OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Charlotte Ann  Dousharm

Charlotte Ann Dousharm

Feb 11, 2014

Charlotte Ann Dousharm, 70, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on September 14, 1943 in Ocala, Florida to the late Robert and Betsy Hastings Lust and has been a resident of the Valdosta area for the last 10 years. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith....

Janice  Wilson  Brown

Janice Wilson Brown

Feb 10, 2014

Janice Wilson Brown, 86, died February 10, 2014, in her home in Lake Park, Ga. Born on August 26, 1927, she was a lifelong resident of Jacksonville, Fla., until she and her husband moved to Lake Park in 2006.Janice graduated with honors from the University of Florida with a Masters Degree in Education. She was an educator for 36 years...

Patricia Tampas Connell

Patricia Tampas Connell

Feb 9, 2014

Patricia Tampas Connell, 58, of Lakeland died Sunday, February 9, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 20, 1955 in Valdosta to the late Nick and Thelma Tampas and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Connell attended the Lakeland Baptist Church. She had worked for NAPA Auto Parts and was dedicated to her family...

Maude Posey Casey

Maude Posey Casey

Feb 8, 2014

Maude Posey Casey, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness.She was born October 26, 1921 in Butler County, a daughter of the late William and Miley Frie Posey. Mrs. Casey has lived in Valdosta for over fifty years, was a home maker and her husband, McDuffey Casey, had retired from...

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Joy Lohmar

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Joy Lohmar

Feb 8, 2014

Elizabeth Joy (Lizzie) Lohmar, 21, of Lawrenceville passed away February 8th from injuries sustained in a February 5th auto-pedestrian accident in Valdosta, GA.Lizzie was born in Englewood, CO on August 24th, 1992 before moving to Lawrenceville with her family in January 1994. She was a 2010 graduate of Collins Hill High School, in Suwanee, where she achieved academic and athletic...

Dorothy  Diane  Hall

Dorothy Diane Hall

Feb 7, 2014

Dorothy Diane Hall, 83, of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 7, 2014 in Lake Park at the home of her daughter. Born in Lowndes County on August 5, 1930, to the late Walter D. Mullis and the late Lillian M. Mullis, she was a Valdosta resident for many years. She was the widow of the late Roy Leon Hall who...

Willene Bass

Willene Bass

Feb 7, 2014

Willene Bass, 100, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness.She was born November 24, 1913 in Dupont, a daughter of the late John Thomas and Bernice Smith Bramlett. A graduate of Valdosta High School with the Class of 1931, she was a beautician for seventy years, retiring from Eva's Beauty Shop...

Stanley R. (Stan) Pate

Stanley R. (Stan) Pate

Feb 5, 2014

Stanley R. "Stan" Pate, 54, of Valdosta, GA, formerly of Lafayette, LA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at his home.He was born February 24, 1959 in Coushatta, LA, son of the late Robert Lewis and Nez Perkins Pate. Stan was a member of First Baptist Church of Lafayette and recently attended First Baptist Church of Valdosta. Stan...

Edwin  Coggins

Edwin Coggins

Feb 5, 2014

Edwin Coggins, 66, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Born in Valdosta on June 11, 1947, he was the son of the late Perry and Willie Coggins. Mr. Coggins loved farming and enjoyed dirt track car racing, but most of all he loved his family. Survivors are his wife, Pat Carter Coggins of Lake Park; daughters and...

Raymond Earl Dasher

Raymond Earl Dasher

Feb 4, 2014

Raymond Earl Dasher, 82, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Valdosta on October 7, 1931, he was the son of the late Molly Lee Copeland and Caulie William Dasher, Sr. A 1949 graduate of Valdosta High School, Raymond worked for Miller Hardware during high school and...

Tommy Eugene Head

Tommy Eugene Head

Feb 2, 2014

Tommy Eugene (Pop Pop) Head, 81, of Valdosta died Sunday, February 2, 2014 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born on January 2, 1933 to the late William B. and Beulah Berry Head. Mr. Head was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and served more than twenty three years in the United States Air Force. He loved the...

