OBITUARIES

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

Virginia "Jenny" Cotterill

Virginia "Jenny" Cotterill

Feb 2, 2017

Virginia "Jenny" Cotterill, 90, of Valdosta died Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Russell County Hospital, in Russell, Kansas. She was born on July 9, 1926 in Tennessee and was the widow of Pastor Wm "Bill" Cotterill. She worked diligently alongside Pastor Cotterill of the First Assembly of God in Valdosta for thirty years. After Pastor Cotterill's death in October 2016...

Robert V. (Bob) Hutchinson, Jr.

Robert V. (Bob) Hutchinson, Jr.

Feb 1, 2017

Robert V. (Bob) Hutchinson, Jr., 67, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at his home. He was born in Valdosta on July 6, 1949 to the late Robert V., Sr. and Ruth Lee Boland Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson was a member of the New Harvest United Methodist Church and a retired Industrial Maintenance Instructor with Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. He...

John Michael Koebble

John Michael Koebble

Feb 1, 2017

John Michael Koebble, 50, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 01, 2017 at his residence following a period of declining health. He was born on December 8, 1966 in Frankfurt, Germany to the late Joseph and Emilie Beysiegel Koebble. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served his country honorably. John had been a manager with Wendy's,...

Merriel Glover Kirkland

Merriel Glover Kirkland

Jan 29, 2017

Merriel Glover Kirkland, 87, of Valdosta, Georgia and formerly of Lynn Haven, Florida died Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Barbour County, Alabama to the late Page and Viola Thomas Glover and had lived in Lynn Haven, Florida for sixty two years before moving to Valdosta in May of 2016. She was a member...

Wendy Saunders Rumley

Wendy Saunders Rumley

Jan 29, 2017

Wendy Saunders Rumley, 45, of Valdosta died on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Moultrie in 1971 and has lived in this area all of her life. Wendy graduated from Valdosta State University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and worked with Colquitt Regional Medical Center while attending VSU. She...

Norman W.  Simpson

Norman W. Simpson

Jan 28, 2017

Norman W. Simpson, 94, of Valdosta, GA went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, January 28, 2017 after several years of declining health. He was born on December 5, 1922 to the late Walter and Marion Folsom Simpson. Mr. Simpson enlisted in the United States Navy in 1941 and was assigned to the "Milwaukee" and stationed in the...

Janet Rohrbach Robinson

Janet Rohrbach Robinson

Jan 28, 2017

Janet Rohrbach Robinson of Valdosta died Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Fellowship Home in Brooks County, GA. She was born on January 14, 1924 in Selinsgrove, PA to the late Thomas Nelson and Hannah Faye Beistel Rohrbach. Mrs. Robinson was a graduate of Sunbury High School in Sunbury, PA and Susquehanna University of Selinsgrove, PA. Her graduate studies were completed...

Annie Jewell Wright Mcleod

Annie Jewell Wright Mcleod

Jan 24, 2017

Annie Jewell Wright McLeod, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 2, 1928 in Hahira to the late William G. and Annie Lou Hammond Wright. Mrs. McLeod was retired from ITT Metal Products, a retired homemaker and a member of Rosedale Church of God.She is preceded in death by...

Amanda Lee Rowe

Amanda Lee Rowe

Jan 22, 2017

Amanda Lee Rowe, 41, of Adel, passed away at her home on Sunday morning, January 22, 2017. Born on June 10, 1975, in Valdosta, Amanda was the daughter of Danny Tinsley and Deborah Webb Tinsley. A graduate of Baldwin County High School in Milledgeville, Amanda completed her Bachelors degree from GCSU in Computer Science and graduated from Phoenix University with...

Bernice Collier Lovett

Bernice Collier Lovett

Jan 22, 2017

Bernice Collier Lovett, 73, of Jennings, FL, died on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, after a lengthy illness. Born in Echols County to the late Joe & Sallie Rewis Collier, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Lovett grew up in Echols County and graduated from Echols County High School in...

