Mrs. Donnie Burns Edenfield, age 92, Glenwood, died Sunday, August 18, 2002, in Peake Nursing Home of Macon following an extended illiness.

The native and lifelong Wheeler County resident was a homemaker and a member of Glenwood Methodist Church.

Survivors include seven daughters, Lillian Warren, Chesterfield, VA, Ann McWilliams, Virginia Mallard, Gerry Doolittle and Sandra Forehand, all of Macon, Kay Cundiff, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and Patricia Thompson, Marietta; one son, Ray Burns, Vidalia; one sister, Juanita Newman, Dublin; one nephew, Bobby Windham, Claxton; 21 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. in Glenwood Methodist Church with the Reverend Hubert Wheeler and the Revverend Jimmy Gilbert officiating. Interment followed in Edge Memorial Cemetery in Glenwood.

Pallbearers were Bobby Windham, Greg Burns, Jeff Mercer, Mark Forehand, John Burns and Kevin Wheeler.

Ronnie L. Stewart Family Funeral Service Glenwood Chapel was in charge of the funeral arrangements.

The Advance-Progress, August 21, 2002, page 8b.

Mr. James Marshall Stapleton, age 62, Vidalia, died Saturday, August 10, 2002, frominjuries sustained in an automobile accident.

The Emanuel County native had resided in Toombs County most of his life. He was a member of Pendleton Church of God.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Bryan Marihugh, Bryan, Ohio; one son, Barney Joe Stapleton McCombs, McBean, Ga.; one sister, Barbara Kight, Glenwood; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of Murchison Funeral Home of Vidalia with the Reverend Brain Powell and the Reverend Owens Waters officiating. Interment followed in New Hope Cemetery in Emanuel County.

Pallbearers were Dale Kight, Bobby Waters, Brandon Waters, Terry Powell, Allen Willis and Sammy Newsome.

The Advance-Progress, August 21, 2002, page 8b.

Mr. James Hoyt "Jim" Smith, Sr., age 83, Vidalia, died Monday, August 12, 2002, at his residence following an extended illness.

The Birchwood, Tenn., native moved to Vidalia in 1954. He was retired from Piggly Wiggly Southern Warehouse with more than 25 years of service. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, and was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Jackson Smith, in 1999.

Survivors include two sons, James Hoyt Smith, Jr., Vidalia, and Benjamin Harrison Smith, Roswell; one sister, Annie Lee Smith, Birchwood; two grandchildren, Lauren Smith and Lindzi Smith, both of Roswell; and one niece and one nephew.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Murchison Funeral Home of Vidalia with the Reverend Jay Warthen officiating. Interment followed in Pinecrest Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Chip Matheson, Harold Hodges, Milan Gay, Glen Mixon, Ben Davis, James Thompson and Guy Branch.

The Advance-Progress, August 21, 2002, page 8b.

Mrs. Doris E. Danzig, are 77, Vidalia, died Saturday, August 17, 2002, at her residence following an extended illness.

The Rochester, N.Y., native had resided in Florida for many years and in Vidalia for the past14 years. She was a retied electronic technician and a member of the Vidalia congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Survivors include one daughter, Holly Schaefer, Vidalia; one son, Robert Danzig, Daytona, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, August 24, 2002, at 3:00 p.m. in the Vidalia congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses with Leon Manuel officiating. Ronnie L. Stewart Family Funeral Service of Vidalia is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

The Advance-Progress, August 21, 2002, page 8b.