OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Norman Walter Eunice, Sr.

Norman Walter Eunice, Sr.

Mar 8, 2015

Norman Walter Eunice, Sr., 87, of Quitman died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Remerton on August 30, 1927 to the late Arthur Holmes and Eva Lavon Crumbley Eunice and was a lifelong resident of the area. Mr. Eunice was a member of the Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church where served as a deacon....

Joseph Raymond  (Joe)  Slocum, Sr.

Joseph Raymond (Joe) Slocum, Sr.

Mar 7, 2015

Joseph Raymond Slocum, Sr., 88, died March 7, 2015, at Dasher Heart Center, Valdosta, GA. Mr. Slocum was born in Avon Park, FL, on January 7, 1927, to the late Lloyd and McRae Davis Slocum. The family came to Valdosta when Joe was a child to open a furniture business. After graduating from Valdosta High School in 1943, he attended...

Nancy B. Bennett

Nancy B. Bennett

Mar 7, 2015

Nancy B. Bennett, 80, of Naylor passed away March 7, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born September 13, 1934 in Naylor, GA to the late James Willie and Doris Monk Bass. Mrs. Bennett had been a lifelong resident of Naylor and was a faithful member of Naylor Baptist Church. She was a retired caseworker for...

Phillip David Thomas

Phillip David Thomas

Mar 7, 2015

Phillip David Thomas, 64, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge. Phillip was born in Valdosta on May 16, 1950 to the late Joseph and Georgia Saliba Thomas. He was a loving and happy person who had been residing at the Georgia Pines in Bainbridge. Phillip was a Protestant. Survivors include three sisters, Joyce Ann...

Frances G. Plair

Frances G. Plair

Mar 6, 2015

Frances G. Plair, 77, of Valdosta died Friday, March 6, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on April 10, 1937 in Nashville, GA to the late Charles Gray and Lessie Ina Nix Gray. Mrs. Plair moved to Valdosta in 1957 and worked at Eye Associates for the past 45 years. She was a member of Perimeter Road Baptist...

Ronald (Ronny) Buran Wisenbaker, Jr.

Ronald (Ronny) Buran Wisenbaker, Jr.

Mar 2, 2015

Ronald (Ronny) Buran Wisenbaker, Jr., 54, of Valdosta died Monday, March 2, 2015 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lowndes County on January 23, 1961 to Betty Tyson Wisenbaker and the late Ronald B. Wisenbaker, Sr. and was a lifelong resident of this area. Ronny was a member of the Dasher Church of Christ and...

William Robert Watson, Sr.

William Robert Watson, Sr.

Mar 1, 2015

William Robert Watson, Sr., 82, of Hahira, died on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 28, 1933 in Morven, Georgia to the late Stanley Bennett and Gladys Aline Newton Watson. Mr. Watson graduated from Valdosta High School and played for Coach Bazemore and was affectionately known as "Chug Chug". He...

Michael Wayne Wright

Michael Wayne Wright

Mar 1, 2015

Michael Wayne Wright, age 52, passed away on March 1, 2015 at James A. Haley VA hospital in Tampa, FL. He was born in Laredo, Texas on November 11, 1962. He grew up mainly in Anchorage, Alaska and Valdosta, Georgia, where he attended New Bethel Baptist Church and graduated from Lowndes High School. He retired from the US Army in...

Pauline Broer Faircloth

Pauline Broer Faircloth

Feb 28, 2015

Pauline Broer Faircloth, 94, of Valdosta died on Saturday February 28, 2015 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Palatka, Florida on February 17, 1921 to the late George and Annie Broer and had resided in Valdosta since 1945. She married James Brinson Faircloth on December 23, 1945 and retired from the Moody Air Force Base...

Ralph C. Hall

Ralph C. Hall

Feb 28, 2015

Ralph C. Hall, 87, of Hahira died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on May 3, 1927 in Lowndes County to the late Colonel Joe Hall and Madalyn Fiveash Hall. Mr. Hall was a retired farmer and a member of Bethany Baptist Church. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Mr....

Col. Edwin E. Kelly

Col. Edwin E. Kelly

Feb 28, 2015

Colonel Edwin E. Kelly, 94, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday February 28, 2015. He was born August 22, 1920 in Porterdale, Georgia to the late Ernest Edgar Kelly and Winnie Vera Kelly. Edwin E. Kelly was a retired United States Air Force Colonel who served his country for 30 years with honor and distinction. Bravely serving in World War...

Joe C.  Stubbs, Md

Joe C. Stubbs, Md

Feb 26, 2015

Joe C. Stubbs, MD. 83, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Jacksonville, FL to the late Joe Calvin Sr. & Helen Bremer Stubbs, Mr. Stubbs graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in the late 1940's. Soon after high school he joined the National Guard and then was called up to the...

John M. Williams

John M. Williams

Feb 26, 2015

John M. Williams, 84, of Hahira passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 after a long illness. He was born on April 14, 1930 in Barney, GA to the late John Henry Williams and Lilla Belle Shaw Williams. He was a member of Barney First Baptist Church and served in the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1955. Mr. Williams...

Redden  Parramore  Hart

Redden Parramore Hart

Feb 25, 2015

Redden Parramore Hart, 57, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born to Lilla Kate & George H. Hart, Jr. on November 20, 1957 in Valdosta, GA. Mr. Hart graduated from Valdosta High School in the mid 1970's, he went on to attend Georgia Institute of Technology and then graduate from Valdosta State...

Brenda Ann Barton

Brenda Ann Barton

Feb 25, 2015

Brenda Ann Barton, 72, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland, GA. She was born in Altha, FL on January 30, 1943 to the late John Thomas Garrett and Rosa Ann Jones Garrett. Mrs. Barton was a homemaker and a member of Pine Grove Community Baptist Church.She is survived by three sons and...

Albert "Buddy" Thornton

Albert "Buddy" Thornton

Feb 25, 2015

Albert "Buddy" Thornton, Jr., 61 of Lake Park died Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on September 26, 1953 to the late Albert, Sr. and Clair Thornton and was a lifelong resident of this area. He worked as a commercial truck driver for many years before going into the logging industry. Albert...

Jo Ann Sumner

Jo Ann Sumner

Feb 24, 2015

Jo Ann Sumner, 68, of Valdosta died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on November 2, 1946 in Adel to the late Lollie Lundy Centerfitt and Robbie Nell Stephens Centerfitt. Mrs. Sumner had worked at Strickland Cotton Mill in Remerton and Ithaca in Quitman.She is survived by two daughters and sons in law, Amanda...

Daniel Lee Broyles

Daniel Lee Broyles

Feb 23, 2015

Daniel Lee Broyles, 59, of Valdosta passed away suddenly at his residence on February 23, 2015. He was born October 7, 1955 in Rockwood, TN to John Kenneth and the late Leta Sue Broyles. Mr. Broyles had been a resident of this area for almost twenty years. He loved his family and enjoyed fishing and bowling in his spare time.Mr....

Gilbert Douglas Landers

Gilbert Douglas Landers

Feb 21, 2015

Gilbert Douglas Landers, 71, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 12, 1943 and had lived in Valdosta for the past nine years. Mr. Landers was retired after thirty five years as City Clerk for the city of Landrum, South Carolina. He was a charter member...

Montine Davis  Blanton

Montine Davis Blanton

Feb 21, 2015

Montine Davis Blanton, 95, of Valdosta passed away at her home in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 21, 2015. She was surrounded by a group of loved ones who had supported her through a courageous battle against her illness. She was born on September 20, 1919, in Merrillville, GA, to the late Thomas Franklin Davis and Alice Naomi...

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