OBITUARIES

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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Thomas "Wade" Jackson Sr.

Thomas "Wade" Jackson Sr.

Aug 29, 2015

Thomas Wade Jackson, Sr., 73, of Valdosta passed away at his home on August 29, 2015. He was born February 20, 1942 in Lowndes County to the late William Beavert and Mattie Clyde Peace Jackson. Known as Wade to most, he worked at Owens-Illinois, P.C.A., and Georgia Pacific Proprint where he retired after 32 years. He was a loving husband,...

Robert Ashley Colson

Robert Ashley Colson

Aug 28, 2015

Robert Ashley Colson, 61, of Valdosta died Friday, August 28, 2015 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Valdosta on June 15, 1954 and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. He loved the Lord and was a faithful member of the Northside Baptist Church. Mr. Colson was a member of the Monday morning Mens Bible Study at...

Vertis Cauthan Shirley

Vertis Cauthan Shirley

Aug 26, 2015

Vertis Cauthan Shirley, 92, of Macclenny, FL and formerly of Statenville died Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born on January 13, 1923 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama and had lived in Echols and Lowndes Counties before moving to Macclenny, Florida. Mrs. Shirley was a Church of God minister and a nurse. She had...

Harry  Archer  Livermore

Harry Archer Livermore

Aug 26, 2015

Harry Archer Livermore, 80, of Valdosta died Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at his home. He was born the son of the late Harry Edmond and Sarah Elizabeth Walker Livermore, on November 10, 1934 in Winfield, Kansas. He had lived in Valdosta since 1988. Mr. Livermore was a member of the First Christian Church and the editor of Valdosta Magazine. He...

Virginia Bolen Pendleton Bennett

Virginia Bolen Pendleton Bennett

Aug 25, 2015

Virginia Bolen Pendleton Bennett, 89, passed away peacefully at her home on August 25, 2015, after a period of declining health. Born in Birmingham, AL, on April 6, 1926, daughter of the late Roland and Minnie Leigh Bolen, she had moved to Valdosta with her family while in her early teens. A 1943 Valdosta High School graduate and Salutatorian of...

Verne Martin Griffin

Verne Martin Griffin

Aug 23, 2015

Verne Martin Griffin, 86, of Hahira died Sunday, August 23, 2015 at her home. She was born in Salisbury, North Carolina on May 18, 1929 to the late James Ryce, Sr. and Mary Cornelia "Nell" Smith Martin and had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Griffin was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church and a...

Naomi  Louise Young

Naomi Louise Young

Aug 23, 2015

Naomi Louise Young, infant daughter of Alma Denise Kiser and John Lamar Young was stillborn Sunday, August 23, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center.She is survived by her parents, grandparents, Gladys L. Wilson of Lake Park, GA and John H. and Maie Young of Abbeville, GA, Aunts and Uncles, Shireka Wilson, Demetrius Verdell, Laverger Waters, Kenyarda and Tony Wesley, Teresa...

Byron Phillip Jones

Byron Phillip Jones

Aug 23, 2015

Byron Philip Jones, 59, of Morven, died on Sunday, August 23, 2015. He was born January 19, 1956 in Columbus, GA to the late Willie Fred Jones and Iva Geraldine Hooper Jones. Mr. Jones honorably served almost 16 years in the United States Air Force. He was a loving and devoted husband who loved the outdoors and deer hunting and...

Leon L. Dowling

Leon L. Dowling

Aug 22, 2015

Leon L. Dowling, 96, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015, at the home of his grandson in Waycross.He was born August 17, 1919 in Valdosta, a son of the late John Richard and Beulah Sanders Dowling. Mr. Dowling honorably served in the U.S. Army during World War II with the 76th Infantry Division and was a Purple Heart...

Ben A. Stubbe, Jr.

Ben A. Stubbe, Jr.

