OBITUARIES

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

Joseph  Riley (Jr) Tyler, Jr.

Joseph Riley (Jr) Tyler, Jr.

Jul 9, 2010

Joseph Riley ( JR ) Tyler Jr., 76, of Lakeland, Florida, died on Friday, July 09, 2010 after a sudden illness. Born in Hahira to the late Joseph Riley Tyler Sr. and Jessie Wingate Tyler McCray Smith. He was married 52 years to the late Frances Ollie Crane. Mr. Tyler moved to Lakeland in 1969. He retired from the construction...

Jasper  Miller

Jasper Miller

Jul 6, 2010

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

Linda B. Peeples

Linda B. Peeples

Jul 6, 2010

Linda B. Peeples, 69, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center in Lakeland, GA. She was born on September 24, 1940 in Reidsville, NC to the late C. D. and Edna Barker. Mrs. Peeples was a homemaker and a member of Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church. She worked at Valdosta State University and was a secretary...

Mary (Sissy) Mull Tillman

Mary (Sissy) Mull Tillman

Jul 6, 2010

Mary "Sissy" Mull Tillman, 83, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 6, 2010. She was born in Rome, Georgia on December 4, 1926 to the Joseph Harrison Mull, M.D. and Sarah Veal Mull. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty nine years, H. Harrison Tillman, Sr. and one brother, Joseph Harrison Mull, Jr., who was lost while serving his country...

Raymond Earl Babcock

Raymond Earl Babcock

Jul 5, 2010

Raymond Earl Babcock, 48, of Naylor, departed this world peacefully on July 5, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 9, 1961 to the late Raymond Wayne and Margaret Ann Raney Babcock. Ray grew up in Platte County Missouri and was a professional lead guitarist all his life. He played...

Thomas William (Bill) Guy

Thomas William (Bill) Guy

Jul 4, 2010

Thomas William (Bill) Guy, 57, of Lake Park, husband of Linda Howell Guy died Friday evening July 2, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. Graveside services were held at 3pm, Sunday, July 4, 2010 at the Sylvester Cemetery in Cook County with Rev. Rick Hofmeister officiating. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home....

Richard Earl Lamon

Richard Earl Lamon

Jul 1, 2010

Richard Earl Lamon, 55, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at his home. He was born on September 23, 1954 in Valdosta and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Lamon was a graduate of Lowndes High School and the University of Georgia. He was currently serving as City Executive for BB&T Bank and a member of the...

Elizabeth Marie Pitts

Elizabeth Marie Pitts

Jul 1, 2010

Elizabeth Marie Pitts was born Friday, November 26, 1999 in Valdosta, Georgia. She returned to her Heavenly Father from her family's loving arms at home on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Elizabeth was the precious daughter of Benjamin and Melanie Pitts and an amazing older sister to Madeline Grace Pitts. She leaves to grieve many friends and family members around the...

Lester  Ribling

Lester Ribling

Jul 1, 2010

Lester Ribling, USAF SMSgt. (Ret.), 91, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2010, at Smith-Northview Hospital.He was born April 5, 1919 in Minneapolis, MN, a son of the late John Earl and Georgette Lydia Peterson Ribling. Lester grew up in Beardstown, IL, entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and trained in Houston, TX as an Instructor in...

Kathleen Wade Patterson

Kathleen Wade Patterson

Jul 1, 2010

Kathleen Wade Patterson, 86, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Born in Oklahoma City to the late Malcolm Bryan Henry and Edna Madden Henry, she had lived in this area for the past 57 years. Mrs. Patterson grew up in Oklahoma where she loved to go fishing with her Dad and was a real 'tomboy'. She studied at...

Lula Wilson Potts

Lula Wilson Potts

Jul 1, 2010

Lula Wilson Potts, 56, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at her home. She was born on June 4, 1954 in Pensacola, Florida to the late Sherman and Frances Ross Wilson and had lived in Valdosta for the past three years. Mrs. Potts was a Methodist and a social worker with Grace Hospice. Survivors include a daughter, Christina Potts...

Martha Ellen Hatcher Grudzien

Martha Ellen Hatcher Grudzien

Jul 1, 2010

Martha Ellen Hatcher Grudzien, 83, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Headland, Alabama on November 22, 1926 to the late Thomas E. and Hettie Kirkland Hatcher. Mrs. Grudzien was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and retired from J. C. Penney's as a sales...

Charles Steve Estes

Charles Steve Estes

Jul 1, 2010

Charles Stephen (Steve) Estes, 54, of Valdosta and Hoover, Alabama died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Brookwood Medical Center in Homewood, Alabama. He was born on July 10, 1955 in Rome, Georgia to Mary Jane Brown Estes and the late Billy Thomas Estes and had lived in Valdosta for several years before moving to Hoover, Alabama. He was a member...

Christopher Ryan Kohler

Christopher Ryan Kohler

Jun 30, 2010

Christopher Ryan Kohler, 24, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on August 2, 1985 in Jacksonville, Florida and had lived in Valdosta for the past eighteen years. Mr. Kohler was a billboard installer with R&B Signs. Survivors include his mother, Connie Spivey of Melbourne, FL., his father, Chris Kohler...

Terry Owen  Lowe

Terry Owen Lowe

Jun 26, 2010

Dr. Terry Owen Lowe, 69, of Valdosta, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at his residence. He was born in San Francisco, CA on August 15, 1940 to Thomas O. Lowe and Betty Jo Woods Lowe. Dr. Lowe graduated from Murray State University where he received a Bachelor and Master's degree. He graduated from Indiana University where he received an Ed....

Joseph H.  Lorence

Joseph H. Lorence

Jun 26, 2010

Joseph H. Lorence, 66, of Valdosta died on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House following a short illness. He was born on August 15, 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late Harold and Lorraine Rassmussen Lorence. He was a real estate broker and a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.Survivors include his wife of 48...

Charles Carlton Conway

Charles Carlton Conway

Jun 25, 2010

Charles Carlton Conway, 78, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on August 8, 1931 to the late Emmett G. and Minnie Lavinia Tucker Conway. Mr. Conway was a United States Marine Corps veteran serving for three years. While in the Corps, he was...

Rhonda Merrick Gill

Rhonda Merrick Gill

Jun 25, 2010

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

James  Gordon Corbett

James Gordon Corbett

Jun 25, 2010

James Corbett, 92, of Lake Park, died on Friday June 25, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Corbett was born in Lake Park to the late Ewell & Sarah Hiers Corbett. He lived in Lake Park until he joined the Navy during WWII. In the Navy, Mr. Corbett served on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and was on the ship...

Katherine  Oglesby  Mixson

Katherine Oglesby Mixson

Jun 24, 2010

Katherine Oglesby Mixson, 99, passed away June 24, 2010 at her home in Valdosta. She was born in Quitman, Georgia, on July 28, 1910, to Juanita Bullard and Zeane Wise Oglesby. Mrs. Mixson was educated in the public schools of Quitman, Georgia and attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years,...

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