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

Lucile  W.  Garner

Lucile W. Garner

Apr 30, 2010

Lucile W. Garner, 87, of Valdosta, died Friday, April 30, 2010 at her residence. She was born on October 8, 1922 in Quitman to the late Roy Lee Wilson, Sr. and Vara Adams Wilson. Mrs. Garner was a bank teller at First Union Bank, was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and was a tremendous mother and grandmother.She is survived...

Effie Lightsey

Effie Lightsey

Apr 30, 2010

Effie Lightsey, of Valdosta died on Friday, April 30, 2010 after a full life of 93 years. She was born in Cook County Georgia on September 29, 1916 to the late Curtis and Scrappie Selph Hayes. She was a retired sales associate with Fashions Direct and was of the Baptist Faith.Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Louise and Larry Gariety...

Avon Lane Mccall

Avon Lane Mccall

Apr 30, 2010

Avon Lane McCall, 65, of Jacksonville, FL entered into Glory Friday, April 30, 2010, at his residence. He was born on August 16, 1944 to Elmer Avon & Mary Remmie Lane McCall and formerly lived in the Lake Park area. He was a chaplain assistant when he served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Vietnam era. After becoming an...

Grace Valentine Rentz

Grace Valentine Rentz

Apr 28, 2010

Grace Valentine Rentz, 96, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at her daughter’s residence. She was born in Howell, GA on May 7, 1913 to the late William Oscar and Annie Florence Howell Valentine. Mrs. Rentz was a homemaker and the oldest member of Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church. She was a lifelong resident of Echols county.Mrs. Rentz is...

Linda Reese Stapp

Linda Reese Stapp

Apr 28, 2010

Linda Reese Stapp of Lake Park died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on June 16, in Eatonton, Georgia to the late Newton Henry and Emma Lou Holder Reese and had lived in Lowndes County for forty years. Mrs. Stapp was a retired beautician having worked for Benny Mitcham at the Head Boutique for...

Helen Woodward Gayle

Helen Woodward Gayle

Apr 27, 2010

Helen Woodward Gayle, 92, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Valdosta on June 14, 1917 to the late John Capers Woodward Sr. and Mary Prince Woodward. She retired after 20 years from Valdosta Federal Savings and loan as Vice-President. She was a member of First Baptist Church...

Edna Herring Waldron

Edna Herring Waldron

Apr 26, 2010

Edna Herring Waldron, 93, of Lake Park, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness. She was born Sept. 16, 1916 to the late Eli Perryman and Zora Clayton Herring. She was a lifelong resident of Twin Lakes and a member of Corinth Baptist Church. Mrs. Waldron retired from Lake Park Elementary School in...

Gary Albert Murray

Gary Albert Murray

Apr 25, 2010

Gary Albert Murray, 63, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born in Syracuse, New York on October 26, 1947 to the late Leon and Tara McIntyre Murray. Mr. Murray had lived in Salisbury, North Carolina prior to moving to Valdosta four years ago. He was a retired self...

Marshall Parks

Marshall Parks

Apr 25, 2010

Dr. Marshall Parks, 81, a life long resident of Valdosta, died Sunday April 25, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. He was born on July 16, 1928, son of the late Marshall McCurry, Sr. and Maude Parks. As a boy growing up in Lowndes County he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a veteran of the United...

Lila Grayce Lyons

Lila Grayce Lyons

Apr 23, 2010

Lila Grayce Lyons, 2, of Baconton died Friday, April 23, 2010. She was born in Thomasville on April 21, 2008 and was a loving daughter.Survivors include her parents, Candice Michele Smith of Baconton and Robert Douglas Lyons of Cairo, her siblings, Taylor Smith, Tyler Smith and Layla Lyons, grandparents, Ronnie and Lynn Smith of Valdosta, David and Becky Bussert of...

Lounelle Nichols King

Lounelle Nichols King

Apr 22, 2010

LouNelle Nichols King, 83, of Cecil died Thursday, April 22, 2010 at her home. She was born in Hahira on January 31, 1927 to the late Charles C. and Betty Lou Webb Nichols and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. King was a member of the Cecil Baptist Church and enjoyed working in the garden and pecan orchard....

G. M.  Zeigler, Jr.

G. M. Zeigler, Jr.

Apr 21, 2010

G.M. Zeigler, Jr. Gaston Murchason �Junior� Zeigler, 81, of Stockton, died at his residence on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 following a brief illness. Mr. Zeigler, a lifelong resident of Stockton, was born in Haylow, in Echols County to the late Gaston M. Sr. & Lucina Spivey Zeigler. At age 7 Mr. Zeigler helped a neighbor by collecting a swarm of...

Aurelia Harvey Lehman

Aurelia Harvey Lehman

Apr 20, 2010

AURELIA HARVEY LEHMAN, 83, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at Heritage Healthcare at Holly Hill Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.She was born May 18, 1926 in Pitts, a daughter of the late H.S. and Zula Bee Studstill Harvey, and graduated from the former Redland High School. Mrs. Lehman was a member of the First Assembly of...

Robert Allen Catoe, Sr.

Robert Allen Catoe, Sr.

Apr 19, 2010

Robert Allen Catoe, Sr., 88, of Valdosta passed away, Monday, April 19, 2010 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. He was born on December 1, 1921 in Goldsboro, North Carolina to the late James Normant and Pearl Joyce Owen Catoe and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Catoe was a member of the First United Methodist Church,...

William Carvon,  Herrin

William Carvon, Herrin

Apr 18, 2010

William C. Herrin, 77, of Echols County died at the Holly Hill Nursing Home on Sunday, April 18, 2010 after a long illness. He was born in Pearson, Georgia on November 16, 1932 to the late Wayne and Gussie Carvon Herrin and had lived in Echols County most of his life. Mr. Herrin retired from Georgia Power Company. He served...

Melanie Boone Mauldin

Melanie Boone Mauldin

Apr 17, 2010

Melanie Boone Mauldin, 69, of Cornelia Georgia passed away peacefully at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville Georgia on Saturday, April 17, 2010. She was born on May 1, 1940 in Valdosta to the late Alton and Anna Regener Boone. Melanie grew up in Valdosta where she was an avid basketball and tennis player at Valdosta High School. She...

Morris Wayne Davis

Morris Wayne Davis

Apr 16, 2010

Morris Wayne Davis, 69, of Mayday, passed away Friday, April 16, 2010 at his residence. He was born March 16, 1941 in Berrien County to Lester & Mildred Davis and had been a life long residence of Echols County. Mr. Davis had been a beekeeper for the past 40 years and with his son, owned Davis Honey Farms. He served...

Betty Jane Napier

Betty Jane Napier

Apr 16, 2010

Betty Jane Sutton Napier, 71, of Valdosta, died Friday, April 16, 2010 at Lakeland Villa Nursing Home in Lakeland, GA. She was born in Remerton, GA on October 31, 1938 to the late James Edward and Bessie Eloyce Blackmon Sutton. Mrs. Napier was a homemaker.She is survived by her husband, Lowell Napier, one daughter and son in law, Toni and...

Dennis Wood

Dennis Wood

Apr 16, 2010

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

Joseph Vincent Gracia-Campbell

Joseph Vincent Gracia-Campbell

Apr 16, 2010

Joseph Vincent Gracia-Campbell, 18, of Valdosta died on Friday, April 16, 2010 from injuries sustained, while riding as a passenger, in a motor vehicle accident. He was born in Atlanta Georgia on August 16, 1991 and was a student at Valdosta High School and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. He had attended the First Methodist Church for a...

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