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Obituaries
Mrs. Minnie Moore
Mrs. Minnie Frances
Moore, age 92, died on
September 27, 2021, at
Kentwood Nursing Home
in Augusta.
Mrs. Moore was born
in Thomasville. She trav
eled the United States with
her husband, who served in
the Air Force. They retired
to Vidalia in 1972, and she
retired from Oxford Distri
bution Center in 1987. She
was a member of Smith
Street Baptist Church since
1974. She was preceded in
death by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A.O. Murray;
her husband, Bennie C.
Moore; 2 daughters, Ben
nie Jean Steele and Kathyrn
Dianne Moore; and 1 son,
Bob Moore.
Survivors include 1
daughter, Trish Harris and
husband Bill of Augusta; 1
brother, Fred Murray and
wife Bonnie of Vidalia; 6
grandsons; 14 great-grand-
kids; 5 great-great-grand-
kids; and many nieces and
nephews.
The funeral service was
held on Saturday, Octo
ber 2, 2021, at 11:00 a.m.,
in the chapel of Ronald V.
Hall Funeral Home, with
Pastor Chester Proctor of
ficiating. Burial followed
at 3:00 p.m. in Axson Cem
etery in Atkinson County.
Pallbearers were her
grandsons and great-
grandsons.
Those desiring may
make memorial contribu
tions to Smith Street Bap
tist Church, 503 Smith St.,
Vidalia, GA 30474, or Su
san G. Komen for the Cure
at komen.org.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
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Mrs. Stella McDaniel
Mrs. Stella McNair
McDaniel, age 74, of Sop-
erton, died on Saturday,
October 2, 2021, while un
der the care of Community
Hospice in Vidalia.
Mrs. McDaniel was
bom in Toombs County,
grew up in Center and was a
graduate of Toombs Coun
ty High School. She lived
in Soperton before moving
to the Lothair Commu
nity in the late 1970s. She
worked at Oxford Indus
tries and as a machine op
erator for J.P. Stevens and
Forstmann’s before retiring
in the late 2000’s. She was
previously a member of
Center United Methodist
Church, and was a member
of Faith Missionary Baptist
Church. She was preceded
in death by her parents,
Clyde and Frances Braddy
McNair; her husband, Wil
liam Elmo McDaniel; 1
daughter, Luci McDaniel
Dalby; 1 son, Ricky Mc
Daniel; and 1 brother, Ben
ny Ray McNair.
Survivors include
her children, Sue Cau-
ley (Dan), Lothair Com
munity of Soperton, Lisa
Phillips (William Tan
ner), Wrightsville, Christy
Brinson (Davis), Zaidee
Community of Soperton,
Gilbert McDaniel (Gail),
Mt. Vernon, and Lawana
Newsome (Dwight), Mt.
Vernon; her sisters, Joyce
Overstreet, Dean McDon
ald, Lorine Loyd, Nellie
McCranie and Darlene
McNair, all of Vidalia;
her grandchildren, Mindy
Cauley, Bryant Phillips,
C.J. Brinson, Mallory Lew
is, Miranda Phillips, Alston
Phillips, Leo Brinson and
Maya Brinson; 2 great
grandchildren, Sofie Lewis
and Addilyn Lewis; and
several nieces and neph
ews.
A graveside funeral
service will be conducted
on Wednesday, October 6,
2021, at 3:00 p.m., in Red
Bluff Cemetery, with Rev.
Marty Beacham officiating.
Pallbearers will be
Rodney Byrd, Robbie
Byrd, C.J. Brinson, Eric
McDaniel, Tommy Phillips
and Jason Randolph.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton is in
charge of arrangements.
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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...
• Cornelius Pee
ples, of Twin City, was
arrested on Septem
ber 29 and charged
with Shoplifting, Ob
struct, Hinder Law En
forcement Officer.
• Kreyland
Laquan Richards, of
Soperton, was ar
rested on October 2
and charged with
DUI-.08 or More.
In Toombs
County...
• Katoria Bennett,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on September
30 and charged with
Conceal/Destroy/Re
moval/Transfer Prop
erty for Security Inter
est, Stop Signs and
Yield Signs, Reckless
Driving, Fleeing Or At
tempting to Elude a
Police Officer.
• Corey Butler, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on September 27
and charged with
Methamphetamine-
Purchase, Possession,
Manf, Distribution,
Sale, Possession of
Drug Related Ob
jects.
• Nathan Roach,
of Vidalia, was ar
rested on September
27 and charged with
Probation Violation-
Felony.
• Belinda Salas, of
Lyons, was arrested
on September 30 and
charged with DUI/AI-
cohol/Less Safe-1 st
Offense, Obedience
required traffic-con
trol devices, use of
traffic-control signal
monitoring devices,
Obstruction-Police
Offense-1 st Offense.
