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Karen Lucille Kiefer Maynard
May 17, 2016
Karen Lucille Kiefer Maynard, 65, of Valdosta died Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Columbus, OH on January 27, 1951 to Emory L. Kiefer and the late Doris Ann Andrews Kiefer. Karen was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Lake Park.She is survived by her son, John Cowell of Valdosta, her...
James Edward Herndon
May 16, 2016
James Edward Herndon, 78, of Valdosta died Monday, May 16, 2016 at his home. He was born in Valdosta on September 21, 1937 to the late Thomas E. and Merle Burnham Herndon and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Herndon was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He enjoyed fishing, baseball and hunting. Mr. Herndon...
Arlene E. Hay
May 16, 2016
Arlene E. Hay, 92, of Valdosta died Monday, May 16, 2016 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Allentown, PA on August 5, 1923 to the late William Skinner and Bertha Rienhart Skinner. Mrs. Hay was a retired Pentecostal minister.She is survived by four daughters and three sons in law, Asceneth and James Tichinel of Lake Park, Connie Sue...
Felton Wesley Holland
May 15, 2016
Felton Wesley Holland, 72, of Jennings, FL, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at Clinch County Nursing Home.He was born July 30, 1943 in Lake Park, a son of the late Robert T. and Missouri H. Smith Holland, and was a lifelong resident of Jennings, FL.Felton is survived by his siblings and their spouses, Mary Wilson of Marietta, Roy...
Howard N. Broomberg
May 15, 2016
Howard N. Broomberg, 76, of Jefferson, GA and formerly of Valdosta died Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Athens Regional Hospital in Athens, GA. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 19, 1939 to the late Jack and Ida Vidro Broomberg and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to Jefferson thirty years ago. Mr. Broomberg was a...
Jefferson (Jeff) Wier Hunt
May 14, 2016
Jefferson (Jeff) Wier Hunt, 87, of Valdosta, peacefully passed away Saturday morning, May 14, 2016 at home after a short illness. He was born on August 6, 1928 in Macon, Georgia to the late Jefferson Brooks Hunt and Lucia Wier Hunt. At an early age his family moved to Valdosta, where he lived the majority of his life. Jeff attended...
Lillian Chitty Manganaro
May 10, 2016
Lillian Chitty Manganaro, 92, of Valdosta died Tuesday, May 10, 2106 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on July 22, 1923 to the late Stephen A. and Kizzie Harris Chitty and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Manganaro was a member of the Northside Baptist Church. She retired from the Office of Business and Finance...
Evelyn Young Gombas
May 9, 2016
Evelyn Young Gombas, 80, of Orange Park, FL and formerly of Valdosta died Monday, May 9, 2016 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, FL. Mrs. Gombas was born in Quitman on March 30, 1936 to the late Lacy and Cora Lee Hiers Young and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to Orange Park eight years ago. Mrs....
Blanche Carter Thornton Smith
May 9, 2016
Blanche Carter Thornton Smith, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016, after a brief period of declining health.She was born January 7, 1930 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late Darvin L. and Urrie Copeland Carter. She was a member of Lake Park Church of Christ; the Lord always came first in her life. For sixteen years...
Mary Jacquelyn Bennett
May 9, 2016
Mary Jacquelyn Bennett, 78, of Hahira died Monday, May 9, 2016 at her residence. She was born on May 29, 1937 in Crisp County, GA. Mrs. Bennett was a homemaker and a Baptist.She is survived by her son and daughter in law, Rodney Wade and Janet Bennett of Valdosta, daughter and son in law, Karen and Rodney Cain of Hahira...
Thelma Boyd Shockley
May 7, 2016
Thelma Boyd Shockley, 89, of Valdosta, died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born July 17, 1926, in Greenville, SC. to the late Oscar and Sarah Upchurch, she was adopted by the late Joseph T. and Myrtle Cate Boyd in Chattanooga, TN. She was baptized at Northside Church of Christ in Chattanooga...
Eva Dean Pittman
May 5, 2016
Eva Dean Pittman, 77, of Valdosta died on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Hahira, Georgia on August 23, 1938 to the late James Clayton and Nellie Owens Howell and has been a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. She was a retired seamstress from the Levi Strauss Company and...
Shelby Lynne Morton
May 4, 2016
Shelby Lynne Morton, 22, of Valdosta died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born in Valdosta on December 29, 1993 where she was a lifelong resident. Shelby was a Baptist and a cashier at Dollar General. She loved animals and a special dog, Duke. Shelby also loved...
Jerry F. Dickson
May 3, 2016
Jerry F. Dickson, 73, of Valdosta died Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, GA. He was born on March 21, 1943 in Cook County, GA to the late Bardin Wainwright Dickson and Sarah Jane McClendon Dickson. Mr. Jerry Dickson taught school at Cook County High School and Lowndes County High School. He attended St. Barnabas...
Lt. Col. Charles Henry "Dunc" Duncan, Usaf, Ret.
May 2, 2016
Lt. Col. Charles Henry "Dunc" Duncan, USAF, Ret., passed away May 2, 2016, at the Langdale Hospice House. Col. Duncan was born in Roanoke, Virginia on October 22, 1917, the son of Charles Wesley and Mary Mattox Duncan. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Jane Frances, and infant daughter, Jane Frances Duncan. Col. Duncan was...
Benjamin Jordan Perkins
May 2, 2016
Benjamin Jordan Perkins, 82, of Valdosta and formerly of Thomasville, passed away Monday, May 2, 2016, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.He was born May 14, 1933, in Colquitt County, a son of the late William L. and Willie Hobby Perkins. After graduating from Thomasville High School with the Class of 1951, he honorably served in the U.S....
Sarah Steinberg Murrell
May 1, 2016
Sarah Steinberg Murrell, 67, of Fruit Cove, FL died Sunday, May 1, 2016 at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. She was born in Valdosta on February 20, 1949 to the late Robert F. and Maxine Connell Steinberg. Mrs. Murrell was a member of the Fruit Cove Baptist Church and a retired school bus driver for special needs children with the...
Hilda Simpson Lammons
May 1, 2016
Hilda Simpson Lammons, 75, of Quitman, died at her home on Sunday, May 1, 2016, after a lengthy illness. Born in Howell, Georgia on August 6, 1940, she was a daughter of the late William Roy Simpson and Grace Cowart Simpson. Hilda was a Church of God Minister and member of the Quitman Church of God. As a child, Hilda...
David Lee Himmelreich
Apr 30, 2016
David Lee Himmelreich, 72, of Valdosta passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on Saturday, April 30, 2016. He was born on April 11, 1944 in Lancaster County, PA to the late Walter George and Jennie Mae Weber Himmelreich. In honor of Mr. Himmelreich's final wishes, he will be cremated and there will be no formal services. Funeral Home: Carson...
Myron (Mike) Stouffer, Sr. Lt. Col. Ret.
Apr 30, 2016
Myron (Mike) Stouffer, Sr., Lt. Col. Retired., 93, of Valdosta died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born March 3, 1923 in Roanoke, VA to the late Myron E Stouffer and Nanette Sparks Stouffer. Lt. Col. Stouffer was retired from the United States Air Force. He was a man who loved God, loved his family...
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