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

David Rea
Mar 26, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Otis Sanders
Mar 23, 2010
Otis Sanders, 84, of Statenville, died on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Dublin, Georgia, on July 28, 1925, he was the son of the late Otis Tolbert and Annie M. Barbour Sanders. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was a member and deacon of Morningside Baptist Church and a former member and...

Buddy (Cherokee) Gunn
Mar 22, 2010
Buddy (Cherokee) Gunn, 84, of Valdosta, died on Monday, March 22, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Mr. Gunn will be cremated and a private family memorial service will be held for him at a later date and time. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the Gunn family. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com....

Laura B Eager
Mar 22, 2010
Laura B. Eager, 87, of Valdosta, was born to Col. & Mrs. G. S. Brownell on January 10, 1923, at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Laura went to sleep Sunday night, March 21, with her loving husband of nearly 68 years, George B. Eager. She awoke Monday morning in Heaven in the presence of her Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ!She and George...
Claude Dozier Cox
Mar 21, 2010
Claude Dozier Cox, 71, of Statenville died Sunday, March, 21, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born October 3, 1938, in Edison, Georgia to the late William Erskine Cox and Claudine Hall Cox.Claude graduated from Edison High School in 1956. After attending The University of Texas and The University of Georgia, he was selected for the USAF Aviation...

Gladys Parrish Raulerson
Mar 20, 2010
Gladys Parrish Raulerson, 90, of Echols County, died on March 20, 2010, at Lee County Health Care in Leesburg, Georgia. Born on February 29, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Rosa Lee Parrish and widow of the late Louis Raulerson who she was married to for 60 years. Mrs. Raulerson was a lifelong resident of Echols...
Morris Glenn Hancock
Mar 20, 2010
Morris Glenn Hancock, 62, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at his home. Born in Quitman on April 25, 1947 he was the son of the late James and Mary Hancock. Mr. Hancock was a Fireman with the Valdosta Fire Department for 33 years. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon....
David Carl Watkins, Sr.
Mar 20, 2010
David Carl Watkins, Sr., 95, of Valdosta, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. He was a lifelong resident of Lowndes county. Mr. Watkins enjoyed a long career of farming and serving as produce manager for Harvey�s. He also founded Watkins Music Hall in 1991 and it has been serving Lowndes county for over nineteen years. It gives...

Bernice Jacobs Guess
Mar 19, 2010
Bernice Jacobs Guess, 84, of Valdosta died on Friday, March 19, 2010 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 28, 1925 to the late Lander and Amanda Cooper Jacobs. She was a homemaker and attended the Pentecostal Deliverance Center. Survivors include a daughter, Frances Griffin of Valdosta; son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and LaVern Guess of...
Corriene A. Moore
Mar 18, 2010
Corriene A. Moore, 85, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 18, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on March 5, 1925 in Effingham, Illinois and had lived in Valdosta since 1971. Mrs. Moore owned and operated LaMor's Dress Shop for seventeen years and was a manager for Evelyn's Dress Shop. She was an avid bowler and played in...
Rozell Coombs Russell
Mar 17, 2010
Rozell Coombs Russell, 97, of Cecil, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Cook County on April 30, 1912 to the late William Robert and Ida Eunice Coombs. Mrs. Russell was a homemaker, a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and maintained the cemetery and grounds. She had...

Elizabeth Caroline Rigdon
Mar 16, 2010
Elizabeth C. Rigdon, 95, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Heritage Healthcare. She was born February 17, 1915 in Glen St. Mary, FL to the late James Bright Garrison and Dolly Mae McGhin Garrison. Mrs. Rigdon was a retired nurse from South Georgia Medical Center and was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church.She is survived by her children...

Kenneth B. Cowart
Mar 14, 2010
Kenneth B. Cowart, 78, of Valdosta died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2pm, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with burial to follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 1-2pm at the funeral home. Condolences to the family...

Lorraine K. Brown
Mar 14, 2010
Lorriane K. Brown, 74, of Ray City died on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 6, 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey to the late William and Mariann Wilson Kelly. She was a homemaker and was of the Catholic Faith. She enjoyed her friends at the Ray City Senior Center.Survivors include...
Edward Santos Benavides
Mar 13, 2010
Edward Santos Benavides, 81, of Valdosta died on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. Born in Bridgeport, Texas, on July 30, 1928, he was the son of the late Nicanor and Paula Santos Benavides. Formerly of Laredo, Texas he joined the Military during WWII and was stationed at Moody Air Force Base. He made...

Jeffery Brian Herndon
Mar 13, 2010
Jeffery Brian Herndon, 32, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 13, 2010 at his home. He was born in Hahira on January 12, 1978 and was a lifelong resident of this area. Brian attended Crosspointe Church and was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He had worked in the Lawn and Garden Center at Home Depot, loved to fish and loved...

Martha Epps
Mar 12, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Lola Leonard Goober
Mar 11, 2010
Lola Leonard Goober, 80, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 11, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Jesup, Georgia on April 11, 1929 to the late A.V. and Carra Brown Leonard and had lived in the Valdosta area since 1967. Mrs. Goober was a member of the Azalea City Church of God where...

Mattie Lou Schroer
Mar 11, 2010
Mattie Lou O'Neal Schroer, 94, of Marietta, Georgia, formerly of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2010. She was born in Valdosta January 10, 1916 and was the daughter of the late John Robert and Maude O'Neal. She was a graduate of Valdosta High School. She was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ when in Valdosta and...

Betty W. Marks
Mar 10, 2010
Betty W. Marks, 79, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Canton, Georgia on December 9, 1930 to the late Virgil and Pearl Scott Wilson and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Survivors include her brother, A. W. Wilson of Tifton, her sister, Susie Wells of Vienna and numerous nieces...