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Toombs County, Georgia Obituaries

Toombs County, GA Obituaries

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Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia - James Elmer Campbell, 82, died Saturday, July 12, 2003, at his residence after an extended illness.

He was a native of Dodge County living most of his life in the Vidalia area. He was a retired truck driver with Piggly Wiggly after thirty six years service. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, andwas a member of Ruths Chapel United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by a son, James Larry Campbell.

Survivors: wife, Louise Campbell; three sons, John A. Campbell Sr., Jackie G. Campbell and his wife, Martha, and Jerry A. Campbell all of Vidalia; two sisters, Millie McDonald of Vidalia, Ann Puryear of Reidsville; one brother, John Clifford Campbell of Milledgeville; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Funeral Services: 3:00 p.m. Monday, July 14, in the chapel of Murchison Funeral Home with Reverend Kathy Israel McLeod and Reverend Evelyn Duvall officiating.

Burial: Ruths Chapel Cemetery.

Murchison Funeral Home Vidalia.

Savannah Morning News, Web posted Sunday, July 13, 2003. July 2003 Archives.

James Elmer Campbell Obituary - Savannah Morning News - Archives.

Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia - Liza Mae Dixon Faircloth, 89, died Friday, July 11, in the Bethany Home Nursing Center of Vidalia after an extended illness.

She was a native of Montgomery County living most of her life in Toombs County. She was a homemaker, a member of English Eddy Presbyterian Church and was preceded in death by her husband, David Scott Faircloth in 1968.

Survivors: son, David S. Faircloth and his wife, Margaret of McDonough: stepmother, Laura Mae Conley Dixon of Lyons; two sisters, Laverne Wilson of Savannah, Sue Ann Dixon of Lyons; two brothers, Hugh and Elliott Dixon of Lyons; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.

Graveside Funeral Services: 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 13, in Lakeview Memorial Gardens with Reverend David Aycock officiating.

Murchison Funeral Home Vidalia.

Savannah Morning News, Web posted Sunday, July 13, 2003. July 2003 Archives.

Liza Mae Dixon Faircloth Obituary - Savannah Morning News - Archives.

Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia - Lucille Hughes Lanigan, 81, died Saturday, July 12, 2003, at Candler Hospital.

The Toombs County native was a longtime resident of Savannah. She was retired from Union Camp Corp.

Survivors: sister, Elise Santschi of Sylvania; brother, Horace Hughes of Columbus, GA; several nieces and nephews.

Graveside Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 14, 2003 in Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park.

Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel.

Savannah Morning News, Web posted Sunday, July 13, 2003. July 2003 Archives.

Lucille Hughes Lanigan Obituary - Savannah Morning News - Archives.

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