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Kathy Montgomery Williams
Apr 19, 2019
Kathy Montgomery Williams, 63, of Valdosta passed away suddenly on Friday, April 19, 2019. She was born in Adel, GA on March 7, 1956 to the late Elwood E. and Ava Nell Bullard Montgomery and had lived in Valdosta all of her life. Mrs. Williams was of the Baptist faith and the office manager for her daughter’s law office, Jennifer...
Charles Thomas Bellflowers
Apr 18, 2019
Charles Thomas Bellflowers, 52, of Hahira passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on March 21, 1967 in Valdosta to Sandra Moon Bellflowers and the late Eugene Thomas Bellflowers. He attended the Church of God and currently working in construction. Tommy loved fishing and listening to music on the radio....
M. Tom Rowell
Apr 17, 2019
M. Thomas Rowell, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Roseboro, NC, on July 11, 1929 to the late Thomas William and Vivian Dowdy Rowell. Mr. Rowell was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a Deacon at Redland Baptist Church, and was a...
Janie Lucille May
Apr 17, 2019
Janie Lucille May went to her eternal home on April 17, 2019. She was born on December 21, 1919 at her parent’s farm near Moultrie, Georgia. Lucille was the second of nine children born to Tom and Ethel Gibbs. She graduated from Moultrie High School in 1937 and went into nurses training at Macon General Hospital. In June of 1941,...
Tim David Green
Apr 17, 2019
Timothy David Green, 57, Seffner, FL went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, after a short battle with cancer. Tim was born March 29, 1962, in Monahans, Texas. His dad was in the Air Force so his family lived in many different states and overseas. He had been in the ministry 31 years serving in different...
Gabriel Griffin
Apr 15, 2019
Gabriel Griffin was born to Rashyanna Copeland and Gerald Griffin on Monday, April 15, 2019. God called him Home to be an angel in His kingdom. He leaves to cherish his memory his two brothers Andrey Griffin, Davoris Thomas and his four sisters Ka’Sauni Wright, Emily Howard, Anahla Thomas, and Promise Thomas, and his grandmother Latanzia Copeland.
Jeffery Todd Wells
Apr 15, 2019
Jeffery Todd Wells, 54, Valdosta, beloved son of Ronald M. and Catherine F. Wells died on Monday, April 15, 2019 at home. A fifth generation Floridian, he was born January 7, 1965 in Winter Haven, FL, a descendant of pioneer Florida families. The family moved to Sylvester, GA in 1972 where he graduated from Worth County High School in 1983....
Martha Cone
Apr 15, 2019
Martha Cone, 59, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Thomasville, GA to Betty Joyce Cochran Nelson and the late James Neil Cone. She was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Cone enjoyed being a caregiver and Nana to Ian and Bella. She was a beloved aunt of...
Erin Turner Stubbs
Apr 15, 2019
Erin Turner Stubbs, 22, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. Erin was born in Valdosta on February 23, 1997 to Joe and Kelly Stubbs. She was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ and a senior at Lowndes High School. Music was her favorite pastime and brought...
David (D.G.) Long
Apr 15, 2019
David (D.G.) Long passed away at his home on Monday, April 15, 2019 after battling cancer. He was born in Richmond, California on April 17, 1947 to the late Elvie and Lessie Alvina Higgins Long. He was in the United States Marine Corps throughout the Vietnam War and received several medals for his service including a purple heart. He was...
Henry Dewitt Craven
Apr 13, 2019
Henry Dewitt Craven, 77, of Hahira passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida on August 17, 1941 to the late William Arthur and Ruby Lee Willis of Cairo, Georgia and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Craven was retired from the United States Air Force after twenty six years of service...
M. Bryant Martin, Jr.
Apr 12, 2019
M. Bryant Martin Jr. peacefully passed away Friday April 12, 2019. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bryant Martin on November 20, 1936. He was raised in McRae, Georgia. He graduated from Clemson University, where he played basketball and received his Juris Doctor degree (JD) from Atlanta Law School. He started his 47-year...
Pauline Ritter
Apr 10, 2019
Pauline Ritter, 95, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Mrs. Ritter was born on September 12, 1923 in Lyons, to the late Luther Maynard & Adie Mae Clance Wilson. She lived for several years in Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County. It was there she met Walter Ritter and they were married on January 12, 1940. The family soon moved...
Judi Hammon Watts
Apr 8, 2019
Judi Hammon Watts, 73, of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 8, 2019 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 19, 1945 in Jacksonville, Illinois to the late Rev. Wayne and Evelyn Day Hammon. She was an accomplished pianist and played in several churches in Illinois and Kentucky. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and...
Linda Caddell Chase
Apr 8, 2019
Linda Caddell Chase passed away on April 8, 2019 after a courageous 10 year battle with lung cancer. She was born in Red Bank, NJ, on March 5, 1942, she was the wife of Fred Caddell, Jr. and the daughter of Dave and Jane Willard. Linda C. Chase began her early training under the renowned Russian ballerina Hela Slavinska in...
Donald Allan Smith, Jr.
Apr 6, 2019
Donald Allan Smith, Jr., 74, of Naylor died Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on August 9, 1944 in Providence, Rhode Island to the late Donald Allan, Sr. and Eleanora Florence Cochrane Smith and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Smith was a longtime employee of Piggly Wiggly and retired at age...
Barbara Ann Staten Taylor
Apr 5, 2019
Mrs. Barbara Ann Staten Taylor, 67, of Lake Park, passed away, Friday, April 5, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Taylor was born in Echols County to the late Mr. W.C. and Marie Thornton Hightower on January 24, 1952. Mrs. Taylor was a beloved wife and mother. God and her family are what meant the most to her in...
Mabel Dickerson Allen
Apr 4, 2019
Mabel Dickerson Allen, 89, of Snellville, and formerly of Valdosta, died on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at her daughter’s residence following a period of declining health. She was born on May 25, 1929 in Charlotte Court House, Virginia to the late John Edward and Hallie Tharpe Dickerson. Mrs. Allen was a loving and devoted wife and mother. She was the...
Donna Evelyn Lamb Hartle
Apr 3, 2019
Donna Evelyn Lamb Hartle, 89, of Lake Park, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, GA. Mrs. Hartle was born in Marshall, IN to the late James D. Lamb and Thelma Bannon Lamb. Mrs. Hartle and her late husband, Floyd, lived most of their lives in Jamestown, IN. Together...
Edmund Amerson
Apr 2, 2019
Edmund Amerson, 83, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Crestwood Nursing Home. He was born on March 23, 1936 to the late Gordon and Gemelia Moses Amerson and has been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Amerson lived a very simple life, enjoying the great outdoors, and hunting and fishing with his good friend, Dick Sumner....
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