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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Robert C. Adkins, Jr.
Dec 28, 2016
Robert C. Adkins, Jr., 63, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 27, 1953 in Folkston, Charlton County, GA to Robert Charles Adkins and Ruth Walton Templeton Adkins. Robert was retired from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department after thirty five years of service. He began his career with the Charlton...
Leroy Southall
Dec 27, 2016
Leroy Southall, 91, of Hahira died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, GA. He was born on September 28, 1925 in Clyattville, GA to the late James Irvin Southall and Nina Bell Gravitt Southall. Mr. Southall served in the United States Army during World War II. He was retired from Owens-Illinois after thirty three and a...
Orene Mosley
Dec 27, 2016
Orene P. Mosley, 84, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House after a sudden illness. Born in Toombs County, GA to the late Frank Gordon & Ruth Slocum Padgett, she had lived in this area for the past 46 years. Mrs. Mosley grew up in the Toombs & Emmanuel County and her dad worked as...
Kathleen Stewart Andrikaitis
Dec 25, 2016
Kathleen Stewart Andrikaitis, 54, died on Sunday, December 25, 2016, at her residence in Valdosta, GA. She was born on November 15, 1962, in Chicago, IL, to Gail Smith and the late Roy Stewart. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Andrikaitis, her mother, Gail Smith, her sister, Brenda Lister, and her brother, Roy Stewart. A memorial service will be scheduled at...
Willis Merle Terry
Dec 25, 2016
Willis Merle Terry, 93, of Lake Park, GA died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Langdale Hospice. He was one of eight children born in Albany, GA on June 14, 1923 to the late Alton Marmaduke, Sr. and Morning (Mona) Webb Terry and was reared in Alapaha, GA. Mr. Terry was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and retired from...
Donald Gilbert Dukes
Dec 24, 2016
Donald Gilbert Dukes, 81, of Statenville, died on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Piedmont Hospital in Jasper, Ga. He was born on November 6, 1935 in Jasper, Florida to the late Troy and Mavel Dedge Dukes. He was self-employed in the timber industry his whole life and then served as the Echols County Road Superintendent. He was a member of...
Ruth Ann (Hodge) Coester
Dec 23, 2016
Ruth Ann (Hodge) Coester, passed away at her residence, December 23, 2016, as she baked her annual Christmas treats for family and friends. She worked as a customer service supervisor for Bath Craft/Jacuzzi bath products for almost 30 years. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Valdosta, Georgia. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, sister,...
David Carl Watkins, Jr.
Dec 23, 2016
David Carl Watkins, Jr. 79, of Valdosta died Friday, December 23, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on September 22, 1937 to the late David Carl, Sr. and Jimmie Lee Southall Watkins and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Watkins was a Baptist and retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after forty one years of...
Gladys Faye Johnson
Dec 22, 2016
Gladys Faye Johnson, 90, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her home. She was born on June 23, 1926 in Niota, Tennessee to the late Mose and Preshia Crush Richeson and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Johnson was retired salesperson with Fads-N-Fashion and loved working in her yard. Survivors include her daughter and son in...
Ruby Platt Whaley
Dec 22, 2016
A "Celebration of Life" gathering is planned for Ruby Platt Whaley on Wednesday, January 11, at 5 P.M. in the afternoon in the Parish Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church in Gatlinburg. Friends and family will gather to remember and share; a reception will follow. Graveside services for Ruby Platt Whaley, 97, of Gatlinburg, TN, formerly of Valdosta, will be held...
Frances Vinson Fisher
Dec 22, 2016
Frances Vinson Fisher, 100, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 11, 1916 in Valdosta to the late Thomas Marvin and Bessie Wilson Vinson and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Fisher was a member of the First United Methodist Church and retired from Vinson's Drug Store. She was...
Mattie Goodson Szymanski
Dec 21, 2016
Mattie Szymanski, 90, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Miami, FL on September 28, 1926. She moved at an early age to Valdosta. Ms. Szymanski was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goodson, Sr. A graduate of Valdosta High School, she attended business school in Macon and...
Barbara Lowry Pulliam
Dec 21, 2016
Barbara Lowry Pulliam, 83, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on October 25, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana to the late Lepton and Nina Savage Lowry. Mrs. Pulliam was a homemaker and a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and had been involved with the...
Tommy (Red) Fletcher
Dec 21, 2016
Tommy (Red) Fletcher, 51, of Valdosta died December 21st 2016. He was born in Bainbridge, the youngest of five children. He married his wife the former Theresa Kay Davis, and had three daughters.He was self employed, and loved using his skills to help everyone in the community. He worked out of Valdosta, and had recently worked for the past two...
Mary Emily Husbands Zipperer
Dec 20, 2016
Mary Emily Husbands Zipperer, 90, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Langdale Place. Mrs. Zipperer was born on March 5, 1926 at her family's home, on the Old Clyattville Road, to the late Lewis Flynn & Florence Dees Husbands. The home she was born in was a home she would continue to live in almost all...
Marjorie M. Sharpe
Dec 16, 2016
Marjorie M. Sharpe, 94, of Hahira died Friday, December 16, 2016 at Southern Senior Retirement in Adel. She was born on March 14, 1922 in Lenox, GA to the late Roland Andrew Walker and Jane Melissa Robinson Walker. Mrs. Sharpe was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Barney.She is survived by her daughter, Janie Lou Jones...
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr.
Dec 13, 2016
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr. of Valdosta, Georgia, died on December 13, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 19, 1956, in Casablanca, Morocco, the son of the late Robert Carroll Smith, Sr., and Betty Jane Brooks Smith. Survivors include his wife, Terri Keeling of Valdosta, step-children - Jessica Williams and Matthew Perry;, step- granddaughter - Sydney...
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr.
Dec 13, 2016
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr. of Valdosta, Georgia, died on December 13, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 19, 1956, in Casablanca, Morocco, the son of the late Robert Carroll Smith, Sr., and Betty Jane Brooks Smith. Survivors include his wife, Terri Keeling of Valdosta, step-children - Jessica Williams and Matthew Perry; step- granddaughter - Sydney...
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr.
Dec 13, 2016
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr., 59, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 19, 1956 in Casablanca, Morocco, the son of the late Robert Carroll Smith, Sr., and Betty Jane Brooks Smith. He was a programmer for channel 44 and a member of the Southern Artist League. Survivors include...
Ernest "Chucky" Passmore
Dec 11, 2016
Ernest "Chucky" Passmore, 76, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at his residence following a short illness. He was born on May 5, 1940 in Barney, Georgia to the late Christopher and Ella Lee Omens Passmore and has been a resident of this area all of his life. Chucky loved to watch westerns on T.V., and eat...
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