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Wayne B. Adkins
Aug 29, 2016
Wayne B. Adkins, 77, of Valdosta died on Monday, August 29, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Adkins was born in Valdosta on November 25, 1938 to the late Percy Bryan and Ruth Daniel Adkins. He retired from the United States Air Force with the rank of Captain after 20 years of faithful and dedicated service. He began his aviation...
Roderick Allen Delphos
Aug 29, 2016
Roderick Allen Delphos, 53, of Valdosta died Monday, August 29, 2016 at Langdale Hospice. He was born in Nyack, New York on May 24, 1963 and had lived in the Orlando/Kissimmee, Florida before moving to Valdosta eight months ago. Mr. Delphos was a member of The Vine Church in Kissimmee, Florida and volunteered with the Food Bank. He enjoyed spending...
Francis W. Lynch, Jr.
Aug 29, 2016
Francis W. Lynch, Jr., 80, of Nashville, Georgia died Monday, August 29, 2016 at his home. He was born on June 25, 1936 in Camden, New Jersey to the late Francis W., Jr and Elisabeth Moore Lynch and had lived in Nashville for the past sixteen years. He was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and retired...
Ricky Dean Johnston
Aug 27, 2016
Ricky Dean Johnston, 59, of Valdosta died Saturday, August 27, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Warsaw, New York on September 23, 1956 to the late Ivan and Nora Johnston. Mr. Johnston was a self-employed truck driver.Survivors include his wife, Deborah Johnston of Valdosta; his mother, Nora Johnston of Lake Park; his brother and sister in...
Ruth Little Pitts
Aug 24, 2016
Ruth Little Pitts, 99, of Valdosta died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Fellowship Home. She was born on October 3, 1916 in Tift County, GA to the late Walter C. Little and Pearla Hurst Little. Mrs. Pitts was retired from C & S Bank, was a member of First Baptist Church, a Sunday School Teacher, a Pink Lady and a...
Doris Clanton Giddens
Aug 24, 2016
Doris Clanton Giddens, 96, of Hahira died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. She was born on July 24, 1920 in Hahira to the late Paul Matthew Clanton, Sr. and Pauline Harris Clanton. Mrs. Giddens was a homemaker and was the oldest living member of Bethany Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, loved her family, especially her...
Ava Nell Fletcher Witherspoon
Aug 23, 2016
Ava Nell Witherspoon, 87, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Born in Lowndes County, on December 22, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Zack Burton Fletcher and Eliza Virginia Carter Fletcher. She retired after 35 years of service with Barnes Drug Store. Mrs. Witherspoon was a Red Hat Society Member, with...
Geneva Bromley
Aug 22, 2016
Geneva Bromley, 74, of Hahira died Monday, August 22, 2016 at her home. She was born in Erwin, Tennessee on August 1, 1942 to the late Charlie and Martha Tittle Huskins. Mrs. Bromley lived in California for many years before moving to Hahira two years ago. She was a Baptist.Survivors include a daughter, Linda Howell and Jody Warren of Hahira;...
Alfred Lee (Bubba) Hendrix
Aug 22, 2016
Alfred Lee (Bubba) Hendrix, 58, of Lake Park died at his residence on Monday, August 22, 2016 following a period of declining health. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 25, 1958 and has lived in this area for the last 10 years. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was of the Baptist faith....
Gloria Dalton Sorenson
Aug 19, 2016
Gloria received the Lords calling on August 19, 2016. She was at peace and with family. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on December 19, 1921 and was the tenth child of Oscar Davis and Emma Mae Dalton. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Lt. Colonel John Maxwell Sorenson (U.S. Air Force). John and Gloria were married...
Byron Otho Brightwell
Aug 19, 2016
Byron Otho Brightwell, 67, of Valdosta died on Friday, August 19, 2016 at his residence. He was born on July 11, 1949 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to the late Cleophus and Ruby Newman Brightwell. Mr. Brightwell served in the United States Army during the Viet Nam era and was a retired truck driver with Star Leasing. He was a former member...
Tena Coats Carter
Aug 18, 2016
Ernestine (Tena) Coats Carter, 90, of Valdosta passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at her home. She was born on September 21, 1925 in Epps, Louisiana to the late Albert and Eva Coats and had lived in Valdosta since 1964. Mrs. Carter was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she had served on numerous committees. She was...
Cornelius "Cory" Boney
Aug 15, 2016
Cornelius "Cory" Boney, 43, of Valdosta died Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born and raised in Berkeley, California on December 2, 1972 to the late George Boney and Roxie Davis Whitfield and attended schools in Berkeley, California. Mr. Boney was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where he served on the janitorial staff....
Ralph Edward Guarino
Aug 15, 2016
Ralph Edward Guarino, Sr., 86, of Valdosta died on Monday, August 15, 2016 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born on November 6, 1929 in Lebanon, New Hampshire to the late Anthony and Genevieve Picardi Guarino and has been a resident of Valdosta since 1973. He was a retired Master Sergeant with the United Sates Air Force and also...
Marion Mcginty Myddelton
Aug 14, 2016
Marion McGinty Myddelton passed away on Sunday, August 14, at the age of 94. Funeral service conducted by Pastors Chuck Owens and Mac Weaver of First Baptist Church will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Carson McLane Funeral Home Chapel. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. The family will greet friends one hour before the funeral, which will be followed...
Leroy Emery Rhoades
Aug 13, 2016
Leroy Emery Rhoades, 79, Valdosta resident since 1976, died Saturday, August 13, 2016, in Tallahassee, Florida after a brief illness. Leroy, who was born on November 28, 1936 in Ferndale, Florida, was the son of the late Emery Leroy Rhoades and Myrtle Record Rhoades. He grew up in Ferndale and went to work at an early age in the orange...
George Henry Hart, Jr.
Aug 10, 2016
George Henry Hart, Jr., 88, Valdosta resident since 1959, died on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on February 28, 1928, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late George Henry Hart and Margaret Cecile Thompson Hart. He grew up in Brookline, Mass, graduating from Brookline High School in the late 1940's. He served...
Derry H. Howell
Aug 9, 2016
Derry H. Howell, 82, of Hahira died Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the Fellowship Home. He was born in Hahira, a town he truly loved on July 25, 1934 and was the son of the late Hamp Howell and the late Aline Zeigler Howell Daniels. Mr. Howell was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church and retired from the...
Deborah Clark
Aug 9, 2016
Deborah Clark, 63, of Lake Park, GA passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at her residence. She was born on July 21, 1953 in Trion, GA to the late Joe Sam Ray and Phyllis Edwards Ray. Deborah was Director of Member Development at GA Power Valdosta Federal Credit Union. She was a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church.Deborah is survived...
Maetrelle Elizabeth Shehan
Aug 7, 2016
Maetrelle Elizabeth Myers Shehan went to be with the Lord August 7, 2016. Maetrelle was born August 30, 1918 in Lakeland, GA. Maetrelles father, Turner Michael Myers died of cancer when she was 13 months old. Maetrelle lived with her mother, Teressa Myers and her grandmother, Maggie Meadows. Maetrelle accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord when she was...
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