Billy Wayne Selph

Billy Wayne Selph, 75, of Quitman, died Friday, October 12, 2012 in the Brooks County Hospital in Quitman. He was born on September 6, 1937 in Valdosta to the late Jack Selph, Sr. and Mary Lumby Caroline McCranie Selph. Mr. Selph attended the Valdosta public schools and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1955 and was also a graduate of Valdosta State College. He was a member of Quitman First Baptist Church, a Mason and Shriner. Mr. Selph served in the Army National Guard. He retired from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office in 1995 as Captain of the Detective Division. Mr. Selph owned South Georgia Investigations, Inc. and retired in 2008.

He is predeceased by his parents, Jack and Lumby Selph, his first wife, Jean Carolyn Davis Selph and his brother, Jack Selph, Jr. Mr. Selph is survived by his wife, Gereline Selph of Quitman, his daughter and son in law, Jeannie-Marie and Ray Gupton of Valdosta, his two sons and daughter in law, Michael Selph of Lake Park, Mark and Beth Selph of Valdosta, his stepdaughter and step son in law, Aimee and Jamie Carroll of Madison, FL and his step son and step daughter in law, Ashley and Beth Bass of Tallahassee, FL, eleven grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday, October 15, 2012 at two p. m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home with Reverend Andy Daughtry and Reverend Chris Hilliard officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from three until five p. m. Sunday at the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.mclanecares.com.

Carson McLane Funeral Home.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602