Mr. Cromwell Stone Mr. Cromwell “Stoney” Stone, age 81, of Lyons, died Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at Meadows Health and Rehabilitation after an extended illness. He was a native of Ridge Spring, South Carolina, and moved to Toombs County in 2006. He served five years in the United States Air Force in the Aircraft Fuels Division. Mr. Stone worked in the nuclear energy industry for 25 yea...

Mr. John Adams Mr. John Widner Adams, age 97, of Lyons, died on Monday, July 7, 2025, at his home. Mr. Adams was born in Carrollton. After graduating from Carroll County High School, he attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton and played catcher on the baseball team. He transferred to University of Georgia in Athens to complete his Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy in 195...

Mrs. Faye Dukes Faye Odom Dukes, age 89 beloved wife of the late Roy Gene Dukes of Soperton, passed away on Friday evening, July 11, 2025, at the Brown Health and Rehabilitation Center in Statesboro, GA. Born in Montgomery County, she was one of five children born to the late Fred Odom and Noma Lee Calhoun Odom. She grew up in Mt. Vernon, where she graduated from high school before attendi...

Mr. John Smith Mr. John N. “Johnnie” Smith, age 78, of Lyons, died on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at The Oaks Bethany in Vidalia following an extended illness. Mr. Smith was a native of Chatham County, moving to Vidalia in 1951, and graduated from Vidalia High School in 1964. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after 22 years and was owner of the former Smith’s Fried Chicken in Soperto...

Mother Janice Hogans, age 73, died. Mother Hogans was a graduate of Montgomery County High School and was employed at Oxley Park Nursing Home in Lyons for over 30 years. She was a member of Eureka Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Higgston. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Estella Smith; siblings, Mae Helen Carlton, Elinda Brown, Roosevelt Jackson, Edward Smith and ...