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Leonard Yeomans
Dec 30, 2014
Mr. Leonard Yeomans went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 and departed this life at his residence in Barney surrounded by his wife and children. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Martin-McLane Funeral Home in Hahira. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Colquitt County. The...
Ernestine Griffin Akridge
Dec 29, 2014
Ernestine Griffin Akridge, 91, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness.She was born October 18, 1923 in Morven, a daughter of James Edward and Mildred Mattox Griffin. She graduated from Georgia Southern College and had taught school in Morven and Nashville, before working with the FBI at the beginning of...
Eugene L. (Gene) Minter
Dec 28, 2014
Eugene L. (Gene) Minter, Sr., 78, of Valdosta died on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 9, 1936 in Wilkinson County, Georgia to the late Thomas and Eurabell Booth Minter and has been a resident of this area since 1960. He was retired from Lowndes County Public Works...
Wilma Yeomans Morrison
Dec 28, 2014
Wilma Yeomans Morrison, 77, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born January 7, 1937 in Valdosta. She was a wonderful mother; she loved her family, especially her grandchildren, and she loved her church. She was a member of Church of God of Prophecy.Mrs. Morrison is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Gregory...
Jeannette Snellgrove Evans
Dec 28, 2014
Jeannette S. Evans, 91, longtime resident of Valdosta departed this life on Sunday, December 28, 2014. She was born the second of eight children to the late Walter Mallie and Ruby King Snellgrove in Albany, Georgia on March 12, 1923. She was saved and baptized at an early age at First Baptist Church, Moultrie, Georgia and had many fond memories...
Mick Wofford
Dec 27, 2014
Mick Wofford, 66, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at his residence. Born in Valdosta on November 29, 1948 to the late Paul T. & Jeannette Townsend Wofford, he was a lifelong resident of this area. A graduate of Lowndes High School where he played football, Mr. Wofford has always enjoyed talking about sports and football with his...
Freda Gibson
Dec 27, 2014
Freda Gibson, 80, of Valdosta, died at Lakehaven Nursing Home on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Born in Paris, Arkansas on October 30, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Fred Lafayette Minyard and Nina Ailene Tucker Minyard. Freda worked in sales at various stores including RevCo and Fred's. Formerly of Russellville, Arkansas she had made her home in Valdosta...
Andrew (Andy) Rumker
Dec 26, 2014
Andrew (Andy) Rumker, 91, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014, at his home after a short illness.He was born August 19, 1923 in Conway, Arkansas, a son of the late John J. and Mary Hegeman Rumker, and had honorably served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, including the invasion of the Philippines,...
Dr. Jerry G. Purvis, Sr.
Dec 25, 2014
Dr. Jerry G. Purvis, Sr., 79, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Adel, Cook County, Georgia on October 4, 1935 to the late Guy Purvis and Ethel Gaskins Purvis. He was a member of Christ the King Episcopal Church and served in the United States Air Force as a Captain...
Billy Shiver
Dec 23, 2014
Billy Shiver, 74, of Hahira died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born in Valdosta on May 27, 1940, he was the son of the late Zeno Shiver and Rosa Lee Hembree Shiver Watley. Mr. Shiver was a veteran of the United States Army and loved people. Survivors include a son and daughter in law,...
Ann Lahood Joseph
Dec 23, 2014
Ann LaHood Joseph, 89, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at her home. Born in Valdosta on May 9, 1925, she was the daughter of the late John George LaHood Sr. & Mary Hanna LaHood. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Joseph. She was a treasured wife, devoted mother & grandmother, and a dear friend...
Edward George Wombolt
Dec 23, 2014
Edward George Wombolt, 83, died in Valdosta, Ga., on Dec. 23, 2014, at home surrounded by four generations of his family. Born Jan. 27, 1931, in Laurel, Mt., he retired from the U.S. Army with two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star. Survivors include his wife, Grace Wombolt, of Valdosta; daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and John Bowers; son and daughter-in-law,...
Evalane Lee Nussbaum
Dec 22, 2014
Evalane Nussbaum, 76, of Valdosta, died at her home on Monday, December 22, 2014. Born in Luverne, Alabama on March 3, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Rudolphus Algie Lee and Bertha Mae McHenry Lee. Evalane was a homemaker. She had an immense love for nature and all animals. Evalane enjoyed reading, poetry, and gospel music, and family...
Herman L. Adkins, Sr.
Dec 22, 2014
Herman L. Adkins, Sr., 72, of Quitman died on Monday, December 22, 2014, at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Born in Valdosta on June 2, 1942, he was a son of the late Leroy and Lillie Akins Adkins. A charter member of the Withlacoochee Hunt Club he was an avid hunter and fisherman. He had a love for the outdoors,...
Steven Perry Coody
Dec 21, 2014
Steven Perry Coody, 61, of Valdosta died on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 1, 1953 in Valdosta and has been a lifelong resident here. He was employed with Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) for 41 years and was an active member of Redland Baptist Church. Steve liked to hunt...
Grace Stephenson Brantley
Dec 20, 2014
Grace Stephenson Brantley, 91, of Remerton died Saturday, December 20, 2014. She was born on November 11, 1923 in Remerton, GA to the late Charlie and Annie Brooks Stephenson. Mrs. Brantley was retired from the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Lake City, FL. She was of the Methodist faith, an avid antique collector, quilter and an excellent cook.Mrs. Brantley is survived...
Paul Pharise Price
Dec 20, 2014
Paul Pharise Price, 93, of Lowndes County, passed away at Presbyterian Home, on December 20, 2014. One of six children, he was born December 16, 1921, in Brooks County, GA, to the late Thomas and Carrie Cooper Price. After high school, he served in the United States Army. Later on, he and his brother, James Price operated Price's Cabinet Shop...
Betty Harris Taylor
Dec 18, 2014
Betty Harris Taylor, 75, of Valdosta died on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on August 2, 1939 to the late Joseph and Dorothy Mims Harris and has been a resident locally for most of her life. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.Survivors include three sons and a daughter-in-law,...
Jane Cook Miller
Dec 18, 2014
Jane Cook Miller, 86, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Archer William, Sr. and Naamah Cook of Richmond, VA. She attended Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, where she met Dr. John Marvin Miller, her husband of over fifty years. A homemaker, Mrs. Miller...
Dollie Mae Joyner
Dec 16, 2014
Dollie Mae Altman Joyner, 78, of Hahira passed away at Smith Northview Hospital on December 16, 2014. She was born in Blackshear, GA on August 4, 1936 to the late Reggie E. Altman and Clattie Fish Altman. Affectionately known as "Me-Ma", she loved her family and was very giving. She was retired from Crackling Good Bakery and in her spare...
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