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

Janet Rohrbach Robinson
Jan 28, 2017
Janet Rohrbach Robinson of Valdosta died Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Fellowship Home in Brooks County, GA. She was born on January 14, 1924 in Selinsgrove, PA to the late Thomas Nelson and Hannah Faye Beistel Rohrbach. Mrs. Robinson was a graduate of Sunbury High School in Sunbury, PA and Susquehanna University of Selinsgrove, PA. Her graduate studies were completed...
Norman W. Simpson
Jan 28, 2017
Norman W. Simpson, 94, of Valdosta, GA went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, January 28, 2017 after several years of declining health. He was born on December 5, 1922 to the late Walter and Marion Folsom Simpson. Mr. Simpson enlisted in the United States Navy in 1941 and was assigned to the "Milwaukee" and stationed in the...
Annie Jewell Wright Mcleod
Jan 24, 2017
Annie Jewell Wright McLeod, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 2, 1928 in Hahira to the late William G. and Annie Lou Hammond Wright. Mrs. McLeod was retired from ITT Metal Products, a retired homemaker and a member of Rosedale Church of God.She is preceded in death by...
Bernice Collier Lovett
Jan 22, 2017
Bernice Collier Lovett, 73, of Jennings, FL, died on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, after a lengthy illness. Born in Echols County to the late Joe & Sallie Rewis Collier, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Lovett grew up in Echols County and graduated from Echols County High School in...
Amanda Lee Rowe
Jan 22, 2017
Amanda Lee Rowe, 41, of Adel, passed away at her home on Sunday morning, January 22, 2017. Born on June 10, 1975, in Valdosta, Amanda was the daughter of Danny Tinsley and Deborah Webb Tinsley. A graduate of Baldwin County High School in Milledgeville, Amanda completed her Bachelors degree from GCSU in Computer Science and graduated from Phoenix University with...
John G. Bolen, Jr.
Jan 21, 2017
John G. Bolen, Jr., 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Valdosta on June 6, 1929 and was the son of the late John G. Bolen, Sr. and the late Virginia Chitty Pennington. Mr. Bolen was a Methodist and retired from ITT Thompson Industries. He served in the U. S. Army...
Gary Don Williams
Jan 20, 2017
Gary Don Williams, 69, of Hahira died Friday, January 20, 2017 at his home. He was born on August 17, 1947 in Carlsbad, New Mexico and had lived in Lowndes County since 1980. Mr. Williams was a member of the Morningside Baptist Church where he sang in the choir and enjoyed teaching Sunday School. He was a DARE Officer and...
Dave Huffman
Jan 18, 2017
Dave Huffman, 61, of Hahira, GA unexpectedly passed away, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at his residence. He was born on November 16, 1955 in Lackawana, New York to the late Thomas Huffman and the late Sarajane Fitzsimons Beach. He proudly served his country in the US Army for 22 years. His final military years were served with the 160th SOAR...
Doris Lillian Parke
Jan 18, 2017
Doris Lillian Parke, 81, of Lake Park, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. She was born in Savannah, Georgia on October 26, 1935 to the late Charles and Ruby Freeman Garrard. She lived in Jacksonville, Florida for several years where she received an Associate's Degree and worked as a...
Joseph Ivey (Joe) Register
Jan 17, 2017
Joseph Ivey (Joe) Register, 82, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. Born on August 5, 1934 in Burgaw, North Carolina, the youngest of 16 children, to the late Joseph Edward and Eva Carolyn Gregory Register. Upon the death of his mother, he was raised by an older...
Judith A. Clark
Jan 17, 2017
Judith A. Clark, 73, of Valdosta, Georgia died on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born on June 22, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Paul and Lucille Gleason Peterson. She worked at Eastern Suffolk B.O.C.E.S. on Long Island, NY for many years and moved to Valdosta in 1999.She was a...
Norma Mary Knuth Smith
Jan 17, 2017
Norma Mary Knuth Smith, 79, of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 at the home she shared with her husband of 42 years, Dr. Randall L. Smith. She was born on January 31st, 1937, in Miles, Iowa to the late Hans & Nellie (Patterson) Knuth. She graduated from Lost Nation High School (Lost Nation, Iowa) in 1954 and from...
Dr. Lilam Mohan Seth
Jan 16, 2017
Dr. Lilam Mohan Seth, 52, wife of Dr. Prem Kumar, passed away peacefully in her home on January 16, 2017 in Valdosta, GA. She is survived by her children, Dr. Mudit Chowdhary and Ms. Aneesha Chowdhary, and her daughter-in-law, Dr. Akansha Chowdhary.Lilam was born in India on April 12, 1964 to Meena R. Seth and the late Madan M. Seth....
Leo Fred Wells, Jr.
Jan 15, 2017
Leo Fred Wells, Jr. 95, of Valdosta, died Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Arbor Terrace of Johns Creek, Georgia where he had been in residence for a little over a year. Mr. Wells was born in Valdosta, Georgia on March 19, 1921 to the late Leo Fred Wells, Sr. and Orpa Lee Lawson Wells. Leo graduated from Valdosta High School...
Shirley Cooper Dame
Jan 15, 2017
Shirley Cooper Dame, 80, lifelong resident of Valdosta, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 15, 2017. Born in Brooks County, Georgia, on October 14, 1936, she was the daughter of the late C. I. and Alice Crosby Cooper. She moved to Valdosta at an early age and in 1953 she met and began dating William Dame. Shirley...
Anne Stanford Dasher
Jan 15, 2017
Anne Stanford Dasher, 84, of Lake Park, GA passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 after a brief illness. Mrs. Dasher was born on November 14, 1932, in Tyty, GA to the late R.P. & Lucy Hutchinson Stanford. She graduated from Pine Grove High School in 1950 before attending Southern Business School in Atlanta. Anne was a faithful member of...
Sarah Jeanette Tucker
Jan 13, 2017
Sarah Jeanette Tucker passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017, in Statenville, GA, Born in Homerville, GA on December 24, 1947 to the late Joseph Austin and Lonnie Smith Joyce. She is preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Jean Young and Geraldine Theriot.Survivors include her son, Donald Ray Joyce of Statenville; daughter and son-in-law, Natasha and Dustin Dixon...
H. Joe Kendrick
Jan 13, 2017
Joe Kendrick died January 13, 2017 at his Tallahassee home after a short but courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 24, 1938 to the late Harry E. and Willouise Lawson Kendrick. Joe is survived by his wife of 54 years, Maxine Tillman Kendrick; children, Robert Kendrick (Renea) and Jennifer Sasser (Kenneth); two grandchildren, Ashley Sasser and John Sasser...
Janice Carolyn Warren Smith Roark
Jan 12, 2017
Janice Carolyn Warren Smith Roark, 74, of Clyattville, GA died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 29, 1942 in Hahira, GA to the late Dave and Mae P. Warren. Mrs. Roark was a retired cosmetologist and a member of Harvest Church of God.She is survived by her husband, Everett P. Roark, Jr....
Mabel "Midge" Sharp
Jan 12, 2017
Mabel "Midge" Sharp, 80, of Valdosta went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 26, 1936 in Fairmont, West Virginia to the late Paul R. and Alice Clayton Gripper. Mrs. Sharp was a retired nurse and a private home health care provider. She...