OBITUARIES

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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Kennath Eugene Howell

Kennath Eugene Howell

Jun 26, 2012

Kennath Eugene Howell, 63, of Pavo passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. Kennath was born on March 26, 1949 in Panama City, Florida to the late J. B. and Norma Howell and was a 1968 graduate of Lowndes High School. He was a self employed entrepreneur and had many successful...

Lena White

Lena White

Jun 26, 2012

Lena Ann Kinchen White, 59, of Lake Park, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born April 11, 1953 in Lakeland, a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Hackle Kinchen. She was a graduate of Lowndes County High School and Valdosta State University. She received Christ as Lord and Savior in 1961 in the Baptist...

Anne Hubbard Moseley

Anne Hubbard Moseley

Jun 26, 2012

Anne Hubbard Moseley, 85, of Valdosta and Amelia Island, Florida died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after a brief illness. She was born on June 25, 1927 in Colonial Heights, Virginia to the late Frank Benjamin Hubbard and Vivian Royal Snead Hubbard and had lived in Valdosta since 1955. She attended the Medical College...

Floyce Vickers Tillman

Floyce Vickers Tillman

Jun 26, 2012

Floyce Vickers Tillman, 89, of Valdosta died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on July 4, 1922 to pioneer parents, Burk Auley Vickers and Sulula Lehman Vickers in Lowndes County near Hahira. Floyce enjoyed talking about her great, great, great grandfather who was one of the first four original founders of Lowndes County. She...

Sandra Stevenson

Sandra Stevenson

Jun 25, 2012

Sandra Stevenson, 67, of Coraopolis, Pa., passed away on June 25, 2012 at the home of her sister, Joan Dear (Allan), Valdosta. She is also survived by a brother, Richard B. Stevenson (Kathie), Pittsburgh, Pa.; an aunt, Ann Coslow of Sarasota, Fla.; and nieces and nephews. Her parents were the late H. Barton and Mary Wehner Stevenson of Pittsburgh.She earned...

Joyce T.  Trumbo

Joyce T. Trumbo

Jun 24, 2012

Joyce T. Trumbo, 64, of Valdosta died on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Heritage Healthcare after a lengthy illness. Born April 27, 1948, in Charleston, West Virginia, Joyce was the daughter of the late Opie Anderson Taylor and Mary Genva Taylor. Mrs. Trumbo had worked for Whirlpool and for Wachovia Bank. She was a member of Open Door Fellowship Freewill...

Ruby (Pat) Parrish

Ruby (Pat) Parrish

Jun 23, 2012

Ruby (Pat) Parrish, 89, of Hahira died on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Crestwood Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on July 9, 1922 to the late W.Y. "Bill" and Carlie Peterson Milligan and has been a resident here all of her life. She worked in the nursing profession as an L.P.N. and worked...

Clara E. Chason Mcvey

Clara E. Chason Mcvey

Jun 22, 2012

Clara E. McVey, 90, went home to be with the Lord on June 22, 2012. She was born in Bainbridge, Georgia on September 17, 1921, the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Chason and Mary Lillian McLeod Chason. As a young child she moved to Tallahassee, Florida where she remained until 1946 when she went to Juneau, Alaska to work...

Dora Saliba Vinson

Dora Saliba Vinson

Jun 22, 2012

Dora Saliba Vinson, 87, of Valdosta, died Friday, June 22, 2012 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on August 19, 1924 in Americus, GA to the late Gabriel S. Saliba, Sr. and Amy Saliba. Mrs. Vinson was a department store and grocery store owner and operator. She was a member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church and assisted...

Mary Goodson Malone

Mary Goodson Malone

Jun 22, 2012

Mary Goodson Malone, 87, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 22, 2012, at Heritage Healthcare following a brief illness. Mrs. Malone was born in Barnwell, South Carolina on May 10, 1925, a daughter of the late Emmett Eugene and Florence Evelyn Willis Goodson. After graduating from Barnwell High School in 1942 she enrolled in the Columbia Hospital of Richland County...

Jack Gayle

Jack Gayle

Jun 21, 2012

Jack Gayle, Jr., 95, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at Heritage Healthcare. Born in New Liberty, Kentucky, a town the Gayle's founded in the 1800's, on January 2, 1917. He was the son of the late Jack, Sr., and Mallie Kate Peggs Gayle. In the mid 1930's he attended Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky where he became...

William H. (Bill) Weldon

William H. (Bill) Weldon

Jun 21, 2012

William Henry (Bill) Weldon, 85, of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and formerly of Valdosta died Thursday, June 21, 2012 at his home. He was born on April 13, 1927 in Lowndes County to the late Alonzo and Ethel Tarrant Weldon. Mr. Weldon was a veteran of the United States Army having served in World War II and retired from Owen-Illinois after...

Bradley Allen Donohoe

Bradley Allen Donohoe

Jun 19, 2012

Bradley Allen (Brad) Donohoe, 57, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 7, 1955 in Akron, Ohio to the late Burt Allen Donohoe and Ruth Louise Heiser Donohoe. Brad was retired from the United States Air Force after serving twenty two years. He was a Correctional Officer at Valdosta State...

Erin Strickland Miller

Erin Strickland Miller

Jun 19, 2012

Erin Strickland Miller, 34, of Echols County, died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 7, 1978 in Savannah and was a member of Statenville Baptist Church. Erin is survived by her husband, Carl Miller of Statenville; her step son, Samuel Miller of Statenville; her mother, Charlotte Strickland of Echols County; her...

Gary Barnard

Gary Barnard

Jun 19, 2012

Gary Barnard, 56, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at South Georgia Medical Center.Gary was born October 29, 1955 in Hahira, a son of the late A.J. Barnard and the late Eula Mae Foster. For the past twenty-five years Gary has been a plumber for Barnard Plumbing. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and...

Corene Croft Walters

Corene Croft Walters

Jun 18, 2012

Corene Croft Walters, 76, of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 18, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born in Berlin, Georgia on October 1, 1935 to the late Ira and Josephine Griffin Croft and has been a resident of this area all her life. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She...

Mary Lou  White  Landis

Mary Lou White Landis

Jun 17, 2012

Mary Lou White Landis, 64, of Lake Park died Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was born in Medina, New York on August 28, 1947 to the late Clifford B. and Eleanor Lord White and had lived in Lowndes County for the past thirty one years. Mrs. Landis was affiliated with the Lake Park United...

Allen E. (Buddy) Gray, Jr.

Allen E. (Buddy) Gray, Jr.

Jun 15, 2012

Allen E. "Buddy" Gray, Jr., 62, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, June 15, 2012, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after an extended illness.He was born February 24, 1950 in Valdosta, a son of the late Allen E. and Willie Mae Ritter Gray. After graduating from Echols County High School with the Class of 1968 Buddy began his thirty-eight year career with...

Rachel Futch Stripling

Rachel Futch Stripling

Jun 13, 2012

Rachel Futch Stripling, 77, of Hahira died Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the Heritage House Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Nashville, Georgia on April 16, 1935 to the late T.J. and Gladys Nicholson Futch. Mrs. Stripling was a member of the Pineview Baptist Church. She had served as hostess at the Valdosta First United Methodist...

Gloria L. Foster

Gloria L. Foster

Jun 11, 2012

Gloria L. Foster, 78 of Quitman, passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on June 11, 2012 after a brief illness. Born on October 6, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana to the late Lennis Asa & Helen Wheelan Donaldson, she had lived in Valdosta and the surrounding area for the past forty years. Gloria loved to play the piano and was...

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