Kathy Hilt

Mrs. Betty Ruth Horton Palmer, age 91, beloved wife of the late Robert Palmer of Soperton passed away on Sunday evening, December 15, 2024 at the Treutlen County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Soperton.

Mrs. Velma Beasley Polletta, age 78 of Soperton passed away on Monday morning, December 16, 2024 at the home of her son.

In a joint ceremony, Southeastern Technical College (STC) pinned the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) Traditional Pathway Option graduates from the Vidalia campus and the Practical Nursing (PN) Swainsboro campus graduates on December 10, 2024, in Vidalia’s Toombs Auditorium.

Miss Ruth R. Wilson, age 83, of Lyons, died Sunday, December 22, 2024, at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia, following an extended illness. Born on August 25, 1941, to the late William Louis “W.L.” Wilson and Eugenia Rosier Wilson, she moved to Toombs County as a child and lived in Lyons most of her life. She was a 1959 graduate of Lyons High School, and attended Brewton-Parker College and Georgia Southern College, earning an Associate degree. Ruth began her career at the Lyons Progress in the mid 1960s and worked there until the early 1990s. She was a member of the Lyons Community Church. Ruth enjoyed her friends at Chatters where she was a regular attendee, and she was an avid Toombs County football, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons fan. In addition to her parents, a brother, Billy Wilson; and a nephew, Christopher Clark, preceded her in death.

A Soperton man lost his life early Saturday morning in a traffic crash on Interstate 16 West.

Funeral services for Mr. John Patrick “JP” Pace will be held Friday, December 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Higgs Funeral Home in Soperton. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery in Soperton. Reverend Curt Poole will officiate. Mr. Pace died on December 21, 2024.

Vidalia Police Department reports the following arrests:

Mr. Willie F. McLendon on was called to eternal rest on December 19, 2024. Willie has now taken flight to join the heavenly choir.

Sons of the American Revolution meet the 3rd Thursday of every month in the backroom of Chatters in Lyons. Dinner is at 6:15 and at 7:00 there is a historical presentation.

With is hand on the Holy Bible and the support of his wife Natalie, Jordan Kight receives his Oath of Office as Toombs County Sheriff from Probate Judge Tina Lindsey.