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

Ophelia Raines Bailey
Apr 10, 2012
Ophelia Raines Bailey, 92, of Hahira died Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at her residence. She was born on January 23, 1920 in Blythewood, South Carolina to the late Henry William and Liddie Leona Williams Raines. Mrs. Bailey was a homemaker and of the Nazarene faith.On July 11, 2006 she was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Chester...
Donald R. Kindley (Smgt Ret.)
Apr 8, 2012
Donald Rockett Kindley, 80, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 8, 2012. He was born on October 25, 1931 in High Point, North Carolina to the late Arthur Lowe and Ruby Rockett Kindley, and grew up and attended high school in Miami, Florida. After graduation, He served 23 years in the United States Air Force and retired as a Senior...
James F. Grace, Usaf Msgt. (Ret.)
Apr 8, 2012
James F. Grace, USAF MSgt. (Ret.), 74, of Lake Park, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, after a long, courageous battle with Lymphoma. He was born May 18, 1937, in Shorterville, Alabama, a son of the late Frank and Stacia Chance Grace. Mr. Grace retied from Moody Air Force Base after...
Dilipkumar Kantibhai Patel
Apr 7, 2012
Dilipkumar Kantibhai Patel, 66, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at South Georgia Medical Center.Mr. Patel was born May 7, 1945 in Bakrol, India, a son of Kantibhai and Vimlaben Patel. He was a retired store manager.He is survived by his wife, Indira Patel of Valdosta; one son and daughter-in-law, Julin and Falguni Patel of Mcclenny,...

Paul Gene Bentley
Apr 7, 2012
Paul Gene Bentley, 70, of Hahira died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Memorial Hospital of Adel. He was born on November 19, 1941 in Dorton, Kentucky to the late Ermon, Sr. and Mabel Belcher Bentley and had lived in Hahira for most of his life. Mr. Bentley was a member of the Adel Church of Christ and a 1962 graduate...
Terry Lee Lokey, Sr.
Apr 7, 2012
Terry Lee Lokey, Sr., 68, of Valdosta passed Saturday, April 7, 2012 at his home. He was born on February 9, 1944 in Albany to the late Felton Marion and Mary Ellen Hill Lokey and had lived in Remerton and Valdosta for many years. Mr. Lokey was a member of Faith Baptist Church. His career began at the Strickland Cotton...
Daniel A. (Danny) Dunnam, Sr.
Apr 6, 2012
Daniel A. (Danny) Dunnam, Sr., 82, of Echols County died on Friday, April 6, 2012 in West Palm Beach, FL, suddenly, after a period of declining health. Born in Five Points, AL to the late Arnold Hawthorne Dunnam and Mildred Faine Bellcher Dunnam, Mr. Dunnam moved with his family at an early age to South Florida. A graduate of Palm...
Faud (Fred) Mousa Bajalia
Apr 5, 2012
Fred Mousa Bajalia, 83, passed away on April 5, 2012. His wife and children were by his side. Fred, the eldest of nine children of Mousa and Jameleh Bajalia was born on December 20, 1928 in Ramallah, Palestine. He came to the United States from Palestine in 1948. While in the Middle East, he attended the American University of Beirut....
Susan Duff May
Apr 4, 2012
Susan Duff May, 54, of Ray City, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.She was born September 20, 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the Richard Arlen Hagan, Sr. and Peggy Lee Duvall Hagan. Susan was an Anesthesia Tech at South Georgia Medical Center.She was a member of Ray...
George B. Eager
Apr 3, 2012
George B. Eager"A life well-lived"George Bruce Eager, 90 years old, was born to Mr. and Mrs. William G. Eager in Valdosta on April 4, 1921. He died on April 3, 2012 in time to celebrate his 91st birthday with his Savior and his precious wife of nearly 68 years.His goal in life was to be well-pleasing to his Lord and...
Mary Agnes Hayes Sixeas
Apr 2, 2012
Mary Agnes Hayes Sixeas, 89, departed this life on Monday, April 2, 2012.She was born on January 29, 1923, in Hagerstown, Maryland, to Alice Grace Carty Hayes and Francis Leo Hayes. She was the widow of William Carl Sixeas. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kimberley and Harold Phillips of Waycross, Georgia; grandchildren, Keri Phillips of Waycross, Georgia,...
Mildred S. Lupinek
Apr 1, 2012
Mildred S. Lupinek, 91, of Valdosta, Georgia, graduated into glory on April 1, 2012. Her legacy of life in Jesus is left to her children, Bob (Nancy) Lupinek, Lorraine (Bill) Craven, Thomas Lupinek, Peter (Patsy) Lupinek, Daniel (Ginny) Lupinek, James (Karen) Lupinek, Lewis (Dawn) Lupinek; two step children, Eddie (Audrey) Lupinek, Helen (Frank) Ferrari; eighteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren....

Marian S. Conrad
Mar 31, 2012
Marian S. Conrad, beloved wife of the late Steven F. Conrad, mother, grandmother and great grandmother died on March 31, 2012 in Valdosta, Georgia. She was 87 years old. She was born on July 25, 1924 in Pilger Nebraska and lived throughout the Midwest and Los Angeles California until she married. She was in radio broadcasting starting in Green Bay...
Velma Mccullough Mills
Mar 30, 2012
Velma McCullough Mills, 94, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 30, 2012 at Magnolia Manor of Columbus West in Columbus, GA. She was born on October 28, 1917 in Stringer, Jasper County, Mississippi to the late James Albert McCullough and Lela Mauldin McCullough. Mrs. Mills was a bookkeeper for the Mail Box Club and was a member of Grace Bible Church.She...
Aubrey Laine Cooper
Mar 29, 2012
Aubrey Laine Cooper, age 6, of Hahira, died on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. A student in Mrs. Cowart's kindergarten class at Hahira Elementary, Aubrey was a young, vivacious, hilarious, princess-tomboy. She loved the beach, the color purple, horseback riding and riding her bicycle. A compassionate child she never met a stranger. Aubrey...
Vera Griffin Wetherington
Mar 29, 2012
Vera Griffin Wetherington, 84, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Gainesville, Fl following a short illness. She was born on January 24, 1928, in Berrien County, the daughter of the late Walton and Cora McClellan Griffin. Mrs. Wetherington was a Pink Lady at South Georgia Medical Center and she was a member of Unity Primitive Baptist Church.Mrs....
Lee Wilburn Redish, Sr.
Mar 29, 2012
Lee Wilburn Redish, Sr., 80, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on September 20, 1931 to the late Ralph and Lenora Fender Redish. Mr. Redish was vice president of Peoples Financial Coporation where he began his career on October 1, 1959 and continued to this date. He also...
Charlie Mae Womble Ford
Mar 29, 2012
Charlie Mae Womble Ford, was born at home on October 12, 1922 in Noxapater, MS. She was the 5th of the 9 children born to Frank and Inez Riley Womble. Raised in an agricultural community, the daughter of a cotton and peanut farmer and sugar can mill operator, Ms. Ford was the Salutatorian for the 1940 Graduating class of Noxapater...

Bobby Joe Battles
Mar 28, 2012
Bobby Battles, 52, of Valdosta died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at South Gerogia Medical Center. He was born in Cincinnatti Ohio to Robert and Joan Day Battles. No Services will be held. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Jerry Lyle
Mar 27, 2012
Jerry Lyle, 74, of Valdosta, and formerly of Panama City, Florida, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, of a sudden illness. Born in Rockmart, Georgia on May 12, 1937, he was the son of the late Rufus Elmer Lyle and Inez Ford Lyle. Mr. Lyle was a veteran of the United States Air Force and...