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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Willie Mae Harrison

Willie Mae Harrison

Apr 27, 2017

Willie Mae Harrison, 90, of Grove Hill, Al. died April 27, 2017 at Fellowship Home in Valdosta, Ga. She was born in the Chilton Community on September 20, l926 to Ellis and Nellie White and raised by her grandparents, Charlie and Vicy White.Upon graduation from Clarke County High School, she worked at the Mobile shipyard as a riveter, building ships...

Ronald G. Dehoff, Sr.

Ronald G. Dehoff, Sr.

Apr 22, 2017

Ronald G. DeHoff, Sr., 58, of Lake Park, Georgia passed away at his residence on Saturday, April 22, 2017. He was born in Kingston, New York on May 16, 1958 to Kathleen Rolin DeHoff and the late Frederick DeHoff, Sr. Ronald moved to Valdosta at a young age when his father was stationed at Moody AFB. Ronald spent 25 years...

Johnnie M. Smith

Johnnie M. Smith

Apr 22, 2017

Johnnie Miller Smith, 80, of Valdosta died Saturday, April 22, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 26, 1937 in Monticello, Florida to the late Andrew James and Johnnie Rollins Miller. Mrs. Smith was a twenty year military wife and homemaker who raised five children while her husband served in the United States Air Force. She...

Joy Hopkins Pierson

Joy Hopkins Pierson

Apr 20, 2017

Joy Hopkins Pierson of Barney passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 at South GA Medical Center. She was born in Birmingham, AL to the late Cache Whitney Hopkins and Mabel Brown Hopkins. Mrs. Pierson was a retired LPN, a member of Providence United Methodist Church and Red Hat's Bells of Barney. Earlier in her life she was a celloist in...

Alsie Julia Cook

Alsie Julia Cook

Apr 20, 2017

Alsie Julia Cook, 81, of Valdosta passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman following a short illness. She was born on May 8, 1935 in Brinson, Georgia to the late Durante W. Gardner and Thelma Yeates Gardner. Alsie was a homemaker who was very involved with her family and church. The real joys in her...

Lloyd Fondren Fields Lt.Col (Ret)

Lloyd Fondren Fields Lt.Col (Ret)

Apr 19, 2017

Lloyd Fondren Fields, Lt. Col. (USAF retired) 96, of Bellevue, WA and Hahira, GA passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 19, 2017. Lloyd was born in Hahira, Georgia on September 26, 1920, the oldest of four children to Leslie and Vera (Webb) Fields. He is preceded in death by his wife and the love of his life, Setsuko...

Donnie Ray Alday

Donnie Ray Alday

Apr 17, 2017

Donnie Ray Alday, 69, of Valdosta died on Monday, April 17, 2017 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 19, 1948 in Donalsonville, Georgia to the late John and Fosteen Alday. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps as served his country during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a truck...

Sylvia  Cehand Ator

Sylvia Cehand Ator

Apr 17, 2017

Sylvia Cehand Ator, age 78, of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 17, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Ator was born in Holland, TX to the late William Arthur Cehand & Fredericka Joanna Louise Petzolt Cehand. She graduated from Rotan High School in Rotan, TX. While in high school, she was a cheerleader and the captain of the girls' varsity basketball...

Raymond Ellis Wilson

Raymond Ellis Wilson

Apr 17, 2017

Raymond Ellis Wilson, 82, of Lake Park died Monday, April 17, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Lowndes County on May 14, 1934 he was the son of the late Herbert and Florence Irene Godwin Wilson. A lifelong resident of this area, Mr. Wilson was a United States Navy Veteran. He was a retired Sports Odds Specialist who...

Henrietta Shiver Courson

Henrietta Shiver Courson

Apr 16, 2017

Henrietta Shiver Courson, 83, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Vidalia, Georgia on October 28, 1933, a daughter of the late Gilliam Newton Trull and Daisy Mae Lamb Trull Howard. Mrs. Courson was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and retired from Owens Illinois Bag Plant Division. She was an...

