OBITUARIES

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

Harriet Thompson Smith

Harriet Thompson Smith

Sep 22, 2013

Harriet Thompson Smith, 83, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick Campus.She was born July 31, 1930 in Beverly, MA, a daughter of the late Ross Winfield and Drucilla Allen Thompson. She graduated from Hood College, Frederick, MD, and earned her Masters Degree at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. For ten years Mrs. Smith...

William George Wynne

William George Wynne

Sep 21, 2013

William George Wynne, 52, of Valdosta died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Quitman on October 5, 1960, he was the son of the late John E. Wynne and Betty Benefield Wynne. Mr. Wynne served two years in the United States Army and owned Wynne's Logging. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his daughter...

Gary Gene Wright, Jr.

Gary Gene Wright, Jr.

Sep 20, 2013

Gary Gene Wright, Jr., 57, of Lake City, Florida died Friday, September 20, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta at Moody Air Force Base on October 31, 1955 to the late Gary Gene, Sr. and Mary Joan Harper Wright. Mr. Wright was a member of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lake City, Florida and...

Mantle Lee Walker Hartley

Mantle Lee Walker Hartley

Sep 20, 2013

Mantle-Lee Walker HartleyOCTOBER 8, 1921 – SEPTEMBER 20, 2013Mantle-Lee Walker Hartley, went to her heavenly reward on September, 20, 2013, at the age of 91 after a lengthy illness.. She was a two-time survivor of cancer and was a longtime resident of St, Johns, FL. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, James U. Hartley, and...

John Wallace Pyla

John Wallace Pyla

Sep 18, 2013

John Wallace Pyla, 57, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at his home. He was born in Shelby County, Tennessee on March 18, 1956 to John Eugene Pyla and the late Betty Ann Butler Pyla. He lived in Jacksonville, Florida for many years before moving to Valdosta six years ago. Mr. Pyla was a...

Mary Diane Beebe

Mary Diane Beebe

Sep 18, 2013

Mary Diane Beebe, 52, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on November 11, 1960. Mrs. Beebe was employed with Valdosta Physical Therapy for twenty five years and was a member of Ministry Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband of thirty one years, Gerald Beebe of Valdosta, her son...

Elizabeth Southall Nichols

Elizabeth Southall Nichols

Sep 15, 2013

Elizabeth Southall Nichols, 80, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at the South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Valdosta on May 22, 1933 to the late Julius T. Sr., and Mary Willis Southall. She was retired from 1St Union after 20 plus years of dedicated service. She was a member of Northside...

Antonio Thomas Criscuolo

Antonio Thomas Criscuolo

Sep 13, 2013

Antonio Thomas Criscuolo, (USAF, Ret. Colonel), died peacefully on Friday, September 13, 2013 at the age of 91 in Valdosta, Georgia at the Langdale Hospice House. Tony was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 13, 1922 to the late Luigi and Antonetta Criscuolo. Tony's mother was French and his father was Italian so he grew up speaking both languages....

William Lewis O'Keefe, Jr.

William Lewis O'Keefe, Jr.

Sep 11, 2013

William Lewis O'Keefe, Jr., 81, of Cumming, GA died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Gracemont Assisted Living in Cumming, GA. He was born on January 25, 1932 in Sharon, GA to the late William Lewis O'Keefe, Sr. and Lila Mae Parham O'Keefe. Mr. O'Keefe was retired from civil service at Moody Air Force Base. He was a veteran of the...

Brian Jon Seemann

Brian Jon Seemann

Sep 10, 2013

Brian Jon Seemann, 49, of Valdosta died suddenly after a short illness on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in Marietta, Georgia. He was born on May 1, 1964 to Jane Ann Barkley Seemann and the late Donald Elden Seemann and had resided in Valdosta since 1997. Mr. Seemann was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church and a Power Systems Engineer...

