OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Glenda  Graham Evans

Glenda Graham Evans

Mar 29, 2017

Glenda Graham Evans, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House with her children by her side. Mrs. Evans was born on September 14, 1928 in Live Oak, Florida to the late Glenn William and Gladys Hamilton Graham. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church where she had served as the President...

Eric Meyer Burk, Jr.

Eric Meyer Burk, Jr.

Mar 28, 2017

Eric Meyer Burk, Jr., 86, of Valdosta was born October 30, 1930 to Eric Meyer and Louse Quirk Burk in Chattanooga, Tennessee and passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Fellowship Home. He graduated from Brown High School in Atlanta, Georgia and then went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1952. He...

Richard Addison Flynt, Sr.

Richard Addison Flynt, Sr.

Mar 26, 2017

Richard Addison (Dick) Flynt, Sr., 89, of Hahira died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his home. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 3, 1928 to the late Worth Addison and Pauline Lambe Flynt and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Flynt was an Insurance Agent with Farm Bureau and a member of the Hahira First...

Joseph Clayton (Joe) Davis

Joseph Clayton (Joe) Davis

Mar 26, 2017

Joseph Clayton (Joe) Davis, 62, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his residence. He was born on February 20, 1955 in Alma, GA. Joe was a devoted husband and father. He was a retired meat market manager having worked at Winn Dixie, Publix and Mr. B's. Joe was a member of Pleasant Way Baptist Church. He was...

Clarence  S. Parker

Clarence S. Parker

Mar 25, 2017

Clarence S. Parker, Col. USAF (Ret.), 96, of Valdosta, died suddenly, on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Col. Parker was born in Houston, Texas on October 7, 1920, a son of the late Jessie Shaffer and Clarence Lyndon Parker. Growing up in Houston in the 1930's, he graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School. While attending college, he began working in...

Seab H. Miller

Seab H. Miller

Mar 23, 2017

Seab H. Miller, 86, of Hahira passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his residence. He was born on August 3, 1930 in Orlando, FL to the late Seab Hunt Miller, Sr. and Floyce Martin Miller. Seab was an educator with the Lowndes County School System. He was an officer in the United States Navy and served during the Korean...

(Frankie) Jean Howell

(Frankie) Jean Howell

Mar 23, 2017

(Frankie) Jean Howell, 85, of Lake Park, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her residence. She was born on December 11, 1931 in Echols County to the late, Joe Sandlin, Sr. and Cuba Carter Sandlin. She was a homemaker, member of Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ, co-owner and operator of Deerwood Grocery for many years.She loved her family, her...

Odel B. Smith

Odel B. Smith

Mar 23, 2017

Odel B. Smith, 93, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her residence following a short illness. She was born on September 27, 1923 in Naylor, Georgia to the late Clance and Anabel Rewis Blanton and has been a resident of this area all her life. She was a retired secretary with the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation and...

Carolyn Husbands Hardee

Carolyn Husbands Hardee

Mar 22, 2017

Carolyn Husbands Hardee, 84 of Valdosta, the wonderful blessed wife of almost sixty years of Ferman Hardee passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center due to complications from emergency surgery and an eight-year battle with dementia. She was born January 24, 1933 the daughter of the late Henry Woodward Husbands and Bamma Thornhill Husbands. When she...

Mary Lou Tomlinson

Mary Lou Tomlinson

Mar 22, 2017

Mary Lou Tomlinson, 75, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Fellowship Home. Born in Cook County to the late Eddie Lee & Mattie Lou Bennett, she grew up in Sparks and attended Cook County High School. She met the love of her life, the late Billy Joe Tomlinson, while in high school. They married and moved to Valdosta...

Florine R. Skoropat

Florine R. Skoropat

Mar 20, 2017

Florine R. Skoropat, 101, of Valdosta died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Baptist Village in Waycross, GA. She was born on October 5, 1915 in Jennings, FL to the late William Rykard and Lyda Corbett Rykard. Mrs. Skoropat was a homemaker and a member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church.She is survived by her son, Philip Skoropat and his...

Hazel Mcdonald Wetherington

Hazel Mcdonald Wetherington

Mar 20, 2017

Hazel McDonald Wetherington, 87, of Valdosta died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Heritage Healthcare. She was born on June 30, 1929 in Lake Park to the late Troy Eddie and Lilly Jordan Hesters and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Wetherington was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and the National Association of Retired Federal...

William Joseph (Joe) Wetherington

William Joseph (Joe) Wetherington

Mar 19, 2017

William Joseph (Joe) Wetherington, 52, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Joe was born in Valdosta on July 12, 1964, grew up here and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1982. While at Valdosta he played football, and was named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Super 11, State...

Martha Sue Peacock Mcmillan

Martha Sue Peacock Mcmillan

Mar 18, 2017

Martha Sue Peacock McMillan, 78, of Lake Park died on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 24, 1938 in Ashburn, Georgia to the late H. Vann and Ruby Barfield Alexander. She was the co-owner of The Paint Store and a member of the First Baptist Church of Lake Park....

Sara Frances  Taylor

Sara Frances Taylor

Mar 18, 2017

Sara Frances Taylor, 80, lifetime resident of Valdosta, passed away following a short illness, on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Lakeland, on October 3, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Margaret Bramlett Faircloth. Frances was a 1955 graduate of Valdosta High School where she was a member of the...

Terry William Jackson

Terry William Jackson

Mar 16, 2017

Terry William Jackson, 61, of Lake Park died on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on March 17, 1955 to the late James and Odell Rainey Jackson and has been a lifelong resident of this area. He had worked with Valdosta State University in Plant Operations and was...

Bonnie L. "Nana" Hinely

Bonnie L. "Nana" Hinely

Mar 16, 2017

Bonnie L. "Nana" Hinely passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017, after a 5-year battle with dementia. She was born August 23, 1923 near Springfield, Missouri, to Otto and Lexie Lindsay. She grew up in a farming community and loved everything to do with the rural county side, including the animals, the smell of cut hay and beautiful flowers. She...

Thomas A Danberger

Thomas A Danberger

Mar 15, 2017

Thomas A. Danberger, 68, of Cecil, formerly of Riverside, CA, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta.He was born on August 5, 1948, in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late Michael and Carolyn (Wolff) Danberger. Thomas worked as a manager for the United States Postal Service. He enjoyed spending time with his beloved family,...

Ronald (Willie) Allen Sutton, Sr.

Ronald (Willie) Allen Sutton, Sr.

Mar 15, 2017

Ronald (Willie) Allen Sutton, Sr., 81, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 surrounded by his family at the Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 15, 1935 in Dasher, Georgia to the late Bernice & Mildred Smith Sutton. He graduated from Clyattville High School and served in the United States Air Force. He farmed...

John R Dixon, Jr.

John R Dixon, Jr.

Mar 15, 2017

John R Dixon, Jr., 91 of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Fellowship Home. He was born in Valdosta on August 22, 1925 to the late John R, Sr. and Carrie Jean Blackman Dixon and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Dixon was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and a retired letter carrier with the United...