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The ADVANCE, January 10,2024/Page 11A
Obituaries
Mrs. Cora Milligan
Mrs. Cora Wynette
Williams “Pinky” Milligan,
passed away peacefully on
Sunday January 7, 2024, at
her home at the age of 93.
She was a lifelong resident
of the Rock Springs Com
munity and an active mem
ber of the Cedar Crossing
Baptist Church. She was a
graduate of Toombs Cen
tral School and later was
manager of the cafeteria at
Toombs Central for several
years.
She was known as Pin
ky, Mama and Granny. She
was selfless and loved her
family and her neighbors.
She was constantly cook
ing and sharing her friend
ship-bread, jellies, vegeta
bles and sometimes even
wine. She enjoyed plan
ning and serving family
get-togethers. Her greatest
love and devotion was her
husband, Billy, followed
by her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Dur
ing her sickness in recent
months, she had found
three new family members,
Debbie, Rose and Brenda.
She is preceded in death by
her husband of sixty-four
years, Billy Milligan; her
parents, Johnnie Jackson
Williams and Cora Lee
O’Neal Williams; her sib
lings, J.C. Williams, Troy
Williams, Palmer Williams,
Leo Williams, Cleo Wil
liams Clarke, Trenton Wil
liams, Joyce Williams and
Jackie Williams.
She is survived by one
son, Harold Milligan and
wife Kathy; one daughter,
Nan Taylor and husband
Charles, one sister, John
nie Jean Branch of Blue
Ridge; one brother-in-
law, Donald Milligan and
wife Sandy of Washington
State. Six grandchildren,
Lee Milligan and wife
Ashley of Swainsboro, Jon
Milligan, Rahn Milligan
and wife Whitney of Blue
Ridge, Clayton Taylor of
Columbia, South Carolina,
Cameron Taylor and wife
Jenny of Charleston, South
Carolina, and Sara Taylor
of Cedar Crossing; five
great-grandchildren, Sier
ra, Colin, Emmalee, Olivia
and William with another
great-grandson to be born
in June; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
The family will receive
friends at Ronald V. Hall
Funeral Home on Wednes
day evening, January 10,
from 6:00 until 8:00.
A family-led funeral
service will be Thursday
morning, January 11, at
11:00 in the chapel of Ron
ald V. Hall Funeral Home.
Burial will be at Sharpe
Cemetery near Alston.
Pallbearers are Lee
Milligan, Jon Milligan,
Rahn Milligan, Cohn Mil
ligan, William Milligan,
Clayton Taylor and Cam
eron Taylor.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial contributions may
be made to Community
Hospice Foundation, P.O.
Box 2277, Vidalia, GA
30475 or to Shriners Hos
pital for Children at P.O.
Box 947765, Atlanta, GA
30394, or shrinerschild-
rens.org/ en.
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Mr. Greg Mosley
Mr. Greg Mosley, age
68, of Vidalia, died on Sat
urday, January 6, 2024, at
Memorial Health Mead
ows Hospital in Vidalia af
ter a sudden illness.
Mr. Mosley was a na
tive of Toombs County,
living in Vidalia most of
his life and attended Vida
lia High School. He was
a pipefitter and welder,
and worked in many states
across the country. He was
Baptist by faith, and ear
lier in his life, he attend
ed Smith Street Baptist
Church. He is preceded in
death by a son, Jason Van
Mosley; and his father, C.V.
Mosley.
His family includes 3
daughters, Misty Mosley
Schoenly and husband Mi
chael, and Crystal Mosley,
all of Florida, and Sterling
Mosley Fountain and hus
band William of Mt. Ver
non; his mother, Maxine
Poole Mosley of Vidalia; 1
sister, Hilda Mosley McK
enzie of Vidalia; 5 grand
children; 1 niece; and his
girlfriend, Sara Batay.
The family will re
ceive friends at the chapel
of Ronald V. Hall Funeral
Home on Wednesday af
ternoon, January 10, from
1:00 until just prior to the
funeral service at 3:00. Pas
tor Chester Proctor will of
ficiate. Burial will follow at
Moseley Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Jay
Poole, David Burkett, Col
by Moses, Kenny Colson,
James Hayes, and Kim
Dolan.
Flowers are accepted,
or memorial contributions
may be made to Smith
Street Baptist Church,
503 Smith St., Vidalia, GA
30474.
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Mr. Grant Devereaux
Mr. Grant Vaughn De
vereaux, age 67, of Vidalia,
died on Saturday, January
6, 2024, at his residence
under the care of Commu
nity Hospice after a brief
illness.
Mr. Devereaux was
born in Jacksonville, FL,
and lived in Screven for
many years until his fa
ther’s death, moving to Vi
dalia with his wife, Patty.
He worked as a correction
al officer with the Georgia
Department of Correc
tions, the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, was a Truck Driver
and a small engine repair
man. He was Southern
Baptist by faith. He is pre
ceded in death by his par
ents, Grant Devereaux and
Janelle Vaughn Devereaux.
His family includes
his wife of 10 years, Patty
Wells Devereaux of Vi
dalia; 2 sons, Justin De
vereaux and wife Courtney
of Valdosta and Jesse De
vereaux of Jacksonville, FL;
3 stepdaughters, Rhonda
Griffin of Jacksonville, FL,
Rebecca Crenshaw of Kel-
len, TX, and Renee Drew
of Vidalia; 1 brother, Mil-
ton Devereaux of Jackson
ville Beach, FL; 1 sister,
Guelda Cohee of Callahan,
FL; 2 grandchildren, Mi-
cole Strickland and Pais
ley Devereaux; and several
nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
Services will be held at
a later date.
