OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Lt. Col Edgar James Lindenmeyer

Lt. Col Edgar James Lindenmeyer

Aug 10, 2015

Lt. Col. Edgar James Lindenmeyer, USAF (retired), 82, of Summerville, husband of Patricia (Griffin) Lindenmeyer, entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior on Monday, August 10, 2015 at Trident Medical Center. Edgar was born on March 20, 1933 in Lake Forest, IL, son of the late Edgar William Lindenmeyer and Alice (Swanton) Lindenmeyer. He was a graduate of...

Mary Julia Simpson Lancaster

Mary Julia Simpson Lancaster

Aug 8, 2015

Mary Julia Simpson Lancaster, 88, of Valdosta, went to dance with Jesus on Saturday, August 8, 2015. She was born in Jacksonville, FL on October 11, 1926 to the late William Daniel and Eula Lee Simpson. She was a member of the Golden Girls at the Heritage House and was affectionately known as Miss Sunshine. She was also known for...

Gretchen Bennett Powell

Gretchen Bennett Powell

Aug 7, 2015

Gretchen Bennett Powell, 54, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 7, 2015, at her home.She was born December 24, 1960, in Valdosta, a daughter of Bill and Irene Blalock Bennett. She loved her family and enjoyed caring for animals. For many years she has been a Bookkeeper for her family's KFC businesses. Gretchen is survived by her husband...

Jesse J. Sedgwick

Jesse J. Sedgwick

Aug 7, 2015

Jesse J. Sedgwick, 81, of Valdosta, husband of June, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at his home. The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 7, 2015, at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Interment will follow in the cemetery. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home,...

Vonnie Mullinax Geiger

Vonnie Mullinax Geiger

Aug 6, 2015

Vonnie Mullinax Geiger, 75, of Valdosta died Wednesday, August 6, 2015 at her home. She was born in Tifton, Georgia on February 29, 1940 to the late Henry and Lucille Cagle. Mrs. Geiger was a nurse with South Georgia Medical Center having retired in 1995. She was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, cross stitching...

Christine Cooper Ross

Christine Cooper Ross

Aug 6, 2015

Christine Cooper Ross, 90, of Valdosta went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 6, 2015. She was born in Muscogee County, Georgia on October 19, 1924 to the late Ira David and Eddie Mae West Cooper and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Ross was a charter member of the Bemiss Road Baptist Church and...

Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone

Aug 4, 2015

Jeff Stone, 45, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at his home. He was born July 2, 1970 in Hahira, a son of the late Garland Mitchell Stone, Sr. and the late Alma Jean Brooks Stone. Jeff was a loving father, he had a big heart, was very giving, and volunteered every Thursday at the Southland...

Twins Sawyer Reid And Harper Reese Montgomery

Twins Sawyer Reid And Harper Reese Montgomery

Aug 2, 2015

Sawyer Reid Montgomery and Harper Reese Montgomery, infant twins of Joshua and Kelly Montgomery of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Thank you to our family and friends for all the calls, text, love and prayers during this time. Joshua and Kelly are appreciative to Dr. Kevin Winslow of the Florida Institute of...

Stephen  Woodrow  Kelly

Stephen Woodrow Kelly

Aug 2, 2015

Stephen Woodrow Kelly, 61, of Valdosta passed away on August 2, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Jacksonville, FL on June 9, 1954 to Mildred and the late Harold Kelly. He was a graduate of Lowndes High School and for the last 29 years he was employed by the Packaging Corporation of...

Ronald Edwin Neumann

Ronald Edwin Neumann

Jul 30, 2015

Ronald Edwin Neumann, 76, of Lake Park died on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 1, 1939 in Shelby, Ohio to the late Harold and Doris Carrothers Neumann. Mr. Neumann served in the Air National Guard from 1957-1963 and had retired from Zellwin Farms where he was grounds manager....

