OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Bettie Herring Dickey

Bettie Herring Dickey

Dec 10, 2016

Bettie Herring Dickey, 91, of Lake Park died Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on March 9, 1925 in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Addie Cole Herring Pevehouse and lived in this area since 1954. Mrs. Dickey was an active member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church and the Lake Park Pathfinders until...

Charles Jackson Norris

Charles Jackson Norris

Dec 9, 2016

Charles Jackson Norris, 89, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on December 9, 2016, at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick, Georgia, following a short illness. He was born on August 9, 1927, in Jesup, Georgia, the son of Janie and John Eber Norris. He graduated from Auburn University where he received his degree in architecture. He married Barbara Bowman and...

Debbie  Marrone

Debbie Marrone

Dec 8, 2016

Debbie Marrone, 60, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Greenville, Alabama on October 12, 1956 to Herman Jones and the late Nellie Mae Yancey Jones. She grew up as an Army brat and lived in many different parts of the world. Debbie worked as a Forensic Scientist at...

Thelma Adele Smith

Thelma Adele Smith

Dec 8, 2016

Thelma Adele Smith, 84, of Echols County died Thursday, December 8, 2016 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. She was born in Miami, Florida on November 22, 1932 to the late James Augustus and May Love Aldrich Moore. Mrs. Smith was an agent with Independent Life Insurance Company and a member of Statenville Baptist Church.Survivors include her son and daughter...

Katherine L.  Cooper

Katherine L. Cooper

Dec 8, 2016

Katherine L. Cooper, 54, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 8, 2016, following a short illness. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on December 30, 1961, Kathy was formerly of Atlanta. She attended Park Avenue United Methodist Church and worked in the cleaning business. Her love of cleaning was evident in each home or office she cleaned, from baseboards to windows....

Christine (Chris) Lackey

Christine (Chris) Lackey

Dec 7, 2016

Christine (Chris) Lackey, 95, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at South GA Medical Center. She was born on April 25, 1921 in Meridian, MS to the late Frank and Helen Dalton Jeffares. Mrs. Lackey was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Albany, GA and was very active there since 1964. She retired from the Dougherty County Family...

Berl D. Pulliam

Berl D. Pulliam

Dec 7, 2016

Berl D. Pulliam, 84, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 12, 1932 in Effingham, Illinois to the late Russell and Clara Pagel Pulliam. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the time of the Korean Conflict. He retired from PCA...

Edith  Vaughn Shepherd

Edith Vaughn Shepherd

Dec 7, 2016

Edith Maude Catharine Vaughn Shepherd passed away December 7, 2016 after a brief illness. A Georgia resident since 1958, Edith spent most of her life in Valdosta, but lived in Atlanta from 1995 until 2006. Born March 31, 1925 in Shreveport, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Col. Sidney Joseph Vaughn, Sr. and Maude Sterns Watkins Vaughn. Her husband of...

Jo Ann Hartman

Jo Ann Hartman

Dec 7, 2016

Jo Ann Hartman, 82, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 7, 2016 in Atlanta with her family by her side.Jo Ann was born June 29, 1934 in Lake Park, Georgia to Rena Lavirl Zipperer Hall and James Everett "Red" Hall.Jo Ann was a lifelong public servant having served her community, her students, her church and professional organizations. Jo Ann proved her...

Carol Myers Condrey

Carol Myers Condrey

Dec 6, 2016

Carol Myers Condrey, 84, of Ray City, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Augusta University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. She was born on July 28, 1932 in Elwood, Kansas to the late Earl and Teresa Hokenhauer Townsend. She was a homemaker and a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church where she was involved with the Fellowship Sunday...

Elliot Bergman

Elliot Bergman

Dec 6, 2016

Elliot Bergman, 86, of Valdosta, a caring father, grandfather, husband and brother, passed away on December 6. He was an active, positive and inquisitive man who took great joy in helping others and spent his lifetime contributing to the betterment of the world through advancements in science.Elliot was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York by his parents Louis and...

Marie Grimes

Marie Grimes

Dec 6, 2016

Marie Grimes, 87, of Clyattville died on Tuesday, December 06, 2016 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on November 6, 1929 in Douglas, Georgia to the late Randolph and Estelle Griffin Solomon and had lived in Clyattville for many years. Mrs. Grimes worked at Clyattville Elementary School and was an EMT with the Clyattville Volunteer Fire Department. She was...

Barry Burns Belanger

Barry Burns Belanger

Dec 5, 2016

BARRY BURNS BELANGER, a resident of Valdosta, Georgia and native of Louisiana, died at South Georgia Medical Center, on Monday, December 5, 2016. He was born in Morgan City, Louisiana, on July 21, 1941. He graduated from Louisiana State University receiving BA and MBA degrees. He served honorably in the United States Army during the Viet Nam era. He was...

Hazel F. Hewett

Hazel F. Hewett

Dec 3, 2016

Hazel F. Hewett, 77, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 3, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 12, 1939 in Hattiesburg, MS to the late Frederick Myer Flatau and Hazel Lee Burke Flatau. Mrs. Hewett worked in the Valdosta State University library and was a Methodist.She is survived by her husband, Ricky Hewett of Valdosta and...

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...

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...

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...