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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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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.
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
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
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...
Juan Posada, Sr.
Jun 10, 2012
Juan Posada, 82, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, June10, 2012 at South Georgia Medical center following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 13, 1929 in Weslaco, Texas, a son of the late Mauro and Julia Lopez Posada. Mr. Posada was a member of Azalea City Church of God and a Cattleman for Okeechobee Livestock Market, serving as a...
Ida Willene Jackson Purvis
Jun 10, 2012
Ida Willene Jackson Purvis, 73, of Hahira and formerly of Chula died Sunday, June 10, 2012 at her home. She was born in Opp, Alabama on September 17, 1938 to the late Homer and Esther Maddox Jackson. Mrs. Purvis was a member of the Northside Baptist Church in Tifton and was retired from retail sales having been employed by Belk-Hudson's,...
Garnell Rudolph (George) Riner
Jun 9, 2012
Garnell Rudolph (George) Riner, 82, of Hahira, died on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. He was born on September 4, 1929 in Emanuel County, Georgia to the late Luke and Mary Edenfield Riner. Formerly of Swainsboro, Georgia he has been a resident of Hahira for the past thirty years. He was a...
Joe Megginson
Jun 8, 2012
Addison "Joe" Cornelius Megginson, 68, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 8, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on August 20, 1943 in Danville, Virginia to the late Addison Cornelius, Sr. and Mabel Carter Megginson. Mr. Megginson retired from the shopping center industry in 2009 after 27...
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