OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Sandy Loyless
May 11, 2017
Sandy Loyless, 72, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died at her home on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Daughter of the late Orland Ward Sr., and Nina Duelle Smith Ward, she was born on September 8, 1943 in Valdosta. As a homemaker, Mrs. Loyless was a devoted wife and a loving mother and grandmother. She was a faithful member of Victory Baptist...
Charles Ray "Woody" Woods, Sr.
May 8, 2017
Charles Ray "Woody" Woods, Sr., 79, of Valdosta, died at his home on Monday, May 08, 2017. Born on October 6, 1937, in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, he was the son of the late, Charlie Y. Wood and Dorothy "Dot" Hayes Wood. A 22 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served his country during the Vietnam Era. A member...

Vernon "Pep" Culpepper
May 7, 2017
Vernon "Pep" Culpepper, 81, of Echols County died Sunday, May 7, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 20, 1936 in Echols County to the late James Euell and Cuba Kinsey Culpepper and was a lifelong resident of Echols County. Mr. Culpepper was a graduate of Echols County High School and a member of the Bethel...

Lenzy V. Hannah
May 6, 2017
Lenzy Virgil Hannah, 75, of Valdosta, went to be with the Lord at Lakehaven Nursing Home on May 6, 2017. He was the son of the late Warren and Viola (Landers) Hannah. Lenzy loved his door company almost as much as his bingo and lottery. If you ever needed to find him it was at the Gold Plate, Elks Club...

Joseph A. Grilla
May 6, 2017
Joseph A. Grilla, 75, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at home. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Inner Perimeter Baptist Church with Pastor Brian Anderson officiating. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Glenn R. Geren
May 4, 2017
Glenn R. Geren, 59, of Valdosta, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at South GA Medical Center. He was born on August 5, 1957 in Bloomington, Indiana to Jerry Harney Geren and Joanna Mae Cline Geren. Glenn was a member of Dasher Church of Christ and Central Church of Christ. He was an honorary member of the Gainesville, GA and Fitzgerald,...
Betty Tomlinson Powell
May 2, 2017
Betty Tomlinson Powell, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on November 18, 1928, to the late Hobson K. and Louise Courson Tomlinson. Mrs. Powell loved the Lord and was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a homemaker and caregiver her entire...

Mamie Ruth Nicholson
May 2, 2017
Mamie Ruth Nicholson, 88, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born on May 4, 1929 in Ray City, GA to the late Richard Ancil Noles and Rosie Virginia Noles. Mrs. Nicholson was a retired homemaker, a member of Forest Park Church of Christ and enjoyed coloring in adult coloring books.She is survived...
Carole Virginia Kellerman
Apr 28, 2017
Carole Virginia Kellerman, 69, of Valdosta died Friday, April 28, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on January 15, 1948 in New York, New York to the late Abraham and Virginia Lane Kellerman and had lived in Valdosta most of her life. Ms. Kellerman attended Crosspointe Church and served for eight years in the United States Army. She...
Virgil Lee Rowland
Apr 28, 2017
Virgil Lee Rowland, 79, of Morven passed away at Presbyterian Home in Quitman on Friday, April 28, 2017. He was born in Sparks, Georgia on October 27, 1937 to the late Jack and Kathleen Martin Rowland. Virgil attended Morrison Baptist Church. He served in the Airforce four years. Virgil enjoyed working with wood and had a green thumb. He was...

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...

Michael Monetti
Apr 27, 2017
Michael Monetti, 70, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa following a sudden illness. He was born on March 1, 1947 in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Americo Matty and Aleene Powles Monetti. He served his country honorably in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict, and in...

Daniel Raybon Bennett
Apr 27, 2017
Daniel Raybon Bennett, 53, of Hahira died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at South GA Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on November 18, 1963 to Carl Ray Bennett and Marcia Sue Katz Bennett. Daniel was a merchant marine and a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church. He was an active volunteer for the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and an...

Ami Marie Gregory Guilliams
Apr 27, 2017
Ami Marie Gregory Guilliams of Valdosta died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House, following a courageous battle with cancer, one of the only battles she ever lost. She was 43. She loved her boys and baseball more than anything, and she touched all she met with her contagious smile and kindness. Ami is survived by her loving husband,...
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...
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...

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...

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...
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...
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...