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Major Hoyt B. Hurt, Usaf (Retired)
Apr 1, 2015
Major Hoyt B. Hurt, USAF (Retired), 81, of Lake Park died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 after a lengthy period of declining health. He was born April 11, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois but had lived in Lowndes County for the better part of his life after retiring from a distinguished career in the United States Air Force. A Command Pilot, Major...
Russell Bobby Mcdonald
Apr 1, 2015
Russell Bobby McDonald, 77, of Lake Park died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lake Park on September 22, 1937 to the late John and Maude Hughes McDonald. Mr. McDonald attended Redland Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He retired from Langdale Forest Products...
Ralph Hamm
Mar 31, 2015
Ralph Hamm, 86, of Dasher passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at his home.He was born July 26, 1928 in Jacksonville, FL, son of the late J.M. and Ruth Edmondson Hamm. Mr. Hamm was a member and former Elder of Dasher Church of Christ. He loved Georgia Christian School, where he was a past Board Member. One of his proudest...
Theresa Vena Nargi
Mar 31, 2015
Theresa Vena Nargi, 98, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at her residence following a short illness. She was born on September 24, 1916 in Stamford, Connecticut to the late Anthony and Philamena Moccia Vena. Mrs. Nargi was employed with the Royal Typewriter Company as a bookkeeper and later was employed as a personal assistant to the judge...
Gerald Bruce Bennett
Mar 30, 2015
Gerald Bruce Bennett, 66, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness.He was born July 22, 1948 in Miami, Florida, a son of the late Frederick John and Peggy Benson Holland. Mr. Bennett attended First United Methodist Church of Valdosta and was a retired painter.He is survived by his step-mother, Bettye Holland...
Colton Wayne Shaw
Mar 26, 2015
Colton Wayne Shaw, 14, of Lakeland, passed away on March 26, 2015, playing the sport that he loved the most. Baseball was his passion along with hunting, fishing and playing with his sisters. Colton was born on August 24, 2000 in Valdosta. He was a member of Redland Baptist Church and was a 9th grade student at Valdosta High School....
Teresa Herrin Swann
Mar 26, 2015
Teresa Herrin Swann, 44, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on February 4, 1971 and was a homemaker and a member of New Harvest United Methodist Church. Teresa had an outgoing personality and made friends with great ease. She never met a stranger and...
Chris Bostick
Mar 25, 2015
Chris Bostick, 63, of Hahira died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at his residence. He was born on April 9, 1951 in Miami, FL. Chris was a truck driver and served in the United States Navy. He is survived by two daughters and one son in law, Lisa and Buddy Yates of Seminole, AL, Crystal Bostick of Cocoa Beach, FL, Uncle,...
Betty Jane Barlow Smith
Mar 22, 2015
Betty Jane Barlow Smith, 88, of Valdosta died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the Langdale Hospice House surrounded by her family. She was born in Wilkinson County, Georgia on July 31, 1926 to the late Samuel Franklin and Ruby Olivia Waters Barlow. Mrs. Smith was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a retired registered nursing administrator with...
Ewell Brown Pinkston
Mar 22, 2015
Ewell Brown Pinkston, 91, a decorated Korean War pilot and former leading executive in the corporate jet industry, died Sunday in Lawrenceville, Ga. Mr. Pinkston earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as a young Marine and later achieved the rank of colonel in the Marine Reserve. He retired from business in 1988 as the Executive Vice President for Government Sales in...
Bertha Inez Deloach Pittman
Mar 21, 2015
Bertha Inez DeLoach Pittman, 89, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Langdale Place. She was born in Nashville, Georgia on January 25, 1926 to John Chester and Fannie Texas Ray DeLoach and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Pittman was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren...
Jessie C. Allen Iii
Mar 21, 2015
Jessie C. Allen III, "Big Jessie", 58, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015.He was born October 30, 1956 in Hahira, a son of the late Jessie C. "Bill" Allen, Jr. and Fairlene Lord Allen. Jessie was a very caring man that was loved by many, and he greatly loved his family and friends.He is survived by his...
Agnes J. Corbin
Mar 20, 2015
Agnes J. Corbin, 91, of Valdosta, died on Friday, March 20, 2015 at Fellowship Home in Brooks County. Mrs. Corbin was born in Lowell, MA to the late Jean Baptist & Alexandrine East Defradas. In the mid 1940's she met Joseph Roland Corbin, and they married on November 22, 1945. During WWII, she helped make parachutes for the U.S. Army,...
Bonnie Fender Rocheleau
Mar 19, 2015
Bonnie Fender Rocheleau, 58, of Valdosta passed away at Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville, GA on March 19, 2015 after a sudden illness. She was born in Valdosta on May 17, 1956 to the late Jesse Eugene and Evelyn Young Fender. Mrs. Rocheleau was known for her great sense of humor and her fondness for music of all kinds. She...
Robert Joseph Shaughnessy
Mar 19, 2015
Robert Joseph Shaughnessy, 36, of Valdosta passed away unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, March 19, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 am, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church with burial to follow in McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive family and friends on Monday, March 23, 2015 from...
Marvin (Tom) Thomas Williams
Mar 18, 2015
Marvin (Tom) Thomas Williams, 67, passed after a long illness March 18, 2015 at his Valdosta home surrounded by his family. Tom was born June 23, 1947 in Jacksonville, FL, a son of Katie Allen Williams and James C. Williams.He graduated from Jonesboro Senior High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force. In the USAF he served a...
Kim Copeland
Mar 18, 2015
Kim Copeland, 55, of Valdosta died suddenly, on March 18, 2015 at her residence. Born in Bainbridge on October 19, 1959, she moved to Valdosta at an early age. Kim attended Valdosta High School graduating in 1977 where she played the clarinet in the Marching Cats Band. After high school, she worked briefly at South Georgia Medical Center as a...
Jerry Glen King
Mar 18, 2015
Jerry Glen King, 60, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Valdosta on June 29, 1954 and was a member of the Clyattville United Methodist Church. Survivors include his mother, Gedelle Yarbrough King Hall of Clyattville; sister and brother in law, Sharon and Gary Phillips of Clyattville; two brothers and sister...
Richard Melvin Roberson
Mar 18, 2015
Richard Melvin Roberson, 90, of Clyattville, died on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at his home. Born in Dixie on August 28, 1924, he was a son of the late Adrian NeSmith and Oliver J. Roberson, Sr. Mr. Roberson was a WWII veteran of the United States Army. He was retired from the Lowndes County Recycling Center and was the night...
Marian Thomas Devane
Mar 17, 2015
Marian Thomas DeVane, 78, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Community Hospice House, Vidalia.She was born November 1, 1936 in Jennings, FL, a daughter of the late Elder Maurice and Neta Cunningham Thomas. As a Preacher's daughter and a Preacher's wife, she ministered to many people throughout her life. She was a member of Grace...
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