J.B. Morse

J.B. Morse

Feb 1, 2014

USAF TSgt. (Ret.) J.B. Morse, 77, of Hahira, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness.He was born March 25, 1936 in Quitman, a son of the late A.J. and Mamie Green Morse. Mr. Morse honorably served as an Aircraft Mechanic in the U.S. Air Force, which included assignment in Vietnam. More than anything else,...

Jane Lehman Wright

Jane Lehman Wright

Jan 29, 2014

Jane Lehman Wright, 60, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Hahira on August 24, 1953 to the late Toy Dowis Lehman and Agnes Rosa Mason Lehman. Jane was a medical transcriptionist with Southern OBGYN and worked for a book publishing company. She was of the Baptist faith.Jane is survived by her...

Virginia  H.  Culpepper

Virginia H. Culpepper

Jan 29, 2014

Katharine Virginia Hutchinson Culpepper, 100, died on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Virginia was born December 6, 1913 in Monticello, GA. to Thomas Monroe Hutchinson and Virginia (Jennie) Broun Hutchinson both of whom predeceased her. A Valdosta resident since the age of 6 years, she graduated from Georgia State Woman's College, now Valdosta State University. For 62 years she was the...

Barbara Jean "Bj" Mccormick

Barbara Jean "Bj" Mccormick

Jan 29, 2014

Barbara Jean "BJ" McCormick, 75, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on August 15, 1938 in Ocala, Florida to the late S.W. and Myrtle Atkinson Lipscomb and had lived in Valdosta for fifty years. Mrs. McCormick was a member of Sardis Baptist Church, the Red Hat Society...

Raymon A. "Rip" Gish

Raymon A. "Rip" Gish

Jan 29, 2014

Raymon A. "Rip" Gish passed away at Fellowship Home on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 after suffering from Alzheimer's for the past months. He was born on June 24, 1929 in Bremen, KY to Sherman and Ruby Gish. Rip graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1951, earning a bachelor's in Economics and a masters in School Administration. While at WKU, he...

Leamon Wallace Page

Leamon Wallace Page

Jan 28, 2014

Leamon Wallace Page, 76, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Fellowship Home. He was born on April 5, 1937 in Groveland, GA to the late Vernnie and Lena Edenfield Page. Mr. Page was a retired produce inspector from Harvey's Produce Warehouse in Nashville, GA, a United States Marine Veteran and a member of Christ Episcopal Church.He is survived...

Wilma J.  Mikell

Wilma J. Mikell

Jan 25, 2014

Wilma J. Mikell, 91, of Laurel Hill, Florida and formerly of Ray City, GA died Saturday, January 25, 2014 Shoal Creek Nursing Home in Crestview, Florida. She was born in Ray City on April 3, 1922 to the late Alvin L. Ray and Vertie Smith Ray. Mrs. Mikell was a member of the New Ramah Primitive Baptist Church. She enjoyed...

Arthur Riddick Smith, Jr.

Arthur Riddick Smith, Jr.

Jan 25, 2014

ARTHUR R. SMITH JR.Arthur Riddick Smith Jr., a longtime Valdosta resident who practiced architecture here for more than fifty years, died January 25, at age 91.Smith was born on May 6, 1922, in Ashburn, Georgia, to Arthur R. Smith Sr. and Sammye Robinson Smith. He attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and continued his studies at the Georgia Institute of...

Chuck Jeron Smith

Chuck Jeron Smith

Jan 25, 2014

Chuck Jeron Smith, 44, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014.Chuck was born November 3, 1969 in Hahira, a son of Herbert Dale and Faye McDonald Smith. He graduated from Lowndes High School and as a teenager was a Champion Go Kart racer. He was a member of Lake Park Church of God, was very outgoing, loved family events...

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