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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Salvatore Verrilli
Nov 21, 2017
Salvatore Verrilli, 93, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at Fellowship Home. Born in Paterson, NJ on July 14, 1924, Salvatore was a son of the late Michael and Maria Verrilli. He grew up in Paterson before joining the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Montrose during WWII as a gunner in the Pacific. After the war he...
John Allen Anderson, Jr.
Nov 20, 2017
John Allen Anderson, Jr., of Lake Park, passed away Monday, November 20, 2017. He was born on March 12, 1947 in Ashland, KY to the late John, Sr., and Louise Combs Anderson. John was self-employed as an insulator and served in the U.S. Army. He was a hardworking family man, who loved to spend time with his grandchildren. He had...
Jack C. Hutchinson
Nov 18, 2017
Jack C. (Papa Jack) Hutchinson, 86 of Valdosta died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Cook Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on December 14, 1930 to the late Fred and Olinta Mae Whitfield Hutchinson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Hutchinson was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. He worked for Norfolk Southern...
Donald N. Wilson
Nov 18, 2017
Donald N. Wilson, 80, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, November 18,2 017, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta, on January 22, 1937, Mr. Wilson was the son of the late Johnnie and Pearl Taylor Wilson. A self-employed beverage merchant and a sports enthusiast, he enjoyed football and baseball. Mr. Wilson was a Baptist. Survivors are his brother, Bobby...
Roy S. Wetherington
Nov 16, 2017
Roy S. Wetherington, 80, of Tifton and formerly of Valdosta died Thursday, November 16, 2017 at his residence. He was born on February 8, 1937 in Berrien County, GA to the late M. C. Wetherington, Sr. and Vera Taylor Wetherington. Mr. Wetherington was a retired school teacher. He taught in public schools for thirty seven years and at Lowndes High...
Terry Arlen Reese
Nov 15, 2017
Terry Arlen Reese, 76, of Lake Park, GA died Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in East Liverpool, OH on March 6, 1941 to the late Earl Thomas Reese and Elizabeth Cora Reed Reese. Terry was a veteran of the United States Army. He was retired from a career in the automotive industry. He...
George M. Johnson
Nov 14, 2017
George M. Johnson, Jr., 73, of Valdosta, died on November 14, 2017 at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1944 in Savannah to the late George M. Sr. and Beatrice Donahue Johnson. Mr. Johnson grew up in Elberton, Ga and graduated from High School there. He went on to attend West Georgia College and the University of Georgia....
Donna May Winn Leonard
Nov 14, 2017
Donna May Winn Leonard, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. She was born on August 7, 1933 in Grand Island, Nebraska to the late Dillard Francis and Lois Mae Wilkie Winn. Donna took up woodworking in her 50’s and made furniture out of white pine. She had many hobbies including, crafts, sewing cloth books to donate,...
Patricia Thompson Faircloth
Nov 14, 2017
Patricia Thompson Faircloth, 78, of Hahira, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Fornfelt, MO, on April 24, 1939 to the late Merrell Medford Thompson and Delaphine Johnson Thompson. Patricia grew up in Missouri and moved to Memphis, TN with her family in high school where she played fast pitch softball and later...
Robert Marion Hall
Nov 12, 2017
Robert Marion Hall, known to friends as "Bob", born on January 28, 1939, passed away at home surrounded by family, on November 12, 2017, at the age of 78 after a long battle with leukemia (AML). A native of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Bob was a Fort Lauderdale High School Flying L, class of 1957. He attended Washington and Lee University...
Sampson Paul Stork
Nov 10, 2017
Sampson Paul Stork, 75, of Columbia, SC passed away Friday, November 10, 2017. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina on July 3, 1942 to the late William Spence and Anne Paul Stork. Paul was employed by Bell South/AT&T, serving as Vice President of centralized operations. He was an active member of Good Shepard Lutheran Church. Paul enjoyed fishing, reading,...
Raymond Louis Tanguay
Nov 9, 2017
Raymond Louis Tanguay, 71, of Adel, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 3, 1946 to the late Howard and Helen Irene Tanguay. Raymond loved to travel. He will be remembered as a very supportive man and a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He always put his family first. Raymond enjoyed trips to...
Dr. D. Gene Wisehart
Nov 9, 2017
Dr. D. Gene Wisehart, born May 23, 1933, was called home to be with Jesus Christ, on Thursday, November 9, 2017, after an exhausting fight with cancer. Survivors are his wife, Anna, of 63 years, and their children, Mickey and Julie Wisehart of Hahira, Kara Wisehart Shadrick of Richmond Hill, Danette and Ron Moore of Covington; grandchildren, Michael, John and...
Betsy Lee Stephens
Nov 7, 2017
Betsy Lee Stephens, 90, of Dasher, died on Tuesday, November 07, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 19, 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Lloyd and Evelyn Rector Gaines. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ. Mrs. Stephens was a strong supporter of the Raintree Village Children’s Home....
Mary Lyndal King Ganas
Nov 7, 2017
Mary Lyndal King Ganas, 90, of Hahira, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Rochelle, Georgia on February 18, 1927, to the late Edward Preston and Annie Bell Miller King. Mrs. Ganas was a Baptist. She enjoyed gardening, tending her kennel, and witnessing for her Lord Jesus Christ. Survivors include her children, Wanda Green...
Frederick Phillip Baugh
Nov 7, 2017
Frederick Phillip Baugh, 70, of Leesburg, died on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. He was born on December 10, 1946 in Hahira to the late Homer and Martha Thompson Braden. Later, he was adopted by Martha Thompson’s second husband, John T. Baugh. Mr. Baugh had been a self-employed auto mechanic and later worked with the...
Robert L. Guess
Nov 6, 2017
Robert L. Guess, 82, of Clyattville, GA died at Fellowship Home, Valdosta, on Monday, November 6, 2017. Born on June 18, 1935 in Brooks County, GA he was the son of the late John Henry Guess and Ollie Viola Lassiter Guess. Mr. Guess was a veteran of the United States Army and was retired from PCA. He was a member...
Deborah (Debbie) Lehman Dennis
Nov 6, 2017
Deborah Lehman Dennis, 62, of Valdosta died Monday, November 6, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on November 14, 1954 in Valdosta to the late Morris O. and Aurelia Harvey Lehman. Mrs. Dennis was a member of the Church of God. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and participating in their activities, cooking and...
Harrison Reid Loyless
Nov 5, 2017
Harrison Reid Loyless, 19, of Hahira, died on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born In Valdosta, on December 25, 1997, Harrison was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church and was a 2016 graduate of Lowndes High School. He enjoyed video games, spending time with his Grandad Frank, watching movies and bowling. An avid football...
Colleen Purcell Harris
Nov 5, 2017
Colleen Purcell Harris, 70, of Valdosta, went peaceably in her sleep to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ at 7 a.m. Sunday morning, November 5, 2017, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on June 23, 1947 to Annie Belle Purcell and the late Connally H. Purcell in Toccoa, GA. Colleen professed her faith in Christ at the...
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