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"Teeny" Ruby Carter Cowart
Oct 6, 2016
Teeny Cowart was an effortless hostess and committed to making life better for children and the needy. Strangers showed up at her door suitcases in hand needing bed and board. In the 1950s working African- American mothers needed day care for their children. Trinity United Methodist Church needed a kindergarten director. Mrs. Cowart stepped up and met every need. A...
Beatrice Bentley Duggan Binion
Oct 2, 2016
Beatrice Bentley Duggan Binion, 68, of Valdosta, died Sunday, October 2, 2016 at Langdale Hospice. She was born on July 9, 1948 in Dorton, KY to the late Ermon, Sr. and Mabel Bentley. Ms. Binion was a retired baker from Crackin Good Bakery and a member of Morven Church of Christ.She is survived by her daughter, Tammie Duggan Welch of...
Ruth Tucker Reynolds
Oct 1, 2016
Julia Ruth Tucker Reynolds, 75, of Valdosta died Saturday, October 1, 2016 at her residence. She was born on December 27, 1940 in Dooly County, GA to the late Julian Ray Tucker and Mary Lee Ward Tucker. Ruth was a social worker at LARC and a member of Pleasant Way Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Jim Reynolds of...
Doris F. Sumner
Sep 30, 2016
Doris F. Sumner, 87, of Hahira Georgia died on Friday, September 30, 2016 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on August 14, 1929 to the late Etheridge and Corine Futch Fielding and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Sumner was the Manager of Allied Department Store in Adel and Valdosta Georgia. She also worked in the...
Nancy Sue Cunningham
Sep 30, 2016
Nancy Sue Cunningham, of Lake Park, died on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Clarice Tolbert Atkinson. Mrs. Cunningham was a homemaker and a member of the Lake Park Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, James B. Cunningham of Lake Park; daughters and sons in...
George William (Cowboy) Connell
Sep 29, 2016
George William (Cowboy) Connell, 71, of Valdosta died on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 3, 1945 in Tampa, Florida to the late Earl and Carol Sumlin Connell. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served his country during the Viet Nam War. Mr. Connell had been...
Virginia Burns Patten
Sep 29, 2016
Virginia Burns Patten, 93, died Thursday, September 29, 2016 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, Florida after a lengthy illness. She was born in Carroll County, Georgia on December 4, 1922 to the late Joseph Alfred and Georgia Dee Moore Burns.She and her husband moved to Valdosta in 1948 and resided in Valdosta until moving to Albany in 1996. Virginia...
Dena Allen
Sep 27, 2016
Dena Allen, 56, of Naylor died Tuesday, September 27, 2016. She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 13, 1960 and had lived in this area for many years. Ms. Allen was a member of the Naylor Baptist Church and was employed with NAPA Auto Parts for twenty six years. She loved her car, drag racing, spending time...
Dr. Jason L. Meadors
Sep 27, 2016
Jason Lawrence Meadors, 91, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 26, 2016 at his home. Born in LaGrange Georgia on August 23, 1925, he was the son of the late Leon Lawrence Meadors and Mary Kate Owensby Meadors. He received a B.S. from Emory University in 1945 and graduated from Emory University Medical School in 1948. Dr. Meadors served his...
Karen Duke Postel
Sep 27, 2016
Karen Duke Postel, 68, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born on June 29, 1948 in Tallassee, Alabama to the late Murray Duke, Sr. and Rosalie Nummy Duke. She attended Auburn University. Karen spent most of her life working with sales companies, also volunteering with the Literacy Volunteer program...
Helen Mingledorff Gambill
Sep 26, 2016
Helen Mingledorff Gambill of Moultrie, Georgia, late of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away on Monday night, September 26, 2016, at the age of 101 years, after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, and camping partner, T.D. Gambill of Valdosta. Helen grew up in Douglas, Georgia, the daughter of the late Judge G.H. and...
William B. "Bill" Houck
Sep 26, 2016
William B. Houck, 92, of Valdosta died Monday, September 26, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Houck was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on June 20, 1924 to the late Calvin B. and Margaret McGuire Houck. Mr. Houck was a resident of Roanoke, Virginia for sixty years before moving to Valdosta ten years ago. He was a veteran of...
Otis Gray Ricketts, Jr.
Sep 25, 2016
Otis Gray Ricketts, Jr., 96, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, September 25, 2016. Otis was born on 29 February 1920 in Lamison, Wilcox County, Alabama to the late Otis Gray and Sadie Mae Ricketts. Otis and Evelyn Sewell were married on 26 November 1938 in Camden, Alabama and lived a full and happy life together until her death in February...
Joseph Thomas Haran
Sep 25, 2016
Joseph Thomas Haran, 85, of Valdosta died Sunday, September 25, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 17, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois to the late George and Margaret Clarke Haran and had lived in Maryland for many years before moving to Valdosta one year ago. Mr. Haran attended St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and retired...
James Ethridge Fielding
Sep 24, 2016
James Ethridge Fielding, 73, of Lake Park died surrounded by family, Saturday, September 24, 2016 at his residence. He was born on November 28, 1942 in Valdosta to the late William Starling Fielding and Dorothy Iona Tomlinson Fielding. Ethridge worked for The Langdale Company for 29 years. He was a Mason and member of Alapaha Masonic Lodge # 209. Ethridge...
Steven Lee Chambers
Sep 23, 2016
Steven Lee Chambers, 31, of Lake Park passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident in Colquitt County. He was born on July 28, 1985 in Valdosta. Steven was a technician for J & J Equipment in Perry, FL. He loved his nephew, Gray, enjoyed fishing and loved animals.Steven is survived by his parents,...
Virginia Copeland Drumheller
Sep 22, 2016
Virginia Copeland Drumheller, 89, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, September 22, 2016. Born in Valdosta on February 22, 1927, to the late James B. & Wynelle Varnedoe Copeland, she was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Educated in the Valdosta City Schools, she went on to attend Georgia State College for Women, now Valdosta State University, where she was a charter...
Ashanti Jade Brinson
Sep 22, 2016
Ashanti Jade Brinson was stillborn Thursday, September 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She is the daughter of Tracey Brinson of Valdosta and Jammie Gervin of Pelham. Her auntie is Stacey Brinson of Thomasville and her cousin is Clarence Lundy III of Thomasville.A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, September 30, 2016 at two p. m. at McLane...
Leslie Ann Harpe
Sep 20, 2016
Leslie Ann Harpe, 57, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Waycross Mayo Clinic. She was born on July 26, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas to Dr. James Thomas Page, Jr. and the late Mary Simmons Page and had lived in Valdosta for forty years. Mrs. Harpe was a Senior Systems Analyst with South Georgia Medical Center. She was...
Helen James Cunningham
Sep 19, 2016
Helen James Cunningham, 73, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 19, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. She was born on December 12, 1942 to the late Rufus and Lucille Smith James. She was a homemaker and a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church. She exhibited a true servants heart to everyone she came in contact with...
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