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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Tennessee Bowling Futrill Mckenzie

Tennessee Bowling Futrill Mckenzie

Mar 18, 2019

Tennessee Bowling Futrill McKenzie, 80, of Hahira died Monday, March 18, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Tennessee on May 20, 1938 to the late Thomas and Lettie Griffith Bowling. Mrs. McKenzie was a member of the Poulan Baptist Church and a retired seamstress. She enjoyed gardening and tending her chickens. Mrs. McKenzie had many special...

John  Alan Barton

John Alan Barton

Mar 18, 2019

John Alan Barton, of Hahira, Georgia, passed away Monday, March 18, 2019 after battling a lengthy illness. He was born to the late Keith and Geraldine Ruth Barton in Hodgdon, Maine on May 28, 1949. He served for three years in the United States Army before moving onto a career in wire and cable engineering for which he practiced for...

Janelle Graham Tillman

Janelle Graham Tillman

Mar 18, 2019

Janelle Graham Tillman, 87, of Barney died Monday, March 18, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Barney, Georgia on September 19, 1931 to the late Lewis Waterman and Janie Cooper Graham. Mrs. Tillman was retired as caseworker from the Department of Family and Children’s Services. She was a member of the Morrison Baptist Church where she...

William Anthony Crider

William Anthony Crider

Mar 18, 2019

William Anthony Crider, 38, of Valdosta died Monday, March 18, 2019, after a lengthy illness. Born in Valdosta on February 14, 1981, he was the son of the late Joey and Louise Brown Crider. Anthony was a truck driver for the Scruggs Company. Anthony showed an enormous strength that he knew was only from God and he dealt with what...

Donald L. Stone

Donald L. Stone

Mar 16, 2019

Donald L. Stone, 60, of Lake Park, went home to the Lord on Saturday, March 16, 2019 following a brief illness. He had been at the Langdale Hospice House and was surrounded by his family. He was born on February 7, 1959 in Clovis, New Mexico to the late John H. and Darlene Kraclet Stone and retired as a Master...

Loree "Ree" Murray Plowden

Loree "Ree" Murray Plowden

Mar 14, 2019

Loree “Ree” Murray Plowden, 98, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Arlington, Georgia on September 8, 1920 to the late John Leon and Annie Mae Dennis Murray and had lived in Valdosta since 1952. Mrs. Plowden was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she served with the Break Bread...

William Frank "Papa" Barbee

William Frank "Papa" Barbee

Mar 13, 2019

William Frank “Papa” Barbee, 78, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on January 25, 1941 in Lapel, Indiana to the late William and Nancy Galliheir Barbee. Upon graduation from Lapel High School, he went to work for the Ford Motor Company in Noblesville, Indiana and also served in the Indiana...

Martha Rose  Smith

Martha Rose Smith

Mar 13, 2019

Martha Rose Smith, 81, of Boston, Georgia died on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at her residence. She was born on March 14, 1938 in Athens, Tennessee and was the widow of Clay Alexander Smith. She was an avid Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldog fan and also loved to root for her beloved Tennessee Volunteer women’s basketball team. She loved to...

Willie (Frank) Rouse

Willie (Frank) Rouse

Mar 11, 2019

Willie (Frank) Rouse, Sr., 93, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, March 11, 2019 at his home after a brief illness. He was born on August 15, 1925 in Ashburn, GA to the late Robert and Ina Mae Rouse. Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Colleen Rouse; sister, Rudine Foster of Columbus, GA; brother,...

Emalee Joyce Franklin

Emalee Joyce Franklin

Mar 11, 2019

Emalee Joyce Franklin, infant daughter of Leon and Jeri Franklin, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 at Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta. She was born on January 14, 2019, and although spent a short while here on earth, touched many hearts and lives by her presence. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Markus Floyd...

Evangelist Hardee Evans Mcmullen

Evangelist Hardee Evans Mcmullen

Mar 11, 2019

Evangelist Hardee Evans McMullen, 88 of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 after a short illness. He passed away at his home surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born to the late Joe & Mae Wisenbaker McMullen here in Valdosta and raised on the original home place where he was born. He was married to...

