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William H. (Bill) Kitchens, Sr.
Feb 26, 2019
William H. (Bill) Kitchens, Sr., 86, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. He was born on December 22, 1932 in Quitman to the late Herbert and Beatrice Dobson Kitchens. He was a graduate of Quitman High, and upon graduation moved to Washington, D.C. to work with the...
Elizabeth Green Biles
Feb 26, 2019
Elizabeth Green Biles, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Langdale Place. She was born in Valdosta on April 15, 1932 to the late George Venable and Gladys Irma McCranie Green and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Biles was a member and a faithful steward of Bemiss United Methodist Church. She had a servant’s heart and...
Jim Sam Williams
Feb 26, 2019
Jim Sam Williams, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. Jim was born on November 23, 1954 in Paintsville, KY to the late Thomas Samuel Williams, and Emma Flo Stafford Williams. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years in the service. Jim loved fishing and hunting and used...
Karen Laverne Wallace
Feb 24, 2019
Mrs. Karen Laverne Wallace 79, of Valdosta passed away Sunday February 24, 2019 at the Fellowship Home. She was born January 30, 1940 to the late George Edward and Myrtle Lee Wade. Karen was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed shopping on QVC, gardening, cooking, and attending yard sales. She was of the Methodist...
Wyndall L. Peavy
Feb 22, 2019
Wyndall L. Peavy, 76, of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 22, 2019 at his residence following a period of declining health. He was born on May 30, 1942 in Unadilla, GA to the late Luther J. and Myrtle Bryant Peavy. Mr. Peavy was retired from the United States Air Force and of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his...
Elizabeth "Betty" Macrae Efird Tillman
Feb 22, 2019
Elizabeth “Betty” MacRae Efird Tillman, 90, of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 22, 2019 at Fellowship Home. She was born on July 28, 1928 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Milton Otho and Catharine MacRae Efird. She was a homemaker and a life-long, active member of the First Presbyterian Church. Betty enjoyed travel, card games, and teaching her grandchildren to...
Shelby Doss
Feb 19, 2019
Shelby Doss, 17, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, one day short of her eighteenth birthday. Shelby, known online as ‘Panther Lily’, was born in Valdosta on February 20, 2001 to Michael Doss and Jodi Johnston Doss. Shelby Doss played soccer for years, starting at the Boys and Girls Club, then Valdosta Middle and more recently on...
Margaret Meares Nisbet
Feb 18, 2019
Margaret Meares Nisbet, of Valdosta, passed to her Heavenly Father on February 18, 2019. She was 95 years young, born on December 11, 1923. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dick Nisbet. Margaret was an Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Valdosta, and an alumna of Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was an active member...
Jean Arnold Sutton
Feb 18, 2019
Jean Arnold Sutton, 77, of Valdosta passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019. She was born in Valdosta on August 10, 1941 to the late Grover Cleveland Arnold and Anna Clairece Brown Arnold. She was the granddaughter of the late Robert David Arnold and Lilly Rose Stalvey Arnold and James A. Brown and Alma U. Downing Brown. Jean attended Valdosta...
Lona Nitschke Everett
Feb 18, 2019
Lona Nitschke Everett, 92, of Valdosta, moved to Heaven on Monday, February 18, 2019. She was born in Pulaski County, Georgia to the late Bartho & Susie Stone Nitschke. She had lived in this area for the past 18 years. During WW II, Mrs. Everett volunteered with the American Red Cross to do her part for the war effort. Later,...
Margie Ann Cole Johnson
Feb 17, 2019
Margie Ann Cole Johnson, 79, of Valdosta died on Sunday, February 17. 2019 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Hahira on August 15, 1939 to the late Willie P. and Vera Folsom Cole and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she had taught four and five...
Jeanine Elizabeth Perham
Feb 12, 2019
Jeanine Elizabeth Perham, 68, of Valdosta died at her residence on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. She was born on March 3, 1950 in Washington D.C. to the late Herman O. and Mary LeFiles Newton. Ms. Perham was a homemaker and was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include her son and his fiancée, James Compton Perham and Pam Wyatt of West...
Julia Bishop Padgett
Feb 11, 2019
Julia Bishop Padgett, 91, of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 11, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Brooks County on June 29, 1927 to the late Joel and Mattie Shiver Bishop and has been a lifelong resident of the Quitman and Valdosta area. She was a retired secretary with the...
Henry A. "H.A." Williams, Sr.
Feb 10, 2019
Henry A. “H.A.” Williams, Sr., 97, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Born in Brooks County to the late Edward A. & Annie Mae Crane Williams, he had lived in Valdosta since 2006. Mr. Williams grew up in Quitman and graduated from Quitman High School in the late 1930’s. He was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps...
Shirley Comer Lane
Feb 10, 2019
Shirley Comer Lane, 70, of Clyattville passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at Lake Haven Nursing Home under hospice care. Shirley was born on November 11, 1948, in Clyatttville to the late Edward Comer Lane, Sr. and Ruby Hutchinson Lane. Shirley enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Edward...
Yvonne Theresa Adams
Feb 10, 2019
Yvonne Theresa Adams, 85, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on Sunday February 10th, 2019. She was born in Windsor, Ontario Canada on January 26, 1934 and grew up there with her family. In the mid 1950’s, she traveled with her family to Miami, FL for vacation and while there, she met a young Airman,...
Jimmy J. Guess
Feb 10, 2019
Jimmy J. Guess, 78, of Lake Park died at his home on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Born in Brooks County Georgia, he was the son of the late John Henry and Ollie Viola Guess. Jimmy was a successful insurance salesman for many years. He carried on the family business of selling fresh fruits and vegetables from his rolling store providing...
Donna Francis Chauncey
Feb 9, 2019
Mrs. Donna Francis Chauncey, 75, of Lake Park passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at her home. She was born on February 8, 1944 in Macon, to the late Luther Levy and Bessie Lee Brack. She enjoyed spending time with her family, perusing the internet, crocheting and outdoor activities. Donna was a kind-hearted loving person who never met a...
William F. "Bill" Bass, Jr.
Feb 9, 2019
William F. “Bill” Bass, Jr., 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019. Bill was born in Wilson, NC, on December 2, 1932 to the late William, Sr. and Dora Mae Bowden Bass. Bill grew up and attended school in Wilson, N.C. He then joined the USAF in the early 1950’s where he specialized in avionics repair. In...
Dana Cherie Hendley Reaves
Feb 8, 2019
Dana Cherie Hendley Reaves, born July 14, 1968 died on Friday, February 8, 2019 at her home surrounded by loved ones after a courageous five year battle with cancer. Dana, a devoted wife, mother and “Mimi” was a faithful Christian and a member of Ephesus Baptist Church in Villa Rica, GA. She is survived by Stan Reaves Jr., her husband...
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