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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Mary Peugh Taylor
Dec 21, 2023
Mary Peugh Taylor passed from this life to the next in the morning hours of December 21, 2023. She was born on December 13, 1952 in Tift County to Herbert Willis Peugh and Carmen Riggins Peugh. She married Eddie Taylor in 1972 and started a family with firm foundations of unconditional love and unbounded support, and a little impromptu adventure...
Dorothy Greene
Dec 21, 2023
Dorothy Beryl Reeves Greene was born September 4th, 1939, in Apalachicola, FL, and then moved to Valdosta in 1954. She graduated from Valdosta High School in 1957 and married Bobby Eugene Greene on April 12, 1959. Together, along with their son Alec Greene, they formed Greene Supply Company in 1981 where Dorothy worked as the bookkeeper and office manager until...
Steven Jerome Powers
Dec 21, 2023
Steven Jerome Powers, 60, of Ray City, stepped into Eternity on Thursday, December 21, 2023. He was born on October 12, 1963, in Macon, Georgia.
He is survived by his parents, Bobby and Kathleen Powers of Valdosta, a sister Tania (Warren) Chesser of Green Cove Springs, FL; four nephews Warren Chesser of High Springs, FL, Jason (Jennifer) Chesser of High Springs,...
James Herman Coppage
Dec 20, 2023
James Herman Coppage, age 73, of Hahira, retired assistant City Engineer for the city of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at home at the Canopy at Azalea Grove. Born in Hahira, on January 16, 1950, Herman was a son of the late Roy and Bessie Cain Coppage. An Army Veteran, Herman had a 36-year career working as an...
Sara Adams
Dec 19, 2023
Sara Welbron Adams, 90, loving homemaker and faithful member of First Baptist Church, passed away on December 19, 2023. Born March 7, 1933, daughter of the late Vester and Minnie Brownlee Welbron of DeKalb County, GA. Sara grew up in Dekalb County and after high school, she started working at Belk’s in downtown Atlanta. She met a coworker in the...
Angela Holtzclaw
Dec 18, 2023
Angela Kaye Holtzclaw, 56, of Valdosta passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on Monday, December 18, 2023. Angela was born on September 15, 1967 in Sylvester, GA, to Patsy Holt Huffstetler and the late Jerry Wade Huffstetler. Ms. Holtzclaw received her nursing degree from ABAC in 1992 and worked for Aveanna Healthcare. She loved going to the beach, spending...
David Edward Williams
Dec 17, 2023
Mr. David Edward Williams, 74, of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023. He is survived by his children, Jennifer Williams Mazzeo of Strongsville, Ohio and David Willams II (Susan, deceased) of Valdosta, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Francis Norwood Williams.
No services will be held at this time. Condolences may...
Geraldine Frances Sutphin
Dec 16, 2023
Geraldine (Gerri) Tomlinson Sutphin, a resident of Thomasville, GA, who peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Archbold Medical Center. She was born in Statenville, GA, and she was preceded in death by her parents Cara Frances Prine and Talley Tomlinson. Gerri spent her early years in Valdosta before graduating from Valdosta High School in the mid-1940s. She...
Barbara Surface Bankston
Dec 14, 2023
Barbara Surface Bankston, 73, of Athens, Georgia died on December 14th, 2023. The daughter of Cress and Mary Surface, Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Quinn Bankston, and stepson Dustin Garber. She is survived by husband Mel Garber, daughter Brittany Williams (Eric), stepdaughter Raegan Le Douaron (Julien), grandchildren Lucas and Lucie Le Douaron, sisters Cindi Swilley (Tom),...
Russell Henry Moeller
Dec 14, 2023
Russell Henry Moeller, 77, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 1, 1946, in Des Moines, Iowa to the late Clifford Moeller and Betty Shephard Moeller. Mr. Russell was a veteran of the United States Army have served in the 3rd Infantry Marne Division. He...
Patsy Thompson
Dec 12, 2023
Patsy Louise Dorch Thompson, 76, of Naylor, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Crestwood Nursing Home following a period of declining health. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on January 30, 1947, to the Lewis Dorch and Agnes Turner McDade. Mrs. Patsy was a homemaker and loved working in her yard. She was known for growing some of the...
Robert Burie Zipperer
Dec 12, 2023
Robert Burie Zipperer, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on July 4, 1946 to the late Samuel Leonodis Zipperer and Mary Montez Zipperer (Weeks) and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Mr. Zipperer was a veteran of the United States Army. Following...
Sidney Morris
Dec 10, 2023
Sidney Morris, 83, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Valdosta at the Little Griffin Hospital on August 15, 1940, to the late Simon & Virginia Katz Morris, he was a lifelong resident of this area. Sidney grew up attending Valdosta City Schools and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1958. He went...
Barbara Cobb Gandy
Dec 9, 2023
Barbara Cobb Gandy, 95, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Orchard after a period of declining health. Born in Rome to the late John Garrett Cobb and Corienne Holcombe Cobb, she grew up in Brooks County and graduated from Quitman High School. After high school, Barbara attended Georgia State Women’s College (now VSU) and while...
Deborah O. Friedlein
Dec 9, 2023
Deborah O. Friedlein, 73, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Waycross, GA on May 31, 1950 to the late Wallace Harvey Oglesby and Sarah Lee Burkhard Oglesby, she had worked as an RN at various medical practices in the area. She loved to fish and play a round of golf....
Lorri Mccrary
Dec 5, 2023
Lorri McCrary, 61, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, after a long, but brave battle with cancer. Born in Moultrie on July 6, 1962, she and her family lived in several places around the southeast before they lived in Waycross where she graduated from Waycross High School. Throughout this time, Lorri would visit family in Moultrie during the...
Joan Elizabeth Ratka
Dec 4, 2023
Joan E. Ratka, 88, of Valdosta and formerly of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, passed away at her home on December 4, 2023. In honor of her wishes, Mrs. Ratka was privately interred at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. Carson McLane Funeral Home was entrusted to care for Mrs. Ratka.
Dr. Lance Haluka
Nov 28, 2023
Dr. Lance J. Haluka, age 52, died peacefully at his residence on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. He was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the son of Walter and Carol Freund Haluka. Dr. Haluka did his undergraduate studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, after which he completed his Doctor of Optometry degree at Indiana University School of Optometry. Lance...
Shelba Jean Harrington
Nov 28, 2023
Shelba Jean Moody Harrington passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at Fellowship Home in Valdosta, GA, after an extended illness.
Born on September 13, 1931, in Appling County, Georgia, she was raised by Lawton and Lona Moody of Brentwood, GA. She graduated from Andrew College in Cutbert, GA, and Valdosta State College in Valdosta, GA, with a BA Degree in...
Ella Kendall
Nov 28, 2023
Ella “Butch” Kendall, 99, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday November 28, 2023 at Langdale Hospice House. A native of Baltimore, MD. Mrs. Kendall was born on December 27, 1923, the daughter of the late John Girdwood Schmidt & Edith Anna Hudnet Schmidt. Following World War II, a young U.S. Army Officer from Valdosta GA, Samuel Riley Kendall, Sr., was stationed...
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