Toombs County History & Genealogy

Toombs County History & Genealogy
Vidalia - The Sweet Onion City

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Virgil D. Odom (July 30, 1941 - Aug 28, 2010)


Lyons, Mr. Virgil D. Odom, age 69 of Lyons, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 in the Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia after an extended illness. He was a lifelong resident of Lyons, and retired as a supervisor with the Georgia Power Company after thirty years of service. He served in the National Guard, was a member of Vidalia Masonic Lodge #330, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lyons.

Mr. Odom is survived by his wife, Birdie Odom, one daughter, Lisa Odom-Miller, one son, Devlan Odom, and one brother, Ronald Odom all of Lyons, two sisters, Joyce Morris of Aiken, South Carolina, and Wanda Bass of Milledgeville, two grandchildren, Chase Miller and Brinley Miller both of Lyons, and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, August 30th at 11:00 am in the Lyons City Cemetery with Reverend Owen Williams and Reverend Barry S. Giddens officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday evening from 6:00 until 8:30.

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 515 Denmark St., Suite 500, Statesboro, GA 30458.

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Mrs. Marie Williams Cartwright Davis (Dec 28, 1931 - Aug 28, 2010)


Long Pond Community, Mrs. Marie Williams Cartwright Davis, age 78 of the Long Pond Community, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 in the Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. She was a native of Telfair County, and moved to Montgomery County in 1974. She was a professional seamstress, retired from Uvalda Manufacturing and was a member of the Snow Hill Church of God near Glenwood. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Mary Lee Cameron Williams, two sons, Lawayne “Peebo” Davis and Jack Denny Cartwright, one sister, Nell Rainwater, and two brothers, Walter and Jack Williams.

Mrs. Davis is survived by her husband of thirty-six years, Leon W. Davis of Long Pond, six children, Bobby Cartwright and Donna of Oak Park and Lovejoy; Marie “Crickett” Conner of Soperton; Joyce Carver of Vidalia; Irwin Davis of McMinnville, Tennessee; Billy Cartwright and Peggy of Glenwood; and Mary Nell Fletcher and David of Columbus, North Carolina, nineteen grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren will also miss her.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, September 2nd at 1:00 pm in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Reverend Henry Dowd officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 515 Denmark St., Suite 500, Statesboro, GA. 30458.

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