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Emmie Rebecca Wagner
Dec 4, 2015
Emmie Rebecca Wagner, 96, of Valdosta died Friday, December 4, 2015 at Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, GA. She was born on December 13, 1918 in Jefferson County, GA to the late James Thomas Adams and Sophrina Rayburn Adams. Mrs. Wagner was a retired bookkeeper with Charles L. Wells Jewelers' in Jacksonville, FL and was of the Baptist faith.She is...
Margaret Ann Goodson Turner
Dec 3, 2015
Margaret Ann Goodson Turner, 78, of Valdosta, died Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House.Born in Valdosta on November 4, 1937 to the late Sam Dean and Ethel Goodson, Margaret was a proud member of the 1955 Valdosta High School graduating class. While living in Okinawa, Japan, she took University of Michigan classes via mail and attended the Tokyo...
Roy Randall Sauls
Dec 3, 2015
Roy Randall Sauls, 73, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born in Valdosta on November 6, 1942 to the late Roy and Eldora Padgett Sauls and has been a resident here his whole life. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and retired from PCA where he...
Henry E. Bentley, Jr.
Dec 2, 2015
Henry Edison Bentley, Jr., age 95, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Henry was born in Letcher County, Kentucky on November 14, 1920, to Henry Edison Bentley, Sr. and Cordelia Martin Bentley. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and three brothers, his wife, Ava Nelle of 62 plus years, and a son, Gary W. Bentley of...
Harold Karon Dampier
Dec 1, 2015
Harold Karon Dampier, 67, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was born on August 21, 1948 in Valdosta and had lived most of his life in Valdosta. Mr. Dampier attended the Northside Baptist Church and was retired from Georgia Power Company. He was in the first graduating class of Lowndes High School where he...
Annie Ruth Pike Allen
Nov 29, 2015
Annie Ruth Pike Allen, 89, of Valdosta died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Embracing Hospice in Snellville, Georgia. Mrs. Allen was born in Lowndes County, Georgia on November 3, 1926 to the late S. David and Hattie Lou Guest Pike and had lived here until moving to Snellville several years ago. She was a member of the former Forrest Street...
C. Jerry Bennett
Nov 28, 2015
C. Jerry Bennett, 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on October 7, 1948 to the late Collis L. and Selma Clark Bennett, Jerry graduated from Valdosta High School in 1966 and from Wiregrass Technical College in 1968. He worked for the Marbut Company, H & S Supply, Valdosta...
Murray Chance
Nov 28, 2015
Murray Chance, 79, of Valdosta passed away on November 28, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 31, 1935 in McEwen, TN to the late Homer Garfield and Mary Ellen Wright Chance. Mr. Chance served for 10 years in the United States Air Force and eventually retired after working in the dairy business. His deep love...
Mark Gregory Canada
Nov 26, 2015
Mark Canada, 56, of Valdosta, passed away surrounded by his family on November 26, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born September 16, 1959 in Corpus Christi, TX to Janece Canada Sulephen and the late Buddy Wayne Canada. Mark was a computer engineer and volunteer firefighter. He held a black belt in Karate and in his...
Mary Louise Mcrae
Nov 25, 2015
Mary Louise McRae, 88, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman.She was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on February 20, 1927, a daughter of the late James Alan Habershaw and Mary Louise Maloney Habershaw. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree at Rhode Island School of Design and her Master's Degree in...
Barbara Mcdowell Morrow
Nov 25, 2015
Barbara McDowell Morrow, 84, of Valdosta died Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on July 30, 1931 in Hahira to the late Osborne S. and Sarah Forte Hall. Mrs. Morrow was a Methodist and retired from SAFT. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and working in her flowers.Survivors include her children and...
Matthew Nehren Kaeck
Nov 24, 2015
Matthew Nehren Kaeck, 30 years of age, succumbed to a lengthy, painful illness on November 24, 2015. He is survived by his immediate family consisting of his parents, Patricia Jo Nehren and Daniel J. Kaeck, and siblings, Jamie D. Yeargan, brother-in-law Jonathan Yeargan, and Kamie Jo Kaeck. His extended family consists of uncles David Kaeck, William Nehren and Tom Hinrichsen,...
Thomas E. Chitty
Nov 23, 2015
Thomas E. Chitty passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on Monday, November 23, 2015. He was born in Lowndes County, Georgia to Botie Quinn Chitty, Sr. and Bernice Oliver Chitty. His ancestors settled in Lowndes County and Echols County, Georgia as pioneers. His paternal grandparents were Rachael Moore and James Chitty, who was a charter member and minister at...
Bobby Forte
Nov 23, 2015
Charles Robert "Bobby" Forte, 84, of Barney, passed away at his residence on November 23, 2015 He was born December 31, 1930 in Hahira to the late Thomas Alton and Minion Hendry Forte and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Forte worked in the timber industry for most of his life and upon retirement he enjoyed spending time...
Darlene Hendricks Thrasher
Nov 23, 2015
Darlene Hendricks Thrasher, 56, of Ooltewah, Tennessee and formerly of Valdosta died on Monday, November 23, 2015 following a sudden illness at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born on October 3, 1959 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Willie C. and Hazel Barber Hendricks. Darlene was employed in the early 80's with South Georgia Medical Center where she...
Taylor Crockett Williams
Nov 20, 2015
Taylor Crockett Williams, 30, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, November 20, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 11, 1984 in Valdosta to Ron and Lynn Williams. Taylor was saved and was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church and attended Crosspointe Church. Taylor was a 2003 Lowndes High School graduate and graduated from Southeastern School of...
Virgil Clyde Mccrary
Nov 17, 2015
On November 17, 2015, Virgil Clyde McCrary, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, stepped into eternity. His passing was preceded by a lengthy illness. Born in Pinehurst, GA on November 3, 1927 to Thomas Felton and Carrie Mae Dowis McCrary, he spent much of his childhood and early adulthood in Sparks, GA. After serving a term in the...
Reginald Claus Wisenbaker, Sr.
Nov 16, 2015
Reginald Claus Wisenbaker, Sr., 81, of Valdosta died Monday, November 16, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 18, 1933 in Lowndes County to the late Inous Smith Wisenbaker and Minnie Clyde Dasher Wisenbaker. Mr. Wisenbaker was a farmer and a lawyer. He served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict from 1952 until...
Gary Curtis Pitts
Nov 14, 2015
Gary Curtis Pitts, 69, of Quitman, GA passed away at his residence on Saturday, November 14, 2015. He was born in Valdosta on May, 17, 1946 to the late Roy Jackson and Helen Louise Oliver Pitts and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Pitts served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. In his later years,...
Betty Jean Harrell
Nov 14, 2015
Betty Jean Harrell, 80, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Pearson, Georgia on September 13, 1935 to the late Wilson and Effie Herrin Bennett and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Harrell was retired from the Army Air Force Exchange at Moody Air Force Base and affiliated with...
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