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

Barbara Moss
Jul 18, 2015
Barbara Anna Moss, 78, of Valdosta passed away July 18, 2015 at the Langdale Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born August 30, 1936 in Moultrie to the late Gordon and Clemmie Busby. In accordance with her wishes, Mrs. Moss will be cremated with no formal services. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home....

Marie Terese White
Jul 18, 2015
Marie "Terese" White, 54, of Adel died on Saturday, July 18, 2015 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on October 15, 1960 and has been a resident of this area for most of her life. She worked in the auto financing industry for many years until illness forced her to quit. Mrs. White was of the Baptist...
Juanita Lacey Mcrae
Jul 16, 2015
Juanita Lacey McRae, 93, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at her residence in Atlanta. She was born on November 21, 1921 in Morven, GA to the late James Gary Lacey and Esther Lee Simpson Lacey. Mrs. McRae attended Morven public schools and graduated at age 16 from Morven High School in 1938. She graduated from Piedmont College in...
Melisa Padgett-Branch
Jul 15, 2015
Melisa Padgett-Branch, 48, of Valdosta, Georgia died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on August 9, 1966 in Virginia, Minnesota to the late James and Beverly Hanela Padgett. Melisa was a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church. She graduated from Virginia High School in 1984 and then went on to attend Lothian College in...
Jerry Green
Jul 14, 2015
Jerry Green, 72, of Naylor, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born December 28, 1942, in Lowndes County, a son of the late Lawrence Jerry and Elva Mae Register Green. Mr. Green was a member of The Rock Church, he was a loving husband, caring father and a man of great character....
Walter (Junior) Snellgrove, Jr.
Jul 13, 2015
Walter (Junior) Snellgrove, Jr., 84, of Hahira, passed away Monday, July 13, 2015, at Fellowship Home.He was born September 19, 1930 in Valdosta, a son of the late Walter M. and Ruby King Snellgrove. Mr. Snellgrove was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, and had retired from the U.S. Postal Service, Valdosta. He attended Southwestern Theological Seminary, Fort...
Betty Louise Hamby
Jul 10, 2015
Betty Louise Hamby, 73, of Quitman, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015, at the Presbyterian Home.She was born January 13, 1942, in Lowndes County, a daughter of James Glenn Gregory, Sr. and Irene Spell Gregory. She had worked at the Lowndes County Magistrate Court and later the Superior Court, before leaving to stay at home with her children. Mrs. Hamby...
Bernise Queenette Merritt
Jul 10, 2015
Bernise Queenette Merritt, 60, of Valdosta, died on Friday, July 10. 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Jennings, Florida on August 7, 1954 to the late Henry and Charlie Mae Merritt. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Universal Deliverance Church where she was actively involved in the youth...
Will Carter Mccracken
Jul 8, 2015
Will Carter McCracken, 28, of Atlanta, died suddenly on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Will was born in Valdosta on December 12, 1986. He grew up in Valdosta and graduated from Lowndes High School in 2005. He went on to attend and graduate from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts in Entrepreneurship and Family Business in 2011. He soon moved...

Ruby Lee Wetherington
Jul 8, 2015
Ruby Lee Wetherington, 90, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness.She was born April 12, 1925 in Colquitt County, a daughter of the late John Phillip and Texas Virginia Noles Whittle. She was a member of Gateway Baptist Church, and had been a long time member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs....
Louise Deloach
Jul 7, 2015
Louise DeLoach, 85, of Hahira died on Tuesday, July 07, 2015 at Heritage House Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on September 28, 1929 in Lowndes County to the late John and Sally Byrd Sellars and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She retired from Sears Department Store after 20 plus years of service and...
Ethan Allen Barnard
Jul 6, 2015
Ethan Allen Barnard, 98, of Valdosta died Monday, July 6, 2015, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, August 11, 1916, to the late Henry Harrison Barnard and Katherine Margaret Rose Barnard, a German immigrant. A retired supervisor for the Gould Battery Company in Kankakee, Illinois, he had been a resident of Brooks County for...

Ruth Brown Starling
Jul 6, 2015
Ruth Brown Starling, 89, of Lake Park died on Monday, July 06, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 9, 1925 in Lowndes County to the late R.V. and Lillie Baucom Brown and has been a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. She was a teller for Industrial Banking Company for many years and was...

Tommy H. Deloach
Jul 5, 2015
Tommy H. DeLoach, 67, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Americus, GA. He was born on October 16, 1947 in Valdosta to the late Virgil Hugh DeLoach, Sr. and Mary Lou Fiveash DeLoach. Tommy was manager of Pawn USA and a member of the Baptist faith. In August of 2014 he accepted Jesus...
Shirley Chastain "Nina" Aultman
Jul 4, 2015
Shirley Chastain "Nina" Aultman, 79, of Lake Park, GA passed away on July 4, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Macon, GA on March 15, 1936 to the late George Stokes and Jessie Mae Chastain. Mrs. Aultman was retired from Robins Air Force Base where she was the secretary to the base...

Betty H. Landrum
Jul 2, 2015
Betty H. Landrum, 86, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born in Lowndes County on July 31, 1928 to the late James Roland Hammock and Susan Dessie Hughes Hammock. Mrs. Landrum was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. She loved working in the yard and her flowers. She enjoyed having all of...
Steven Douglas Jones-Johnson
Jul 1, 2015
Steven Douglas Jones-Johnson, 50, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born at Ft. Bragg, NC on April 20, 1965, the son of the late Douglas Lee Jones and Sandra Benke. Mr. Jones-Johnson worked in Security Forces, was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force and was of the Baptist...
Billy Allen Sutton
Jul 1, 2015
Billy Allen Sutton, 69, of Hahira died Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, FL. He was born in Valdosta on June 2, 1946 to the late Bernice Allen Sutton and Mildred Edna Smith Sutton. Mr. Sutton was a United States Army veteran having served from 1964-1967 and was a retired truck driver.He is survived by his...
Chris A. Williams
Jun 30, 2015
Chris A. Williams, 49, of Valdosta died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, GA. He was born on April 15, 1966 at Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico. Chris was co-owner of ClientTell and a member of Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Chris was a generous person who loved and adored kids and making...

Pamela Denise Wetherbee
Jun 30, 2015
Pamela Denise Wetherbee, 58, of Valdosta and formerly of Jacksonville, Florida, died on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Barberton, Ohio she was the daughter of the late William Norman Myers and Patty Jean Hutchison Myers. Pam was a member of Calvary Temple. She was an avid card player and she loved her family, especially...