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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...
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...
Kathryn Whitfield
Apr 2, 2019
Kathryn Whitfield, 79, of Lake Park, died at South Georgia Medical Center on April 2, 2019. Born in Sparks, Cook County, Georgia, on February 12, 1940, Kathryn she was a daughter of the late Luther Thomas Pope, Sr. and Odessa Joiner Pope. Mrs. Whitfield worked in food service with the Valdosta City Middle School. Widow of the late David Randolph...
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....
Willie Ray Collier
Apr 1, 2019
Willie Ray Collier, 84, of Statenville, died on Monday, April 1, 2019 after a lengthy illness. Born in Valdosta to the late, Joe & Sally Collier, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Collier graduated from Echols County High School in the early 1950’s and then served a brief stint in the U.S. Army. After getting out...
Dorothy Connell Tyson
Mar 31, 2019
Dorothy Connell Tyson, 90, of Valdosta died Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Fellowship Home. She was born in Lowndes County on January 13, 1929 to the late Lamar and Ruth Westberry Connell and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Tyson was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and retired as the office manager for Pantry Pride. She loved...
Annabelle (Ann) Craft Harris
Mar 31, 2019
Annabelle (Ann) Craft Harris, 85, of Hahira, following a courageous battle with cancer, entered peacefully into rest on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at the Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. One of nine children, Ann was born June 6, 1933 in Oglethorpe County, GA to Johnny and Damaris Craft. It was during the daily school bus ride to Meson Academy in...
Trisha Ann Puckett
Mar 31, 2019
Tricia Ann Puckett, 55, of Valdosta died on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on February 24, 1964 to the late John Jr., and Marion Bolen and had been a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Tricia enjoyed her profession as a cosmetologist and worked in that field for over 25 years. Her daughter and her...
Patricia Ann Mcmullen
Mar 31, 2019
Patricia Ann McMullen passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at her home. She was born in Jennings, Hamilton County, Florida on June 27, 1936 to the late James and Carrie Cunningham Deas. She was a retired secretary who loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She enjoyed cooking for her family, especially cakes and candies for family gatherings....
Martha Jean Langston Long
Mar 31, 2019
Martha Jean Langston Long passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on June 7, 1944 in Florence, South Carolina to the late John and Wanda Ward Langston. She was a homemaker who loved fishing and visiting Casinos. She loved her friends and family and enjoyed cooking for them whenever she was able to. She...
Henry Edison "Eddie" Bentley, Iii
Mar 29, 2019
Henry Edison "Eddie" Bentley III age 74 passed away March 29, 2019. Eddie was born on January 12, 1945 to Henry E Bentley, Jr. and Ava Nelle (Carter) Bentley of Valdosta, GA. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother Gary Bentley of Statesboro, GA. He is survived by brother David (Becky Walker) Bentley, Sr. of Valdosta, GA.,...
Grace Jeanette Bugg Hudson
Mar 28, 2019
Grace Jeannette Bugg Hudson, 82, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Fellowship Home. She was born on March 21, 1937 in South Hill, Virginia to the late Robert Henry and Lula Roberta McCall Bugg. Born and raised in South Hill, Virginia. She attended local schools there and upon graduating high school, moved to West Virginia...
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