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

Karen Webb Hall
Nov 12, 2014
Karen Webb Hall, 63, of Hahira, GA passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Thomasville, Georgia on January 18, 1951 and had lived in Hahira all of her life. Mrs. Hall was a loving and devoted wife and mother. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church where she worked in the nursery...

Orvil M. Futch
Nov 12, 2014
Orvil M. Futch, 86, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at his home. He was born August 23, 1928 in the Futch area of Cook County to the late Irvin and Mattie Stalvey Futch. He grew up in Cook County, moving to Lowndes County following his marriage to Ruth Salter on December 24, 1955 at Naylor Baptist Church....

Cynthia L. Weekley
Nov 11, 2014
Cynthia L. Weekley, 57, of Valdosta, Georgia, formerly of Clark, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born August 26, 1957 in Shreve, Ohio, a daughter of the late Carlos T. and Clara W. Belt Weekley. Cynthia was very proud of her two sons who became police officers, and she greatly loved...

Easter Jane Freeman Haney
Nov 11, 2014
Easter Jane Freeman Haney, 81, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Southern Care Assisted Living in Adel. She was born on October 9, 1933 in Richton, Mississippi to the late Charles Wesley Freeman and Linnie Summers Freeman. Mrs. Haney was retired from Texture Tex (Queen's Carpets), was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church where she was...
Hallie Hinshaw Dimascio
Nov 10, 2014
Hallie Hinshaw DiMascio died Monday, November 10, after a short illness. She was born in Lakeview, GA on September 30, 1922 and then her family moved to Valdosta when she was 13. Hallie graduated from Valdosta High School and attended South Georgia Women's College before meeting her future husband, M.R. (Chic) DiMascio. With her husband in the Air Force, the...
Angelo Christiano
Nov 10, 2014
Angelo Christiano, 100, of Hahira died Monday, November 10, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 14, 1914 to the late Vito and Lucia Murro Christiano and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Christiano was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and had recently been attending St....

Linda Emaline Ledford
Nov 10, 2014
Linda Emaline Ledford, 70, of Valdosta died at Lakehaven Nursing Home on Monday, November 10, 2014. Born in Cornelia , Georgia on March 5, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Joe York and Lillie Waldon McDonald. Linda was a homemaker. Survivors are her sons and daughters in law, Mack Key of Toccoa, Mark and Carol Key of Toccoa,...

Carlos Columbus Harrell
Nov 9, 2014
Carlos Columbus Harrell, 66, of Daytona Beach, Florida, died on Sunday, November 9, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on March 22, 1948, he was the son of the late Ernest Wesley Harrell and Ruby Virginia Harrell. Mr. Harrell was an Army Veteran. Carlos was a "gypsy", he loved to travel and meet people. He enjoyed the...

Joshua Dean Lunger
Nov 8, 2014
Joshua Dean Lunger, 22, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 8, 2014. He was born at Moody Air Force Hospital on March 12, 1992. Josh had been a mechanic and parts representative for Zuma Cycle, was a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church and was President of D C United Car Club. He graduated from Lowndes High School in 2010 and...

Charles Ivan Kelly
Nov 7, 2014
Charles Ivan Kelly, 84, of Valdosta died Friday, November 7, 2014 at the Georgia War Veteran's Home in Milledgeville, GA. He was born in Valdosta on June 14, 1930 to the late Walter Miller Kelly and Blanche Zipperer Kelly. Mr. Kelly served in the United States Army, was a retired farmer, a wild hog hunter enthusiast and worked at the...

Jerry Eston Whiddon
Nov 6, 2014
Jerry Eston Whiddon, 62, of Valdosta died suddenly on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. He was born on January 7, 1952 in Valdosta to the late E.J. and Mary Elizabeth Kirby Whiddon. Jerry was employed with Utility Service Inc. as a Special Projects Technician and was known as the "go-to" guy or the "tech master"...
Dorothy M. Bauer
Nov 6, 2014
Dorothy M. Bauer, 87, of Valdosta died Thursday, November 6, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 7, 1927 in Newark, New Jersey to the late Henry and Elizabeth Larsen. Mrs. Bauer lived in Valdosta since 1975, was a homemaker and a member of the Elks Lodge Auxillary. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles.Mrs. Bauer is survived...
Myra S. Wright
Nov 4, 2014
Myra S. Wright, 93, formerly of Valdosta, GA, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday November 4, 2014 at her home. She was born June 13, 1921 in Valdosta, GA to the late John Newton and Sarah (Mathis) Swindell. Mrs. Wright graduated from Florida State College for Women in 1942 where she studied music. She was employed by her...

Johnny Wheeler
Nov 2, 2014
Johnny Earl Wheeler, 60, of Valdosta passed away November 2, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. A lifelong resident, he was born in Valdosta, December 13, 1953 to Alma Jean Sumner and the late Johnny Earl Wheeler, Sr. He was a Lowndes High School graduate with the Class of 1973. Mr. Wheeler loved his family and...
John S. Dewitt
Nov 1, 2014
John S. DeWitt, 76, of Barney died Saturday, November 1, 2014. He was born on August 26, 1938 in Loris, South Carolina to the late Gary and Ada DeWitt and had lived in Barney for many years. Mr. DeWitt was a farmer that enjoyed riding and viewing the fields. He loved playing cards, bird hunting, racing and feeding his ducks....
Mary L. Mathis
Nov 1, 2014
Mary L. Mathis, 84, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Fellowship Home.She was born June 24, 1930 in Cairo, a daughter of the late Pless L. and Jewel H. Watson Truluck. Mrs. Mathis was a member of Northside Baptist Church; and for nearly forty years had been employed at C & S Bank, lastly as an Installment...

Geraldine Castleberry Carroll
Nov 1, 2014
Geraldine Castleberry Carroll, 86, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Lakehaven Nursing Home.She was born August 31, 1928 in Thomaston, a daughter of the late Grady P. Castleberry, Sr. and Lola Lona Garrett Castleberry. Mrs. Carroll had been a Secretary with Rhone-Poulence in Atlanta, and had moved to Lake Park in 2000 from Lithia Springs to...
Hannalore (Hanna) Corbett
Oct 29, 2014
Hannalore "Hanna" Corbett, 75, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Crailsheim, Germany during World War II to Herr & Frau Kammerer, on March 12, 1939. Her father was in the German Wehrmacht (army) and was killed on the Russian front soon after her birth. Mrs. Corbett was raised by Frau...
Bobby Ray Sapp
Oct 29, 2014
Bobby Ray Sapp, 64, of Hahira died Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at his home. He was born on January 17, 1950 in Valdosta to the late John Henry and Kathryn Everett Sapp and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Sapp was a retired mechanic with Georgia Power Company for thirty seven years. He loved to fish, watch football...
Mary C. Crane
Oct 28, 2014
Mary C. Crane, 88, of Valdosta died at her home on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska on her father's 40th birthday, Mary Catherine, was the youngest of five children born to Charles and Hazel Covington. Formerly of Newport Beach and Santa Ana, California, Mrs. Crane was an active member of the Santa Ana Junior Assistants League and...