OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Jeanie Kerestan
Oct 17, 2015
Jean Carolyn Scala Kerestan, 68, died October 17, 2015, in the emergency room at South Georgia Medical Center after a long illness. Jeanie was born October 7, 1947, in Valdosta and had lived here most of her life. She was a retired school teacher and had taught at Quitman Elementary for 28 years. She had a Bachelor's degree in Elementary...
Angela Gayle Walker
Oct 16, 2015
Angela Gayle Walker, 39, of Lake Park, died on Friday, October 16, 2015 at her residence following a sudden illness. She was born on January 6, 1976 in Hahira, Georgia to Charles Jernigan and Patricia Thornton Kirkland. She was a veteran of the United States Army who faithfully and honorably served her country during the Iraq war having seen action...

Louie Raymond (Sonny) Maloney
Oct 16, 2015
Louie Raymond (Sonny) Maloney, 73, of Hahira died Friday, October 16, 2015 at his home. He was born in Cecil, Georgia on November 6, 1941 to the late Louie Milton and Louelle Johnson Maloney and had lived in this area all of his life. Mr. Maloney was retired from Holland Oil Company. He enjoyed fishing, watching NASCAR and college football...
Margaret Almeda Finger Roberts
Oct 14, 2015
Margaret Almeda Finger Roberts, 78, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at her home surrounded by her loving family.She was born September 17, 1937, in Maryville, TN, a daughter of the late Vola Wilson and Mirtie Birdell Carver Finger. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. She loved her flower gardens and birds, enjoyed fishing...

Mary Ellen Hinely Hiers
Oct 13, 2015
Mary Ellen Hinely Hiers, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Fellowship Home. She was born on December 25, 1928 in Springfield, Georgia to the late Hugh R. and Mertie Zittrouer Hinely and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Hiers was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church. She enjoyed cooking and fishing....

Charles Lott Belcher
Oct 13, 2015
Charles Lott Belcher, 77, of Quitman died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 10, 1938 in Waycross to the late John Odell and Sadie Belle Corbett Belcher. Mr. Belcher was retired from the United States Navy having served in Vietnam. He was one of the plank owners of the USS Midway and...
Marjorie Griffin Harnage
Oct 10, 2015
Marjorie Griffin Harnage, 86, of Cecil died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Pruitt Health of Valdosta. She was born on December 15, 1928 in Cecil, GA to the late Erin Paulk Griffin and Bertha Wetherington Griffin. Mrs. Harnage was a bookkeeper and accountant in Daytona Beach, FL and for her family businesses and for the Valdosta Housing Authority. She was...
Brian W. Bennett
Oct 9, 2015
Brian W. Bennett, 52, of Sylva, NC and formerly of Valdosta died Friday, October 9, 2015. He was born in Valdosta on April 10, 1963 and had lived in North Carolina for the past fifteen years. Brian was a Methodist and loved to hunt, fish and Valdosta State University Blazer Football.Survivors include his mother, Sue Bennett of Valdosta; his sister...
Dr. John Powell Puckett
Oct 8, 2015
Dr. John Powell Puckett Jr., 78, of Winter Haven, Florida, died on October 8, 2015 of heart failure. John was born in Perry, Florida on December 21, 1936 to Virginia and Powell Puckett. John attended Taylor County High School in Perry. He obtained undergraduate and medical degrees from Tulane University. He was a member of the SAE fraternity, the AOA...

Hardy Lee Smith
Oct 8, 2015
Hardy Lee Smith, 81, of Valdosta died on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 6, 1934 in Fort Myers, Florida to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired Tech Sergeant from the United States Air Force and served during both the Korean Conflict and the Viet Nam War. He...
Martha Jean Mangum Carter
Oct 7, 2015
Martha Jean Mangum Carter, 74, of Quitman died Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta at Little Griffin Hospital on August 14, 1941 to the late George Samuel Wilson Mangum, Sr. and Marilyn Caldwell Mangum and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Carter was a member of the Morven Church of God...

Charlotte Elaine Easters Moss
Oct 7, 2015
Charlotte Elaine Easters Moss, 53, of Valdosta died Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on September 26, 1962, the daughter of the late Larry Albert Easters and Sue Ann Tutt Easters. Charlotte loved her family, music and the outdoors. Survivors are her sons and daughters in law, Travis and Meagan Moss of Thomasville, Brent...
Christie Lamar Patterson, Jr.
Oct 7, 2015
Christie Lamar Patterson, Jr., age 70, of Athens and formerly of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at Athens Regional Medical Center after a valiant fight to recover from cardiac arrest on October 2nd. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 21, 1945, to the late Christie Lamar Patterson, Sr. and Margaret Campbell Patterson, Christie graduated from Valdosta High School...
Robin Reed Stewart
Oct 5, 2015
Robin Reed Stewart, 72, of Valdosta passed away at South Georgia Medical on October 5, 2015. She was born in Guntersville, AL on November 11, 1942 to the late George Gordon Reed and Bernice Nichols Reed. Mrs. Stewart or "Robin Ann" as she was affectionately known, made Valdosta her home for the last forty seven years. She graduated from Marshall...
Patricia Westmoreland
Oct 4, 2015
Patricia Westmoreland, 76, of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her home. She was born on January 17, 1939 in Lakeland, Georgia to the late Owen Edward and Lena Mae Hall Harnage and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Westmoreland was a Baptist and loved reading, spending time with family and making baby blankets. Survivors...

Dianne Cawthon
Oct 1, 2015
Dianne Cawthon, 56, of Dasher, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015, at her home after a lengthy illness.She was born August 20, 1959, in Brooks County, a daughter of the late Mark D. Pollock, Sr. and the late Bertie Ruth Wingate Pollock. Dianne loved her children, grandchildren, life, and being outdoors; and enjoyed hunting and fishing. She had worked for...
Julian Ansley "Andy" Bonner, Sr.
Sep 30, 2015
Julian Ansley "Andy" Bonner Sr., a Hahira native, passed away suddenly in St. Augustine, Florida on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Carson McLane Funeral Home at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until service time. Andy, 57, was born December 17, 1957,...

Mary Nell Crump Webb
Sep 30, 2015
Mary Nell C. Webb, 94, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born on October 7, 1920 in Cochran to the late Arthur and Eula Jones Crump and lived in Miami, Florida for many years before returning to this area in 1987. Mrs. Webb was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church....

Roy Thomas Dasher
Sep 29, 2015
Roy Thomas Dasher, 95, of Valdosta, died on September 29, 2015, at Fellowship Home. A native of Lowndes County, he was born in Bemiss on May 21, 1920, son of the late Mitchell Dasher and Nellie Mathis Dasher. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School in the late 1930's. Going on to the University of Georgia, he graduated in...
Marjorie Glenn White
Sep 28, 2015
Marjorie Glenn White, 80, of Valdosta died Monday, September 28, 2015 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on November 25, 1934 to the late Joseph Max and Willie Amelia Wall Glenn. Mrs. White was a member of the First United Methodist Church and received her Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree from Valdosta State University. She was...