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Junita "Judy" Dawson
Jun 25, 2014
Junita "Judy" Dawson, 88, of Valdosta and formerly of Hanahan, South Carolina died Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Alta Vista, Kansas on November 19, 1925 to the late Peter F. and Anna Ehlers Haffener and had lived in Charleston/Hanahan South Carolina area since 1963 before moving to Valdosta in 2009. Mrs. Dawson was...
Bill Purdy
Jun 24, 2014
Willie (Bill) Vern Purdy, 92, passed away very peacefully surrounded by most of his family on June 24, 2014 in Newburg, Maryland. Bill was born on November 27, 1921 in Lentner, Missouri, to Eva Pearl Butner-Purdy and Thomas Melvin Purdy. A World War II veteran, Bill grew up on a farm then moved to Shelbina when he was 12 years...
Marjorie L. Samuels
Jun 24, 2014
Marjorie L. Samuels, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Fellowship Home.Pilot, aero club manager, business, manager, first college graduate in her family, friend, sister, wife, mother, aunt and grandmother. Marjorie L Samuels was all of these and if you asked anyone, she was the best. Although a consummate homemaker, Marjorie was part of the second-wave...
Faye Lucas Leake
Jun 22, 2014
Faye Lucas Leake, 63, of Valdosta died on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at her residence following a lengthy illness. A graveside service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Lake Park Cemetery with Rev. Carlton Allen officiating. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North...
Robert Marcus "Mark" Williams
Jun 20, 2014
Robert Marcus "Mark" Williams, 54, of Thomasville passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014 at his parent's home in Thomasville, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Williams was born on February 24, 1960 in Valdosta to Glenn Williams and Doris Smith Williams. He was a glass glazer and of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Sandy Dollar...
Betty Jo Copeland Wisenbaker
Jun 19, 2014
Betty Jo Copeland WisenbakerBetty Jo Wisenbaker, 83, born September 9, 1930, passed from this world on June 19, 2014, after several years of battling various illnesses. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Donald Wisenbaker of Valdosta; one sister, Charlotte Hartline, of Albany, GA; one son and daughter in law, Donnie & Jamie Wisenbaker of Valdosta; and one...
Elbert Wells "Bert" Powell
Jun 19, 2014
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Elbert Wells "Bert" Powell, 92, of Hustonville, Kentucky, passed away June 19, 2014 at his home in Valdosta, Georgia. He was predeceased by his wife of over 60 years, Charlene Bennett Powell in 2010. Lt. Col. Powell attended the University of Kentucky where he played trombone in the marching band, was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho...
Clara O'Quinn Smith
Jun 18, 2014
Mrs. Clara O'Quinn Smith , age 85, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mrs. Smith was born August 7, 1928, in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of the late Linton Guy O'Quinn and the late Edith Inez Folds. She was the loving and devoted wife for 66 years to the late...
Terrell Franklin Powell
Jun 17, 2014
Terrell Franklin "Chic" Powell, 84, of Adel passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center in Lakeland, Ga. He was born April 22, 1930, in Fitzgerald, GA to the late Lonnie and Susie Powell. Mr. Powell served in the Georgia National Guard and was retired From Goldkist where he was plant manager..Mr. Powell is survived by several...
Jimmy Carlton Giddens, Jr.
Jun 17, 2014
Jimmy Carlton Giddens, Jr., 50, of Hahira died Tuesday, June 17, 2014. He was born in Shirley, Massachusetts on February 24, 1964 and had lived in Hahira most of his life. He loved his family, grandchildren and friends. He was raised on the family farm that he loved and especially enjoyed bailing hay. Jimmy was a 1983 graduate of Lowndes...
Robert C. (Bob) Hall
Jun 16, 2014
Robert C. (Bob) Hall, 97, of Lake Park, died on Monday, June 16, 2014 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 1, 1917 in Lothair, Kentucky to the late Raleigh and Abigail Brown Hall. Mr. Hall served with the 140th Army Air Force Base Unit, U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and served in the...
Samuel Richard Wright
Jun 14, 2014
Samuel Richard Wright, 16, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Tampa, FL on August 30, 1997.Survivors include his parents, John and Linda Wright, two sisters, Julia Wright and Monica Wright, his nephew, Cesar Samuel Reyes all of Valdosta, two Aunts, Charlotte Johnson (Jay) of Kenosha, WI and Susan Krispin (Curt) of St....
Bobby Green
Jun 14, 2014
Bobby Green, 59, of Ray City, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014, at his home.He was born August 14, 1954 in Valdosta, a son of the late Elton Melvin and Emma Elizabeth Peace Green. Bobby graduated from Lowndes High School with the Class of 1973 and worked for the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners for thirty-eight years, retiring as Road...
Idona Thornton
Jun 14, 2014
Idona Thornton, 84, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014 at her home in Echols County surrounded by her children and grandchildren.Ms. Thornton was born November 15, 1929, to the late Johnny and Eunice Thornton. She was a gentle, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved quilting, sewing, and raking her yard. Ms. Thornton was a gentle soul and never found...
Aline Jackson Huff
Jun 13, 2014
Aline Jackson Huff, 92, of Valdosta died Friday, June 13, 2014 at Fellowship Home. She was born on July 25, 1921 in Ocilla, GA to the late Thomas and Maude Morgan Jackson. Mrs. Huff was a homemaker and a member of Charity Baptist Church.She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Pat and Mark Orenstein of Valdosta, five...
Johnny Hugh Tye
Jun 10, 2014
Johnny Hugh Tye, 75, passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 in Tallahassee, Florida. Born on May 27, 1939 in Macon, Georgia son of the late Hugh Thomas Tye and Annie Weeks Tye, Johnny worked as a computer programmer for NASA, IBM, and eventually retired from Unisys Corporation. He called Casselberry, Florida home as that was where he lived with...
Mary Alice Deloach Lutz
Jun 9, 2014
Mary Alice DeLoach Lutz, 72, of Valdosta died Monday, June 9, 2014 at Community Hospice at St. Vincent's Riverside in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born on January 20, 1942 in Valdosta to the late Hugh Virgil and Mary Lou Fiveash DeLoach. Ms. Lutz was a loving and devoted daughter, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a strong woman who...
Earnest Parrish, Sr.
Jun 9, 2014
SFC US Army (Ret.) Earnest Parrish, Sr., 82, of Hahira, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born February 28, 1932 in Irwin County, a son of the late Henry Wesley Parrish, Sr. and Ruby Vasti Snellgrove Parrish. Mr. Parrish honorably served in the U.S. Army for twenty years, retiring in 1972. Following his retirement,...
Carolyn Mccall Martin
Jun 8, 2014
Carolyn McCall Martin, 87, of Valdosta died on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 24, 1927 in Tifton to the late Stirling and Mary Will Spooner McCall. Mrs. Martin worked for 19 years with the Valdosta City School System as a kindergarten teacher for S L Mason. She...
Richard Everitt
Jun 8, 2014
Richard Everitt, 66, of Lakeland, Georgia died on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at Louis Smith Hospital in Lakeland following a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his daughter Angela Ann Everitt. A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the Sunset Hill Cemetery. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane....
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