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Kathleen Patterson
Dec 17, 2015
Kathleen Patterson, 82, of Adel died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Cook County on January 12, 1933 to the late Otis and Zetta Lee Cady Brown and had lived in this area all of her life. Mrs. Patterson loved camping, fishing and working in her yards. Mrs. Patterson loved spending time with...
Ala Faye Gerakines
Dec 16, 2015
Ala Faye Gerakines of Ray City, left this earthly life on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 to continue her journey to be with her God after a valiant and long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family of which she was so proud and who have taken care of her during the last stage of her life.Faye was...
Del (Mac) Allen, Sr.
Dec 16, 2015
Del (Mac) Allen, Sr., 80, of Lake Park, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at his home after a short illness. He was born May 7, 1935, in Blackshear, a son of the late Andrew (Hotch) and Dora Robinson Allen. Mr. Allen was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He enjoyed hunting, loved the outdoors and buggy rides.He is...
Mable Frances Plaire Credille
Dec 16, 2015
Mable Frances Plaire Credille, 90, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at her home. She was born on February 26, 1925 in Valdosta to the late Clifford L. and Reba Miley Plaire. Mrs. Credille attended the Northside Baptist Church and had been previously employed by Southern Bell Telephone Company and South Georgia Medical Center. She worked at Robbins Air...
Ronnie Adams
Dec 14, 2015
Charles Ronald (Ronnie) Adams, 74 of Valdosta, passed away quietly at his home December 14th after a brief illness. He was born in Fitzgerald, GA on March 23rd, 1941 to the late Charles W. Adams and Jane Sims Adams. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a graduate of Valdosta State College, eventually retiring from the US...
Euradean (Dean) Jones
Dec 14, 2015
Euradean (Dean) Jones, 78, of Valdosta, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Tennessee on October 10, 1937 to the late John Abbott Dorris and Dewey Dorris. Mrs. Jones worked for the late Dr. Jerry Purvis and was retired from South Georgia Medical Center.She is survived by her daughter, Pam Cornelius (Kenny Harris) of...
Alton K. "Al" Hall
Dec 14, 2015
Alton Kenneth (Al) Hall, 76, of Valdosta, died on Monday, December 14, 2015 at his home. Mr. Hall was born in Columbus, Georgia on December 3, 1939. He grew up in Dothan, AL, raised by his mother and step-father, Eura Mae & Grover Searcy. He graduated from Chamberlain High School in Tampa, FL and soon went into the U. S....
Phillip Howard Ely, Sr.
Dec 13, 2015
Phillip Howard Ely, Sr., 67, of Hahira died on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born on January 19, 1948 in Kingsport, Tennessee and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Ely was a Baptist and served for twenty two years in the United States Air Force. He served in Vietnam War...
Sherry R. Devine
Dec 13, 2015
Sherry R. Devine, 57, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at her residence. Sherry was born in Ravenna, Ohio on September 16, 1958 and has made Valdosta her home since 1985. She was a Registered Nurse and had worked with Bethany Hospice in the past as well as helping financially in many entrepreneurial endeavors. Sherry volunteered her...
D. Wayne Moore
Dec 12, 2015
D. Wayne Moore, 67, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at his home after a brief illness.He was born in Valdosta on December 9, 1948, and was employed by Winn Dixie Bakery, later Crackin' Good Bakery, retiring after forty years. He enjoyed fishing and working in his yard.Wayne is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Pauline S....
Jane Twitty Shelton
Dec 12, 2015
Jane Twitty Shelton, 98, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on October 27, 1917 to the late Willie Frank and Ora Celeste Wood Twitty and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She grew up in Valdosta, went to school with Tom D. Shelton, and married in 1944...
James Walter Wills
Dec 10, 2015
James Walter Wills, 73, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at residence following an extended illness. He was born October 7, 1942 in Lexington, KY to the late James Walter Wills, Sr. and Gwendlyn Rue Wills. James proudly served in the United States Navy. He enjoyed woodworking and traveling in his spare time. He was loving husband, father,...
Lila Catherine (Skip) Mead
Dec 9, 2015
Lila Catherine (Skip) Mead, 87, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 09, 2015, at her home. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, on July 27, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Albert R. and Ruth Louella Husted Klock. She grew up in Michigan. She met her future husband, Daniel (Dan) Mead, in Daytona in 1953 and they were soon married....
Julian Boykin
Dec 9, 2015
Julian Boykin, 87, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at his home. He was born in Berrien County on July 17, 1928 to the late Willis and Ruby Suggs Boykin and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Boykin was a member of the Hahira First Freewill Baptist Church and owned and operated Boykins Service Station in Hahira...
Melinda Rehberg
Dec 8, 2015
Melinda Rehberg, 44, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. Born in Valdosta on December 28, 1970, Melinda was a graduate of Lowndes High School Class of 1989. She attended and graduated from Darton College in 1991 with a Dental Hygienist Bachelor of Science Degree. She began her dental hygienist career...
Kenny Norris
Dec 7, 2015
Kenneth Allen Norris, 62, of Valdosta passed away December 7, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on February 23, 1953 to the late L.C. "Preacher" and Julia Mae Dasher Norris, and was a lifelong resident of this area. A graduate of Lowndes High School with the class of 1971, Kenny became a combat...
Betty Jean Durrance Morgan
Dec 7, 2015
Betty Jean Durrance Morgan, 65, of Hahira, passed away Monday, December 7, 2015, at her home after a long illness with her family by her side.She was born June 4, 1950 in Lakeland, a daughter of the late Aaron and Hattie Mathis Durrance. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, greatly loved her family and friends, and had a...
Laurel Gail Carter Thomas
Dec 5, 2015
Laurel Gail Carter Thomas, 66, of Valdosta passed from this life on Saturday, December 5, 2015. She was the proud daughter of the late Lawrence L. and Frances Carter. Laurel was born in Hahira on March 23, 1949. She was retired from the Georgia Department of Labor and was a member of Crosspointe Church.Laurel is survived by her husband, Eddie...
James D. Bennett
Dec 4, 2015
James D. Bennett, 58, of Lake Park passed away on Friday, December 4, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born in Homerville, Georgia on September 7, 1957 to the late Vernon and Onnie Lee Register Bennett and was raised in Statenville, Georgia. He graduated from Echols County High School in 1976 and afterward attended Abraham...
Wallace Junior Smith
Dec 4, 2015
Wallace Junior "Pete" Smith, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2015 at his residence. Born in Walnut Cove, North Carolina to the late William David Smith and Lonia Lofton Smith, he had lived in this area for the past 25 years. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, retired as a salesman for Maverick...
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