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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Jean Miller Walker
Sep 17, 2016
Jean Miller Walker, 81, of Warner Robins, GA and formerly of Valdosta died Saturday, September 17, 2016 at her home. She was born in Geneva County, Alabama on January 6, 1935 to the late Hubert and Pearl Williams Miller. Mrs. Walker was retired from Crackin Good Bakery and a member of Charity Baptist Church in Valdosta.Survivors include her daughter and...
Roy Wayne Osborne
Sep 16, 2016
Roy Wayne Osborne, 75, of Lake Park died on Friday, September 16, 2016 in Nashville, Georgia following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 26, 1941 to the late William Sr., and Betty Johnson Osborne and has been a resident of the area all of his life. He was a member of Lake Park Church of Christ. He loved...
Kenneth W. Sellers
Sep 16, 2016
Kenneth W. Sellers, 71, of Valdosta died Friday, September 16, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Moultrie, Georgia on November 7, 1944 to the late Ernest M. and EvieLee Bruton Sellers and had lived in Valdosta since 1972. Mr. Sellers was a retired route salesman with Frito-Lay.Survivors include his wife, Linda Sellers...
Reba Smith Simpson
Sep 15, 2016
Reba Mae Simpson, 84, of Adel, died at her residence on Thursday, September 15, 2016. She was born on March 9, 1932 in Nashville. Georgia to the late Charlie Gordon and Flora Kirkland Brady and had lived most of her life in the local area. She was a homemaker and a dual member of Nashville Church of Christ and Statenville...
Jeffrey Todd Shiver
Sep 13, 2016
Jeffrey Todd Shiver, 41 of Fort Mill, South Carolina, passed away in Charleston, South Carolina on September 13, 2016. Born in Albemarle, North Carolina on March 10, 1975, Jeffrey was the son of John and Gail Shiver. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Civil Engineering. A member of Lambda Chi Fraternity, Jeffrey was a sports enthusiast, an...
Stacy Cravey
Sep 12, 2016
Stacy Cravey, 84, Valdosta resident for 60 years, died on Monday, September 12, 2016, at his home. Born in Rhine, Georgia, on December 15, 1931, he was the son of the late, Tom and Pat Cravey. After his service in the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Cravey began a career as a two-way radio technician, and co-owner of Radio Communications Electronics....
Samuel Madison Cothron
Sep 12, 2016
Samuel Madison Cothron, 74, of Mechanicsville, VA died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at his residence. Born in Lowndes County (GA), he was the son of the late Thomas Grady Cothron, Sr. and Sarah Zipperer Cothron Dasher. Mr. Cothron was a graduate of Valdosta High School ('60) and Valdosta State University ('64). He taught science at Brooks and Lowndes County High...
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