Rollin David Johnson

Rollin David Johnson

Jul 29, 2015

Rollin D. Johnson, 64, of Valdosta passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 29, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born July 12, 1951 in Washington D. C., a son of Leonard and Yolande Johnson of Vienna, Virginia.Rollin was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force, serving for twenty years. Upon retirement he received a Bachelor's of...

Brenden Jamerion Thomas

Brenden Jamerion Thomas

Jul 26, 2015

Brenden JaMerion Thomas, infant son of Traveon Thomas and Takayla Paige died on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brothers, Traveon Thomas, Jr. and Treveon Thomas; his grandparents, Vickie Gray and Jerry Paige, Jr., and Lillybelle Thomas; his great-grandparents, Virginia and Jimmy Gray, and Sandra and Jerry...

Jean S. Williams

Jean S. Williams

Jul 24, 2015

Jean S. Williams, 81, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2015, at her home after a lengthy illness.She was born August 16, 1933 in Richland, a daughter of the late Joe H. and Cora Toney Scott. Mrs. Williams taught Elementary School with the Lowndes County School System at Clyattville Elementary and Parker-Mathis Elementary, and was a member of...

Carl  Marlin "Butch" Moore, Jr.

Carl Marlin "Butch" Moore, Jr.

Jul 22, 2015

Carl Marlin "Butch" Moore, Jr., 63, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at his home in Valdosta. Born in Valdosta on February 17, 1952, he was the son of the late Carl Marlin Moore, Sr. and Marjorie Glennell Southall Moore. Mr. Moore was a 1970 graduate of Lowndes High School. He joined the Navy and served as a...

Walter  T. Tutt

Walter T. Tutt

Jul 22, 2015

Walter T. Tutt, 73, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at his home.He was born January 11. 1942, in Thomasville, AL, a son of the late Lloyd B. Tutt and the late Anessa Sims Tutt Harris. Mr. Tutt had retired after thirty years of employment with Allison Metal Fabrication, and had worked at Hughes Berries, Inc....

Jackie Strickland Coombs

Jackie Strickland Coombs

Jul 22, 2015

Jackie Strickland Coombs, 77, of Hahira joined her beloved husband in Heaven on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Colquitt County, Georgia on July 6, 1938 to the late John Howell and Odessa Willis Strickland. Mrs. Coombs was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church and had worked in the Lowndes County Schools...

Dewey Evans

Dewey Evans

Jul 22, 2015

Dewey Evans, 68, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born June 12, 1947 in Ocilla, a son of the late Clifford L. and Mildred Owens Evans. Mr. Evans had retired from Crackin' Good Bakery and was currently working at Staten Plantation. He was of the Baptist faith, he loved his...

L.C. "Hun" Mcgee, Jr.

L.C. "Hun" Mcgee, Jr.

Jul 20, 2015

L.C. "Hun" McGee, Jr., 78, of Valdosta died suddenly at his residence on Monday, July 20, 2015. He was born on September 5, 1936 in Pavo, Georgia to the late Leon Curtis, Sr., and Daisy Bell Jefferson McGee and has been a resident of the Valdosta area his whole life. He was the owner operator of McGee's Body Shop and...

Margie Hall Goodyear

Margie Hall Goodyear

Jul 19, 2015

Margie Hall Goodyear, 87, of Hahira, died at her residence on Sunday, July 19, 2015 following a brief illness. Mrs. Goodyear was born to the late Walter Colquit Hall and Mary Rilla Hodges Hall on July 17, 1928. She grew up in Hahira and the family attended First Baptist Church where she was baptized by Rev. Austin Turner in 1941....

Frankie Joyce Moseley Hall

Frankie Joyce Moseley Hall

Jul 18, 2015

Frankie Joyce Moseley Hall, 87, of Hahira passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Meridian, Mississippi on March 16, 1928 to the late Franklin Grady Moseley and Belva Iola Wilkins Moseley. Mrs. Hall was a hairdresser.She is survived by one son and two daughters in law, Bruce A. and Helen Hall of...