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Sarah (Sally) Kramer Sherman
Apr 24, 2013
Sarah (Sally) Kramer Sherman, 92 of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Her death occurred due to a brief illness. Sally's life was characterized by her gentle, caring and serving spirit. She was a member of the PEO Sisterhood where she held office as President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and Chaplin during her years of service. Sally was also very...
Justin Anderson Mullis
Apr 22, 2013
Justin Anderson Mullis, 35, of Ray City, died on Monday, April 22, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born on March 3, 1978 in Hahira and has been a resident in this area all his life. He attended Lowndes High School and had worked as a brick mason for most of his life. He...
Jerry Lee Wood
Apr 19, 2013
Jerry Lee Wood, 54, of Lake Park, died on Friday, April 19, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Houston, Texas on June 27, 1958 he had lived in Lowndes County most of his life. Mr. Wood was employed by Four Star Freightliner. Survivors are his mother, Rheda Brewer McPherson of Lake Park; brothers and...
Virginia Saunders Pitts
Apr 17, 2013
Virginia Saunders Pitts, 92, of Valdosta, died at her home on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, after a period of declining health. Born in Reynolds, Georgia, on April 18, 1920, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas (Tom) and Mattie Lou Byrd Saunders. Virginia graduated from Reynolds High School and was a graduate of Georgia College and State University...
Billi Fae Lewis Bius
Apr 17, 2013
Billi Fae Lewis Bius, 76, of Valdosta went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 17, 2013, surrounded by her loved ones in her cherished home of 25 years. Born in Norman Park, GA, on May 26, 1936, she was the eldest daughter of the late Wilburn and Collie Lewis. She completed her two year...
Russell Clanton
Apr 16, 2013
Russell Clanton, 62, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at his home. He was born March 25, 1951 in Adel, a son of the late James Edwin and Era Belle Hendley Clanton. Russell was a long-time diesel mechanic and a member of the Assembly of God.He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Allen...
William Briggs Tyler, Iii
Apr 16, 2013
William Briggs Tyler, III, 75, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He was born in Hahira on April 20, 1937 and was the son of the late Christelle Wilkins Barfield and the late William Briggs Tyler, Jr. Mr. Tyler was a retired wholesale plumbing, heating and air conditioning salesman. Mr. Tyler lived...
Gilbert G Zipperer, Sr.
Apr 16, 2013
Gilbert Zipperer, Sr., 54, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at his home in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. Born in Valdosta on July 22, 1958, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Inez Butler Zipperer. Mr. Zipperer was a graduate of Lowndes High School, he then went on to graduate from Valdosta Technical School (now...
Mary Janice Reams
Apr 15, 2013
Mary Janice Reams, 64, formerly of Lee, Florida, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2013 at Heritage Healthcare after a lengthy illness. Mary was born on June 6, 1948 in Miami, Florida to the late Ila Clinton and Zora Edgman Jones. The family moved to Lee, Florida when Mary was a teenager and she continued to live there most of...
Numa Z. Stalvey
Apr 14, 2013
Numa Z. Stalvey, 86, of Ray City, Georgia died Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton, Georgia. She was born on June 11, 1926 in Mercedes, Texas to the late Ben S. and Concepcion Solis Zamora. Mrs. Stalvey was a homemaker and a member of Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She was married to...
Elson Lee "Dink" Stephenson
Apr 14, 2013
Elson Lee "Dink" Stephenson of Valdosta, 74, passed away on Sunday April 14, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born on February 25, 1939 in Tarboro, N.C., to the late Woodrow and Ethel Stephenson. He attended Valdosta High school before entering the National Guard in 1958. He...
Claude Robert Blanton, Sr.
Apr 14, 2013
Claude Robert Blanton Sr., 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday April 14, 2013 surrounded by his loving wife and children at Langdale Hospice House after a long illness. Mr. Blanton was born November 18, 1933 to the late Henry Alfred and Rena Smith Blanton. He grew up in Clyattville and was raised in the Primitive Baptist Church. In his...
Lauretta Harnage Mattox
Apr 13, 2013
Lauretta Harnage Mattox, 65, of Tryon, NC, died Saturday, April 13, 2013 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born in Valdosta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Eddie R. and Emma Louelle Hastings Harnage. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Landrum, SC. Surviving are: her husband Edwin James Mattox of...
Elsie Shaw
Apr 12, 2013
Elsie Louise Shaw, 94, of Tampa, Florida and formerly of Valdosta died on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Sun Coast Hospice House in Palm Harbor, Florida. She was born on January 1, 1919 in Phenix City, Alabama to the late Irby and Alice Trimble Moore. She moved to Valdosta from Columbus, Georgia in 1973 and was a Valdosta resident...
Edna Eyleen Lawson
Apr 10, 2013
Edna Eyleen Lawson, 88, of Adel and formerly of Hahira, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on July 4, 1924 in Morven, Brooks County, GA to the late Richard Ashley Lawson and Mdlle McGauley Lawson. Miss Lawson was a member of New Covenant Church in Valdosta.She is survived by two nieces, Peggy Armstrong of...
Richard A. Williams
Apr 10, 2013
Richard A. Williams, 75, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Pastor Bill Blanchard and Pastor Bob Willis will officiate. Burial will follow at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the...
Dr. Joseph Samuel Houston
Apr 9, 2013
Dr. Joseph Samuel Houston, M.D., 87, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at his home. He was born on September 2, 1925 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida to the late William Herbert and Annie Jim Turner Houston. Dr. Houston practiced Psychiatry for many years and served as Chief of Psychiatry at Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville for many years....
George Alton Sowell
Apr 9, 2013
George Alton Sowell, 74, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at his home. He was born in Madison, Florida on November 15, 1938 to the late Woodrow Wilson Sowell and Toinette Youmans Sowell. Mr. Sowell was a surveyor with National Geodetic Surveying.Survivors include his wife, Sharon Gearhart Sowell of Bluefield, WVA, his daughter and son in law, Stacie and...
Sue (Sunny) Stover
Apr 7, 2013
Sue "Sunny" Stover, 63, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at her home after a sudden illness. She was born in Kendallville, Indiana, and had lived in Valdosta for the past six months.Survivors include her two sons, Robert and wife Stephanie Ferry of Riverview, FL, Richard Ferry and fiancé Michelle Maldonado of Haymarket, VA; her mother, Patricia Hollander of...
Joseph Duffy Mccartney
Apr 6, 2013
Joseph Duffy McCartney passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Joe was born on March 21, 1941 in Newark, NJ to William Michael and Rita Duffy McCartney. A Jersey boy through and through, Joe grew up in Lyndhurst and later lived in Midland Park, NJ before retiring in 2005 to Lake Park, GA. He is survived by his loving wife...
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