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Virginia Allen Woodruff
Sep 25, 2014
Virginia Allen Woodruff, 85, of Mayday died Thursday, September 25, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Lowndes County on October 12, 1928 to the late Norman and Eva Register Allen. Mrs. Woodruff was a homemaker and a Baptist. She loved her family, enjoyed traveling and working in her flowers.Mrs. Woodruff is survived by two sons and...
John Wayne Jones
Sep 25, 2014
John Wayne Jones, 67, of Satsuma, FL passed away September 25, 2014 at the Langdale Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born March 22, 1947 in Grandview, IN to the late Dow and Effie Jones. Mr. Jones was retired from the United States Marine Corps and loved fishing and living on the St. Johns River in Florida.Survivors include...
Halden Ellsworth Elzey
Sep 23, 2014
Halden Ellsworth Elzey, 94, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday September 23, 2014, at his home. Born on January 4, 1920 in Ossian, Indiana, Mr. Elzey graduated from Northside High in Ft. Wayne, Indiana in 1939. He joined the Indiana National Guard and then went on to join the United States Army Air Corp. He spent his military career in Security...
Dr. J. William "Bill" Martin, Iii
Sep 23, 2014
Dr. J. William Martin, III, 64, of Valdosta died September 23, 2014, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on September 27, 1949 in Valdosta to J.W. and Shirley Hoye Martin. Dr. Martin practiced veterinary medicine in Lowndes County since 1974. He was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church. He graduated from Valdosta High School and graduated...
Msgt(Usaf Ret) James E. Foster
Sep 21, 2014
MSGT (USAF Ret.), James E. Foster, 79, of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on August 4, 1935 in Scottdale, Georgia to the late Willie and Maudie Johnson Foster. Mr. Foster was an active member of Greenwood Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon, Sunday School teacher and on several...
Mary Joanna Thompson
Sep 20, 2014
Mary Joanna Thompson, 88, of Valdosta, Georgia died on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Fellowship Home. Born in Glennville, Georgia on August 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Willie R. and Edna Purcell Thompson. Survivors are her nephews and their spouses, Dr. Bill and Lou Bennett of Cordele, Jerry and Susan Dowdy of Wrens, Ben Dowdy of...
Edwin Paul Rains, Sr.
Sep 19, 2014
Edwin Paul Rains Sr., 67, of Valdosta, GA passed away September 19, 2014 at Select Medical Hospital in Tallahassee, FL after a brief illness. He was born on November 22, 1946 in Williamsburg, KY to Norma Jean Ellison Rains and the late Paul Rains. Mr. Rains was retired from the United States Air Force and moved to Valdosta four years...
Hazel Yancey Coan
Sep 18, 2014
Hazel Yancey Coan, 89, of Villa Rica and formerly of Valdosta died Thursday, September 18, 2014. She was born on November 3, 1924 in Eastman to the late Jeff Davis Yancey and Donnie Wynn Yancey and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to Villa Rica. Mrs. Coan was a charter member of the Northside Baptist Church in...
Ruby Mae Lightsey
Sep 17, 2014
Ruby Mae Lightsey, 92, of Lake Park, passed away at her home on Wednesday, September 17, 2014.She was born February 5, 1922 in Echols County, the daughter of the late Oscar T. and Ruth Mae Culpepper Kinsey. During World War II, Ms. Ruby worked on Liberty Ships in Brunswick as a welder, and was honored at the Navy Ball in...
Glen Melvin Pinkston
Sep 17, 2014
Glen Melvin PinkstonSeptember 27, 1947 - September 17, 2014 Glen Melvin Pinkston, 66, of Lee County, GA., died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Wilson Hospice House.Glen was born on September 27, 1947 in Knoxville, TN to the late Lane Cox Pinkston and Laura Ann Pinkston, previously of Seymour, TN. He graduated from East High Knoxville, TN in 1965 and attended...
Jodi Ann Harrison
Sep 17, 2014
Jodi Ann Harrison, 50, of Hahira died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on March 3, 1964 in Findlay, Ohio to Robert Keith Johnson and Suzanne Lee Gale Johnson. Jodi was a math professor at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College and Georgia Military College. She was retired from the United States Air Force after serving her...
Delphia Zipperer Peace
Sep 13, 2014
Delphia Zipperer Peace, 97, died on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born on January 26, 1917 in Lowndes County to the late Charles Edward and Lucy Roberts Zipperer and has been a resident of this area all her life. Mrs. Peace had worked for years in the child care industry...
Sherman Bay Paulk
Sep 8, 2014
Sherman Bay Paulk, Sr., 67, of Valdosta passed away September 8, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born on March 1, 1947 in Ocilla, GA to the late Henry and Nora Hutto Paulk. Mr. Paulk lived in the Valdosta area for the past ten years and was a carpenter by trade.Survivors include two daughters and...
John Mark Ritzman
Sep 7, 2014
John Mark Ritzman, 52, of Lake Park, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness.Mark was born July 11, 1962 in Akron, Ohio. For many years he had been a truck driver, until his health forced him to retire. He was a member of Valdosta Church of the Nazarene, enjoyed camping, boating, waterskiing,...
Viola Sheffield Pickles
Sep 7, 2014
VIOLA SHEFFIELD PICKLES September 7, 1927 – September 7, 2014 "… But the greatest of these is love." I Corin. 13:13. Viola Sheffield Pickles, left her earthly family on September 7, 2014, with her daughters, Judy, Linda, and Brenda, and son-in-law, Keith, at her side. She joyfully joins her Heavenly Father and her husband, James O. "Pick" Pickles, the one...
Mildred Cooper Southall
Sep 3, 2014
Mildred Cooper Southall, 90, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born February 3, 1924 in Brooks County to the late Carlos I. and Alice Crosby Cooper. Mrs. Southall was a member of the Central Church of Christ and retired from Lowndes High School Lunchroom.Survivors include two sisters and a brother in law, Shirley...
Ava Nell Pipkins Dennis
Sep 3, 2014
Ava Nell Pipkins Dennis, 94, of Valdosta passed away on Wednesday evening September 3, 2014 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on August 2, 1920 in Lowndes County to the late George and Perlie Hughes Pipkins. She was married to the late Vernon E. Dennis for sixty one years and was preceded in death by her grandsons, Stan...
William Lee Richardson
Sep 1, 2014
William Richardson, 85, of Valdosta died Monday, September 1, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on August 20, 1929 in St. Louis, MO to the late Allen and Ann Marie Stuthers Richardson. Mr. Richardson was a retired Bank Building and Equipment Corporation Corporate Vice President after thirty seven years of service. He served in the United States Marines...
Bobby (Bob) Rickman
Aug 30, 2014
Bobby (Bob) Rickman, 77, of Hahira, died on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Heritage House Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 13, 1937 in Bishop, Virginia to the late Everett and Mae Harmon Rickman. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Mr. Rickman served as an auxillary policeman with the Valdosta Police...
Mary Edna Tomlinson
Aug 29, 2014
Mary Edna Tomlinson, 93, of Lake Park died Friday, August 29, 2014 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on September 27, 1920 in Lake Park to the late Ewell Franklin Corbett and Sara Cornelia Hiers Corbett. Mrs. Tomlinson worked much of her life as a weaver at Strickland Cotton Mills and was a member of Lake Park Church of...
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