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Jon Freeman Emery
Apr 28, 2018
Jon Freeman Emery, 81, of Valdosta died Saturday, April 28, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Westbrook, Maine on June 11, 1936 to the late Philip and Marjorie Emery. Mr. Emery retired at SMSGT from the United States Air Force after twenty two years of service and served in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Mr. Emery...
Joy Ann Voigt
Apr 28, 2018
Joy Ann Voigt, 77, of Valdosta went to be with her Lord Saturday, April 28, 2018 at her home after a brief illness. She was born in Valdosta on August 31, 1940 to the late George G. and Faye Jordan Voigt. Joy was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and retired from Georgia Natural Gas Company. She had previously...
Randall Adams
Apr 25, 2018
Randall Adams, 88, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Hartwell, Georgia on December 13, 1929, he was the son of the late Collier and Edna McGee Adams. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Adams served his country during the Korean Conflict from 1951 – 1955. He was a...
Mildred (Mickey) Croft Watson
Apr 24, 2018
Mildred (Mickey) Croft Watson, 84, of Hahira died on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born in Pavo on July 13, 1933 to the late Arley and Josephin Griffin Croft. She was a homemaker, a Christian loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and was a member of Bethany Baptist Church where she...
Wendell Bradley Singletary, Sr.
Apr 23, 2018
Wendell Bradley Singletary, Sr., 56, a lifelong resident of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2018 at his residence. He was born on August 18, 1961 to the late Norman Morris and Ila V. Daniels Singletary. Wendell was a member of Remerton Methodist Church. He worked with ham radios, and collected guns, old records, and antiques. He loved muscle...
William Benjamin "Benny" Kent, Jr.
Apr 21, 2018
William Benjamin “Benny” Kent, Jr., 69, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta, on September 20, 1948, Benny was the son of the late William Benjamin and Annette Angela Kent. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and Valdosta State College where he was a charter member of Alpha...
Nita Mae Weeks
Apr 20, 2018
Nita Mae Weeks, 92, of Valdosta passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta, GA, on October 30, 1925 to the late Corley and Sallie Jane Brantley. Nita Mae was a member of Mr. Zion United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School, and influenced many children over the...
Ann Golden Embry
Apr 19, 2018
Ann Golden Embry, 70, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on November 30, 1947 in Tifton, GA to the late William Herschel Golden, Sr. and Lillian Murial Honaker Golden. Ann was a retired Event Coordinator with the Rainwater Conference Center. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
Brenda Mayes
Apr 19, 2018
Brenda Mayes, 84, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness. She was born in Chester, England on November 12, 1933 to the late Albert and Nellie Ward. She was an active member of the Valdosta Touchdown Club and an avid Wild Cat fan. Survivors include three children, daughters and sons-in-law, Susan...
Merle Downing
Apr 18, 2018
Merle Downing, 89, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on August 12, 1928 in Valdosta, Georgia, a daughter of the late Clifford Alva Webb and Neita Milton Webb Cook and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Downing was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School...
Tom "Ringo" Ringos
Apr 17, 2018
Tom “Ringo” Ringos, 59, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at his residence. Tom was born in Youngstown, OH on October 2, 1958 and moved with his family to Valdosta at an early age. A 1976 graduate of Valdosta High School, soon after high school, Tom started working at Roadway in Lake Park, now YRC Freight. Having worked...
Rudolph Cooper, Jr.
Apr 16, 2018
Rudolph Cooper, Jr., 60, of Valdosta died Monday, April 16, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in El Paso, Texas on August 24, 1957 to the late Rudolph, Sr. and Frances Novasatty Cooper. Mr. Cooper served in the United States Air Force and had worked in maintenance for the King of the Road Hotel and the Jolly...
Max Milligan, Iii
Apr 16, 2018
Max Milligan, III, 73, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018 in Lake City, FL. Max was born in Orlando, FL on April 9, 1945 to Mary Elizabeth Smallwood Milligan and the late Max Milligan, Jr. Max grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in the Toco Hills area, attending Briarcliff High School. After graduating from Presbyterian College in 1967,...
Morris L. Smith
Apr 16, 2018
Morris L. Smith, 76, of Valdosta passed away Monday, April 16, 2018 at South GA Medical Center. He was born on November 12, 1941 in Adel, GA to the late Lillie B. Wilson Smith and Henry Smith. Morris served in the United States Army, was a professional musician and was a project manager for the Orvis Company for twenty eight...
Jo Ann Wiley Price
Apr 16, 2018
Jo Ann Wiley Price, 87, of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 16, 2018 after a brief illness. She was born in Turner County, Ga to the late Charles Russell Denham & Telete Wilson Denham and graduated from Sycamore High School in 1947. She married Wallace R. Wiley, on December 6, 1947 after he returned from WW II. They were married...
Joy Shelton Matthews
Apr 13, 2018
Joy Shelton Matthews, 83, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on April 13, 2018. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on August 26, 1934 to the late Eula Davis Shelton and George Lang Shelton. Joy graduated from Valdosta High School and received her bachelor's degree in education from Tift College in 1955. She married James Hampton Matthews, Jr. of Pavo, Georgia...
Ralph Ignacio Avila
Apr 13, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Ralph Ignacio Avila announces his passing from this life on Friday, April 13, 2018 following a brief illness. Ralph was 80 years of age at his passing. Ralph had been married to the love of his life, Sandy Avila, for 56 years but was a widower since 2014. He will be...
Richard Joseph Pippen, Ii
Apr 11, 2018
Richard Joseph Pippen, II, 40, of Ray City, died suddenly on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Lakeland. Born in Ogden, Utah on March 22, 1978, Richard had lived in South Georgia for the past 34 years. He was a caregiver. Richard is preceded in death by his father, Linwood Carlton Pippen, his grandparents, Richard and Bernice Pippen, an aunt, Evelyn...
Emory L. Kiefer
Apr 11, 2018
Emory L. Kiefer, 88, of Nashville, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Berrien Nursing Center following a brief illness. He was born in Columbus, OH on January 30, 1930 to the late Earl and Lillian Kiefer. Mr. Kiefer served as a Heating and Air Technician for many years. He was a dedicated Christian and was a member of Morningside...
Marilyn Miley Brady
Apr 10, 2018
Marilyn Miley Brady, 75, of Hahira died Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Hahira on August 24, 1942 to the late Eugene Woodrow and Frances Griner Miley and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mrs. Brady was a member of the Hahira First Baptist Church and served as the City Clerk for Hahira for...
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