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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...
Shirley Ann Lightsey
Sep 29, 2012
Shirley Ann Lightsey, 76, of Valdosta died at her residence on Saturday, September 29, 2012 following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 11, 1935 in Adel to the late Sims Griffin and Mozelle Griffin Ragan and has been a resident of this area her whole life. She retired after 26 years of service as a bailiff with the...
Sudie Lewis Wetherington
Sep 28, 2012
Sudie Lewis Wetherington, 92, of Hahira died Friday, September 28, 2012 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Telfair County, Georgia on September 13, 1920 to the late W. D. and Pearl Whittington Lewis and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Wetherington was a member of the Adel Church of Christ. She loved cooking, gardening and...
Minnie Bledsoe
Sep 27, 2012
Minnie Bledsoe, 84, of Americus, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. She was born on May 18, 1928 in Irwin County, GA to the late Aaron and Susie Mae Hall Lassiter. Mrs. Bledsoe was a homemaker, a member of Tippetville Baptist Church in Dooly County, GA, the Pilot Club of Americus, Faith...
Lacy Carter Connell, Jr.
Sep 26, 2012
Lacy C. Connell, Jr., 87, of Valdosta went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. He was born in Berrien County, Georgia on May 3, 1925 to the late Lacy C., Sr. and Thelma Cannon Connell. He was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where he had served as Chairman of the Deacons, Chairman of...
Henry Carl Harnage
Sep 26, 2012
Henry Carl Harnage, 49, of Hahira died Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at his home. He was born in Hahira on January 29, 1963 and a member of the Hahira Church of God. He was an avid outdoorsman, loved playing music and enjoyed being with people. Mr. Harnage was a technician with Dupont.Survivors include his daughter and son in law, Jessica...
Madelyn Grace Boyd
Sep 25, 2012
Boyd, Madelyn Grace, 86, of Tampa, Fl., passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Heritage House Nursing Center, in Valdosta, Ga. A graduate of H. B. Plant High School, she earned her bachelor's degree in music, from the University of Tampa, and later her master's degree from Peabody Teacher's College. While her intentions were never to teach, her love of...
James Hoyt Lumpkin, Jr.
Sep 24, 2012
Hoyt Lumpkin Jr., (MSGT. Ret.) 45, of Hahira died on Monday, September 24, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on February 10, 1967. He served his country in the United States Air Force and was a veteran of Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Hoyt earned his Bachelors of Science degree from Thomas Edison...
Jack Donald Carroll, Sr.
Sep 24, 2012
Jack Donald Carroll, Sr., 84, of Lake Park died on Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Langdale Hospice House following a short illness. Mr. Carroll will be cremated according to his wishes and there will be no public service. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson...
Alec Wisenbaker
Sep 24, 2012
Alec Wisenbaker Alexander (Alec) Campbell Wisenbaker, III, 65, of Lake Park, died on Monday, September 24, 2012, at South Georgia Medical after a brief illness. Born in Valdosta on January 26, 1947, he was the son of the late Alexander Campbell Wisenbaker, Jr., and Mildred Ruth Veatch Wisenbaker. Alec was a graduate of Valdosta High School and Valdosta State College....
Kenneth C. Barnard
Sep 24, 2012
Kenneth C. Barnard, 66, of Lake Park, died at his home on Monday, September 24, 2012. He was born in Screven, Wayne County, Georgia on September 14, 1946. Mr. Barnard was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He had been employed with P.C.A. for many years and was a member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church where he was...
William M. (Bill) Cargile
Sep 24, 2012
William M. (Bill) Cargile, 83, of Lake Park, died on Monday, September 24, 2012, at Fellowship Home in Brooks County. He was a resident of Fellowship Nursing Home the last two years of his life; and it was here that his Father came to take him home. Bill was born in Douglas, on November 26, 1928; he was the son...
Howard P. Beals
Sep 22, 2012
Howard P. Beals, 78, of Lake Park died Saturday, September 22, 2012. He was born on January 17, 1934 in Lanse, Pennsylvania to the late Orlando and Helen Smith Beals. Mr. Beals attended the Lake Park Church of Christ and was a retired Air Traffic Controller with Greater Pittsburg Airport. He was a veteran having served in the United States...
Jospehine (Jody) Parrish
Sep 22, 2012
Jody ParrishJosephine "Jody" Parrish, 65, of Valdosta, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 22, 2012, unexpectedly at her home.Jody was born April 2, 1947 in Glen St. Mary, FL, a daughter of the late Joe Brown and Mae Fair Beggs Logan. Mrs. Parrish was a member Greenwood Baptist Church, Valdosta, and the Levi Sapp Chapter of the...
James Edward (Eddie) Patterson
Sep 21, 2012
James Edward (Eddie) Patterson, 64, of Valdosta died Friday, September 21, 2012 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Brownwood, Texas on August 2, 1948 to Fannie Eaton Patterson and the late James Walford (J.W.) Patterson and had lived in this area for many years. Eddie was a member of the Freewill Baptist...
Johnny Robert West
Sep 19, 2012
Johnny Robert West, 62, of Ray City passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 29, 1950 in Norman Park to the late Wilbur and Larue Jordan West and had lived in this area most of his life. Mr. West was a member of the Ray City First Baptist...
Larry Walton Colson
Sep 18, 2012
Larry Walton Colson, 64, passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Larry graduated from Valdosta High School in 1966. He attended Valdosta State College and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree. Larry was the owner and founder of Colson Business Systems, Inc. as well as the co-owner of Splash Zone. He loved his community, and served in various...
Neyron Durrence
Sep 17, 2012
Neyron Dorr Eldred Durrence, 94, of Clyattville, died on Monday, September 17, 2012, at his home after a short illness. Born in Collins, Tattnall County, Georgia, on August 17, 1918, he was the son of the late John James Durrence and Thelma Ree Phillips Durrence. Mr. Durrence was a retired labor supervisor for Owens Illinois and he was a WWII...
Gladys Jernigan Lofton
Sep 15, 2012
Gladys Jernigan Lofton, 74, of Valdosta died on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Smith Northview following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 20, 1938 in Naylor, Georgia to the late Archie Daniel and Dasey Lee Jones Jernigan and has been a resident of this area all her life. She attended Naylor High School and was an outstanding basketball...
Wayne Davis
Sep 15, 2012
Wayne Davis, 45, of Valdosta died Saturday, September 15, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 9, 1967 in Fitzgerald to Wynona McConnell Davis and the late Clyde Willis Davis. Mr. Davis was a member of the Azalez City Church of God of Prophecy and a member of Kairos Prison Ministry. He...
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