OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Wilburn Thomas Boyette
May 13, 2020
Wilburn Thomas Boyette, age 66, passed away May 13, 2020. He was the minister for the Pennington Bend Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee. Tom is the son of the late Wilburn Boyette Jr. and the late Ora Kathryn Bray Boyette. He is preceded in death by his son, Matthew Haris Boyette and granddaughter, Camdyn Blake McDowell. He is survived...
Pacita Delos Santos Mallari
May 12, 2020
Pacita delos Santos Mallari, 80, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 in Smyrna, GA. She was born in the Phillipines on September 27, 1939 to the late Teodoro delos Santos, Sr. and Encarcion delos Santos. She lived and worked in many countries including Cambodia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea. Her late husband was Benjamin Mallari Sr also from the Phillippines....
Brantley Hoyt Moody
May 11, 2020
Brantley Hoyt Moody, 99, of Baxley died Monday, May 11, 2020 at the home of his niece in Valdosta. He was born in Baxley on June 5, 1920 to the late Hubert and Gladys Rentz Moody. Mr. Moody was a member of the Spring Branch Church, a veteran of the United States Navy and a farmer. He was a hard...
Sandra Yvonne Coody Burris
May 9, 2020
Sandra Yvonne Coody Burris, 68, of Quitman, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Born in Valdosta on December 7, 1951, to the late Howard Coody and Mary Frances Moore Coody. She was a retired secretary and loan officer at Guardian Bank and was in the banking industry for over 30 years. She enjoyed spending time with her dogs, grandchildren,...
Myrtle A. (Pape) Bennett
May 8, 2020
Myrtle A. (Pape) Bennett, 73, of Valdosta died on Friday, May 8, 2020 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born on November 12, 1946 in Biloxi, Mississippi to the late Orin Kendrick and Mary Jane Childs. She enjoyed playing Bingo and attended Bingo games at the Knights of Columbus and the Elks Lodge. She was...
Mary Ann Chaney
May 8, 2020
Mary Ann Chaney, 82, of Valdosta was taken home by our Father God on May 8, 2020 at her home surrounded by family. Mary Ann was born in May Day, Georgia on May 8, 1938 to the late John and Eva (Campbell) Allen. She was one of seven children. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Easton H. Stoddard,...
Christopher Sean Copeland
May 8, 2020
Christopher Sean Copeland, 47, left this life on May 8, 2020 after a sudden heart attack. He was born March 19, 1973, in Opelika, Alabama, the first son of Robert Aaron (Ron) and Billie Copeland. Sean was a charismatic, fun-loving guy who could coax a smile out of anyone he spoke with. He graduated from Lowndes High School in 1991...
Agnes Mae Hagin
May 8, 2020
Agnes Mae Hagin, 94, of Valdosta died Friday, May 8, 2020 at Magnolia Manor in Buena Vista, Georgia. She was born on October 30, 1925 in Thonotosassa, Florida to the late John Elbert, Sr. and Lillie Mae Burney Lewis. Mrs. Hagin was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. She served as Program Director at the Girls Club...
Lou Allen "Gatorman" Blanton
May 7, 2020
Lou Allen “Gatorman” Blanton, 69, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his home. He was born on April 8, 1951 in Valdosta to the late Lou Allen Blanton, Sr. and Mildred Luke Blanton. Gatorman was a conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad up until his retirement in 2001. He was a man of God who...
Fred "Big Papa" Mccoy, Jr.
May 7, 2020
Fred McCoy Jr. 90, of Valdosta, GA passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at his home with 3 of his 4 daughters and other family members by his side. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina on May 23, 1930, the only son of the late Bessie Mae Neeley and Fredrick James McCoy. He grew up in Columbia and...
Laura Morrow
May 6, 2020
Laura Alice Morrow, 69, of Brookhaven, GA, passed away May 6, 2020, at The Fountainview Center for Alzheimer's Disease in Atlanta. She was pre-deceased by her parents, John Gordon Morrow, Jr. M.D., and Edith Clements Morrow, R.N., of Hahira, GA and by paternal grandparents, John Gordon Morrow, Sr. and Sara Giles Morrow of Hahira, GA and maternal grandparents Sydney L....
Pat Owens Childree Riggins
May 5, 2020
Pat Owens Childree Riggins, 91, of Valdosta died Wednesday, May 5, 2020. She was born in Pitts, Georgia on December 5, 1928 to the late John Curtis and Omie Warren Owens. Mrs. Riggins loved the Lord and was a faithful and loyal member of Northside Baptist Church. She loved raising her four children and enjoyed spending time with them and...
Alvin Clifford "Tip" Culpepper
May 4, 2020
Alvin Clifford “Tip” Culpepper, age 86, went to meet his Lord on Monday, May 4, 2020 after a brave battle against cancer. He was one of three sons born to Jim and Flossie Culpepper and was raised on a small family farm in Echols County. He is preceded in heaven by his mother, father, two brothers Walter Culpepper and Tom...
Charles Stuart Cutshaw
May 4, 2020
Charles Stuart Cutshaw passed from this earth on May 4, 2020 while serving his country in the United States Navy. Charles is survived by his parents; Dale and Stephanie Cutshaw of Hahira, GA, a brother and sister -in-law William and Lauren Cutshaw of Nashville, GA, nephews Maddox and Thomas and niece Madeline all of Nashville, GA. He is also survived...
Winnie Selina Wisenbaker Dunworth
May 3, 2020
Winnie Selina Wisenbaker Dunworth, age 77, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, passed on May 3, 2020. Selina was born on February 4th, 1943 in Valdosta, Georgia to William Wisenbaker and Mildred Wilson Wisenbaker. She graduated valedictorian from Valdosta High School in 1960 where she played point guard for the basketball team, earning all-state honors in her junior and senior years....
Kendall G. Legg
Apr 30, 2020
Kendall G. Legg, 68, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, FL. Born in Dalton, GA to the late George Leonard and Eloise McEntire Legg, Mr. Legg was a retired M.Sgt. in the United States Air Force. Mr. Legg was preceded in death by his sister, Sheila Legg Gilliland. Survivors are his wife,...
Lena Dykes Bosch
Apr 29, 2020
Lena Dykes Bosch, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at her home. She was born on December 31, 1933 in Valdosta to the late Clifton and Icyphene Parrish Dykes. Lena lived life to the fullest and loved people. She met and married the love of her life while administrating for Mahogany Investors at the ripe age of 19...
Helen Haskins Hobbs
Apr 26, 2020
Helen Haskins Hobbs, 72, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at her home. Born in Lanier County, on December 6, 1947, Helen was a daughter of Imogene Peterson Haskins and the late Arthur Haskins. She graduated from Atkinson County High School in the mid 1960’s and moved to Ft. Walton Beach where she worked at Eglin Air Force...
Keith Errington Allsbrook
Apr 25, 2020
Keith Errington Allsbrook August 31, 1955 – April 25, 2020 “… And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind…” Acts 2:2. Keith Errington Allsbrook, 64, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday morning, April 25, 2020, from a malignant astrocytoma brain tumor. He was born in Tucson, AZ to Jack Errington Allsbrook...
Mary Odom Jeter
Apr 24, 2020
Mary Odom Jeter, 97, of Valdosta, passed away Friday April 24, 2020 at her home. She was born on March 12, 1923 in Moultrie, Ga to the late Phillip H. and Ruth Allegood Odom. She was a loving mother, friend, and grandmother. Mrs. Jeter was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Mary is survived by her daughter,...