OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Shirley Barrett

Shirley Barrett

Jun 28, 2015

Shirley Barrett, 54, of Valdosta passed away June 28, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born September 10, 1960 in Angeles City, Philippines. She was the daughter of the late Corazon Gernale. As an ROTC cadet in high school, she achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Although she did not join the service, she did become...

Ernest William (Bill) Folsom, Jr.

Ernest William (Bill) Folsom, Jr.

Jun 27, 2015

Ernest William (Bill) Folsom, Jr., 73, of Lake Park died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on November 22, 1941, a son of the late Ernest William Folsom, Sr. and Lula Brown Folsom Finney. Mr. Folsom retired as an electrician with Packaging Corporation after 46 years of service. He was a Scotish...

Bennie Ruth Welch

Bennie Ruth Welch

Jun 27, 2015

Bennie Ruth Welch, 73, of Lake Park died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at her home. She was born on March 19, 1942 in Waycross to the late James Hardy and Magdalena Brett Welch and lived in Valdosta, Atlanta, and Waycross before returning to this area several years ago. She was a graduate of Valdosta High School where she was a...

Margie Rolls

Margie Rolls

Jun 25, 2015

Margie Rolls, 86, of Hahira, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, at her home.She was born October 31, 1928 in Long County, GA, a daughter of the late Willie Mann and Minnie Barrow Flowers. For many years she had been a C.N.A. at Crestwood Nursing Home, Valdosta. Mrs. Rolls was a spiritual person, and she loved gardening, yard work, and...

Steve  Parrish

Steve Parrish

Jun 24, 2015

Steve Parrish, 64, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at Langdale Hospice House.He was born July 7, 1951, in Merced, California, a son of Dale and Eileen Parrish. Being raised in a military family he moved often to California, Arizona, Newfoundland, Florida, and Georgia. He studied at VSC but earned his Physician Assistant licenses, and became one of...

Alonzo Wilbur Coggins

Alonzo Wilbur Coggins

Jun 24, 2015

Alonzo Wilbur Coggins, 87, of Lake Park entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. He was a resident at Langdale Hospice House due to a lengthy illness. He was born on February 11, 1928 in Homestead, Fl to the late Perry Coggins, Sr. and LaBertha Brown Coggins. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Betty Blair...

James Bernice Cooper

James Bernice Cooper

Jun 23, 2015

James Bernice Cooper, 92, of Covington and formerly of Brooks County died Tuesday, June 23, 2015. He was born on December 28, 1922 to the late Barney G. and Susie Hiers Cooper. Mr. Cooper was a veteran of the United States Army having served in World War II. He was a farmer and had been employed with Winn-Dixie and Owens...

Janice  Livermore

Janice Livermore

Jun 23, 2015

Janice Ellen Thompson Livermore of Valdosta, Georgia, was born on October 26, 1939 in Kokomo, Indiana. Janice died on June 23, 2015 at the age of 75 years, 7 months, and 27 days. She was the daughter of Stanley and Pauline Thompson of Kokomo.Janice was a consummate teacher whether it was at the elementary level, the college level, or as...

James Bently Parker

James Bently Parker

Jun 22, 2015

James (Bently) Parker, 61, of Hahira died suddenly on Monday, June 22, 2015. He was born on June 17, 1954 in Lowndes County and was a lifelong resident. He was a Baptist and employed with Plumbing Service Company. Bently enjoyed NASCAR, visiting the mountains and enjoyed grilling for family and friends. He was a member of the Sons of the...

Linwood C. (Butch) Pippen

Linwood C. (Butch) Pippen

Jun 22, 2015

USAF TSGT (Ret) Linwood C. (Butch) Pippen, 65, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.He was born June 6, 1950, in Wilmington, NC. Mr. Pippen was a member of Perimeter Road Baptist Church, he was known to be a fighter. He loved life, he loved his family and they loved...

William R.  "Bill" Bland

William R. "Bill" Bland

Jun 22, 2015

William R. "Bill" Bland, 85, of Clyattville died Monday, June 22, 2015 at Fellowship Home. Born on September 26, 1929 to the late David Luther Bland and Edith Johns Bland, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. After graduating from Clyattville High School in the mid 1940's, Mr. Bland joined the U.S. Army. Having fought in the Korean...

Charles  Allen Schultz

Charles Allen Schultz

Jun 21, 2015

Charles Allen Schultz, 66, of Lake Park passed away June 21, 2015 at his residence. He was born April 15, 1949 in Knoxville, TN to the late Charles Wilbur and Betty June Robinson Schultz. After serving in the United States Army he embarked on a 38 year career as a truck driver with Roadway and upon retirement he went back...

Judy (Mimi) Kay Sapp Cofield

Judy (Mimi) Kay Sapp Cofield

Jun 20, 2015

Judy Kay Sapp Cofield (Mimi), 64, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 7, 1951 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late John Henry and Kathryn Everett Sapp and has been a Valdosta resident her whole life. She was a homemaker and attended Crosspointe Church. Mimi's heart and...

William L. Srygley, Sr.

William L. Srygley, Sr.

Jun 19, 2015

William L. Srygley, Sr., 74, of Jennings, Florida died Friday, June 19, 2015 at Suwanee Valley Care Center, Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida. He was born on January 13, 1941 in Guys, Tennessee to the late William Troy Srygley and Dora Allene Mullins Srygley. Mr. Srygley was retired from the Memphis, TN Police Department and Roadway Express. He was...

Vicki H. Lauckhardt

Vicki H. Lauckhardt

Jun 18, 2015

Vicki H. Lauckhardt, 42, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Long Island, New York on September 23, 1973 and has been a resident for half her life her locally. She was a homemaker and of the Episcopal faith.Survivors include her husband of 20 plus years, William Ken...

Samuel "Sam" Dean Donaldson

Samuel "Sam" Dean Donaldson

Jun 16, 2015

Samuel "Sam" Dean Donaldson, 58, of Valdosta passed away at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in February 1, 1957 in McRae, GA to the late Samuel Dean Donaldson and Audrey Purvis Todd. In his younger years he spent a time at the Georgia Sheriffs' Boys Ranch in Hahira and became an alumni of the program. For...

Daniel "Danny"  Price  Winters

Daniel "Danny" Price Winters

Jun 16, 2015

Daniel "Danny" Price Winters, 53, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Daytona Beach, Florida. A Valdosta native, Danny was born on August 23, 1961, the son of Jeannie Shiver Winters and William Winters. He was the owner of Security Sales and a member of Azalea City Church of God. An avid fisherman, Danny loved to fish at...

Ray  Poole

Ray Poole

Jun 15, 2015

Ronald Ray Poole, 54, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on July 3, 1960, Ray was the son of the late Pearl McLendon and Raymond Dallas Poole. He was a graduate of the 1978 Class of Valdosta High School and was employed as a fabricator at Fabtronics. Ronald was...

Peggy W. Herring

Peggy W. Herring

Jun 15, 2015

Peggy W. Herring, 76, of Valdosta died on Monday, June 15, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born on September 25, 1938 in Valdosta to the late Tally C. and Pearl Luke Wisenbaker and has been a lifelong resident of Valdosta. She graduated from Georgia Christian School and played on the basketball team where her...

Wanda Bius Greene

Wanda Bius Greene

Jun 14, 2015

Wanda Bius Greene, 75, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Southern Senior Living Community in Adel, GA. Mrs. Greene was born in Moultrie, GA to the late Vernon W. Bius and Merle Sikes Bius. A 1957 graduate of Doerun High School in Doerun, GA, she married Wallace James Greene on September 29 of the same year. A...