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

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...
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...
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....
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....
Frances Clements Carter
Jun 7, 2014
Frances Clements CarterHelen Frances Clements was born September 24, 1924 to Hode and Alma May Clements of Ray City, GA. She went to be with Jesus on June 7, 2014. Mrs. Carter was married for more than 53 years to Lawrence L. Carter whom precedes her in death. Also preceding her in death are her granddaughter, Kellie McDonald and her...
Hal C. Phillips, Sr.
Jun 7, 2014
Hal C. Phillips, Sr., 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 7, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on May 15, 1927 to the late Chester Newell and Mildred Elizabeth Giddens Phillips. Mr. Phillips was a retired Conductor from Norfolk Southern Railways, a United States Navy veteran, a member of Ousley Baptist Church and a member of the...

Mary Catherine Mcabee
Jun 6, 2014
Mary Catherine McAbee, 63, of Charleston, South Carolina, died on Friday, June 6, 2014, at her home. Born in Valdosta on April 30, 1951, she was the daughter of Evelyn Zant McAbee and the late Louis H. McAbee. Mary Catherine graduated from James Island High School in Charleston and attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She was employed...
Robert "Rob" White
Jun 6, 2014
Robert "Rob" White, 23, of Lake Park died on Friday, June 6, 2014 at Shand's at UF in Gainesville, Florida following injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born in Valdosta on July 19, 1990. He worked as a substitute teacher with the Madison County Elementary School and had attended Francis Lake Baptist Church. He loved being with...

Tanya Lisa Duren
Jun 5, 2014
Tanya Lisa Duren, 37, of Valdosta died Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Tampa, FL on September 8, 1976. Tanya was a waitress at Cracker Barrell and Chili's. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Tanya was dedicated to her family and loved them. She served the public well and always put others...
Montyne Fletcher Fay
Jun 5, 2014
Montyne Fletcher Fay, 83, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, June 5, 2014 at home. Born August 31, 1930 in Valdosta, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Sammuel Fletcher and Rennie Carter Fletcher. She was a member of Eastside Baptist and retired bookkeeper for Kirill Honda.Mrs. Fay is survived by one son Stan Fay of Valdosta; a...
John F. Jarrard
Jun 1, 2014
John F. Jarrard, 49, of Statenville, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 1, 2014 at his residence. He was born on September 17, 1964 in Valdosta to the late Harvey Preston and Velma Ray Jarrard and has been a resident of this area his whole life. He was associated with Valdosta Toyota for 25 years and was the finance manager...
Jackie (Jack) Rudolph Crews
May 31, 2014
Jackie Rudolph Crews, 81, of Dublin died Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was born in Valdosta on February 21, 1933 to the late Henry Manning Crews and Mattie Laura Cribb Crews. He attended Big Sandy Baptist Church in Dublin and was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served during the Korean...