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Robert John (Bob) Maturi
Apr 5, 2013
Robert John (Bob) Maturi, 91, of Valdosta died Friday, April 5, 2013 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born December 20, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Anthony and Jennie Segni Maturi and had lived in Valdosta since 1964. Mr. Maturi was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and a veteran...
David Kelly, Sr.
Apr 5, 2013
David Kelly, Sr., 62, of Nashville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 5, 2013, at his home.He was born September 13, 1950 in Sunny South, Alabama. David honorably served in Viet Nam with the United States Marine Corps, and for many years had been employed at Winnersville Roofing.He is survived by his wife, Penny Kelly of Nashville; six daughters, Christina...
Betty Lovett Bailey
Apr 5, 2013
Betty Lovett Bailey, 83, of Valdosta died Friday, April 5, 2013 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Bailey was born in Lenox on April 11, 1929 to the late Lonnie and Mary Mims Lovett and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Bailey was a Baptist and retired from ITT Industries Metal Products...
Wayne Lee Stover
Apr 4, 2013
Wayne Lee Stover, 74, of Valdosta died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Findlay, Ohio to the late Claude Montgomery Stover and Gertrude Alice Snyder Stover and had lived in Valdosta for the past six months. Mr. Stover was a retired supervisor with Arlington Trolley Company and an active...
Marie Wood Eason Bailey
Apr 4, 2013
Marie Wood Eason Bailey, 93, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, at 1:30 a.m. at Langdale Hospice House of natural causes. She was born in Quincy, Florida and lived most of her adult life in Lake Park, Georgia. She was a member of the Unity Sabbath Day Church of God. Marie was preceded in death by her children, Vernon Eason and...
Matilda Dasher Mathis
Apr 2, 2013
Matilda "Tilly" Dasher Mathis, age 90, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2013, at the home of her son, Harris Mathis, Jr., in Wellington, Florida. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on January 9, 1923, to the late Rollin Eldridge Dasher and Eunice Rahn Dasher. Her husband, Harris, Sr., predeceased her in 2002. She is survived by her sons Harris,...
Larue Shaw
Apr 2, 2013
LaRue Shaw, 70, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Adel on March 13, 1943 to the late Lacy Newton and Margaret Sizemore Shaw and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Shaw owned and operated Shaw Construction Company for many years. Survivors include his son and daughter in law,...
Brenda Grace Smith Lehman
Mar 31, 2013
Brenda Grace Smith Lehman, 64, of Valdosta, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Archibold Medical Center, Thomasville, after a long illness.She was born November 29, 1948 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late Douglas H. and Grace Bradley Smith. Brenda graduated from Valdosta High School with the Class of 1966. She...
Raymond Andrew Childs, Sr.
Mar 31, 2013
Raymond Andrew Childs, Sr., 55, of Clyattville died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born September 27, 1957 in Albany, NY to the late Robert and Joyce Pregent Childs. Mr. Childs worked at TM Polyfilm and retired from the Clyattville Volunteer Fire Department as Assistant Chief.He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Debbie...
Steven Wade (Steve) Brogdon
Mar 30, 2013
Steven Wade (Steve) Brogdon, Sr., 55, of Valdosta, died at his residence on Saturday, March 30, 2013. Born in Valdosta to the late George Wesley & Patsy Brogdon, he was a lifelong resident of this area, and a graduate of Valdosta High School. Earlier in life, Steve was an active member of the Valdosta Jaycees and more recently was a...
Harold Dean Hagan
Mar 29, 2013
Harold Dean Hagan, 78, of Lake Park, Georgia died on Friday, March 29, 2013 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 13, 1934 in Tallahassee, Florida to the late Rufford Merrill and Grace Hartsfield Hagan. Mr. Hagan was the owner/operator of Bay Meadow Corporation and was a residential and general contractor for the states of...
Charles Howard Davis
Mar 29, 2013
Charles Howard Davis, 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born August 24, 1933, in Fitzgerald, GA, a son of the late Edward and Ruby Goff Davis. He was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force.He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Kim...
Mary Margaret Winningham
Mar 28, 2013
Mary Margaret Winningham, 64, of Naylor, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born October 8, 1948, in Nashville, GA, a daughter of the late Ralph Lamar and Edith Mathis Lindsay. She was a member of Mt Zion United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star.She is survived by her husband, James R. Winningham, a...
Lottie Margolis Hartnig
Mar 27, 2013
Lottie Margolis Hartnig, 92, born June 11, 1920 to Max and Fannie Margolis in Jacksonville, NC passed away March 27, 2013 from esophageal cancer. She is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Sydney, who she met while he was stationed at Camp Lejune in Jacksonville. Lottie was a fun-loving, spirited individual who had an infectious smile and...
Edna Rumfelt Armstrong
Mar 26, 2013
Edna Lawrence Rumfelt Armstrong, 90, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 29, 1922 in Murphy, North Carolina to the late James S. and America Montgomery Lawrence. After graduating from Belmont High School in Belmont, North Carolina she began a life of travel and adventure. She has lived in...
Emma Lou (Pug) Shaw
Mar 24, 2013
Emma Lou "Pug" Wisenbaker Shaw, 88, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013, at the Presbyterian Home, Quitman.She was born May 29, 1924 in Helena, Alabama, the daughter of the late Charlton Robert and Illa Lucile McClendon Wisenbaker. She graduated from Valdosta High School with the Class of 1941, where she was the first Majorette for...
Caroline House Morgan
Mar 23, 2013
Caroline House Morgan, 76, of Conyers passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013 after an extended illness. Caroline was born on May 8, 1936 in Valdosta to the late J. H. (Skipper) House, Jr. and Sallie Virginia Girardin House Bird. Mrs. Morgan was preceded in death by a sister, Ginger House Griffin. Survivors include her loving husband of 56 years, Tommy...
Carol Booth
Mar 22, 2013
Carol Booth, 68, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Friday, March 22, 2013. Born in Brooks County, Georgia, on July 8, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Lucille Bowen Vinings. Mrs. Booth worked for Metal Products and enjoyed craft projects and making ceramics. Preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Booth and a...
Paul B. Masden
Mar 22, 2013
Paul B. Masden, 95, of Valdosta passed away on Friday, March 22, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. He as born in Howard, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1917 to the late William Harry and Mary Jane Coder Masden and had lived in Valdosta since 1962. Mr. Masden was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served in World...
Janeen Curl Josey
Mar 22, 2013
Janeen Curl Josey, 67, gracefully and peacefully passed away surrounded by family in her home at sunrise on Friday, March 22, 2013, after a courageous 13 year battle with breast cancer. She was born on July 27, 1945 in Swainsboro, Georgia to the late Ruby Nunn Curl and Johnie Curl. She is survived by her husband, C. Ray Josey of...
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