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Eugene Wayne Salmon
Jul 25, 2016
Eugene Wayne Salmon, 70, of Valdosta and formerly of Jacksonville, FL passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016 at his home after a lengthy illness with pulmonary fibrosis. He was a graduate of Paxon School and retired from the Jacksonville Public Works Department. Mr. Salmon was a member of Normandy Baptist Temple and a veteran of the Vietnam War. Leaving...
L C Hughes
Jul 23, 2016
L C Hughes, 89, of Lake Park, died at his home on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Born in Berrien County, on August 12, 1926, L C was the second of four sons born to the late Will and Ludell Hughes. He served two years in the U.S. Army during WWII, the majority of that time was spent in Japan with...
Garie Schnitker
Jul 22, 2016
Garie Schnitker, 65, of Hahira, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.He was born December 1, 1950, in Norfolk, VA, a son of Phyllis Rohrbaugh Schnitker and the late William W. Schnitker. Garie was a Christian man, he loved his children and grandchildren. For many years he was a Meat Cutter, retiring from...
Sarah Helen Blanton Blanchard
Jul 22, 2016
Sarah Helen Blanton Blanchard, 95, of Valdosta died Friday, July 22, 2016 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Lowndes County on November 7, 1920 to the late Claude Hartford and Ellie Robinson Blanton and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Blanchard was a member of the First Baptist Church where she was active in the Joy/Fidelis...
Laura Lee Rentz
Jul 21, 2016
Laura Lee Rentz, 66, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on June 28, 1950 she was a daughter of the late Charles Carney and Betty Newhouse Carney. Mrs. Rentz was retired from Walmart as a greeter and she was a member of Eastern Heights Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Rickey...
John E. Cookson
Jul 21, 2016
John E. Cookson, 88, of Valdosta, died at Fellowship Home on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Born on January 25, 1928, in Ashington, Northumberland County, England, he was the son of the late William and Alice Rettison Cookson. Mr. Cookson was a lawyer and been employed with National Cash Register Company. He was a Colonel in the Royal Scots Regiment of...
Esperanza Hernandez Torres
Jul 20, 2016
Esperanza H. Torres, 62, of Lake Park, Georgia, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Healthcare in Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Torres was born in Texas on December 14, 1953, to the late Erasmo Hernandez and Avelia Anzualda. She moved to Immokalee, Florida and she grew up in South Florida, where she met Jaun Torres at a fair in...
William Joseph Gilbert, Sr.
Jul 20, 2016
William Joseph Gilbert, Sr., 74, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on November 21, 1941, he was the son of the late, LeRoy Lewis Gilbert, Sr. and Henrietta Pincus Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert served in the U.S. Navy and retired from construction. He was a member...
Carl S. Brinson
Jul 20, 2016
Carl S. Brinson, Jr., 84, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016. He was born in Valdosta to the late Slater and Annie Brinson. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955. Carl worked in the building supplies business for most of his life and owned and...
K.V. Gibson
Jul 19, 2016
K.V. Gibson, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Langdale Place after a period of declining health.He was born June 28, 1924, in Paradise, KY, a son of the late Jessie and Earing May Young Gibson. K. V. honorably served in the U.S. Army-Air Force during World War II, and had retired from General Motors as an...
K.V. Gibson
Jul 19, 2016
K.V. Gibson, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Langdale Place after a period of declining health.He was born June 28, 1924, in Paradise, KY, a son of the late Jessie and Earmy May Young Gibson. K. V. honorably served in the U.S. Army-Air Force during World War II, and had retired from General Motors as an...
Walter Arthur Lawry
Jul 19, 2016
Walter Arthur Lawry, 90 of Evans, Georgia and formerly of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at his residence in Evans, Georgia. He was born in Valdosta on April 20, 1926 to the late Dr. Arthur A. and Jeanette Everett Lawry. He graduated from Gordon Military School and served in the United States Navy during WWII. Following his discharge...
Johnny G. Stalvey
Jul 19, 2016
Johnny G. Stalvey, 75, of Fort Walton Beach, FL and formerly of Hahira, GA died Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at his home. He was born in Hahira on August 2, 1940 to the late Bryant and Louise Rountree Stalvey and had lived in Hahira all of his life until moving to Ft. Walton Beach in November 2015. Mr. Stalvey was...
Floyd Hamilton Rogers
Jul 17, 2016
Floyd Hamilton Rogers, 81, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on August 20, 1934 to the late Carroll Bart and Jewell Walker Rogers. Mr. Rogers was a member of First Baptist Church since 1977 where he was a member of Benny Olliff's Sunday School Class and retired Electrical Maintenance...
Walter Leon Wingate, Jr.
Jul 17, 2016
Walter Leon Wingate, Jr., 61, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at his home. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on September 21, 1954 and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Wingate was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ and former salesman for Consolidated Electric District. He enjoyed fishing, playing golf and baseball and was...
Mary Kay Stalvey
Jul 16, 2016
Mary Kay Stalvey, 62, of Hahira, died Saturday, July 16, 2016 at her residence. She was born on July 21, 1953 in Valdosta to the late Jesse D. and Annie Lee Howell Courson. Kay was an employee at Cook County High School and a member of Bemiss Road Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Jeff L. Stalvey of Hahira,...
Samuel Ned (Sam) Phillips
Jul 14, 2016
Samuel Ned (Sam) Phillips, 91, of Valdosta, went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2016. Mr. Phillips was born on August 18, 1924 in Monroe, to the late Emmett Edison Phillips & Floy Stephens Phillips. The family soon moved to Omega where he grew up. He received a degree in agriculture from Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College in Tifton....
Stacey Jarrod Wright Ii
Jul 12, 2016
Stacey Jarrod Wright II, one year old son of Stacey Jarrod Wright, Sr. and Chasidy Renea Harris Wright passed on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. He was born in Valdosta, GA on June 9, 2015. His eyes could light up a room, his smile was one in a million, God took his time creating him. Stacey was precious, a fighter, a...
Hector Omar Reyes-Garcia
Jul 10, 2016
Hector Omar Reyes-Garcia, 40, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico on February 18, 1976. Hector was a truck driver who drove all over the U.S. for 20 years. He was a man dedicated to his family who spent every Sunday with his family, playing video...
Dorothy Wynette Strickland Cardwell
Jul 10, 2016
Dorothy Wynette Strickland Cardwell, 67, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 10, 2016 at her home with her family at her side. She was born in Pavo, Georgia on June 10, 1949 to Kathlean Strickland and the late L. Z. Strickland and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mrs. Cardwell was a member of Antioch Church and a retired...
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