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Raymond Vernon Parrish
Jul 10, 2012
Raymond Vernon Parrish, 82, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born on September 1, 1929 in Lowndes County to the late Aubrey V. (Buck) and Mary Ruth Herring Parrish and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Parrish was a member of the St. Augustine Road Church of Christ and retired...
Arnold Maynard Corbett
Jul 10, 2012
Arnold (A. M.) Corbett, 81, of Lake Park, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Heritage House. He was born in Redel, FL on May 15, 1931 to Warren Yancey Corbett and Emmie Rentha Crews Corbett. Mr. Corbett was a retired automobile mechanic from Sandlin's Garage and was a member of Loch Laurel Baptist Church. He was a hero to his...
Annie "Nealie" Blackburn Register
Jul 9, 2012
Annie ("Nealie") Blackburn Register, 88, of Morven, died Monday, July 9, 2012, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late George and Alice Booth Blackburn. Mrs. Register had lived in Valdosta and Morven since 1943 and had been a charter member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church. She was a homemaker, a member...
Linda Tyler Fry
Jul 9, 2012
Linda Tyler Fry, 51, of Lakeland, Florida died Monday, July 9, 2012. She was born in Rockdale, Georgia on June 1, 1961 to the late Joseph R., Jr. and Ollie Crane Tyler. Mrs. Fry had worked as a computer programmer before her illness. Survivors include her fiancé, Matthew Smith of Lakeland, Fla.; her daughter, Crystal Furnell of Lakeland, Fla.; grandchildren,...
Sylvia Anne Whigham
Jul 8, 2012
Sylvia Anne Whigham, 69, of Ellijay, died on Sunday, July 8, 2012 following a sudden illness at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was born on April 28, 1943 in Tampa, Florida to the late John P. and Welda Davis Whigham. She was a retired educator and a self-employed antiques dealer. Over the years, she volunteered with several...
Thomas Grey Daniel
Jul 5, 2012
Thomas Grey Daniel, 85Beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, Thomas Grey Daniel, 85, died July 5, 2012, at his home in Lake Park, Georgia, surrounded by his family. Tom was born March 9, 1927 in Middlesex, North Carolina to the late Leland and Maggie Daniel.He served in the United States Army during The Korean War as a Medical Corpsman....
Margaret Smith
Jul 5, 2012
Margaret Autry Smith, 82, of Statesboro, died on Thursday, July 5, 2012. Born in Blackshear, Ga to the late Lee Owen and Golie Mae Roe Autry. She had lived in Valdosta before moving to Statesboro. She was a member of the Greenwood Baptist Church. She was retired after a career over twenty years with AT&T and Bell South as a...
Peggy A. Wood
Jul 4, 2012
Peggy A. Wood, 62, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on July 27, 1949 in Jesup, GA to the late Charlie Lawton Knight and Dorothy Mildred Johnson Knight. Mrs. Wood was a homemaker and a member of the First United Pentecostal Church.She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Pastor...
Mattie Florence Mitchell Rutherford
Jul 3, 2012
Mattie Florence Mitchell Rutherford, 103, of Valdosta and Albany, passed from this life on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in her home. Mattie was born March 10, 1909 in Turner County to the late Nancy Susan Spillers Mitchell and Walter Louis Mitchell. She was known fondly for her skills as a seamstress and cook. She loved to share these skills helping...
A. H. (Pat) Pattillo
Jul 1, 2012
A.H. (Pat) Pattillo, 88, of Lake Park died Sunday, July 1, 2012 at his home. He was born on May 5, 1924 in LaGrange to the late Ernest and Vora Curry Pattillo and had lived in Lowndes most of his life. Mr. Pattillo was a Baptist and veteran of the United States Army. He worked as an electrician with Hallman...
Cindy Banks-Odai
Jul 1, 2012
Cindy Banks-Odai, 55, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 1, 2012, after a long illness, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born January 21, 1957 in Great Falls, Montana, a daughter of Joe Henry and Gail Merlene Powell Banks. Cindy was a graduate of Lowndes High School and Valdosta State University Drama Department. She had worked in theatre...
Handady Kushala Shetty
Jul 1, 2012
Handady Kushala Shetty, 92, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at his home after a short illness. Born in Brahmavar, Karnataka, India on June 15, 1920, to the late Matpadi Krishna Shetty and Puttamma Shedthi . Mr. Shetty was an engineer in Telecommunications Department of Government of India. A widower, his wife, Mrs. Girija Shetty had predeceased him...
Dr. David J. Hedgepeth
Jun 30, 2012
Dr. David J. Hedgepeth, 58, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born September 24, 1953 in Lumberton, NC, a son of the late Joseph Earl and Flora Belle Beard Hedgepeth. Dr. Hedgepeth was a Professor in the Department of Early Childhood & Special Education at VSU, and was a member...
Earl Louis Sliney
Jun 30, 2012
Earl Louis Sliney, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital, Lakeland, following a short illness.He was born July 26, 1927 in Taunton, Massachusetts, a son of the late Lewis and Helen Chase Sliney. Mr. Sliney a devout member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, had resided in the Valdosta area for...
John (Johnny) Wright Pierce Iii
Jun 30, 2012
John (Johnny) Wright Pierce III, 57, of Quitman died on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Valdosta on December 3, 1954 to the late John Wright Pierce, Jr. and Garie Pierce-Peeples and has been a resident of this area his whole life. He was a veteran of the...
Samuel Riley Kendall, Sr.
Jun 28, 2012
Samuel Riley Kendall, Sr., 91, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at his home. A native of Valdosta, Mr. Kendall was born on March 2, 1921, the son of the late William Pinckney Kendall and Mabel Clyde Bolton Kendall. As a child, Mr. Kendall attended Adair Street School. He was a 1937 graduate of Valdosta High School. He...
Annie Mae Brasher
Jun 28, 2012
Annie Mae Mayne Brasher, 99, of Valdosta, died Thursday, June 28, 2012, at Heritage Health Care. Born on August 2, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Charlie E. and Annie Bell Mayne of Naylor. Annie Mae was a member of Unity Primitive Baptist Church and was a very active member until her health declined. She received her teaching...
Jacob Mccook
Jun 28, 2012
Jacob "Cookie" McCook, 17, of Lowndes County, died on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained following a tragic accident. Born in Adel on August 24, 1994, Jacob was a rising senior and member of the Class of 2013 at Lowndes High School where he played center for the Vikings. Jacob was an avid Georgia Bull...
Warren Mcghin
Jun 28, 2012
Warren McGhin, 62, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Born and raised in Valdosta, he was a graduate of Valdosta High School. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served during the Vietnam conflict and was a graduate of Valdosta State University. Mr. McGhin worked for 25 years as a computer systems sales and development...
William Henry Lee
Jun 27, 2012
William Henry Lee (H. Lee), 78, of Albany, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at his home after a nine month battle with cancer.He was born March 22, 1934 in Eastman, a son of the late William Harrison Lee and the late Betty Estelle Mullis Shurley. He moved to Remerton with his family in 1947, and had been employed...
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