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Ronald (Ronnie) M. Allen
Mar 15, 2013
Ronald (Ronnie) M. Allen, 75, of Naylor, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Clinch County, GA on February 3, 1938 to the late Brooks and Flonnie Stone Allen. Mr. Allen owned and operated Lake Glass Company in Leesburg, FL, served in the National Guard and attended Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church. After retiring...
Minnie Irene Corbett Rackley
Mar 14, 2013
Minnie Irene Corbett Rackley, 93, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born on July 28, 1919 in Echols County to the late Minnie Lee & Staten W. Corbett. She graduated from Echols County High School and served as a parachute packer at Moody Air Force Base and Robbins Air...
Evelyn V. Shiver
Mar 13, 2013
Evelyn V. Shiver, 74, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at her home following a lengthy illness. Born in Lake City, Florida on June 27, 1938, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Martha Edith Carter Williams. Mrs. Shiver had lived in the Valdosta and Brooks County area most of her life. Survivors are her husband,...
Elza Otis Taylor Iii
Mar 13, 2013
Elza Otis Taylor III, 68, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on September 27, 1944 the son of Sara Belote Taylor of Valdosta and Elza Otis Taylor, Jr. of Owensboro, Kentucky.Otis is survived by his cousins, Ann Belote Uhrick of Indio, CA, Mary Belote Lyle of Fernandina...
Dilia Mckenzie Evans
Mar 13, 2013
Funeral services for Dilia McKenzie Evans, 82, of Valdosta, who died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness, will be held Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Reverend Eric J. Evans and Reverend Derrick G. Evans will officiate....
James Michael Jennings
Mar 13, 2013
Jim Jennings, 64, formerly of Durango, CO, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Heritage Healthcare at Crestwood. He was born on March 29, 1948 in Brookline, Massachusetts to the late James Henry Jennings and Clara Anna Minard Jennings. Jim was a retired business executive, attended Crossroads Baptist Church, and was a lifetime member of the Rotary Club. From an early...
Allen L. Hill
Mar 13, 2013
Allen L. Hill, 59, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center with his family by his side, after a very long illness. He was born September 19, 1953 in Valdosta, a son of Edwin and Ann McGauley Hill. Allen attended Glory Hill Cowboy Church, and had been employed at Owens-Illinois before becoming a Graphic...
Nell Mclean Bray
Mar 13, 2013
Nell McLean Bray, 104, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Heritage Healthcare of Valdosta. She was born on December 15, 1908 in Lowndes County to the late Daniel G. McLean and Lula L. Hardee McLean. Mrs. Bray was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John...
Helen S. Marr
Mar 11, 2013
Helen Snedden Marr, 82, of Kearny died March 11, 2013 at the Fellowship Home in Valdosta. Visiting will be on Thursday from 5 until 9 pm at the Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. The funeral service will take place on Friday at 12 noon in The Grace United Methodist Church and burial will follow at Arlington...
Susan Byers
Mar 11, 2013
Susan Byers, 67, of Lake Park, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center after a courageous 13 year battle with cancer.She was born October 15, 1945 in Emory, a daughter of the late Richard Arnold Hall and Bertie Lou Kilgore Hall. Susan was a member of Lake Park Christian Church, and for several years had been...
Jon Howard Leonard, Sr.
Mar 11, 2013
Jon Howard Leonard, Sr., 74, of Lake Park, Georgia, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Monday, March 11, 2013. Jon Leonard loved life and loved people. More importantly people loved him. He valued integrity and held himself to a higher standard than he expected of others.He loved God, he loved his country, but most of all he loved his...
Louise Dennis Herrington
Mar 11, 2013
Louise Dennis Herrington, 85, of Echols County died on Monday, March 11, 2013 at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a brief illness. She was born in Lake Okeechobee, Florida on September 3, 1927 to the late John and Armenda Morgan Sutton. She was the past owner and operator for twenty plus years of the Union Coffee Shop in Valdosta. She...
Helen Janney Rogero
Mar 10, 2013
Helen Melinda Janney Rogero, 97, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, March 10, 2013. Born on February 27, 1916 in Roanoke, AL to the late George W. and Lula Lane Janney, she was raised in Warwick, Worth County, before moving with her family to Macon, when she was 16 years old. Mrs. Rogero married her husband of 65 years, the late...
Chava Telem Hardesty
Mar 9, 2013
Chava Telem Hardesty, 79, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center. She had moved to Valdosta in November from Winchester, VA, to be closer to family. Born on August 18, 1933 in Cape Town, South Africa, she was a daughter of the late Gabriel and Naomi Ben-Ari Telem. After secondary school in South Africa and Israel,...
Israel Lane Byrd
Mar 9, 2013
Israel Lane Byrd, 92, of Barney, Georgia went to his heavenly home on Saturday, March 9, 2013. He was born in Barney on November 13, 1920 to the late Charlie and Janie Folsom Byrd and was a member of the Morven Church of Christ. Mr. Byrd retired from Alaga Whitfield Industries in Montgomery, Alabama and spent the last years of...
Martha Harris Barnes
Mar 7, 2013
Martha Harris Barnes, 93, of Morven, died on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Born in Morven, on June 29, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Thomas Harris and Eula Forehand Harris. She was a homemaker and member of Morven Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Paul Barnes, she is survived...
Joseph "Lee" Knowles Iii
Mar 7, 2013
Joseph "Lee" Knowles III, 75, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born August 15, 1937 in Key West, FL, a son of the late Joseph Leeberg and Mildred Gonzaga Knowles. In 1976, he and his family moved to Brunswick, GA, and Lee was employed at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He...
Angela Marie Kendrick Cothran
Mar 7, 2013
Angela Marie Cothran, 72, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Spindale, North Carolina to the late Olen Lawson Kendrick and Bonnie Marie Houser Kendrick and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Cothran was an active member and worker at Northside Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School, Training...
Joye G. Megow
Mar 4, 2013
Joye G. Megow, 89, of Valdosta died Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on June 23, 1923 in Winnipeg, Canada to the late George C. and Lillian McAllister DeBell and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Megow was a retired registered nurse and educator. She served a Cadet Nurse in the...
Clifton Earl Harris
Mar 3, 2013
Clifton Earl Harris, 55, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born May 13, 1957 in Homerville.Earl is survived by three sisters and one brother, Linda Thompson and husband Donald of Vancouver, WA, Janice Kinlaw of Hahira, Alisa Collins of Valdosta, Samuel Larell Marshall of Valdosta; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and...
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