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Mary Jane Henderson Mcgonagle
Nov 29, 2016
Mary Jane Henderson McGonagle, 74, of Pensacola, Florida died Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 13, 1942 in Panama City, Florida to the late Douglas G., Sr. and Vivian Woodham Henderson and had lived most of her life in Pensacola, Florida. Mrs. McGonagle was an administrator with the American Cancer Society and...
Blanche Grinstead Blanton
Nov 28, 2016
Blanche G. Blanton, 88, of Clyattville, died Monday, November 28, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Suwanee County, FL on January 15, 1928 to the late George James Grinstead and Henrietta Jackson Grinstead. Ms. Blanton was a seamstress. She was a member of the United Methodist Women at Clyattville United Methodist Church and a member of the...
D. Max Trantham
Nov 26, 2016
D. Max Trantham, 85, of Valdosta, died suddenly, on Saturday, November 26, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jacksonville, Alabama on December 13, 1930, he was the son of the late Elidge and Flora Evans Trantham. Growing up in Jacksonville, he attended Jacksonville Public Schools, where he played basketball and did not miss a single day of school...
Anna Register
Nov 25, 2016
Anna Register, 81, of Lake Park, died on Friday, November 25, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on March 20, 1935 in Mataro, Spain to the late Guillermo and Esperonza Subaru Dreher. Mrs. Register was a survivor of WWII as she along with her family had many close encounters with Nazi SS troops while living in Czechoslovakia. Their...
Gordon Ludwig Sandberg
Nov 22, 2016
Gordon Ludwig Sandberg, 74, of Lakeland, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center. Formerly of Oxford, Massachusetts, he was born in Worcester and was the son of the late, William H. and Mabel Embair Sandberg. Mr. Sandberg was an Army Veteran and was an iron worker with Condon and Carpenter. He loved to hunt, fish and...
Beth Ann Orr
Nov 22, 2016
Beth Reinhardt Orr, 61, passed away after a long battle with cancer, at her home on November 22, 2016 surrounded by loved ones and her sidekick "Yogi" her bull mastiff. She was born in Maumee, Ohio on February 22, 1955. She was happily married for 44 years to Richard Orr and they had three children, Richard Jr., Shauna, and Jonathan....
Geraldine P. Cook
Nov 22, 2016
Geraldine P. Cook, 84, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. She was born on May 10, 1932 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Harold and Alice Brodeur Pegg. Mrs. Cook had worked with General Motors as a secretary, had been in the real estate business and had worked in Ft....
Judi "Mama C" Colwell
Nov 22, 2016
Judi "Mama C" Colwell, 76, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Jackson, Georgia on February 9, 1940 to the late Lewis and Myrtice Rosser Evans. She retired from Valdosta State University after 20 plus years of service with plant operations. Mrs. Colwell, along with her late husband, was actively...
Shannon Dale Jenkins
Nov 21, 2016
Shannon Dale Jenkins, 61, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 21, 2016 at Clinch Healthcare following a lengthy illness. She was born in Atlanta on January 18, 1955 to the late Charles and Sara Mewbourne Garrison. She served her country honorably and retired from the United States Air Force. Shannon was one of the first female security police officers stationed...
Ithiel Virginia Cody Harrison
Nov 19, 2016
Ithiel Virginia Cody Harrison was born in Griffin, GA to James Hugh and Lola Barker Cody. She grew up in Thomaston, GA. She married the love of her life, Harold E. Harrison on 09/04/1949. Ithiel had been an active member of First United Methodist Church Valdosta until her health no longer permitted. She was a Charter member of the Valdosta...
Lavinia Coody Hammock
Nov 15, 2016
Lavinia Coody Hammock, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Lowndes County on April 24, 1930 to the late Richard A. and Mattie Zipperer Coody. Mrs. Hammock was a member of the Clyattville United Methodist Church. She loved gardening, quilting, spending time in the mountains and her family.Survivors include her sons...
Evelyn Virginia Griffin Jabon Copeland
Nov 15, 2016
Evelyn Virginia Griffin Jabon Copeland, 79, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 15, 2016. She was born on May 16, 1937 in Valdosta to the late Reuben B. Griffin and Juanita Ray Griffin. Mrs. Copeland was a Cosmetologist and a Methodist.She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Steve and Melissa Jabon of Atlanta, two daughters, Pamela Jabon of...
Julia (Judy) Pearce
Nov 15, 2016
Julia (Judy) Margaret Pearce, 69, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born on February 1, 1947 in St. Augustine, Florida to the late James and Edris Phillips Becton and has been a resident of this area her whole life. She retired from Carquest after 32 years of...
Lula Louise Corns
Nov 14, 2016
Lula Louise Corns, 59, of Lake Park, died at her home on Monday, November 14, 2016. Born on March 30, 1957, in Logan, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Evelyn Morrison Bradley and the late Elmer Bradley. Mrs. Corns was a homemaker and a member of Lifelion Ministries. A real people person, she loved her family and was passionate...
Charles M. (Smokey) Rowland
Nov 12, 2016
Charles M. (Smokey) Rowland, 83, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 12, 2016 at his residence. He was born on August 21, 1933 in Valdosta to the late Willis M. and Annie Nell Allbritton Rowland. Mr. Rowland was a salesman for Roger Budd Chevrolet and Tommy Griner Cadillac.He is survived by his wife, Esther Rowland of Valdosta, son and daughter in...
Ralph Edmond Brown, Sr.
Nov 12, 2016
Ralph Edmond Brown, Sr. (Lt. Col, USAF, Retired) passed away Saturday, November 12, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born February 13, 1932 in Clyattville, Georgia to the late Robert Ivey Brown, Sr. and Uldene Husbands Brown. Mr. Brown graduated from Valdosta State College in 1952 with a BS degree in Early Childhood Education and a commission in...
John William "Bill" Harvey
Nov 12, 2016
John William "Bill" Harvey, Jr., 84, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 12, 2016 at his home. He was born in Moultrie, Georgia on September 3, 1932 to the late John William Harvey, Sr. and Mildred Adams Harvey and had lived in Valdosta for the past twelve years. He was a graduate of the Georgia Military Academy. Mr. Harvey was formerly...
Edward Timothy Melton, Jr.
Nov 11, 2016
Edward Timothy Melton, Jr., 78, of Quitman, formerly of Thomasville, died at his home on Friday, November 11, 2016. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on August 13, 1938, he was the son of the late Edward Timothy Melton and Helen Virginia Taylor Melton. Mr. Melton served 8 years in the National Guard. He was employed as a clerk with the United...
Mary Kathryn Parrish
Nov 9, 2016
Mary Kathryn Brady Parrish, 85, of Lake Park, left this world on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. She was known as Kathryn to her friends, Sis. Parrish to her church family, Aunt Cassie to her numerous nieces and nephews, and Nanny to her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; regardless the name, she was beloved and will be...
Edna Jane Holt-Savino
Nov 9, 2016
Edna Jane Holt-Savino, 98, of Hahira, GA passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at her residence. She was born on August 19, 1918 in Macomb, IL to the late Carroll S. Miller and Edna Florance Clampett Miller. All her life was devoted to her family. She loved caring for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren as each generation came along....
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