• Willie Spires, of
Vidalia, was arrested
on October 2 and
charged with DUI/AI-
cohol/Less Safe, Driv
ing on Right Side of
Roadway-Excep
tions.
In Montgomery
County...
The Montgomery
County Sheriff's Of
fice Police Report
was unavailable at
presstime.
In Vidalia...
• Jeffery T. Blaine,
Jr., of Vidalia, was ar
rested on September
29 and charged with
Warrant Served
(Montgomery
County).
• Antonio Devon
Knowles, of Vidalia,
was arrested on Sep
tember 29 and
charged with Bat
tery.
• Michael Barry
Collins III, of Collins,
was arrested on Sep
tember 30 and
charged with Giving
False Information /
Warrant Served
(Treutlen Co.).
Nitty
continued from page 6A
Perry then drills down
into the data and looks at
household income and
household demographics
to see how they correlate.
His conclusions:
“Specifically high-
income U.S. households
have more income-earners
on average than lower-
income households, and
individuals in high-income
households are far more
likely on average than
individuals in low-income
households to be well-
educated, married,
working full-time, and in
their prime earning years.
In contrast, individuals in
lower-income U.S.
households are far more
likely than Americans in
higher-income households
to be less-educated,
working part-time, either
very young (under 35
years) or very old (over 65
years), and living in single
parent or single-member
households.”
We get a much
different picture here than
the message that politically
correct woke culture,
which has attained such
influence over recent
years, has transmitted.
Any individual’s fate in
America is very much in
their own hands and the
result of how much
personal responsibility
they want to take in their
own life.
Major factors that
correlate with earning
power — education, work,
family — start with
personal decisions and
personal responsibility.
Readers might recall
the incident I reported last
year whenmy organization,
CURE, posted billboards
in various low-income
communities saying that if
you want to get out of
poverty — finish school,
go to work and get married.
Black Lives Matter
protested and got the
billboard company to
remove our message.
That’s not to say that
there is not public policy
work that needs to be
done. But it’s not what we
hear from the left. The
work to relieve poverty
and improve upward
mobility is work that
removes obstacles for
individuals to take
personal responsibility for
their lives.
Obstacles like our
union-controlled,
government-controlled
public school systems.
Parents should control
their child’s education, not
government and union
bureaucrats.
This week, my
organization, CURE, is
releasing its first State of
Black America report,
published in partnership
with the Claremont
Institute.
The report points to
the strength of American
principles and points to
cultural and institutional
obstacles that contribute
to the perpetuation of
poverty — too much
government and too much
politics — as factors that
pull us away from those
principles and truths.
The Census Bureau’s
“Income and Poverty in
the United States: 2020”
report shows that America
is still working.
It can work even better
if we strengthen, not
weaken, as the left wants,
the great principles of a
free nation under God that
defined our founding.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban Renewal
and Education and host of
the weekly television show
"Cure America with Star
Parker." To find out more
about Star Parker and read
features by other Creators
Syndicate writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators
Syndicate website at www.
creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS.
COM
Lowry
continued from page 6A
Press outfits went out
their way to label
falsehoods promulgated by
President Trump as such,
indeed gave every
indication that they
relished doing it.
In contrast, The New
York Times story about
Biden castigating the
agents didn’t suggest that
he might be wrong. In fact,
the original version of the
article reinforced his smear
by referring to “the images
of agents on horseback
chasing, and in some cases
using the reins of their
horses to strike at running
migrants.” The paper had
to run a correction.
It’s long been the case
on college campuses that
woke narratives have the
power to trample facts and
fairness. This phenomenon
has escaped the confines of
academe and now plays
out at the highest echelons
of American political
power. Neither hacks on
Twitter nor the president
of the United States cared
what really happened at
Del Rio, not when the he
was more seductive and
useful.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
(c) 2021 by King Features
Synd., Inc.
ATTENTION
The Toombs County School System
will be destroying all
SPECIAL EDUCATION Records
of students who were born
January 1,1996 thru December 31,1996.
Parents of students of all ages
may pick up their records at the
Toombs County Board of Education,
600 Bulldog Rd, Unit 1, Lyons, GA.
until December 16, 2021.
Any records not claimed will be destroyed.
For more information, call
Jean Hill at 912-524-3221.
Julia McKenzie
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and it is a dream of a job. I love getting to help my friends,
family, and neighbors with any of their mortgage needs. I
am beyond excited to see what the future holds and ready to
give back to such an incredible community.” -Julia McKenzie
Julia McKenzie
Mortgage Lender
NMLS # 1991420
Julia was born and raised in Thomasville, Georgia and graduated Magna Cum
Laude from the University of Georgia with a B.B.A. in Finance and certificate in
Entrepreneurship. After graduating, Julia worked at TC Federal Bank in Thomasville as
a mortgage lender. She has originated conventional, USDA, FHA, and VA loans during
her time at the bank in Thomasville. As of a couple of weeks ago, Julia got married to
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