OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Diana Dorothy Puck
Jul 9, 2016
Diana Dorothy Puck, 66, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016.She was born May 1950, in Prairie du Chien, WI, and was the second oldest of five children born to Ray and Dorothy Laufenberg. She loved working in the yard with her husband, playing with her dog, Cole, going to the beach and crocheting for her family and...
Donaldson Walker Johnson, Iii
Jul 9, 2016
Donaldson Walker Johnson, III, 47, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center after a courageous three year battle with cancer. He was born in Valdosta on October 10, 1968 to Donaldson W. Jr. and Linda Sue Walker Johnson. Donaldson was a member of Christ the King Episcopal Church and a sales representative with...

Michael Crosby
Jul 9, 2016
Michael Crosby, 43, of Nashville, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016. A graveside service for Michael Crosby will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 22, 2016 at Nashville Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Thursday evening at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Carson McLane. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street...

Charles Michael Crosby
Jul 9, 2016
Charles Michael Crosby, 43, of Nashville, Georgia, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at his home. Born in Live Oak, Florida, on November 26, 1971, Michael loved the Georgia Bulldogs and NASCAR. Survivors are his mother, Doris Crosby of Nashville; brothers, John Crosby and James Crosby of Nashville; sisters, Tawanna Crosby of Bainbridge, Charlene Crosby of Las Vegas, Nevada. Graveside...

Foster D. Stanley
Jul 9, 2016
Foster D. Stanley, 68, of Boston, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Archbold Medical Center, Thomasville.He was born September 15, 1947, in Lowndes County, where he grew up, a son of the late J.D. and Sarah L. Lehman Stanley. Foster honorably served in the United States Army as a Specialist E5 X-ray Technician in Vietnam, and worked for...

Steve Stalvey
Jul 8, 2016
Steve Stalvey, 64, of Hahira died Friday, July 8, 2016 at his home. He was born on May 9, 1952 in Miami, Florida to Ruth Spell Stalvey and the late Winston E. Stalvey. He retired from Specialty Stampings after thirty plus years of service and was a Baptist. Mr. Stalvey enjoyed fishing, racing, hunting and working in his yard.Survivors include...

Lela B. Valdellon
Jul 8, 2016
Lela B. Valdellon, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, July 8, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born July 23, 1926, in Frametown, WV, a daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude Parsons Hefner. Mrs. Valdellon was a devout Catholic and member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. She loved gardening and cooking.She is survived by her husband...

Albert Pendleton Little
Jul 8, 2016
Albert Pendleton Little, 93, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, July 8, 2016, at the Langdale Hospice House.He was born December 5, 1922, in Valdosta, a son of the late Albert J. and Bessie Pendleton Little. During World War II he honorably served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in India. Mr. Little was a Chemical Engineer and retired from Monsanto...

William Elza Trafford
Jul 6, 2016
William Elza Trafford, 92, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 21, 1923 in Wesley, Iowa to the late Elza Wilburn and Lola Mae Whitener Trafford and had lived in Valdosta for the past eight years. He spent his early life farming in Iowa and Missouri and served in the...

Janelle Griffis Nichols
Jul 6, 2016
Janelle Griffis Nichols, 92, of Hahira passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. She was born on October 9, 1923 in Cecil to the late Rufus and Effie Lewis Griffis and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Nichols was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church. She enjoyed taking care of...

Rev. Auther E. Knight
Jul 5, 2016
Rev. Auther E. Knight, 90, of Lake Park passed away peacefully to Heaven on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in North Georgia on November 11, 1925 to the late Harvey and Susie Ethel Wilson Knight. He was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and a veteran of the United States Army having served...

Nora Elbon Nelson
Jul 4, 2016
Nora Elbon Nelson, 89, of Hahira died Monday, July 4, 2016 at 1:00 a. m. at her daughter's residence in Apopka, FL. She was born on November 19, 1926 in Pinellas County, FL to the late William and Nora Leah Pittman Elbon. Mrs. Nelson was a retired manager from Woolworth's Department Store in Valdosta, and Pompano Beach, Fl. She was...
Everet Allen "Alan" Dennis
Jul 3, 2016
Everet Allen "Alan" Dennis, 75, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on July 3, 2016 at 2:24 a.m., at his home in Orlando, Florida surrounded by his Wife and daughters. Born November 26, 1940 in Florence, South Carolina to the late Clyde Dennis and Atlie Hutchinson Dennis, during his youth, Alan worked on his family's farm, in the local saw mill, and...
Janice Wisenbaker Allen
Jul 3, 2016
Janice Wisenbaker Allen, 66, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on July 3, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born on November 23, 1949, to the late Tally M. Wisenbaker and Sarah Evelyn Finney Wisenbaker, Janice was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. She graduated high school from Georgia Christian School in 1967 and attended Alabama Christian College. An active...
Inez Fletcher Cotton
Jul 2, 2016
Inez Fletcher Cotton, 94, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Fellowship Home. She was born on October 31, 1921 in Lowndes County to the late Samuel and Remmie Carter Fletcher and has been a resident of this area for most of her life. After graduating high school, Mrs. Cotton attended Berry College and obtained her Bachelor's degree...
Inez Fletcher Cotton
Jul 2, 2016
Inez Fletcher Cotton, 94, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Fellowship Home. She was born on October 31, 1921 in Lowndes County to the late Samuel and Remmie Carter Fletcher and has been a resident of this area for most of her life. After graduating high school, Mrs. Cotton attended Berry College and obtained her Bachelor's degree...

Inez Fletcher Cotton
Jul 2, 2016
Inez Fletcher Cotton, 94, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Fellowship Home. She was born on October 31, 1921 in Lowndes County to the late Samuel and Remmie Carter Fletcher and has been a resident of this area for most of her life. After graduating high school, Mrs. Cotton attended Berry College and obtained her Bachelor's degree...

Betty J. Hendrix O'Keefe
Jul 1, 2016
Betty J. Hendrix O'Keefe, 79, died in Suwanee, GA on Friday, July 1, 2016, where she lived with her daughter and her family. She was born in Valdosta, GA on August 8, 1936 to the late Willie Franklin Hendrix and Ruby Mae Burdick Hendrix. Mrs. O'Keefe was a devoted wife and homemaker for 57 years. She was a former member...
Maxwell "Max" H. Carter
Jun 30, 2016
Maxwell "Max" H. Carter, 53, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on October 28, 1962 to the late Robbie Neal and Beverly Yeomans Carter and has been a lifelong resident of this area as well as being of the Church of God Faith. He loved...

Mary Elizabeth Mccoy
Jun 29, 2016
Mary Elizabeth McCoy, 87, of Valdosta, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center with her husband and daughters by her side. Mary was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Mary was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts on September 16, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Mary Katherine White...