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

Robert Charles Keeling

Robert Charles Keeling

Dec 3, 2016

Robert Charles Keeling, 66, of Quitman died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. Charles worked for Jimmy Davis, Inc. starting from the age of 14 for 27 years. He then continued his next 26 years as a self-employed entrepreneur in appliance maintenance and repair. His greatest accomplishment and happiness came with his 37 year marriage to Darlene...

Irma Lucille Adams Mckey

Irma Lucille Adams Mckey

Dec 2, 2016

Mrs. I. Lucille Adams McKey passed away in the early morning hour of December 2, 2016 at the age of 92. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Robert Wilburn McKey, Sr., MD. Together they made their home in Metairie, La. for 62 years. Mrs. McKey is survived by two sons, Robert W. McKey, Jr. (Judith...

Anne Elmore

Anne Elmore

Dec 1, 2016

Anne Elmore, 82, of Lake Park died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on June 17, 1934 in Alum Creek, West Virginia to the late Denzil J. Mannon and Venie Crawford Mannon. Mrs. Elmore was a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church. She was a Realtor and retired from The Herndon Company in 2009....

David  Kenneth Kaeck

David Kenneth Kaeck

Nov 30, 2016

David Kenneth Kaeck died at 73 years of age on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, after a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his parents Mae Lorene (Hart) Kaeck and Kenneth S. Kaeck as well as by his nephew, Matthew N. Kaeck, who left us only a year ago. To honor his life and lament his passing are his...

David Kenneth Kaeck

David Kenneth Kaeck

Nov 30, 2016

David Kenneth Kaeck died at 73 years of age on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 after a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mae Lorene (Hart) Kaeck and Kenneth S. Kaeck as well as by his nephew, Matthew N. Kaeck who left us only a year ago. To honor his life and lament his passing are his...

Louise Yale Sainz

Louise Yale Sainz

Nov 30, 2016

Louise Yale Sainz, 93, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, peacefully after a short illness. She was born in Valdosta to the late Arthur T. & Mae Elizabeth Yale, and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Sainz grew up in Valdosta and graduated from Valdosta High School, after high school, she briefly worked at Kress Department...

Mary Jane Henderson Mcgonagle

Mary Jane Henderson Mcgonagle

Nov 29, 2016

Mary Jane Henderson McGonagle, 74, of Pensacola, Florida died Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 13, 1942 in Panama City, Florida to the late Douglas G., Sr. and Vivian Woodham Henderson and had lived most of her life in Pensacola, Florida. Mrs. McGonagle was an administrator with the American Cancer Society and...

Blanche Grinstead Blanton

Blanche Grinstead Blanton

Nov 28, 2016

Blanche G. Blanton, 88, of Clyattville, died Monday, November 28, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Suwanee County, FL on January 15, 1928 to the late George James Grinstead and Henrietta Jackson Grinstead. Ms. Blanton was a seamstress. She was a member of the United Methodist Women at Clyattville United Methodist Church and a member of the...

D. Max Trantham

D. Max Trantham

Nov 26, 2016

D. Max Trantham, 85, of Valdosta, died suddenly, on Saturday, November 26, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jacksonville, Alabama on December 13, 1930, he was the son of the late Elidge and Flora Evans Trantham. Growing up in Jacksonville, he attended Jacksonville Public Schools, where he played basketball and did not miss a single day of school...

Anna Register

Anna Register

Nov 25, 2016

Anna Register, 81, of Lake Park, died on Friday, November 25, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on March 20, 1935 in Mataro, Spain to the late Guillermo and Esperonza Subaru Dreher. Mrs. Register was a survivor of WWII as she along with her family had many close encounters with Nazi SS troops while living in Czechoslovakia. Their...

Gordon  Ludwig  Sandberg

Gordon Ludwig Sandberg

Nov 22, 2016

Gordon Ludwig Sandberg, 74, of Lakeland, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center. Formerly of Oxford, Massachusetts, he was born in Worcester and was the son of the late, William H. and Mabel Embair Sandberg. Mr. Sandberg was an Army Veteran and was an iron worker with Condon and Carpenter. He loved to hunt, fish and...

Geraldine P. Cook

Geraldine P. Cook

Nov 22, 2016

Geraldine P. Cook, 84, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. She was born on May 10, 1932 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Harold and Alice Brodeur Pegg. Mrs. Cook had worked with General Motors as a secretary, had been in the real estate business and had worked in Ft....

Beth Ann  Orr

Beth Ann Orr

Nov 22, 2016

Beth Reinhardt Orr, 61, passed away after a long battle with cancer, at her home on November 22, 2016 surrounded by loved ones and her sidekick "Yogi" her bull mastiff. She was born in Maumee, Ohio on February 22, 1955. She was happily married for 44 years to Richard Orr and they had three children, Richard Jr., Shauna, and Jonathan....

Judi "Mama C" Colwell

Judi "Mama C" Colwell

Nov 22, 2016

Judi "Mama C" Colwell, 76, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Jackson, Georgia on February 9, 1940 to the late Lewis and Myrtice Rosser Evans. She retired from Valdosta State University after 20 plus years of service with plant operations. Mrs. Colwell, along with her late husband, was actively...

Shannon Dale Jenkins

Shannon Dale Jenkins

Nov 21, 2016

Shannon Dale Jenkins, 61, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 21, 2016 at Clinch Healthcare following a lengthy illness. She was born in Atlanta on January 18, 1955 to the late Charles and Sara Mewbourne Garrison. She served her country honorably and retired from the United States Air Force. Shannon was one of the first female security police officers stationed...

Ithiel Virginia Cody Harrison

Ithiel Virginia Cody Harrison

Nov 19, 2016

Ithiel Virginia Cody Harrison was born in Griffin, GA to James Hugh and Lola Barker Cody. She grew up in Thomaston, GA. She married the love of her life, Harold E. Harrison on 09/04/1949. Ithiel had been an active member of First United Methodist Church Valdosta until her health no longer permitted. She was a Charter member of the Valdosta...

Julia (Judy) Pearce

Julia (Judy) Pearce

Nov 15, 2016

Julia (Judy) Margaret Pearce, 69, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born on February 1, 1947 in St. Augustine, Florida to the late James and Edris Phillips Becton and has been a resident of this area her whole life. She retired from Carquest after 32 years of...

Lavinia Coody Hammock

Lavinia Coody Hammock

Nov 15, 2016

Lavinia Coody Hammock, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Lowndes County on April 24, 1930 to the late Richard A. and Mattie Zipperer Coody. Mrs. Hammock was a member of the Clyattville United Methodist Church. She loved gardening, quilting, spending time in the mountains and her family.Survivors include her sons...

Evelyn Virginia Griffin Jabon Copeland

Evelyn Virginia Griffin Jabon Copeland

Nov 15, 2016

Evelyn Virginia Griffin Jabon Copeland, 79, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 15, 2016. She was born on May 16, 1937 in Valdosta to the late Reuben B. Griffin and Juanita Ray Griffin. Mrs. Copeland was a Cosmetologist and a Methodist.She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Steve and Melissa Jabon of Atlanta, two daughters, Pamela Jabon of...

Lula Louise Corns

Lula Louise Corns

Nov 14, 2016

Lula Louise Corns, 59, of Lake Park, died at her home on Monday, November 14, 2016. Born on March 30, 1957, in Logan, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Evelyn Morrison Bradley and the late Elmer Bradley. Mrs. Corns was a homemaker and a member of Lifelion Ministries. A real people person, she loved her family and was passionate...

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