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

John Winston Donahue
Nov 27, 2013
John Winston Donahue, 93, of Valdosta died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Fellowship Home. He was born on January 22, 1920 in Valdosta to the late Edward Ewell and Annie Lee Fletcher Donahue. Mr. Donahue was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ and a veteran of the United States Army having served in the Pacific, Guada Canal...

James Charles (Chuck) Sheppard
Nov 26, 2013
James Charles (Chuck) Sheppard, 41, of Hahira passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Sheppard was a technician with A&E Electronics and a veteran of the United States Army. Survivors include his parents, Carolyn and Cortlandt Smith of Lakeland, a son, Michael Robert Sheppard...
Verna Tyler Glass
Nov 24, 2013
Verna Tyler Glass, of Hahira died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Cook Senior Living Center in Adel after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hahira to the late Gordon C. and Minnie Weldon Tyler. Mrs. Glass was retired from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee as the registrar. She loved playing bridge, traveling, entertaining and decorating her...

Lucy T. Mcgriff
Nov 23, 2013
Lucy T. McGriff, 91, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Fellowship Home. She was born on November 8, 1922 in Sparta, TN to the late Virgil and Lucy Wright Titsworth. Mrs. McGriff was a Librarian at the South GA Regional Library from 1973 until 1988. She was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ.Mrs. McGriff is survived...

Jeanette B. Partin
Nov 22, 2013
Jeanette B. Partin, 76, of Valdosta died Friday, November 22, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. Mrs. Partin was born in Tennille, Georgia and moved to Valdosta as a young child. She graduated from Clyattville High School and a member of the New Harvest United Methodist Church where she was active in the United Methodist Women. Mrs. Partin began working at...
Sarah Lee Oglesby Burkhard
Nov 21, 2013
Sarah Lee Oglesby Burkhard, 83, of Lake Park, Georgia passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, Georgia following a brief illness. Sarah was born October 25, 1930, in Waycross, Georgia, the daughter of the late Noah Jefferson Lee and the late Henrietta Morgan Lee. She attended Waycross High School where she was active...

Eloise Daniel Davis Noles
Nov 21, 2013
Eloise Daniel Davis Noles, 94, of Valdosta died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Adel on December 23, 1918 to the late Sol and Sally Bennett Daniel. Mrs. Noles was a loving kind wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother. She was dearly loved by all and will be missed beyond words,...

Ruby Lee Campbell
Nov 19, 2013
Ruby Lee Campbell, 82, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on June 12, 1931 in Tifton, GA to the late Amos and Ava Jordan Walker. Mrs. Campbell was retired after thirty nine years of service from Southern Bell, was a member of Open Bible Baptist Church, a member of NASAH, Hasan...
Lynn Marie Sapp
Nov 17, 2013
Lynn Marie Sapp, 62, of Hahira passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 13, 1951 and had lived in Lowndes and Brooks Counties most of her life. Mrs. Sapp was a member of the Barney United Methodist Church and was employed by Southern Builders Supply. She enjoyed...
Rev. Virgil Brooks
Nov 16, 2013
Rev. Virgil Brooks, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness.He was born February 18, 1924 in Double Springs, AL, a son of the late John Lee and Della Pearl Brock Brooks. Rev. Brooks honorably served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received a Purple Heart. During...
Natalie Alberta Williams
Nov 16, 2013
Natalie Alberta Williams, 82, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013, in Tallahassee, Florida.She was born April 9, 1931 in Natick, Massachusetts. She married William E. Williams and moved to Adel, Georgia where she worked at the American Legion until she retired. She enjoyed golfing, visiting with her son Joseph in California, spending time with friends and loved...
Violet E. Heidemann
Nov 15, 2013
Violet E. "Vi" Heidemann, 93, of Woodbridge, VA, and formerly of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 15 in Fairfax, VA.Born and raised south of London in a town called Bexhill, Violet joined the WAAF (Woman's Auxiliary Air Force) in 1941 during World War II. She was stationed at various bases throughout England during the war -- training and then working...
Jane Burr Rogers Willis
Nov 15, 2013
Jane Burr Rogers Willis, 82, of Valdosta, died at home near midnight on Friday, November 15, from complications of cancer.She was born in Griffin, Ga., on May 24, 1931, to the late Lewis Alfred and Katherine Randall Rogers. She was the granddaughter of Ella Lee Milligan Randall. She graduated from Griffin High School and attended Shorter College as a speech...

Violet Easton Heidemann
Nov 15, 2013
Violet Easton Heidemann, 93, of Woodbridge, Virginia and formerly of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 15, 2013 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. A memorial service will be held locally at a later date and time to be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane. Funeral Home:...
Charles Joseph (Jody) Copeland
Nov 14, 2013
Charles Joseph "Jody" Copeland, age 65 of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away on November 14, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House follow a lengthy battle with cancer. Mr. Copeland was born in Lowndes County to the late John William and Sarah Nona Wisenbaker Copeland, on June 10, 1948. He was employed by TSG and member of Central Avenue Church of Christ.He is...
Betty Phillips Googe
Nov 13, 2013
Betty Phillips Googe, 85, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Fellowship Home. Mrs Googe was born December 29, 1927, in Dothan, Alabama to the late Henry Clay Phillips and Alma Pauline Phillips. She attended Lumber City High School, Middle Georgia College, and graduated from Valdosta State College. She was married to Oliver Callus Googe until his death on...
Helen Louisa Morgan
Nov 13, 2013
Helen Louisa Morgan, 91, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday November13, 2013 at her residence following a lengthy illness. Born to the late Rufus Boyce Wilson and Bess Louisa Wilcox Wilson in Hoffman, NC, she then grew up in Gastonia, NC. Prior to moving to Valdosta in the late 1960's, she lived in Charlotte, NC and had managed a Dairy Queen...

Jeane R. Bowling
Nov 12, 2013
Jeane R. Bowling, 84, of Lake Park, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2013, at the Presbyterian Home, Quitman, after a short illness. She was born November 14, 1929 in Jackson, KY, a daughter of the late Shafter and Edna Turner Roberts. Mrs. Bowling and her husband John, had been residents of Lake Park since 2006, moving from Maitland, FL. She...

Verna Jane Clayton
Nov 11, 2013
Jane Clayton, 50, of Olive Branch, MS passed away Monday, November 11, 2013. She was born on March 15, 1963 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Jane was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church in Olive Branch. She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Danny Clayton of Olive Branch and formerly of Valdosta, her daughter and son in law, Christina...
June Thomas Hyder
Nov 10, 2013
Mrs. Doris June Thomas Hyder, age 82, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, November 10, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. June was born in Floyd County on May 18, 1931, daughter of the late John William Thomas and Willie Mae Garner Thomas. She married Samuel Nicholas "Nick" Hyder, who preceded her in death on May 16, 1996....