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Lois Jane Retterbush
Nov 10, 2013
Lois Jane Retterbush, age 90, of Valdosta died Sunday, November 10, 2013 at her home. She was born on September 19, 1923 in Swanton, Ohio and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fred Cook of Swanton, Ohio. She was a Registered Nurse who attended Toledo University and Mary Manse College. She is a graduate of St. Vincent's School...
Veda Beth (Nanny) Fanning
Nov 10, 2013
Veda Beth (Nanny) Fanning, 78, of Valdosta passed away from this life to be with her Lord on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Crestwood Nursing Home. Born Veda Beth Pelfrey on September 27, 1935 in Maysville, Oklahoma she was the daughter of the late Fred Pelfrey and Katy Gillespie. She had lived and worked for many years in Big Lake,...
Violet "Blue" Haas
Nov 9, 2013
Violet "Blue" HaasOur sister, Violet "Blue" Haas, passed from this life on Saturday, November 9, 2013. She was 59 years old and much loved by her family, Roberta Haas George and Noel George, Judy Haas McNelis, Nancy Haas Phillips, Victoria Haas Bush and Charles Bush, Constance Haas Meester and her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by...
Rebecca Eugenia Caldwell Odom
Nov 9, 2013
Rebecca Eugenia Caldwell Odom, 96, of Valdosta died on Saturday, November 09, 2013 at her residence. She was born on July 26, 1917 in Metcalf, Georgia to the late Eugene Forrest and Martha Kerr Caldwell. She was raised in Thomasville and graduated from Thomasville High School. Mrs. Odom has been a resident of Valdosta since 1945 where she and her...
Angela Griffin Hughes
Nov 8, 2013
Angela Griffin Hughes, 48, of Valdosta, passed away suddenly on November 8, 2013. She was born on June 20, 1965 in Valdosta. A 1984 graduate of Lowndes High School, she went on to receive her B.S., M.Ed, and Specialist degrees from Valdosta State University. She taught school for many years in the Griffin City, Lanier County and Lowndes County School...
I.M. (Ivey) Starling
Nov 8, 2013
I.M. (Ivey) Starling, 74, of Valdosta, died on November 8, 2013 after a lengthy illness. He was born on September 18, 1939 in Statenville, Georgia to the late Arren and Lola Herndon Starling and has been a lifelong resident of Valdosta. He was a retired self-employed carpenter/sub-contractor and was of the Church of God faith. He was a hard worker...
Thomas Carl Walker
Nov 6, 2013
Thomas Carl Walker (Tommy), 64, of Adel died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Lowndes County on June 4, 1949 to the late George Quincy Walker and Mary Alice McIntyre Walker. Tommy was a truck driver and of the Church of Christ faith.He is survived by two sisters and one brother in law, Betty Blankenship...
Jean R. Malone
Nov 5, 2013
Jean R. Malone, 96, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born in Valdosta on July 17, 1917. Mrs. Malone was a graduate of Valdosta Woman's College. She was a loving devoted Mother and homemaker. Mrs. Malone was a member of the First Baptist Church.She is survived by her son, Jim...
James Edward (Eddie) Collins, Jr.
Nov 4, 2013
James Edward (Eddie) Collins, Jr., 60, of Valdosta died Monday, November 4, 2013 at his home. He was born in Madison, Florida on August 16, 1953 to James Edward Collins, Sr. and the late Mary Elizabeth Ferrell Collins and had lived in Valdosta most of his life. Mr. Collins was a charter member of Crossroads Baptist Church and was retired...
Jackie Lee Mckenzie
Nov 3, 2013
Jackie Lee McKenzie, 66, of Hahira, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013, at his home.He was born March 24, 1947 in Atlanta, a son of the late Willie O. and Virgie Mae Hawkin McKinzie. "Papa" loved his grandchildren, and everybody loved him. Jackie is survived by his wife, Sandra McKenzie of Hahira; four children, Herbert Harris and wife Candace of...
James Stephen Oliver
Nov 3, 2013
James Stephen Oliver, 86, of Valdosta, died suddenly at his home on Sunday November 3, 2013. Son of the late George Hollis Oliver, Sr., and Sara Oliver, James was born in Valdosta on January 12, 1927. He played football for the Wildcats, was an Honor Graduate and Salutatorian of Valdosta High School class of 1944. In May of 1945, at...
Horace W. "Cowboy" Adams
Nov 2, 2013
Horace W. "Cowboy"Adams, 70, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, November 02, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 8, 1943 in Statenville, Georgia to the late Claude and Ruth Wright Adams and has been a resident of this area his whole life. Mr. Adams was of the Church of God faith.Survivors...
Loren Drue Dodson
Oct 30, 2013
Loren Drue Dodson, 57, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on October 30, 2013, in Ocala, FL. He was born on October 2, 1956, in Valdosta. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1974 and attended Valdosta State College. While at VHS, he played football for the Wildcats under Coach Wright Bazemore and proudly wore #73. Loren was employed by Tri-State...
Betty Meeks Bass Thackrey
Oct 28, 2013
Betty Bass Thackrey, 80, of Valdosta died Monday, October 28, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born on February 10, 1933 in Sandersville, Georgia to the late George Marion Meeks and Irene Jenny Brown Meeks and had lived in Valdosta since 1961. Mrs. Thackrey was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and a retired...
Keith Conley
Oct 28, 2013
Keith A. Conley, 47, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 28, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. Born in Landstuhl, Germany, he had lived in Valdosta for just over a year now and was formerly of St. Augustine, Ft. Myers and Tallahassee, FL. Keith was a deeply loved father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He graduated...
Lamar W. Mckee
Oct 27, 2013
Lamar W. McKee, 81, of Hahira, died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Bailey, Mississippi on February 20, 1932 to the late Levi Wesley and Willie Mae Williamson McKee. Mr. McKee was retired from Davis Air Conditioning. He was a well loved and respected husband, father and grandfather. Mr. McKee was a faithful and longtime...
Clara Beatrice (Bea) Drazdowski
Oct 26, 2013
Clara Beatrice (Bea) Drazdowski, 91, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born in South Georgia to the late Edward Daniel Freeman & Estelle Bostick Freeman. After growing up in South Georgia, she moved to New York City where she started her family. In 1959 she moved back...
Carmen Etteinne Davis Boatwright
Oct 25, 2013
Carmen Etteinne Davis Boatwright, 78, of Valdosta died on October 25, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia on January 9, 1935 to the late Ralph Alexander and Etteinne McCranie Davis. Mrs. Boatwright attended Martha Berry School for Girls in high school and was a graduate of Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, Georgia...
L. S. Daniels
Oct 25, 2013
L. S. Daniels, 97, of Quitman, died on Friday October 25, 2013 following a lengthy illness. Born in Thomasville on May 4, 1916 to the late James Thomas & Alma Cobb Daniels, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Daniels briefly served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, then, having grown up on a farm in...
Jacqueline (Jackie) Stalvey Bayless
Oct 25, 2013
Jacqueline (Jackie) Stalvey Bayless, 80, of Valdosta, died Friday, October 25, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Cook County, GA on September 24, 1933 to the late Thomas Eason and Annie Bell Futch Stalvey. Mrs. Bayless was a 1950 graduate of Cook County High School in Adel, worked as a telephone operator with Southern Bell and...
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