John G. Bolen, Jr.

John G. Bolen, Jr.

Jan 21, 2017

John G. Bolen, Jr., 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Valdosta on June 6, 1929 and was the son of the late John G. Bolen, Sr. and the late Virginia Chitty Pennington. Mr. Bolen was a Methodist and retired from ITT Thompson Industries. He served in the U. S. Army...

Gary Don Williams

Gary Don Williams

Jan 20, 2017

Gary Don Williams, 69, of Hahira died Friday, January 20, 2017 at his home. He was born on August 17, 1947 in Carlsbad, New Mexico and had lived in Lowndes County since 1980. Mr. Williams was a member of the Morningside Baptist Church where he sang in the choir and enjoyed teaching Sunday School. He was a DARE Officer and...

Dave Huffman

Dave Huffman

Jan 18, 2017

Dave Huffman, 61, of Hahira, GA unexpectedly passed away, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at his residence. He was born on November 16, 1955 in Lackawana, New York to the late Thomas Huffman and the late Sarajane Fitzsimons Beach. He proudly served his country in the US Army for 22 years. His final military years were served with the 160th SOAR...

Doris Lillian Parke

Doris Lillian Parke

Jan 18, 2017

Doris Lillian Parke, 81, of Lake Park, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. She was born in Savannah, Georgia on October 26, 1935 to the late Charles and Ruby Freeman Garrard. She lived in Jacksonville, Florida for several years where she received an Associate's Degree and worked as a...

Joseph Ivey (Joe) Register

Joseph Ivey (Joe) Register

Jan 17, 2017

Joseph Ivey (Joe) Register, 82, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. Born on August 5, 1934 in Burgaw, North Carolina, the youngest of 16 children, to the late Joseph Edward and Eva Carolyn Gregory Register. Upon the death of his mother, he was raised by an older...

Judith A. Clark

Judith A. Clark

Jan 17, 2017

Judith A. Clark, 73, of Valdosta, Georgia died on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born on June 22, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Paul and Lucille Gleason Peterson. She worked at Eastern Suffolk B.O.C.E.S. on Long Island, NY for many years and moved to Valdosta in 1999.She was a...

Norma Mary Knuth Smith

Norma Mary Knuth Smith

Jan 17, 2017

Norma Mary Knuth Smith, 79, of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 at the home she shared with her husband of 42 years, Dr. Randall L. Smith. She was born on January 31st, 1937, in Miles, Iowa to the late Hans & Nellie (Patterson) Knuth. She graduated from Lost Nation High School (Lost Nation, Iowa) in 1954 and from...

Dr. Lilam Mohan Seth

Dr. Lilam Mohan Seth

Jan 16, 2017

Dr. Lilam Mohan Seth, 52, wife of Dr. Prem Kumar, passed away peacefully in her home on January 16, 2017 in Valdosta, GA. She is survived by her children, Dr. Mudit Chowdhary and Ms. Aneesha Chowdhary, and her daughter-in-law, Dr. Akansha Chowdhary.Lilam was born in India on April 12, 1964 to Meena R. Seth and the late Madan M. Seth....

Anne  Stanford  Dasher

Anne Stanford Dasher

Jan 15, 2017

Anne Stanford Dasher, 84, of Lake Park, GA passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 after a brief illness. Mrs. Dasher was born on November 14, 1932, in Tyty, GA to the late R.P. & Lucy Hutchinson Stanford. She graduated from Pine Grove High School in 1950 before attending Southern Business School in Atlanta. Anne was a faithful member of...

Leo  Fred  Wells, Jr.

Leo Fred Wells, Jr.

Jan 15, 2017

Leo Fred Wells, Jr. 95, of Valdosta, died Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Arbor Terrace of Johns Creek, Georgia where he had been in residence for a little over a year. Mr. Wells was born in Valdosta, Georgia on March 19, 1921 to the late Leo Fred Wells, Sr. and Orpa Lee Lawson Wells. Leo graduated from Valdosta High School...

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