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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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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)...
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....
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...
Charlene Blanton
Apr 5, 2017
Charlene Courtenay Blanton, 83, Orlando, passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Born in Cornelia, GA, she was the daughter of the late Alene McCorvey Courtenay and William Calvin Courtenay. She is survived by her devoted family, daughters Belinda Blanton Gowen and Vicki Blanton, grandchildren Joshua DeLoach, Angela Gowen, Elijah DeLoach, Karen Gowen and six great grandchildren, and brother Dr. Bradley...
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...
David Taylor
Apr 4, 2017
David Taylor, 41, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Born in Valdosta, GA., on July 28, 1975 he was the son of Linda S. (Spells) and the late Carrol W. Taylor. After graduating from high school, he attended Val Tech to become a commercial driver. David loved hunting for arrowheads, fishing, being outdoors and spending time with...
James W. Bonner
Apr 1, 2017
James W. Bonner, 62, of Valdosta passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 at his beloved farm. He was born on May 14, 1954 in Valdosta, son of the late Jefferson McKay Bonner and Clarice Sims Bonner Yates. James graduated from Valdosta High School where he was involved with the Valdosta High Marchin Cats. After high school, James began career with...
Peggy Passmore Wilkes
Mar 31, 2017
Peggy Louise Passmore Wilkes, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday March 31, 2017, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on August 13, 1952, in Hahira, Georgia, to the late Robert Alexander (Bobby) Passmore and Louise Griffin Passmore. Peggy's husband of 45 years is Terry Thompson Wilkes of Valdosta.Peggy graduated from Lowndes High School where she was an...
Johnny T. Cooper
Mar 30, 2017
Johnny T. Cooper, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017 following a short illness. Born in Nashville, GA., on March 28, 1937, he was the son of the late Dewey Lee Cooper and Mary Lanier. Mr. Cooper was a self-employed owner of an auto paint and body shop. He was a real people person who never met...
Lilla West "Sis" May
Mar 30, 2017
Lilla West "Sis" May, 91, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 26, 2017. She was born on April 12, 1925 to the late William Stanley West, Jr. and Lillia Mae Webb West. Lilla West "Sis" May was the last living grandchild of U.S. Senator William Stanley West, who built The Crescent and was a founding father of what...
Marjorie June Nielsen
Mar 29, 2017
Marjorie June Nielsen, 93, of Valdosta and formerly of Roseville, CA, passed away on March 29, 2017, at Fellowship Home following a short illness. Born in Philadelphia, PA on June 21, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Ethel Ford Cone. A homemaker, Mrs. Nielsen was an avid reader, loved traveling and enjoyed the performing arts. Preceded...
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