Virginia Rose (Ginny) Wetherington

Virginia Rose (Ginny) Wetherington

Apr 14, 2017

Virginia Rose (Ginny) Wetherington, 72, of Valdosta, died at her residence Friday, April 14, 2017. She was born November 4, 1944 in Valdosta. She was the daughter of the late B.J. and Virginia Carter Wetherington. Ginny attended the Valdosta Public Schools and Howey-in-the-Hills Academy.For many years, Ginny lived in Jacksonville, Florida where she worked for a veterinarian. Growing up, she...

Ruth Wirick Johnson Jennings

Ruth Wirick Johnson Jennings

Apr 14, 2017

Ruth Wirick Johnson Jennings, 89, died April 14, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 1:00PM on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Valdosta, Georgia. The Reverend John McGowan will be officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, Acolyte Program or the Altar Guild, 719 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. The...

Robert Grant Hastings

Robert Grant Hastings

Apr 13, 2017

Robert Grant Hastings, 68, of Valdosta died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at his home. He was born on November 4, 1948 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the late Grant Virgil and Margaret Markland Hastings and had lived in Valdosta for the past thirty eight years. Mr. Hastings was a member of the First Baptist Church where he served as one...

Jeannie  Anderson

Jeannie Anderson

Apr 12, 2017

Jeannie Anderson, 62, of Hahira died on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 19, 1954 in Albany, Georgia to the late William Harroll and Evelyn Mary Godwin Norman. Jeannie served in the field of nursing as an RN for many years having worked locally with ABC Home Health as an...

Dorothy (Dot) Harrelson Stewart

Dorothy (Dot) Harrelson Stewart

Apr 11, 2017

Dorothy (Dot) Harrelson Stewart, 73, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at her home. She was born in Valdosta at Little Griffin Hospital on April 26, 1943 to the late Leroy and Louella McGee Harrelson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Stewart was a member of Ousley Baptist Church and owned and operated Shear Connections. She...

Glen E. Berger

Glen E. Berger

Apr 6, 2017

Glen E. Berger, 78, of Valdosta died Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born in Perry, Oklahoma on August 28, 1938 to the late Loyd Enos Berger and Mabel Reed Berger. Mr. Glen E. Berger was retired from the United States Air Force after serving twenty years and was a member of Charity Baptist Church....

Clinton (Buddy) Register

Clinton (Buddy) Register

Apr 6, 2017

Clinton (Buddy) Register, 52, of Statenville, passed away at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee Florida on Thursday, April 6, 2017 following a short illness. He was born in Monticello, Florida on September 12, 1964 to the late Alvin Levoy Register and Mary Nell Moore Register. He was a member of Statenville Church of GodSurvivors include his son, Levoy Register (Laura)...

Myrtle Touchton Dasher

Myrtle Touchton Dasher

Apr 6, 2017

Myrtle Touchton Dasher, 97, of Valdosta, died Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Fellowship Home. She was born on June 29, 1919 in Barretts, GA to the late Jerry Thomas Touchton, Sr. and Mary Etta Washington Touchton. Mrs. Dasher was a homemaker and a member of Hahira First Baptist Church. She graduated from Hahira High School. Formerly a model for Burdine's...

Sean M. Jenkins

Sean M. Jenkins

Apr 5, 2017

Sean M. Jenkins, 47, of Athens, formerly of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on November 5, 1969, in Casper, WY, he was the son of James Lee and Sylvia (Redding) Jenkins. After graduating from Lowndes County High School in 1987, he attended Valdosta State University. Sean worked as a sound...

Edna Butler Asbell Williamson

Edna Butler Asbell Williamson

Apr 5, 2017

Edna Butler Asbell Williamson, 98, passed away April 5, 2017, at Presbyterian Home in Quitman, Georgia.She was born in Wilkinson County, GA, to Claude and Katy Lee Butler on November 11, 1918, the day the treaty to end World War I was signed, which now is celebrated as Veterans Day. Following the death of her mother she was raised by...

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