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Leila Stalvey Moore
Jul 13, 2009
Leila Stalvey Moore, 92, of Ray City died on Monday, July 13, 2009 at the Lakeland Villa Nursing Home in Lakeland, Georgia. She was born in Lowndes County on January 4, 1917 to the late John and Ellen Cowart Stalvey. She worked for 25 years in a maternity shop in Jacksonville. She has been a member of Cat Creek Primitive...
June Marie Dallman
Jul 12, 2009
June Marie Dallman, 77, beloved mother and child of God, died from complications of a stroke on Sunday, July 12, 2009, in Wetumpka, Alabama. She joins her parents, Curtis and Daisy Dawson and a son, Robert Cleary who passed away in 2001. June was born in Madison, Florida. For almost thirty years she owned and operated “Dallman’s” restaurant in Valdosta,...
Raymond Andrew Bell
Jul 12, 2009
Raymond Andrew Bell, 79, of Valdosta concluded his long journey and commitment to God, family and his country on Sunday, July 12, 2009. He was born in Colquitt County on September 6, 1929 to the late Charlie and Ethel Bell. Mr. Bell served 28 years in the United States Air Force. He came to Valdosta in July 1972 where he...
Dr. H. Bernard Bechtel
Jul 10, 2009
Dr. H. Bernard Bechtel, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Friday, July 10, 2009 in Gainesville, FL in route to visit family. He was born on October 2, 1922 near the small western Pennsylvania village of New Enterprise. While he was still an infant, the family moved to Johnstown, PA, where his father obtained work in a dairy. He attended public...
W. J. White
Jul 8, 2009
W. J. White, 87, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Cook County on December 21, 1921 to the late James C. and Ruby Sellars White and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mr. White attended Clyattville Baptist Church for many years and was a retired auto mechanic. He...
Steve Whaley
Jul 8, 2009
Steve Whaley, 63, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Homerville, Georgia, on May 21, 1946, he was the son of the late James Clifford and Lois Estelle Whaley. Mr. Whaley worked for Georgia Natural Gas for 35 years. He was a Christian. An avid outdoorsman and sportsman,...
Rick Tomlinson
Jul 7, 2009
Rick Tomlinson, 48, of Dasher died suddenly Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta, Georgia on September 23, 1960 to J. Pat and Marlene Buchanan Tomlinson and had lived in Dasher all his life. Mr. Tomlinson was employed by Sam's Club and was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents, J....
Cecil Maxwell
Jul 7, 2009
Cecil Maxwell, 76, of Valdosta died on July 7, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 3, 1932 in Cairo, he was the son of the late Jessie and Cordy Roberts Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell was retired from the United States Air Force and the United States Postal Service. He was a member of Woodmen of the World and...
Donnie Thomas Mccullers
Jul 6, 2009
Donnie Thomas McCullers, 83, of Boston, GA and formerly of Hahira, died Monday, July 6, 2009 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on April 13, 1926 in Scott, GA to the late Coy and Thelma Hutchinson Thomas. Mrs. McCullers was a homemaker and a member of Poplar Springs Methodist Church in Scott, GA.She is survived by two sons...
Thomas Elmore, Jr.
Jul 5, 2009
Thomas Elmore, Jr., 62, of Valdosta died on Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a short illness. He was born on July 7, 1946 in San Diego, California to the late Thomas Sr., and Bertha Morgan Elmore. He was retired from the United States Air Force with the rank of Master Sergeant. He was a member...
William (Bill) Russell Rodgers
Jul 4, 2009
William (Bill) Russell Rodgers, Sr., 89, of Valdosta, Georgia passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2009 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Lowndes County, Georgia on March 13, 1920 and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. He was an avid horse lover and before moving to the Dasher Community in the early 1980's, Mr. Rodgers owned a...
Mary Nell Bussey Touchton
Jul 3, 2009
Mary Nell Bussey Touchton, 88, of Valdosta died Friday, July 3, 2009 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born in Clyattville on November 21, 1920 to the late Joseph Rush and Hattie Gertrude Anderson Bussey and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Touchton was a member of Airport Church of Christ and retired as Cafeteria Manager of...
Robert Jackson (Jack) Smith
Jul 1, 2009
Robert J. (Jack) Smith, 80, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on October 28, 1928 to the late Lonnie Green and Audrey (Harrell) Smith and had lived in Valdosta for most of his life. Mr. Smith retired from Owens Illinois Multi-Wall Division in Clyattville...
James Jennings
Jun 28, 2009
James (J.J.) Jennings, 71, of Valdosta, died suddenly at his residence, Saturday, June 27, 2009. He was born in Jeffersonville to the late F.T. (Pappy) & Sara Jennings where he graduated from Americus High School. He then moved to Valdosta were he graduated from Valdosta State College and he and his late father, Pappy Jennings, started the Athletic Program at...
Becky Lynn Gottshall
Jun 28, 2009
Becky L. Gottshall, 36, of Valdosta, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at her residence. She was born on October 25, 1972 in Penn Yan, New York and was a licensed practical nurse.She is survived by her husband, Shannen L. Gottshall, two sons, Justin Gottshall and Brandon Gottshall, one daughter, Miranda Gottshall, all of Valdosta, her parents, William and Priscilla Haesche...
Edna Broome
Jun 26, 2009
Edna Broome, 73, of Enigma died on Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Berrien Nursing Center following a lengthy illness. She was born on February 12, 1936 in Chula, Georgia to the late Hezakiah and Mattie Busben Dowdy. She was a retired payroll officer from the Barnett Bank and was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Randy...
Norman Thomas (Tommy) Walters
Jun 24, 2009
Norman Thomas (Tommy) Walters, 68, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Quitman, on August 17, 1940, he was the son of the late Norman Hershel and Sallie Keen Walters. Mr. Walters was a retired logger, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and a Mason and Past...
Martha Boatwright Killeen
Jun 22, 2009
Martha Boatwright Killeen, 61, of Valdosta and formerly of Destin, Florida, died at her home in Valdosta on Monday, June 22, 2009. Born in Camilla, Georgia on March 28, 1948, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Essie Mae Jackson Boatwright. Martha was a bookkeeper. She was of the Catholic faith. Survivors are her daughter and son...
Ruth Ellen Rogers
Jun 22, 2009
Ruth Ellen Trull Rogers, 77, of Valdosta died Monday, June 22, 2009 at her residence. She was born on August 22, 1931 in Norman Park. Her parents were the late Robert and Daisy L. Howard and Gilliam N. Trull. Mrs. Rogers was a homemaker and a Baptist.She is survived by one son and daughter in law, Gerald and Vickie Rogers...
Dorothy H. (Dot) Stalvey
Jun 22, 2009
Dorothy H. (Dot) Stalvey, 82, of Hahira died Monday, June 22, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Lowndes County on September 16, 1926 to the late Holcombe and Mary Edith Drake Strozier and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Stalvey was an active member of the Hahira Freewill Baptist Church and a retired bookkeeper...
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