OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Janet Dickson

Janet Dickson

Dec 24, 2015

Janet Dickson, 82, of Lake Park died Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Harland, Kentucky on February 16, 1933 to the late Skelt and Thelma Harris Nolan and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Dickson was a member of the Lake Park Church of God and...

Rev. William E. Mctier, Jr.

Rev. William E. Mctier, Jr.

Dec 24, 2015

Rev. William E. McTier, Jr., 81, of Nashville, Georgia died Thursday, December 24, 2015 at his home after a lengthy illness with Alzheimer's Disease. A native of Columbus, Georgia, Reverend McTier has served in his ministry in South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. His pastorates have included a four church circuit, Leary, and churches in Savannah, Macon and...

Hilda Cothron Zipperer

Hilda Cothron Zipperer

Dec 24, 2015

Hilda Cothron ZippererMrs. Hilda Cothron Zipperer, age 88, a life-long resident of Valdosta, passed away on December 24, 2015, at the home of her daughter in Rome, GA.Mrs. Zipperer was born in Lowndes County, GA on June 30, 1927, daughter of the late George Mitchell Cothron and the late Alice Knight Cothron. She was preceded in death by her husband...

Robert Glenn Jones

Robert Glenn Jones

Dec 23, 2015

Robert Glenn Jones, 86, of Hahira died on December 23, 2015, at the Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Jones was born in Hahira on August 21, 1929 to the late Elisha Burnett Jones Sr. and Eva McLeod Jones. Robert was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Carol (J.B.) Johnson, E.B. (Doris) Jones Jr., Eva May (Spencer) Bentley and Willie...

Stan Brunt, Sr.

Stan Brunt, Sr.

Dec 22, 2015

Stan Brunt, Sr., 67, of Clyattville, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at his home after a lengthy illness.He was born August 26, 1948 in Toledo, OH, a son of the late Lee Stanley and Dona M. Burnette Brunt. Mr. Brunt worked for Pantry Pride for twenty years before going to work for Publix, retiring after twenty-seven years. His last...

Elisabeth Mays Cook

Elisabeth Mays Cook

Dec 22, 2015

Dr. Elisabeth Mays Cook, 94, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at her home after a lengthy illness.She was born August 10, 1921, to the late James and Hettie Mays, in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she attended the public schools. During World War II she served as a secretary in the Navy Department in Miami, Florida. In...

Jerome Folsom

Jerome Folsom

Dec 21, 2015

Jerome Folsom, 92, of Barney passed away on December 21, 2015 at the Fellowship Home following a brief illness. He was born in Hahira on November 14, 1923 to the late Turner and Minnie Lee Webb Folsom and was a lifelong resident of this area. Jerome served in the United States Army and was a WWII veteran. He attended Middle...

Preston Scott And Harrison Calhoun  Packer

Preston Scott And Harrison Calhoun Packer

Dec 20, 2015

Preston Scott Packer and Harrison Calhoun Packer, beloved newborn sons of Brooks and April (Smith) Packer of Valdosta, Georgia passed away December 20th, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Their final moments were spent surrounded by family and friends that they had touched in some small way throughout their short, yet very memorable lives. Besides their parents, they leave their...

Robin Lynn Bone

Robin Lynn Bone

Dec 18, 2015

Robin Lynn Bone, 51, of Hahira, died at her home on Friday, December 18, 2015. Born in College Station, Texas, on July 3, 1964, Robin was formerly of Staples, Texas. She graduated from high school in Rosewood, North Carolina and received her Nursing Degree from ABAC. Robin worked at South Georgia Medical Center as a Charge Nurse, and then as...

Chloe Danae Jones

Chloe Danae Jones

Dec 18, 2015

Chloe Danae Jones, 3 month old daughter of Sedrick Jones and Lashuna Crockett, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 18, 2015 in Albany, Georgia.Along with her parents, other survivors include two brothers, Vernon Stibbins of Atlanta and Quavon Crockett of Valdosta; grandparents, Maecola Crockett of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Diana...

Jackie  W.  Moxley

Jackie W. Moxley

Dec 18, 2015

Jackie W. Moxley, 81, of Valdosta, known to her family as "Mama or Mamaw", passed into eternal peace on Friday, December 18, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Jacksonville to the late Holbrook & Marion Whitehurst, and grew up in Adel, graduating from Cook County High School. Mrs. Moxley was always a hard worker and helped...

Kathleen Patterson

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

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...

Mable Frances Plaire Credille

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...

Del (Mac) Allen, Sr.

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...

Alton K. "Al" Hall

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....

Euradean (Dean) Jones

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...

Ronnie Adams

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...

Sherry R. Devine

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...

Phillip Howard Ely, Sr.

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...