Aug 22, 2015

USAF CMSgt (Ret) Ben A. Stubbe, Jr., 75, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, August 22, 2015.He was born June 19, 1940 in Racine, WI, a son of the late Benjamin A. Stubbe, Sr. and the late Anna Fritzler Stubbe. Mr. Stubbe honorably served in the U.S. Air Force for twenty-nine and a half years, where...

George W. Clayton, Jr.

George W. Clayton, Jr.

Aug 22, 2015

George W. Clayton, Jr., 83, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Fellowship Home. Born in Valdosta on May 30, 1932, George was the son of the late George Washington Clayton, Sr. and Ola Belle Colson Clayton. He was a 1949 Valdosta High School graduate and he loved Wildcat football! He served his country in the United States...

Anna C.  Jensen Brown

Anna C. Jensen Brown

Aug 20, 2015

Anna C. Jensen Brown, age 96, died August 20, 2015. She departed this life to begin it anew with family, in the presence of our Lord. Born November 15, 1918 in Palmetto , Florida she was the second eldest child of Neils K. and Cora Belle Jensen. She graduated from Palmetto High School and married William "Billy" Alexander Brown of...

Ervin Anthony "Tony" Goodin

Ervin Anthony "Tony" Goodin

Aug 20, 2015

Ervin Anthony "Tony" Goodin, 59, of Naylor died Thursday, August 20, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on April 10, 1956 and had lived in this area all of his life. Tony was a member of the Pleasant Way Baptist Church. He worked for Southern Fish and Oyster Company for thirty years and then as...

Garry Thornton

Garry Thornton

Aug 20, 2015

Garry Thornton, 54, of Lake Park, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015, at his home.He was born August 14, 1961, in Valdosta, a son of Nancy Thornton and the late Willie Lee Thornton. Garry was a wonderful husband, father, Papa and son-in-law, and loved his dog, Rex. He will be loved and missed by all and in our hearts forever....

Juanita  Morris  Johnson

Juanita Morris Johnson

Aug 20, 2015

Juanita Morris Johnson, 84, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Thursday, August 20, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Cairo, on October 25, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Katie Morris. She was a 1948 graduate of Clyattville High School. Mrs. Johnson was a farmer's wife and helper, a loving homemaker and a member of...

Ronald Daniel  Jones

Ronald Daniel Jones

Aug 19, 2015

Ronald Daniel Jones, 78, of Barney died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Guin, Alabama on June 13, 1937 to the late Luther M. and Carrie Tidwell Jones and had lived in Brooks County all of his life. Mr. Jones was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Barney and a retired...

William Edward (Ed) Miller

William Edward (Ed) Miller

Aug 19, 2015

William Edward (Ed) Miller, Sr., 71, of Lake Park, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at his home.He was born August 25, 1943, in Valdosta, a son of the late William Henry (Slim) Miller, Jr. and Jewel Dees Miller. He graduated from Valdosta High School and had honorably served in the U.S. Navy. Ed had worked at O & I...

Marjorie "Margie" Wynn

Marjorie "Margie" Wynn

Aug 18, 2015

Marjorie "Margie" Wynn, 81, of Hahira died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on May 6, 1934 in Quincy, Florida and was the daughter of the late Rolph Wheeler Long and Nora Donaldson Long Bettis. Mrs. Wynn was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church and was retired from Harvey's Supermarket. Survivors include two...

Arthur "Art" Franklin Baker

Arthur "Art" Franklin Baker

Aug 17, 2015

Arthur "Art" Franklin Baker, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born June 1, 1931 in Nashville, GA, a son of the late Arthur Amos and Eloise Kirby Baker. Mr. Baker honorably served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He later worked at PCA, retiring in 1996, after...

Gloria S. Becton

Gloria S. Becton

Aug 14, 2015

Gloria S. Becton, 73, of Hahira died Friday, August 14, 2015 in Dublin, GA. She was born on May 26, 1942 in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Becton was a homemaker.She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Jennifer and Dolan Woods of Dublin, five sons and daughters in law, Ralph and Donna Disque of Athens, GA, Ron Disque of...

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