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Betty Parker Lightsey
Sep 6, 2015
Betty Parker Lightsey, 88, of Lake Park died Saturday, September 5, 2015 at the Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born in Valdosta on April 14, 1927 to the late Zeke and Mae Ward Parker and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County.Survivors include her grandchildren, Rebecca Brice, Jenny Robbins, Angel Hobby, John Lightsey, Brian Lightsey, Christy Lewis, Dana Lightsey,...
Jean Belcher
Sep 4, 2015
Jean Belcher, 73, of Quitman died Friday, September 4, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Quitman on March 14, 1942 to the late Floyd Edwin Parker and Vera Mae Williams Parker and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Belcher enjoyed her grandchildren, travelling and cruises. Survivors include her husband, Charles L. Belcher of Quitman;...
Usaf Maj. (Ret) Lawrence James Fontaine
Sep 3, 2015
Lawrence James Fontaine, USAF Maj. (Ret), 83, of Valdosta passed away at his home on September 3, 2015. He was born October 4, 1931 in Quincy, MA to the late Lester Harold and Cecile Marie Couture Fontaine. He proudly served in the United State Air Force as a pilot for 24 years. In his spare time he enjoyed playing the...
Patrick James Shay
Sep 3, 2015
Patrick James Shay, 72, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born January 9, 1943, in Rochester, NY, a son of the late James and Mary Shay. He grew up in Rochester and as a young adult had honorably served in the U.S. Army. He later lived in California for many years, as...
Eleanor Faye Smith
Sep 3, 2015
Eleanor Faye Smith, 76, of Statenville, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born October 5, 1938, in Mayday, a daughter of the late J.J. and Sarah Watson DeLoach. Mrs. Smith, a lifelong member of Statenville Baptist Church, had served as Echols County Tax Commissioner for twenty-two years, and she enjoyed participating at the Senior...
W. Ed Crane
Sep 3, 2015
William Edward Crane, 89, of Valdosta, died at home on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015.Mr. Crane was Born in Wilmington, NC., on January 19, 1926 to the late Frank Vandevere and Marcia Schenck Crane. Mr. Crane attended the United States Naval Academy, the University of Southern California and in 1947 received a Bachelor of Science Administration degree from the University of...
Patricia Sims
Sep 3, 2015
Patricia Livar Sims, 85, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully after a short illness at Langdale Hospice House on September 3rd. She was preceded in death by her husband William Motte Sims of Atlanta, GA.Her greatest joys in life were her family and friends. She was an avid bridge player and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and...
Louese Royal Weaver
Sep 1, 2015
Louese Royal Weaver, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Montebrook, Florida on March 19, 1927 to the late D. W. and Alpha Mae Priest Royal, grew up in Brooksville, Florida, and moved to Valdosta after marriage, where she resided until her death. Mrs. Weaver was a member of Pleasant...
Leonard Hatfield Jr.
Aug 31, 2015
Leonard Hatfield, Jr., 86, of Lake Park passed away at his residence on August 31, 2015. He was born in Delbarton, West Virginia on November 22, 1928 to the late Leonard Sr. and Effie Star Hatfield. After serving in the United States Air Force he went to work for Eastern Airlines in Orlando, FL. He remained with the company until...
Judy Denise Spicer Lytle
Aug 31, 2015
Judy Denise Spicer Lytle, 58, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on August 31, 2015, after a long illness.Judy was preceded in death by her father, David Bruce Spicer; her mother, Idell S. Welch; step-father, John J. Welch; brother, Donnie Spicer; and husband, Dennis Wayne Lytle. She is survived by her two children, Dora and husband Joyie Millican of Steinhatchee, FL,...
Carolyne "Gram" Johnston
Aug 29, 2015
Carolyne "Gram" Johnston, 85, of Valdosta, GA died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 29, 1929 in Irwin, TN to the late Roscoe Conklin Smith, Sr. and Sadie Gaines Willson Smith. Mrs. Johnston was a retired bank security officer, a member of Convenant Baptist Church, a member of "DAR" the Daughters of the...
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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