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Joann Smith Tyler
Mar 5, 2018
Jo Ann Smith Tyler, 81, died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, March 5, 2018 at Winnwood Retirement Community in Marietta, GA several months after being diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. She was married to William Briggs Tyler, III for 55 years until his death in April 2013. Mrs. Tyler was born in Hahira, GA on July 23, 1936 and was...
Jewel Wilson Sharpe
Mar 3, 2018
Jewel Wilson Sharpe, 74, of Hahira died Saturday, March 3, 2018 at her home. She was born in Moultrie, Georgia on September 10, 1943 to the late Marshall and Della O’Hearn Wilson and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Sharpe was a member of the Salem United Methodist Church in Hahira. She loved her family, going to yard...
Kirby E. Dumas
Mar 3, 2018
Kirby E. Dumas, 83, of Hahira died Saturday, March 3, 2018. He was born in Adel on April 2, 1934 to the late E. Z. and Ruby Harrod Dumas and had lived in Hahira for many years. He was a member of the Pineview Baptist Church and a former member of Salem United Methodist Church. Mr. Dumas worked with the...
Timothy Lane Smothers
Mar 2, 2018
Timothy Lane Smothers, 31, of Quitman, died on March 2, 2018. He was born in Arcadia, Florida on August 9, 1986 to Timothy Smothers and Robin Roberts Smothers. He was employed with Dewitt’s Produce in Morven as a fork lift driver. Survivors include his father, Timothy Smothers of Morven; his mother, Robin Smothers of Georgia; his brother, Kenneth Smothers of...
William Benjamin Dame
Mar 1, 2018
William Benjamin Dame, 87, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Clinch County, Georgia on December 24, 1930 to the late Willard W. and Grace Fiveash Dame. Mr. Dame was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ where he was active in the visitation program and Tuesday Morning Men’s Prayer...
Allie Alfred Johannesen
Mar 1, 2018
Allie Alfred Johannesen, 81, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 6, 1936 in Macon, Georgia to the late Otto and Pauline Johannesen. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a retired manager from AAMCO Transmissions. Mr. Johannesen had attended Northside...
Lois Culpepper Corbett
Mar 1, 2018
Lois Culpepper Corbett, 94, of Lake Park, passed away on March 1, 2018 following an extended illness. She was born on January 2, 1924 in Echols County to the late Charlie and Wilma Padgett Culpepper. Mrs. Corbett served as a custodian for the Board of Education for many years. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and baking. She loved church and was...
Jeanette C. Phillips
Feb 28, 2018
Jeanette C. Phillips, 98, went home to be with the Lord on February 28, 2018 in Jacksonville, FL. She was born in Lakeland, GA on March 9, 1919 and was an only child. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Raymond Phillips and is survived by her daughter, Jerwann Slate, son, Ray Phillips (Sylvia) and two grandsons, Matt...
Marlene Leitzman
Feb 26, 2018
Marlene Leitzman, 79, of Valdosta passed away Monday, February 26, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on April 30, 1938 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Carl Henry Smith and Dorothy Eloise Jackson Smith. Mrs. Leitzman was a homemaker and was affliated with the Church of the Nazarene in Fort Wayne, IN. She enjoyed geology and she...
Glenn Thomas O'Neal, Sr.
Feb 24, 2018
Glenn Thomas O’Neal, age 92, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Born on November 11, 1925, he was one of eleven children to John Robert O’Neal and Maude Lee (McLeod) O’Neal. Glenn will be remembered as a faithful servant of the Lord, for his service to his country, his community, and immeasurable love for his family and...
Donna T. Miller
Feb 24, 2018
Donna T. Miller, 72, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her residence. She was born on November 17, 1945 in Elberton, GA to the late Ben and Melba Gulley Teasley. Donna was a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church. She worked for the Lowndes County School system as a secretary. She attended Georgia Southern...
Claude Lavel "Buster" Christie
Feb 23, 2018
Claude Lavel “Buster” Christie, 81, of Valdosta, died Friday, February 23, 2018 at Lakeland Villa in Lakeland, GA. He was born on September 27, 1936 in Echols County, GA to the late Judson Claude Christie and Lula Mae Fletcher Christie. Buster was a machinist for NAPA, a veteran of the United States Army and of the Church of Christ faith....
Ruth Harper Babb
Feb 23, 2018
Ruth Harper Babb, 99, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Ruth was born August 2, 1918 in Lone Oak, KY to the late Joe and Delma Skaggs Harper. She worked as a secretary for her husband’s plumbing company. She was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ and Lone Oak Church of...
Frances "Fran" Chewning
Feb 21, 2018
Frances “Fran” Chewning, 62, of Crystal River passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Fran was born on January 12, 1956 in Lake City, Florida to the late James Lee Jr. and Frances Dunaway. Fran is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Education and continued on to receive her Master’s of Education with an emphasis on...
Jacob D. Sellers
Feb 21, 2018
Jacob D. (Jay) Sellers, 32, of Hahira, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. He was born in Athens, GA on May 5, 1985 and grew up in Moultrie and Albany. He went into the U.S. Army at an early age, attending basic at Ft. Benning and then was assigned to 1-32 as a Mortar Sgt. for the 10th Mountain...
Lt. Col. Joe Burwell Stallings
Feb 20, 2018
Lt. Col. Joe Burwell Stallings, age 83, of Jennings, FL, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Shands in Gainesville, FL. Joe was born April 19, 1934, in Berrien County, Georgia to the late Roscoe Arnold and Sarah Frances Brown Stallings. After growing up on a tobacco farm in Nashville, Joe attended Emory University where he...
Royce Eugene Oliver, Jr.
Feb 20, 2018
Royce Eugene Oliver, Jr., 81, of Valdosta passed away on February 20, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 19, 1936 in Middleboro, MA to the late Royce E. Oliver, Sr. and Maria Butkus Oliver. Mr. Oliver was a retired USAF Lt. Colonel, a Vietnam veteran, and the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. He earned...
Danny Mansukhani
Feb 20, 2018
Danny Mansukhani, 75, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at his residence. He was born in India, to a Hindu family, in the part of India that became Pakistan after the Great Partition. Danny, was one of seventeen siblings. Their family endured much, having to flee to Amritsar and then to Jaipur after the Partition. The Mansukhani...
Betty J. Sorenson
Feb 20, 2018
Betty J. Sorenson, age 78, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Macon, on December 24, 1939, daughter of Eldridge and Ollie Mae Sikes Suddeth. Prior to meeting the love of her life and moving to Valdosta, she was a hairdresser for eighteen and a half years in the Atlanta area....
James Neil Anderson
Feb 19, 2018
James Neil Anderson July 25, 1947 – 19 February 2018 Mr. James Neil Anderson passed away on February 19, 2018 at the South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta Georgia following a brief illness. Neil, formally of Rhine Georgia, was born on July 25, 1947 in Hawkinsville, GA and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anderson, formally of...
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