OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
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
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
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
Monique Miller Delk
Jan 24, 2014
Monique Miller Delk, 82, of Valdosta, died at her home on Friday, January 24, 2014. Born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 13, 1931, "Mona" was the daughter of the late Bowling Dickenson Miller and Cerece Monique Walker Miller. She had made her home in Lowndes County most of her life, was a private duty Licensed Practical Nurse and was a...
Amelia Thornton Johnson
Jan 22, 2014
Amelia Thornton Johnson, 93, departed this life Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at The Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. She was born on December 27, 1920 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Her Parents were the late Mima Williams Thornton and the late Joseph Thornton. Her Biological father was the late Reverend James J. Antoine. Amelia attended New Orleans Public School and later...
Reuben Donald "Don" Richardson
Jan 22, 2014
Reuben Donald "Don" Richardson, 65, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 22, 2014. He was born in Pavo, Georgia on August 28, 1948 to Flossie Ernestine Owens Richardson and the late Reuben Leonard Richardson. Mr. Richardson was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired as a firefighter with the City of Valdosta after thirty years of service. He...
Frances (Nell) Janelle Higginbotham
Jan 21, 2014
FRANCES JANELLE HIGGINBOTHAMMrs. Janelle (Nell) Higginbotham, 91, of Valdosta, GA went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House after a long illness.Nell was born May 28, 1922 in Elberton, GA to Zelia and P.W. Busby. She and her late husband Marshall R. Higginbotham made their home in Valdosta in 1950 where they lovingly...
Beverly Smith Teague
Jan 20, 2014
Beverly Smith Teague, 91, of Valdosta died Monday, January 20, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on June 12, 1922 in Columbus, Georgia to the late John Frank and Ruth Comer Smith and had lived in Valdosta since 1956. Mrs. Teague was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Valdosta. Mrs. Teague was actively involved in...
Stanley Earl Keen
Jan 19, 2014
Stanley Earl Keen, 56, of Valdosta died on Sunday, January 19, 2014 at his residence following a sudden illness. He was born in San Angelo, Texas on June 10, 1957 to the late James W. and Bessie Mae Lewis Keen. Mr. Keen was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was employed with SAFT as a utility operator....
Willie Hartford Wetherington
Jan 16, 2014
Hartford Wetherington, 82, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on February 14, 1931 in Mayday, GA and was the son of Ollie Hartford Wetherington and Amy Turner Wetherington. Mr. Wetherington was a veteran of the Korean conflict. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in October of 1950 and was honorably...
Stephen Nelson
Jan 15, 2014
Stephen Nelson, 71, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2014, at Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.He was born October 31, 1942 in Chico, CA, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelson. Stephen honorably served in the U.S. Navy and for many years in the medical field. An artist, he was a member...
Robert "Skip" Foltz
Jan 14, 2014
Robert "Skip" Foltz, 74, of Valdosta, died at his home on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Brodie and Virginia Green Foltz. Mr. Foltz had made his home in Valdosta for the past 17 years. He and his wife were co-founders and co-directors of the Judeo-Christian Public...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
