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Dr. Earl W. Swank
Jan 1, 2017
Dr. Earl W. Swank, 75, of Valdosta passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Swank was born in Perry, Missouri on February 8, 1941 to the late Earl and Elois Swank. Dr. Swank was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lake Park and the Adult 4 Sunday School Class. He...
Georgia Ethel Webb Snow
Dec 31, 2016
Georgia Ethel Webb Snow, 90, of Valdosta, and formerly of Dixie and Lake Park, died on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Heritage House Nursing Home. Born in Valdosta on December 6, 1926, to the late Charles Silas & Effie Lee Exum Webb, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Snow worked for many years as a dietician...
Doris Oneal Clifton Sheppard
Dec 31, 2016
Doris Oneal Clifton Sheppard, 86, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 31, 2016, following a lengthy illness. Born in Lakeland to the late Barney & Katie Cribb Clifton, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Sheppard was a homemaker and a member of Northside Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Linda Ray Paul, of Valdosta, Pamela Sue Gable...
Florence Bollin
Dec 30, 2016
Florence Bollin, 88, of Valdosta died Friday, December 30, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 29, 1928 in New Paltz, NY to the late John J. and Alida Miller. Mrs. Bollin was a homemaker.She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Doug and Wanda Bollin, daughter in law, Amber Bollin, son in law,...
Albert "Al" Sidney Hall, Iii
Dec 28, 2016
Albert Sidney Hall III, 74, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in San Mateo, California, on August 19, 1942, to the late Albert S. Hall Jr. and Anna Elizabeth Osborn Hall. A pilot and veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Hall was an avid reader and enjoyed computers. He...
Robert C. Adkins, Jr.
Dec 28, 2016
Robert C. Adkins, Jr., 63, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 27, 1953 in Folkston, Charlton County, GA to Robert Charles Adkins and Ruth Walton Templeton Adkins. Robert was retired from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department after thirty five years of service. He began his career with the Charlton...
Leroy Southall
Dec 27, 2016
Leroy Southall, 91, of Hahira died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, GA. He was born on September 28, 1925 in Clyattville, GA to the late James Irvin Southall and Nina Bell Gravitt Southall. Mr. Southall served in the United States Army during World War II. He was retired from Owens-Illinois after thirty three and a...
Orene Mosley
Dec 27, 2016
Orene P. Mosley, 84, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House after a sudden illness. Born in Toombs County, GA to the late Frank Gordon & Ruth Slocum Padgett, she had lived in this area for the past 46 years. Mrs. Mosley grew up in the Toombs & Emmanuel County and her dad worked as...
Kathleen Stewart Andrikaitis
Dec 25, 2016
Kathleen Stewart Andrikaitis, 54, died on Sunday, December 25, 2016, at her residence in Valdosta, GA. She was born on November 15, 1962, in Chicago, IL, to Gail Smith and the late Roy Stewart. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Andrikaitis, her mother, Gail Smith, her sister, Brenda Lister, and her brother, Roy Stewart. A memorial service will be scheduled at...
Willis Merle Terry
Dec 25, 2016
Willis Merle Terry, 93, of Lake Park, GA died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Langdale Hospice. He was one of eight children born in Albany, GA on June 14, 1923 to the late Alton Marmaduke, Sr. and Morning (Mona) Webb Terry and was reared in Alapaha, GA. Mr. Terry was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and retired from...
Donald Gilbert Dukes
Dec 24, 2016
Donald Gilbert Dukes, 81, of Statenville, died on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Piedmont Hospital in Jasper, Ga. He was born on November 6, 1935 in Jasper, Florida to the late Troy and Mavel Dedge Dukes. He was self-employed in the timber industry his whole life and then served as the Echols County Road Superintendent. He was a member of...
David Carl Watkins, Jr.
Dec 23, 2016
David Carl Watkins, Jr. 79, of Valdosta died Friday, December 23, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on September 22, 1937 to the late David Carl, Sr. and Jimmie Lee Southall Watkins and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Watkins was a Baptist and retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after forty one years of...
Ruth Ann (Hodge) Coester
Dec 23, 2016
Ruth Ann (Hodge) Coester, passed away at her residence, December 23, 2016, as she baked her annual Christmas treats for family and friends. She worked as a customer service supervisor for Bath Craft/Jacuzzi bath products for almost 30 years. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Valdosta, Georgia. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, sister,...
Ruby Platt Whaley
Dec 22, 2016
A "Celebration of Life" gathering is planned for Ruby Platt Whaley on Wednesday, January 11, at 5 P.M. in the afternoon in the Parish Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church in Gatlinburg. Friends and family will gather to remember and share; a reception will follow. Graveside services for Ruby Platt Whaley, 97, of Gatlinburg, TN, formerly of Valdosta, will be held...
Gladys Faye Johnson
Dec 22, 2016
Gladys Faye Johnson, 90, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her home. She was born on June 23, 1926 in Niota, Tennessee to the late Mose and Preshia Crush Richeson and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Johnson was retired salesperson with Fads-N-Fashion and loved working in her yard. Survivors include her daughter and son in...
Frances Vinson Fisher
Dec 22, 2016
Frances Vinson Fisher, 100, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 11, 1916 in Valdosta to the late Thomas Marvin and Bessie Wilson Vinson and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Fisher was a member of the First United Methodist Church and retired from Vinson's Drug Store. She was...
Barbara Lowry Pulliam
Dec 21, 2016
Barbara Lowry Pulliam, 83, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on October 25, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana to the late Lepton and Nina Savage Lowry. Mrs. Pulliam was a homemaker and a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and had been involved with the...
Mattie Goodson Szymanski
Dec 21, 2016
Mattie Szymanski, 90, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Miami, FL on September 28, 1926. She moved at an early age to Valdosta. Ms. Szymanski was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goodson, Sr. A graduate of Valdosta High School, she attended business school in Macon and...
Tommy (Red) Fletcher
Dec 21, 2016
Tommy (Red) Fletcher, 51, of Valdosta died December 21st 2016. He was born in Bainbridge, the youngest of five children. He married his wife the former Theresa Kay Davis, and had three daughters.He was self employed, and loved using his skills to help everyone in the community. He worked out of Valdosta, and had recently worked for the past two...
Mary Emily Husbands Zipperer
Dec 20, 2016
Mary Emily Husbands Zipperer, 90, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Langdale Place. Mrs. Zipperer was born on March 5, 1926 at her family's home, on the Old Clyattville Road, to the late Lewis Flynn & Florence Dees Husbands. The home she was born in was a home she would continue to live in almost all...
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