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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...
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...
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
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.
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Glen David Wheeler
Aug 31, 2013
Glen David Wheeler, 62, of Quitman died Saturday, August 31, 2013 at his special friends residence. He was born on May 27, 1951 in Davy, West Virginia to the late Henry and Violet Chadwell Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a retired security guard.He is survived by his special friends, Jeannie Carte of Valdosta, Charles and Deborah Carte of Quitman, his children,...
Franklin Tilfred Cole, Jr.
Aug 31, 2013
Frank Tilfred Cole, Jr., age 69 died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Methodist Medical Center in Oakridge, TN. He was born March 6, 1944, to Frank T. Cole, Sr., and Ida Mae Fields Cole. Frank graduated from Quitman High School, Quitman, Georgia, before joining the U.S. Air Force. He was passionately proud of...
Viva Southall Joiner
Aug 29, 2013
Viva Southall Joiner, 85, of Valdosta died Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Clyattville on August 24, 1928 to the late Haynes Brinson and Melissa Hutchinson Southall and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Joiner was a member of the Park Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church. She attended Southern Adventist University in...
Lindy Alvin Kinsey
Aug 29, 2013
Lindy Alvin Kinsey, 59, of Lake Park died on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on December 1, 1953 to the late Lindbergh and Nancy Deas Kinsey and has been a resident of this area all his life. He was employed with Langboard Inc. as a tool clerk and was a member of Antioch...
Reverend T. Ross Hudson, Jr.
Aug 28, 2013
Reverend T. Ross Hudson, Jr., 77, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Terrell County, Georgia on January 29, 1936, he was the son of the late Tom Ross ( T.R.) Hudson Sr. and Jessie Almeta Hardy Hudson. Ross began pastoring Naylor Baptist Church in September 1965. Ross was a Pastor, Teacher...
Wendell Bernard Johnson
Aug 27, 2013
Wendell Bernard Johnson, 90, of Quitman and formerly of Valdosta died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at the Presbyterian Home. He was born on September 13, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana, a son of the late Bernard Johnson and the late Hazel Goiens Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and a member of the...
John Robert Howell
Aug 26, 2013
John Robert Howell of Lake Park died Monday, August 26, 2013 on his 84th birthday at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in 1929 in Lowndes County to the late Robert Wilton and Laura Howell. Mr. Howell was an electrician, a farmer and a logger. He served in the National Guard and attended Mount Pleasant Church of Christ.Mr. Howell...
Gladys R. Cary
Aug 25, 2013
Gladys R. Cary, 99, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Robinson, IL to the late Frank Andrew & Nellie Barnett Richart, she had lived in Valdosta for the past 5 years after moving from Robinson, IL, her lifelong home. Mrs. Cary was an excellent cook, well known for her potato salad, handmade...
Alma H. Lazarus
Aug 23, 2013
Alma H. Lazarus, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, August 23, 2013, at the Fellowship Home.She is survived by two daughters, Bonnie Chace of Lakeland and Susan Rogoff of Atlanta; three granddaughters, Jennifer Murray Sublett, Shannon Murray, and Jami Duncan and husband Todd, all of Valdosta; one grandson, Aaron Rogoff of Atlanta; five great-grandchildren, Cameron Conley, Bailey Sublett, Blake Waldron, Caleb...
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