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Toombs County, Georgia Obituaries

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The Montgomery County native had resided in Lyons for 22 years. She was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith.

Survivors include one son, William Hey, Emmit, Idaho; three sisters, Juanita Mosley, Mildred Elias, and Mary Garner, all of Lyons; two brothers, Aubrey Cauley, both of Savannah; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. in the Ronnie L. Stewart Funeral Service Chapel of Vidalia with the Reverend Joe Phillips officiating. Internment followed at 2:00 p.m. in Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery in Savannah.

The Advance-Progress, Wednesday, December 11, 2002, page 2c.

Mr. Ben F. Bowen, age 67, Santa Claus, died Tuesday, December 3, 2002, in Meadows Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.

The native and lifelong Toombs County resident was a retired investigator with the Toombs County Sheriff's Department, served in the U.S. Army, was mayor of Santa Claus for 10 years, and was a member of Rocky Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Vivian R. Bowen, Santa Claus; one daughater, Donita Bowen, Augusta; two sons, Jeffery Bowen, Illinois, and Charles Kevin Bowen, Athens; one brother, Winston Bowen, Yulee, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeeral services were conducted Friday, December 6, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Jones-Stewart Funeral Home of Lyons with the Reverend Rick Wilson officiating. Interment followed in Old Mt. Zion Cemetery near Lyons.

Pallbearers were Sheriff Alvie Kight, Jr. and deputies Mike Carter, David Powell, Mike Harlan, Mitchell Meeks and Ramon Powell.

The Advance-Progress, Wednesday, December 11, 2002, page 2b.

The Laurens County native was a daughter of the late Willie Lee and Lydia Horton Arrington. She was retired from Soperton Manufacturing Company and was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Laurens County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace H. Graham.

Survivors include three daughters, Mary Joyce White and Betty Edge, both of Tarrytown, and Alma Jean Jackson, Soperton; six sons, Hubert Graham, Sammy Graham, David Graham, and Donnie Graham, all of Spoerton, John Willie Graham, Rockledge, and Danny Graham, Swainsboro; two sisters, Lucille Alligood, Cochran, and Rita Simmons, Middleburg, Fla.; one brother, Willie Arrington, Cadwell; 39 grandchildren; and 46 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Sammons Funeral Home in Soperton. Interment followed in Midway Cemetery.

The Advance-Progress, Wednesday, December 11, 2002, page 2b.

Mr. Leonard McCoy, Sr., age 69, Vidalia, Ga., died Saturday, December 7, 2002, in Meadows Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.

The Treutlen County native grew up in Johnson County and relocated to Vidalia in 1964. He was retired from Transus Freight Line with 29 years of service, was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and was of the Methodist faith.

Survivors include his wife, Christine Beck McCoy, Vidalia; one son, Leonard McCoy, Jr., Auburn; one brother, Grady McCoy, Wrightsville; four sisters, Rubye Gregson, Atlanta, Evelyn Morris, Dublin, Lillian Pinion, Jonesboror, and Lethar Parr, Mableton; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Murchison Funeral Home of Vidalia with the Reverend Albert White and the Reverend Brian Patrick officiating. Interment followed in the Pinecres Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Johnny Jackson, Shannon Jackson, Joey Morgan, Rodney Horne, Brent Temples, Tommy Joyner, Mike Brown and Nick Moore. Honorary pallbearers were Junior Bellflower, Robbie Joyner, Quincey McCoy, Cecil McCoy, James McCoy, Ray McCoy, F.E. Miller, Johnny Dixon, Elvin Johnson, Fred Murray, Kenneth Sowell and Rayford Blount.

The Advance-Progress, Wednesday, December 11, 2002, page 2b.

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