Ilavann  Hansen  Sims

Ilavann Hansen Sims

Sep 10, 2013

Ilavann Hansen Sims, 99, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at Langdale Place. Born in Argyle, on January 29, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Guilford and Caroline Virginia Martin Ratliff. Ilavann spent her early years in Argyle and moved to Adel when she was a teenager where she graduated from Cook County High School as...

Roger L. Martin

Roger L. Martin

Sep 8, 2013

Roger L. Martin, 56, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, September 8, 2013, at his home. Roger was a construction worker by trade and worked at Alexander Construction for many years. He loved music and sang with the Master Quartet from Madison, Florida.Survivors include one brother, David Powell and wife Linda of Homerville; a sister-in-law, Maureen Powell of Macon; and...

Harold Gene Kloberdanz

Harold Gene Kloberdanz

Sep 7, 2013

Harold Gene Kloberdanz, Col. USAF (Ret), passed away September 7, 2013 at the age of 82. He was born June 9, 1931 in Sterling, Colorado to Jacob Frank and Martina Marie Kloberdanz. Harold graduated from St. Anthony's Catholic School in Sterling, CO. He went on to graduate with two Bachelor degrees and a Masters Degree from Colorado State and the...

Pastor Robert M. Jones, Sr.

Pastor Robert M. Jones, Sr.

Sep 4, 2013

Reverend Robert Marion Jones, 79, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born in Valdosta, on August 5, 1934, to the late Arthur and Lillie Mae Seay Jones. Mr. Jones received his early education in the Valdosta City Schools. After graduating from high school, he honorably served in the...

Carolyn Mobley Griffin

Carolyn Mobley Griffin

Sep 4, 2013

Carolyn Mobley Griffin, 72, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on November 8, 1940 in Clinch County, Georgia to the late Clifford Dwight and Carrie Tomlinson Mobley and had lived in Valdosta for many years where she worked at Valdosta Coca Cola Bottling Works from 1960-1969. Mrs. Griffin was a member of...

Lillian Cowart Goodyear

Lillian Cowart Goodyear

Sep 3, 2013

Lillian Cowart Goodyear, 85, of Langdale Place died Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on January 25, 1928 in Lanier County to the late Daniel S. and Laura Hughes Cowart. Mrs. Goodyear lived in Blakely for many years before returning to this area several years ago. She was a member of the First Baptist Church...

Harriett Ryan Hester

Harriett Ryan Hester

Sep 2, 2013

Harriett Ryan Hester, 68, of Valdosta died on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House following a long battle with cancer. She was born on April 26, 1945 in Tifton, Georgia to the late Lawrence and Virginia Tolbert Ryan. She lived in Tallahassee, Florida during her youth. She graduated from Florida High School in the class of 1963...

Caroline Michelle Roberts

Caroline Michelle Roberts

Sep 2, 2013

Caroline Michelle Roberts, 6 days old, became an angel of God on Monday, September 2, 2013. She was born August 28 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon.Caroline is survived by her parents, Brandi and Brian Roberts of Valdosta; brother, Mac; sister, Morgan; and twin sister and brother, Emily and Jake; her maternal grandparents, Jim and Nancy Cunningham of...

Ursula Doris Waller

Ursula Doris Waller

Sep 1, 2013

Ursula Doris Waller, 75, of Valdosta, died Sunday, September 1, 2013 at Gentiva Hospice Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was born on December 7, 1937 in Kehl, Germany to the late Arnold and Gertrud Koelmel Mannherz. Mrs. Waller was a retired Para Pro from the Lowndes County School System, a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church where she also...

Marie Helms

Marie Helms

Aug 31, 2013

Marie Helms, 88 of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 31, 2013, after a period of declining health. Born on December 6, 1924 in Geneva, AL to the late John Henry & Reba Whitaker, Mrs. Helms grew up in southern Alabama. Following her marriage to the late James (Pete) Helms, her lifelong love, the Helms soon settled in Albany...

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