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Penny C. Moxley
Oct 17, 2012
Penny C. Moxley passed away on her 89th birthday, Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a long illness.She was born October 17, 1923 in Moultrie, a daughter of the late Henry and Penny Cosby. Mrs. Moxley had worked at Strickland Cotton Mill, and retired from Levi Strauss as an Inspector. She was a loving, wonderful mother and...
Mary Castleberry Mixon Sutton
Oct 15, 2012
Mary Castleberry Mixon Sutton, 71, of Hahira died Monday, October 15, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Tampa, Florida on November 15, 1940 to the late Roy and Elma Castleberry and had lived in this area for several years. Mrs. Sutton was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant from...
Becky Williams Moody
Oct 15, 2012
Becky Williams Moody, 61, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Monday, October 15, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Donalsonville, on December 2, 1950, she was a 1968 graduate of Valdosta High School and had worked in the banking industry for several years. Becky loved gardening and being outside working with her flowers. Survivors are her son and daughter...
Bobby Allen Rhoden
Oct 15, 2012
Bobby Allen Rhoden, 65, of Lake Park, formerly of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 15, 2012, at his home. He was born August 28, 1947 in Valdosta, a son of the late Willis Rhoden and the late Louelle Crosby Rhoden. Bobby attended Lake Park Church of God. The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October...
Sybil B. Banks
Oct 14, 2012
Sybil B. Banks, 82, of Valdosta died on Sunday, October 14, 2012 in Hahira following a lengthy illness. She was born in Cottonwood, Alabama on June 21, 1930 to the late Charlie and Mittie Cunningham Brown. She has been a resident of Valdosta for more than 50 years. She had worked as a cook/hostess for Park Avenue United Methodist Church...
Johnnie Faircloth
Oct 14, 2012
Johnnie M. Faircloth, Capt. USAF Retired., 65, of Hahira, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2012, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born November 22, 1946 in Ludowici, GA. Mr. Faircloth was a Special Agent with the Office of Special Investigations, and had retired as a captain in the U.S.A.F. He served in both Vietnam and Dessert Storm,...
Betty L. Jassmann
Oct 14, 2012
Betty L. Jassmann, 83, of Valdosta died on Sunday, October 14, 2012 at the Crestwood Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on December 2, 1928 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma to the late Ollie and Jennie Tunin Johnson and has been a resident of Valdosta since 1991. Formerly of Atchison, Kansas she had received her Bachelor's Degree in education...
Billy Wayne Selph
Oct 12, 2012
Billy Wayne Selph, 75, of Quitman, died Friday, October 12, 2012 in the Brooks County Hospital in Quitman. He was born on September 6, 1937 in Valdosta to the late Jack Selph, Sr. and Mary Lumby Caroline McCranie Selph. Mr. Selph attended the Valdosta public schools and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1955 and was also a graduate of...
James Junior Loyless, Sr.
Oct 10, 2012
James Junior Loyless, Sr., 72, of Valdosta died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Tifton, Georgia on December 14, 1939 to the late Jessie William and Maeomie Harnage Loyless and had lived in Valdosta for the past fifty four years. Mr. Loyless was a member of the Victory Baptist Church and the owner...
Karen B. Greenway
Oct 9, 2012
Karen B. Greenway, 66, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Michigan City, Indiana on February 25, 1946 to the late Richard and Beryl Benford. She retired after 25 years from Bank of America as a mortgage lender and she was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include...
Douglas Lamar Singletary, Sr.
Oct 8, 2012
Douglas Lamar Singletary, Sr., 82, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 8, 2012, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Born in Pavo on January 21, 1930, he was the son of the late Henry Singletary and Lilly Croft Singletary. Mr. Singletary was a self employed carpenter. He was a Baptist. Survivors are his daughters and sons in law,...
Martha Hiers
Oct 8, 2012
Martha Ann Sanders Hiers, 85, of Valdosta died Monday, October 8, 2012. She was born on April 1, 1927 in Fitzgerald, Georgia to the late Bertie Roy and Alpha Lee Dekle Sanders and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Hiers was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and retired from the Valdosta School System. She...
Vanessa Gale Brunston
Oct 8, 2012
Vanessa Gale Brunston, 57, of Hahira, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, October 8, 2012 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland after being in declining health for several months. Vanessa was born in Miami, Florida and moved to Hahira with her parents, Elmer "Red" Brunston and Edith W. Brunston when they retired in 1972. She...
Sue Louise Hartsell Fryslie
Oct 6, 2012
Sue Louise Hartsell Fryslie; 82, died Saturday, October 6, 2012, at her residence of natural causes. She was born in Tama, Iowa on June 6, 1930 to the late Paul Kenneth and Esther Lillian Carl Hartsell. Sue lived in Valdosta since 1969 until her retirement from Valdosta Technical College in 1996. She then moved to Jacksonville Beach, Florida near her...
Dr. Hugh C. Bailey
Oct 5, 2012
Hugh C. Bailey was born in Berry, Alabama on July 2, 1929, the son of Mr. Coleman Costello Bailey and Susie Jane Jenkins Bailey. He received a BA Degree from Samford University in 1950 and a MA and PhD from the University of Alabama in 1951 and 1954. He was a member of the Samford faculty from 1953 to 1975,...
Jerry Maxwell Ward, Sr.
Oct 5, 2012
Jerry Maxwell Ward, Sr., 76, of Valdosta, GA, was born in Headland, Alabama on July 26, 1936, to the late Foy and Orene Ward. He grew up in that community playing football, basketball, baseball throughout his younger years. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Samford University (then Howard College) on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in...
Delores S. Oliver
Oct 3, 2012
Delores S. Oliver, 62, of Valdosta died Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on May 23, 1950 in Cairo to the late James Paul Sasser and Margaret McGuire Sasser Adair and had lived in Valdosta for the past forty six years. Mrs. Oliver was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and retired from K-Mart...
William Richard Vanartsdalen, Jr.
Oct 2, 2012
William Richard VanArtsdalen, Jr., U.S. Army MSgt. (Ret.), 69, of Valdosta and formerly of Waycross, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at his home.He was born June 3, 1943 in National City, CA, a son of the late William Richard and Clara Ross VanArtsdalen. Ric honorably served our country in the U.S. Army for twenty years. He is survived by...
Lydia Stevens
Oct 1, 2012
Lydia Stevens, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2012, at Smith Northview Hospital after a brief illness.She was born November 7, 1923 in Ashburn, a daughter of Ottis Burch and Ruth Booth Burch Sumner. Ms. Stevens had worked for the Juvenile Courts in Jacksonville, FL, later volunteering with the suicide hotline in Jacksonville and with Alzheimer's patients...
Ruth Elizabeth Baker
Sep 30, 2012
Ruth Elizabeth Smith Baker, 71, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 after a short illness. She was born in Ty Ty, Georgia to the late Arwyn and India Bell Smith. Mrs. Baker lived in Valdosta (Walkers Crossing) since 1969. Mrs. Baker retired from the Moody Air Force Base Exchange. She had also worked at the base commissary. She fulfilled her dream...
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