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Dr. Charles A. Hodges, Jr.
Feb 19, 2018
Dr. Charles A. Hodges, Jr., 87, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018 at his home. He was born in Dublin, GA on January 4, 1931, to the late Charles Augustus Hodges, Sr. and Anne Williamson Hodges. He graduated from Dublin High School in 1948 and University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in 1953. He received...
Virginia Ann Bell
Feb 19, 2018
Virginia Ann Bell, 89, of Valdosta, passed away at Lakehaven Nursing Home on Monday, February 19, 2018. The daughter of the late Roy Wisenbaker and Maybell Carroll Wisenbaker Johnson, she was born in Valdosta on April 4, 1928. A retired substitute teacher, Mrs. Bell had worked with both the Lowndes County and Valdosta City School systems. At the age of...
Emma Jeanette Moon
Feb 18, 2018
Emma Jeanette Moon, 89, of Valdosta died Sunday, February 18, 2018. She was born on October 24, 1928 in Cordele, Georgia to the late James E. Waldrip, Sr. and Velma Veal Waldrip. Mrs. Moon was a lifelong resident of this area, a homemaker and a member of the Northside Baptist Church. She was a wonderful mother who enjoyed working in...
Harold Vivian (Jim) Folsom
Feb 17, 2018
Harold Vivian (Jim) Folsom, 89, of Hahira, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018. He was a lifelong resident of this area, he was born on December 30, 1928 to the late Thomas Herbert and Nona Mae Harris Folsom. He retired from the U. S. Air Force and was an automobile mechanic. Mr. Folsom is survived by his daughter and...
Helen King Smith
Feb 14, 2018
Helen King Smith, a longtime resident of Valdosta, died on February 14; she was 97. Helen Irene King was born in 1920, in Hesston, Kansas, the fourth of eight children of Ezra King, a Mennonite bridge builder, and Mary Longenecker King, a homemaker. When in elementary school, she walked one mile each way with her brothers and sisters to the...
Daniel Wayne Mcmillan
Feb 14, 2018
Daniel Wayne McMillan, 77, of Lake Park and Leesburg, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. He was born in Andalusia, AL on August 26, 1940 to the late Joseph Edward and Rose Eleanor DeLoach McMillan. He retired after 28 years from Pittsburg Paint and later from Richards Paint. He played football for the Georgia Bulldogs at the University...
Janet Wasson Robinson
Feb 14, 2018
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, gardener, neighbor and friend Janet Robinson, age 85, of Valdosta, Ga., had dinner plans this Valentine’s Day. So on Feb. 14, 2018, she settled into the chair her late husband, Robbie, had used in the last days of his life and waited for him to pick her up for a long-awaited date. This year’s Valentine’s Day...
Velma Laverne Tucker Tyler
Feb 13, 2018
Velma LaVerne Tucker Tyler, 86, of Hahira passed away peacefully Tuesday morning on February 13, 2018 after her long battle with dementia at the home of her caretakers, her daughter and son in law, Judy and John Pike of Hahira. Miss Velma will always be remembered for her many years of service as a Lowndes County school bus driver in...
David Thomas Thatcher
Feb 12, 2018
David Thomas Thatcher, 80, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018, at his home surrounded by family. He was born on September 28, 1937 in Auburn, NY to the late Herbert and Mary Pavey Thatcher. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy aboard U.S.S. Donner (LSD-20). Mr. David loved cars, boats, and his family. He was the family entertainer....
James Calvin Ricks, Jr.
Feb 12, 2018
James Calvin Ricks, Jr., 74, of Lake Park, GA died on February 12, 2018 at his home. He was born on August 10, 1943 in Valdosta, to the late James Calvin Ricks and Sarah Pierce Ricks. He spent four years in the Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and retired from law enforcement with six years with the Georgia State...
Beetsy Mcmichael
Feb 11, 2018
Beetsy McMichael, 92, of Valdosta died Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on May 25, 1925 in Worth County, Georgia to the late Allen Preston and Effie Estelle Denby Dykes. Mrs. McMichael was a faithful member of the Northside Baptist Church where she had served as Preschool Director for many years. She received her certificate...
Colonel Norman P. Huggins, Usaf (Ret.)
Feb 11, 2018
Colonel Norman P. Huggins, USAF (Ret) passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2018 in Valdosta, GA. He was born on October 24, 1929 in Mullins, SC. As the oldest of 4 boys to the parents of J. Lawton and Lucille Wiggins Huggins of Mullins, SC, he is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary June Norwood Huggins of Valdosta,...
Theodore (Brooklyn) Louis Lankowski Stevens, Sr.
Feb 9, 2018
Theodore (Brooklyn) Louis Lankowski Stevens, Sr. passed away Friday, February 9, 2018. Ted lived in Stroudsburg, PA most of his life with his wife Betty Ann Stevens. Ted and Betty retired to Valdosta, GA to be with their daughter, Dolores (Dee) Repsher and grandchildren. He was so happy to be able to attend their soccer games, concerts and activities. Ted...
Lynnel Dasher
Feb 7, 2018
Lynnel Dasher, 88, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2018. He was born in Valdosta on December 1, 1929, sharing the same birthday with his beloved brother, C.W. Dasher. Lynnel was the son of Mollie Lee Copeland Dasher and Caulie William Dasher, Sr. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force traveling the world with his family...
Alex Edward (Ed) Cockman
Feb 6, 2018
Alex Edward (Ed) Cockman III, 67, of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018. He was born in Middletown, OH on October 14, 1950 to the late Alex Edward Cockman, Jr. and Janet Miriam Roehll Cockman. Ed was a pharmacist and co owner of Family Health Care. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. Earlier in life Ed...
Patsy Patty Taylor
Feb 5, 2018
Patsy Patty Taylor, 68, of Lake Park died Monday, February 5, 2018 at her residence. She was born on March 29, 1949 in Tifton, GA to the late Pat and Vera Phillips. Patty was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was a very special and giving person. Patty put others before herself. She was the glue...
Robert A. (Bob) Williams
Feb 5, 2018
Robert A. (Bob) Williams, 85, of Valdosta passed away Monday, February 5, 2018. He was born in Birmingham, AL on August 5, 1932 to the late Horace and Louise Harting Williams. Mr. Williams served in the United States Air Force for 20 years. After retirement from the Air Force, he served the Valdosta City School System as Purchasing Director for...
Wallace Pardee Goodloe, Jr.
Feb 4, 2018
Wallace Pardee Goodloe, Jr., 82, died Sunday, February 4, 2018 after a brief illness. He was born in Valdosta on May 9, 1935 to the late Wallace Pardee Goodloe, Sr. and Eva Butler Goodloe. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1953. Pardee was an Army veteran, member of GA National Guard and proudly served his country. He was retired...
Alma Jean Sumner
Feb 4, 2018
Alma Jean Sumner, 85, of Tifton, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2018 following a brief illness. She was born on March 9, 1932 in Statenville to the late Eugene and Lily Mae Carter. She attended Corinth Freewill Baptist Church in Brookfield. Mrs. Sumner enjoyed cooking and fishing. She loved working in her yard. Friends and family remember her as...
Gloria J. Peters Kent
Feb 4, 2018
Gloria J. Peters Kent, 75, of Lake Park, GA died on Sunday, February, 4, 2018. She was born in Columbia, Alabama on July 18, 1942, and moved to Miami, Florida at 7 months of age where she lived until 1977 and then moved to Lake Park, GA. She was the daughter of the late Walter Bishop Killingsworth and Katheryn Ritchie....
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