Bert Marvin Johnson

Bert Marvin Johnson

Mar 11, 2019

Bert Marvin Johnson, 76, of Valdosta died Monday, March 11, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 16, 1942 to the late Lee Roy and Ruth Cupp Johnson and had lived in Valdosta for the past five years. He was a member of the Bethel Assembly of God in Bethel, Ohio. Mr. Johnson loved Kentucky Wildcat...

Blanche Elizabeth Harrell Davis

Blanche Elizabeth Harrell Davis

Mar 11, 2019

Blanche Elizabeth Harrell Davis has passed away at Heritage Healthcare on March 11, 2019, at the age of 92 years old. She was born in Stewart County on July 17, 1926 to the late Robert Thomas and Mary Lee Woodall Harrell. They taught her at an early age a strong work ethic, as she worked in the fields of Terrell...

Sarah Gilbert Parrish

Sarah Gilbert Parrish

Mar 10, 2019

It is with heartfelt sadness that Sarah Gilbert Parrish, 90, passed away on March 10, 2019 at The Fellowship Home at Brookside in Valdosta, GA. Born in Jesup, GA on January 5, 1929, she was the youngest daughter of Sarah Cunningham Rainey and Percival Henry Gilbert. She was raised by her mother and George Stephen (Deck) Rainey. She graduated from...

Donald Gene Starling

Donald Gene Starling

Mar 9, 2019

Donald Gene Starling was born January 03, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Elzie and Mamie Lee Carter Starling. He was survived by his sisters, Evelyn Brown of Lake Park, Georgia, Catherine Brown of Valdosta, Georgia, and Annie Lee Santorelly of Monroe New York; a brother, William Starling of Smyrna, Tennessee; along with many nieces and nephews and two...

Leta Mae Register Folsom

Leta Mae Register Folsom

Mar 9, 2019

On Saturday, March 9, 2019 Leta Mae Register Folsom joined her husband S.G. and her heavenly Father who she had loved and served her entire life. Waiting for her were her mother and father, her sisters and her brother, along with a host of friends and other family members. Leta’s last residence was Sunrise Assisted Living, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where...

Ida  Lou Hightower Brannen Carter

Ida Lou Hightower Brannen Carter

Mar 9, 2019

Ida Lou Hightower Brannen Carter, 95, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019. She was born on November 11, 1923 to the late Carroll Smith and Lillie Hightower. Heaven gained a precious angel that was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother. She was feisty, loving, and her family knew her as mama, granny, and...

Norma Lou Maxwell Tomberlin

Norma Lou Maxwell Tomberlin

Mar 8, 2019

Norma Lou Maxwell was born May 24,1941 in Cairo, Georgia to the late Norman Wood and Charlie Clark Maxwell. She graduated from Cairo High School in 1959 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Valdosta State College in 1963. She was married to Dr. Joseph A. Tomberlin for 55 years until his death in 2018. In 1977...

Walter Lamar Howell

Walter Lamar Howell

Mar 8, 2019

Walter Lamar Howell, 77 of Valdosta died on Friday, March 8, 2019 at Tallahassee Memorial NICU from brain injuries sustained in an accident on February 28, 2019. Walter was a man who worked hard and loved hard. He started Howell Landscape in 1981 continuing to work two other full time jobs until 1983 at which time he went full time...

Dorothy Dalton Paine

Dorothy Dalton Paine

Mar 7, 2019

Dorothy Dalton Paine (Mrs. Travers W. Paine, Jr.) passed away on March 7, 2019, while residing at Fellowship Home in Valdosta at the age of 101. Dorothy was born in Valdosta on February 26, 1918 to Emma Mae Ferrell Dalton and Oscar D. Dalton, and was the last survivor of the 10 Dalton children (Ferrell, Emily, Vallie, Virginia, Adelma, Lary,...

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