OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Katie Mallory

Katie Mallory

Jan 24, 2011

Katie Mallory, 67, of Valdosta, went to join her Lord on Monday, January 24, 2011. Born in Columbus, Georgia on July 24, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Glenzal and Denell Gilley Yarbrough and widow of the late Lt. Col. USAF Retired, Lue B. Mallory. Mrs. Mallory was a member of Evangel Assembly of God. She had worked...

Celina B. Devane

Celina B. Devane

Jan 24, 2011

Celina B. DeVane, 92, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2011, at Lakehaven Nursing Home.She was born February 6, 1918 in Coban, Guatemala, a daughter of the late Carlos and Margaret Arenales Bianchi. She grew up in Guatemala where she met her husband, Audley Wayne DeVane, a civil servant. Following their marriage they moved to Quitman. Mr. DeVane...

Cheri Puckett Wilder

Cheri Puckett Wilder

Jan 21, 2011

Cheri Puckett Wilder, 53, of Valdosta, died Friday, January 21, 2011 at her residence. She was born on August 5, 1957 to Jack Heywood and Judith M. Puckett. Cheri had worked as a Human Resources Supervisor in Broken Arrow, OK, had served six years in the United States Army and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She...

Doris  Scruggs

Doris Scruggs

Jan 20, 2011

Doris Scruggs, 83, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 20, 2011, at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born in Berrien County, Georgia, on September 1, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Chester Griner and Myrtle Ray Griner. Mrs. Scruggs met her husband to be while she was attending 7th grade in Naylor. They began dating while she was in high...

Richard Lamar Barnwell

Richard Lamar Barnwell

Jan 19, 2011

Richard Lamar Barnwell, 67, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on March 2, 1943 to the late H. C. and Mary Lou Chandler Barnwell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Barnwell was a member of the Bemiss Road Baptist Church and...

Wiley F. Herndon

Wiley F. Herndon

Jan 18, 2011

Wiley F. Herndon, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on October 22, 1924 to the late Wiley Herndon, Sr. and Eloise Barrow Herndon. Mr. Herndon was a retired general mechanic at Packaging Corporation of America, a World War II Navy veteran where he was a baker and a member of...

Ruby Lynette Clark

Ruby Lynette Clark

Jan 15, 2011

Ruby Lynette Clark, 85, of Hahira passed from this world on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at the Covenant Hospice Inpatient and Palliative Care Center of West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. Ruby was the youngest of eight children born on November 16, 1926 in Jesup, Georgia to the late Hansel Elijah and Katherine Horton Dukes. Her family moved to Eastman,...

James David Eunice

James David Eunice

Jan 15, 2011

James David Eunice, 17, of Valdosta drowned while duck hunting at Ocean Pond in Lake Park on Saturday, January 15, 2011 and was found on Monday, January 31, 2011. James was born in Athens, Georgia on June 16, 1993 and had lived in Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Guam, Illinois and South Carolina. James was a senior at Valdosta High School where...

Inez Hambrick

Inez Hambrick

Jan 13, 2011

Inez Hambrick, 95, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Langdale Hospice House with her loving family at her side, after a short illness.She was born October 5, 1915 in Crisp County, a daughter of the late Thomas M. and Alice Giles Warren. She was hardworking and lived a simple life, raising her children and grandchildren and helping...

Pamela Jo Dykeman Wood

Pamela Jo Dykeman Wood

Jan 13, 2011

Pamela Jo Dykeman Wood, 54, of Valdosta died Thrursday, January 13, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on June 18, 1956 to Ruth Clayton Dykeman and the late William F. Dykeman. Mrs. Wood was a Methodist and had served as the Deputy Clerk of Court for Lowndes County. Pam was loved by everyone she knew...

Mary Alice Tinsley

Mary Alice Tinsley

Jan 13, 2011

Mary Alice Tinsley, 87, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 13, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Born in Quitman on January 2, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Smauel M. Weldon and Ava Lou Wetherington Weldon. A wonderful wife, mother and grandmother, Mrs. Tinsley was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Survivors are her loving husband of 63...

Crystal Marie Stringham Gorman

Crystal Marie Stringham Gorman

Jan 13, 2011

Crystal Marie Stringham Gorman, 22, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center.Crystal was born December 7, 1988 in Kunsan, South Korea, a daughter of John Leonard Stringham, Sr. and Kyong Mi Kim Stringham. She attended Valdosta City Schools and graduated from Valdosta High School with the Class of 2007, and was currently attending...

Delano (Daino) Eller Davis

Delano (Daino) Eller Davis

Jan 13, 2011

Delano (Daino) Eller Davis, 74, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Arcadia, Florida on January 1, 1937 to the late Dennis L. Eller and Ruby Jo Turner Eller Newell and had lived in Valdosta the majority of her life. Mrs. Davis was a Baptist and enjoyed spending time with her...

Doris Montgomery  Roark

Doris Montgomery Roark

Jan 13, 2011

Doris Montgomery Roark, 73, of Valdosta, passed away after a short illness on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born in Valdosta on June 19, 1937, and is predeceased by her parents, Jake and Charlotte Akins Montgomery. She was a longtime member of the Baptist faith and dearly loved being a part of the Operation Christmas...

Martha Louise  Peacock Arrington

Martha Louise Peacock Arrington

Jan 11, 2011

Martha Louise �Mommy� Peacock Arrington, 88, of Valdosta and resident of the Baptist Village in Lake Park for the past two years died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Bainbridge on April 30, 1922 to the late Spurgeon and Zeta Ford Peacock and had lived in Valdosta since 1969....

Montene Moore Gamel

Montene Moore Gamel

Jan 10, 2011

Montene Moore Gamel, 86, of Valdosta, died Monday, January 10, 2011 at her residence. She was born on May 2, 1924 in Echols County to the late William M. and Nellie Matilda Davis Moore. Mrs. Gamel was the retired owner and operator of Nana’s Day Care in Barretts, a member of Perimeter Road Baptist Church, a training union teacher for...

Amanda  L.  Perez

Amanda L. Perez

Jan 9, 2011

Amanda L. Perez, 30, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, January 9, 2011, from injuries received in a fall. Amanda was born in Valdosta on January 29, 1980. An ordained minister, Amanda was a children's minister at New Covenant for 5 years. Recently Amanda taught Sunday School at Solomon's Porch to teenage girls. She was a missionary to Romania and Venezuela....

Julian L.   Lehman, Jr.

Julian L. Lehman, Jr.

Jan 9, 2011

Julian L. Lehman, Jr., 69, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born June 29, 1941, in Valdosta to the late Julian L. Lehman, Sr. and Mildred Lord Lehman. Julian's loving spirit was displayed in every aspect of his life. He served in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne...

Pearl Black Walker

Pearl Black Walker

Jan 8, 2011

Pearl Black Walker, 94, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Langadale Hospice House after a short illness. Born September 15, 1916 in Howell, a daughter of the late James Benjamin and Nell Dennis Black, she had lived most all of her life here in Valdosta. She was a homemaker and member of the Mt. Pleasant Church of...

Raymond Walter Healy

Raymond Walter Healy

Jan 8, 2011

Dr. Raymond Walter Healy, 87, of Hahira, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Seattle, WA on December 17, 1923 to the late Dennis and Sophie Dilg Healy. Dr. Healy was an Emergency Room Doctor and a Family Physician. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of the Catholic...

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