don, and M.J. Richardson;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
A graveside funeral
service will be conducted
on Wednesday, August
25, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., in
Fowler Cemetery in Soper
ton.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton is in
charge of arrangements.
Lowry
continued from page 6A
leave because the Afghan
security forces would do
just fine on their own, to
arguing we had no choice
but to get out because they
couldn’t manage without
us.
Both at the U.S. border
and in Afghanistan, Biden
merely had to keep in place
what he inherited to sustain
success or at least avoid
disaster. On the border,
Trump’s pandemic-era
controls and his
agreements with Mexico
and Central American
countries were sensible
and tested. Afghanistan
was more difficult, but
with some determination
and finesse, Biden could
have maintained the
minimal U.S. commitment
that had forestalled a
Taliban takeover for years.
Instead, in both cases,
he quite literally chose
chaos.
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