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Steven Caldwell Mangum
Oct 28, 2014
Steven Caldwell Mangum, 63, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on August 23, 1951 to the late George W. and Marilyn Caldwell Mangum and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Mangum was a devoted member and worker at Mission Point Church in Valdosta. Survivors include his brother, Sam...
Patricia S. Estes
Oct 27, 2014
Patricia S. Estes, 86, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014 at the Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born in Chillicothe, OH on September 12, 1928 to the late Frederick and Ola Seigler Schriner. Mrs. Estes grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Girls High School class of 1947. She loved to travel with her family and...
Ouida Holt Lefiles
Oct 26, 2014
Ouida Holt LeFiles, 85, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born March 24, 1929, in Rochelle, GA, a daughter of the late Ophelia and Sarah Gibbs Holt. Mrs. LeFiles was Head Teller at First Federal Savings and Loan for many years before becoming Assistant Superior Court Clerk for Lowndes County, retiring...
Horst Bernard (Hank) Brohm
Oct 25, 2014
Horst Bernard (Hank) Brohm, 79, of Valdosta died on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Wurzburg, Germany on April 1, 1935 to the late Ludwig Ramig and Antonia Kneitz Brohm. At age 18 he, along with his mother and sisters, immigrated to the United States and arrived in...
Dorothy Harris Batten
Oct 24, 2014
Dorothy Harris Batten, 63, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, October 23, 2014 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on March 5, 1951 to the late Thomas J. and Dorothy Mims Harris. She was a homemaker and of the Holiness faith. Dorothy loved to cook and would often take plates of food she had prepared to family, friends...
Phyllis Louise Temple
Oct 23, 2014
Phyllis Louise Temple, 56, of Lake Park died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at her residence. She was born on November 1, 1957 in Jacksonville, FL to the late Gilbert Ronald Macomber and Cora Lee Geohagen Macomber. Mrs. Temple is survived by her husband, Andy Temple of Lake Park, five children, Sabrina Holton (Richard) of Lake Park, Rose Roberts (Jim) of...
Owen Franklin Lindsey
Oct 23, 2014
Owen Lindsey, 67, of Valdosta died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born on November 7, 1946 in Hahira to the late Mathew Robert Lindsey, Sr. and Nellie Mae Weldon Lindsey. Owen was retired from the United States Air Force and served from 1965 until 1987. He was a Baptist.He was a devoted husband to his wife,...
Saundra (Sandy) Avila
Oct 22, 2014
Saundra (Sandy) Avila, 69, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in New Albany, Indiana on March 7, 1945. Sandy was the operator of Central Floral and a member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church.She is survived by her husband, Ralph Avila of Valdosta, her daughter and son in law, Alesha...
Betty Jo Phillips
Oct 21, 2014
Betty Jo Phillips, 85, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her daughter's residence in Moultrie. She was born on July 10, 1929 in Brooks County to the late Edgar Elisha Simpson and Wilma Rebecca Bishop Simpson. Mrs. Phillips was retired from Southern Stationery. She was a member of Redland Baptist Church. Mrs. Phillips enjoyed gardening, her grandchildren and...
Glynn Thomas Ellis, Sr.
Oct 21, 2014
Glynn Thomas Ellis, Sr. 90, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. He was born on March 9, 1924 in Forsyth, Georgia to the late Charles, Sr. and Ruth McGhee Ellis and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Ellis is a member of Westside Baptist Church. He retired as an electrical engineer from Georgia...
Charles Edward (Trey) Kageler Iii
Oct 21, 2014
Charles Edward (Trey) Kageler III, 56, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on July 7, 1958 to the late Charles Edward Kageler Jr. and Joan Lowery Bolen. He was a self-employed hair dresser and pastry chef. Trey loved life and lived it to the fullest. He...
Dorothy H. Nelson
Oct 20, 2014
Dorothy H. Nelson, 89, of Hahira died Monday, October 20, 2014 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Quitman on March 1, 1925 to the late Charles L. and Eula Williams Uhl and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Nelson owned and operated the B&N Restaurant in Hahira for many years and was...
Rhonda Dandrea Smith
Oct 19, 2014
Rhonda Dandrea Smith, 59, of Valdosta passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, October 19, 2014 at her residence. She was born on January 8, 1955 to Peter and Laverne Dandrea. The oldest of three sisters, Rhonda spent her childhood living in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Okinawa, Japan. She graduated a year early from Rancho High School in Las Vegas,...
Carlton H. "Bill" Sherrod
Oct 19, 2014
Carlton H. "Bill" Sherrod, 71, of Hahira died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 15, 1943 in Thomasville to the late John D. and Bonnie Pierce Sherrod and had lived in Jacksonville, Florida for many years before moving to Hahira two years ago. Mr. Sherrod was retired from Sam's...
Randall R. Carter
Oct 19, 2014
Randall R. Carter, 88, of Lake Park, GA, passed away October 19, 2014 at Fellowship Home after a brief illness. He was born in Statenville, GA on December 11, 1926 to the late Eugene Cobb and Lily Mae Carter. Mr. Carter served in the United States Army during World War Two and came home to become a truck driver and...
Linda Faye Clancy
Oct 17, 2014
Linda Faye Clancy, 63, of Hahira, passed away Friday, October 17, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center after an unexpected illness.She was born February 4, 1951 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, a daughter of the late Merton Thorpe and the late Bea Davidson Bergman. From 1971 to 1976, Linda honorably served in the U.S. Air Force as an Administrative Specialist and...
Katherine Mixson Campagna
Oct 16, 2014
Katherine Mixson Campagna, 80 died Thursday, October 16, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Valdosta on December 2, 1933 to the late Edward Harrison (Dr. Harry) Mixson, M.D. and Katherine Zeane Oglesby Mixson. Mrs. Campagna was a Catholic and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She...
Emmette Bryant, Sr.
Oct 15, 2014
Emmette Bryant, Sr., 90, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014.Born August 13, 1924, in Bolivia, NC, a son of the late George Tupper Bryant and Maggie Moody Bryant, he had lived most of his life in North Carolina. Mr. Bryant honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army, and was a decorated Korean War...
Thomas Henry Baldree
Oct 14, 2014
Thomas Henry Baldree, 85, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on October 6, 1929 in Nashville to the late W. B. and Idalene Eunice Baldree and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Baldree was a member of the Swilley Hill Church of God and a retired construction...
John Downing Savelle, Sr.
Oct 10, 2014
John Downing Savelle, Sr., 66, of Valdosta died Friday, October 10, 2014 at his residence. He was born on September 29, 1948 in Albany, GA to the late Morton Judson Savelle and Virginia Nell Downing Savelle. Mr. Savelle was a retired jeweler having owned and operated J. Savelle's Jewelers in Albany, GA. He was a member of St. Teresa Catholic...
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