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