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Mrs. Flora Duque
Flora Victoria King
Duque of Forney, Texas,
suffered a large stroke Oc
tober 30, transitioned from
the hospital to home on
home hospice care, and
passed away on November
14, 2023, at the age of 80.
She died in the company
of her husband, Fernando
(Frank) Edward Duque,
and daughter, Monica
Schneider Pitcher.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, John
Balde King and Mildred Lil
lian Falls King; her brother,
Kenneth Wayne King, and
her sister, Alice Jacqueline
King Warnock.
She is survived by her
husband, Fernando (Frank)
E. Duque; daughter, Mon
ica Schneider Pitcher;
grandchildren, Lisa Ann
Gilbert (husband, David
Gilbert), John Robert God
win (wife, Courtney Lynn
Johnson Godwin), Emily
Michelle Pitcher; and great
grandchildren, Cody Ed
ward Pryor, Kailyn Bryanne
Godwin, Ethan O’Daniel
Pryor, Natalie Grace God
win, and Chloe Elizabeth
Godwin; siblings, Hunter
Fred King, Mitchell Baldie
King, George Everette
King, and Darlene Yvonne
King.
She achieved a Bach
elor’s degree at Southwest
Texas State University on
December 21,1996.
Her civil service career
started at Ft. Sam Hous
ton for 21 years from June,
1974, as a GS 4 book
keeper to September, 1995,
as a GS 7 in Accounting.
From there, they moved to
Stockbridge, GA, for a GS
9 promotion at Ft. Gillem,
GA. She took another pro
motion at the Centers for
Disease Control from Sep
tember, 2000 to September,
2001. Then returned to Ft.
Gillem for a promotion as
a GS 15 Comptroller for
the 2nd Army Brigade from
9/23/01 where she retired
9/30/2008.
During her career, she
achieved several prestigious
awards:
• Department of Army
Achievement Medal for Ci
vilian Service Certificate,
“Ms. Flo Duque is cited
for meritorious service for
the period 1 October 2002
through 30 September
2003, while serving as the
Comptroller, United States
Army 2nd Recruiting Bri
gade, Fort Gillem, Forest
Park, Georgia. Ms. Duque
has displayed exceptional
leadership in the execution
of the FY 03 challenging
budget, which resulted in
the 2nd Brigade achiev
ing a 99.9% execution rate.
Her professional ability and
dedication to this Com
mand is in keeping with
the highest traditions of
the United States Army, the
Federal Civil Service, and
the United States Army 2nd
Recruiting Brigade.” Signed
by Commanding Colonel
Richard E. Talley.
• A metal Bell with the
inscription, Award of Excel
lence, United States Army
2nd Army Brigade Comp
rolling Division, June, 1995,
to September, 2008.
• Another metal Bell
with the inscription, Award
of Loyalty and Dedication,
United States Army 2nd
Army Brigade Comptrol-
ling Division, June, 1995, to
September, 2008.
• Plaques from the
United States Army 2nd
Recruiting Brigade Super
visor of the Year for 1997
and Outstanding Profes
sional Employee of the Year
for 1997.
• A Certificate in rec
ognition of 30 years in the
Government of United
States of America, Septem
ber, 2004.
• A Certificate from the
American Society of Mili
tary Comptrollers, Decem
ber, 1991.
• A Plaque from the
Century Club Alumni As
sociation at Southwest Tex
as State University.
Georgia Memorial
was on January 6, 2024, at
2:00 p.m., at Bear Creek
Baptist Church, 1604 Bear
Creek Rd., Mt. Vernon, GA,
30445, (912) 583-4879.
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enemies and look to hurt
our country as they have
hurt the nations they have
violated.
Let’s recall that the pi
lots who flew planes into
the World Trade Center
and crashed into the Penta
gon on Sept. 11, 2001, re
sulting in the death of al
most 3,000 Americans,
trained on American soil.
The price of being lax
in a dangerous world is
high.
Israelis are paying a
dear price for some mo
ments of laxness toward an
evil and lethal enemy.
Every day that we al
low hordes of migrants
into our country without
knowing with clarity who
these individuals are
threatens our national se
curity in two significant
ways.
First, the most obvi
ous, is the horrible damage
that can be done by one
terrorist among the hordes
we are letting in.
Second, demonstrat
ing laxness, humanitarian
inclinations devoid of the
values that define our na
tional integrity, broadcasts
to our enemies that we are
confused and weak. Per
ceived confusion and
weakness encourage evil
forces to act.
For sure the hasty exit
of America from Afghani
stan broadcast this mes
sage to an evil and ambi
tious Vladimir Putin, who
then took aggressive action
in Ukraine he might not
otherwise have done.
Iran and their Hamas
operatives are for sure very
happy to see American left
ists celebrating the atroci
ties that were committed
against Israelis.
Last June, Iranian Pres
ident Ebrahim Raisi trav
eled to Latin America in a
visit that included Venezu
ela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
Iran is doing business with
the most corrupt and mis
managed countries in Latin
America to solidify its anti-
American and anti-Israel
base there.
In 1994, the Jewish
Community Center in
Buenos Aires, Argentina,
was blown up and 85 were
killed. Investigations in Ar
gentina concluded it was
the work of Iran.
Republicans are right
to push for raising the bar
for defining asylum, setting
up a border extradition au
thority and exercising
greater care in allowing
anyone into our country
without a visa.
Regarding the many al
ready here undefined and
undocumented, I propose
reopening some of our
closed military bases to
house these individuals
until their status is clari
fied. They would have sta
tus as refugees but without
constitutional rights that
would include 14th
Amendment coverage
granting automatic citizen
ship to the newly born.
We can’t forget that the
eternal principles that de
fine freedom in our coun
try are relevant every
where. We must defend
them at home and abroad
to the interest of all who
want to live in a better
world.
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