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

William A. (Bill) Sims

William A. (Bill) Sims

Jul 21, 2010

William A. (Bill) Sims, 86, of Lake Park died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta. He was born in Lowndes County on August 10, 1923 and was the son of the late Lucile Sullivan Carter and Fred Carter. Mr. Sims was a member of the Forrest Street United Methodist Church and a retired farmer and...

Herbert A. (Herb) Schroer

Herbert A. (Herb) Schroer

Jul 20, 2010

Herbert A. (Herb) Schroer, 92, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at the Langdale Hospice House. Born in Columbia County, Florida to the late Frederick William and Julia Schroer, he had been a life-long resident of this area. Mr. Schroer attended Valdosta High School and then graduated from Riverside High School in Gainesville before attending the University of...

Barbara F.  Schleusner

Barbara F. Schleusner

Jul 19, 2010

Barbara F. Schleusner, 68, of Valdosta died on Monday, July 19, 2010 at her residence following a short illness. She was born on April 2, 1942 in Pocahontas, Virginia to the late Thomas and Lana Honaker French. She has been a resident of Valdosta since 1985 and retired from the South Georgia Medical Center where she served as head of...

Ralph Cleveland Moore, Sr.

Ralph Cleveland Moore, Sr.

Jul 19, 2010

Ralph Cleveland Moore, Sr., 77, of Valdosta, died Monday, July 19, 2010 after a long illness. He was born February 17, 1933 in Douglas, Georgia. Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his wife, Gay Dollar Moore of Grady County, Georgia and his parents, Rosse and Virda Moore, two sisters, Wilma Harrell and Hazel Fletcher of Moultrie. He is survived...

Inez  Copeland  Williams

Inez Copeland Williams

Jul 18, 2010

Inez Copeland Williams, 94, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Lowndes County on June 22, 1916, she was a daughter of the late John Joseph and Bessie Lee Hunter Copeland. She was married to the late W. D. (Bill) Williams for 51 years. A homemaker, Mrs. Williams was associated with Copeland's Grocery...

Janet  Tuttle  Perry

Janet Tuttle Perry

Jul 18, 2010

Janet Tuttle Perry, 76, of Lake Park, died at her home on Sunday, July 18, 2010 after a short illness. Born in Wooster, Ohio, on November 9, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Merle J. and Easter Webb Tuttle. Mrs. Perry was a homemaker and had lived in Lake Park for the past 7 years. Survivors include her...

Anna  Marion  Johnson

Anna Marion Johnson

Jul 18, 2010

Anna Marion Johnson, 75, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 18, 2010. A Valdosta native, Mrs. Johnson was born on July 1, 1935 the daughter of the late Clyde W. and Catherine Adair Lankford Meacham. She was the widow of the late George R. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was retired from Valdosta Technical College where she taught for many years. While...

Lavon  Hughes

Lavon Hughes

Jul 17, 2010

Lavon Hughes, 68, of Leesburg, died on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Born on January 9, 1942 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late L.A. and Effie Vann Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a member of the Alpha Baptist Church in Leesburg where he served as a Deacon and sang with the gospel...

Havard  Alfred  Blanton

Havard Alfred Blanton

Jul 16, 2010

Havard Alfred Blanton, 80, of Valdosta, died at his home on Friday, July 16, 2010. Born in Valdosta on February 12, 1930, he was the son of the late Henry Alfred Blanton and Rena Smith Blanton. Mr. Blanton was a farmer and was retired from the retail grocery business. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was...

Mary Cone Wallace

Mary Cone Wallace

Jul 16, 2010

Mary Cone Wallace, 75, of Ray City, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 27, 1935 in Ray City to the late Dewey Lesley and Velma Sowell Cone. She was a member of Ray City Methodist Church.Survivors include four sons and two daughters-in-law, Robert and Debbie Wallace of Jacksonville,...

Nina Drew

Nina Drew

Jul 14, 2010

Nina Drew, 74, of Hahira passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on August 12, 1935 in Dade County, Florida to the late Huron Wilson and Trudy Bryant Barfield and had lived in Hahira most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty seven years, Kenneth...

Marion Beverly Smith Sikes

Marion Beverly Smith Sikes

Jul 14, 2010

Marion Beverly Sikes, 71, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at her home. Born on November 20, 1938, in Albany, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Clyde Duron Smith and Lorraine Smith and sister to the late Lynn D. Moss of Alpharetta, Georgia, and Charlene Gray of Valdosta, Georgia. She was a devoted wife, loving...

Joshua Wade Dykes

Joshua Wade Dykes

Jul 14, 2010

JOSHUA WADE DYKES, 29, of Macon, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010 from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born April 29, 1981 in Valdosta, a son of James (J.D.) and Sara Curnutt Dykes. Joshua graduated from Lowndes High School with the Class of 1999, from Valdosta State University in 2006 with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration,...

James F. (Jim) Roberts

James F. (Jim) Roberts

Jul 13, 2010

James F. (Jim) Roberts, 82, of Niceville, Florida died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in Niceville, Florida. He was born on July 17, 1927 in Tampa, Florida to the late Clyde Edwin Roberts, Sr. and Lena Mae Fletcher Roberts. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps. After discharge he was employed by the Southern...

James Leslie (Les) Watson

James Leslie (Les) Watson

Jul 13, 2010

James Leslie (Les) Watson, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born on October 30, 1921 in Tifton to the late Samuel Guy and Ina McMurray Watson and had lived in Valdosta for the past thirty two years. Mr. Watson was a member of the First United Methodist...

Jerry Mack Peace, Sr.

Jerry Mack Peace, Sr.

Jul 13, 2010

Jerry "Mack" Peace, Sr., 69, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on November 4, 1940 to the late Benjamin Claude and Annie Elizabeth Crosby Peace. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and served in the National Guard. He retired from Langdale Forest Products as...

Nellie Vickers Parker

Nellie Vickers Parker

Jul 11, 2010

Nellie Vickers Parker, 87, of Hahira, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Lowndes County on May 26, 1923 to the late Henry D. Vickers and Lilly Pauline Webb Vickers. Mrs. Parker was a homemaker, a member of Hahira First Baptist Church and the WMU.She is survived by four daughters and sons in law, Joyce...

Fitzhugh  Huston Oliver

Fitzhugh Huston Oliver

Jul 11, 2010

Fitzhugh Huston Oliver, 94, of Valdosta died on Friday, July 9, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Born in Newton, Alabama, on October 30, 1915, Mr. Oliver was the son of the late James Franklin and Ida Bell Brown Oliver. He spent his childhood in Ocoee, Florida, near Orlando, and played football as a receiver and defensive back for Ocoee High...

Gerald Walls

Gerald Walls

Jul 10, 2010

Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Faye Cherry (Touchton) Newton

Faye Cherry (Touchton) Newton

Jul 10, 2010

Faye Cherry (Touchton) Newton, 60, of Valdosta died on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on July 13, 1949 to the late Jessie Cherry and Jessie Bohannan Cherry Hubbard and lived most of her life here. She was retired from Heritage Community Bank and was a member of Bethany Baptist...

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