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

Marjorie Fiveash Hogan Razlag
Sep 30, 2009
Marjorie Fiveash Hogan Razlag, 77 of Hahira died Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born on August 7, 1931 in Hahira to the late Lee and Carrie Weldon Fiveash. Mrs. Razlag was retired from Coastal Plains Area EOA as an administrative assistant and a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church.Survivors include two daughters,...
Ruth Fountain Brady
Sep 28, 2009
Ruth Fountain Brady, 87, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 28, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on July 3, 1922 in Olanta, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Johnny Lee and Effie Lee Harper. Mrs. Brady grew up in Olanta working to help support her family after her father's death and moved to Valdosta in...

Robert Green
Sep 28, 2009
Robert (Bert) (Bubba) Green, 66, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 28, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on July 22, 1943, he was the son of the late Caulie Milton Green and Addie Ruth Swymer Green. Mr. Green was a maintenance engineer at South Georgia Medical Center, was a Vietnam Veteran having served...

Coy C. Bennett, Usaf Msgt, Ret.
Sep 28, 2009
MSGT. Coy C. Bennett, RET. USAF, 54, of Naylor died on Monday, September 28, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Lowndes County on December 23, 1954. Mr. Bennett was a Baptist and a member of the American Legion. He was a loving husband and wonderful, generous Daddy and Granddaddy.Survivors are his wife,...

Jacquelyn B. Condon
Sep 27, 2009
Jacquelyn B. Condon, 77, of Valdosta, formerly of Columbus died on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House. Born on November 19, 1931 in Atlanta, she was the daughter of the late Asa Jackson and Eunice Irene Jones Bracknell. Mrs. Condon retired from Weight Watchers Corporation where she worked as a clerk. She was of the Protestant faith.She is...
Alva Jo Newsom
Sep 26, 2009
ALVA JO NEWSOM, 55, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born September 19, 1954 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late John A. and Vidella Hancock Newsom. L.A.R.C. was a very important part of Alva Jo's life and she loved being with her peers. She loved Elvis, jewelry, traveling and doing her...
Arthur B. Bowles, Jr.
Sep 25, 2009
Arthur B. Bowles, Jr., 69, of Valdosta died Friday, September 25, 2009 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 14, 1940 to the late Arthur B., Sr. and Nannie E. Wren Bowles and had lived in this area all of his life. Mr. Bowles was a retired mechanic with Register Serivce Station....

Robert (Bob) Staley Young
Sep 24, 2009
Mr. Robert (Bob) Staley Young, 79, of Valdosta, died September 24, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Young was born in Baywood, Virginia, on December 23, 1929, to the late Donald Apperson Young and Lena Celia Hampton Young. Mr. Young grew up in nearby Galax, Virginia, and graduated from Galax High School in 1948. He graduated from the University...

Eugenia Threlkeld Williams
Sep 23, 2009
Eugenia Threlkeld Williams, 86, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on June 16, 1923, in Golconda, Illinois, to the late Frank Lamer and Roxie Trail Threlkeld. She grew up in Titusville, Florida, and graduated from Titusville High School. She also graduated from Jones Business College in Jacksonville, Florida....
Donald L. Allison
Sep 22, 2009
Donald (Don) L. Allison, 77, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House. Born on June 7, 1932 in Newcastle, PA, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Allison. Mr. Allison served in the United States Army during the Korea Conflict. He attended Georgia Southern University where he obtained his Bachelor's Degree...
Ruby H. Edmonds
Sep 22, 2009
Ruby H. Edmonds, 85, of Hahira died Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Guntersville, Alabama on June 17, 1924 to the late Houston and Birdie May Hartin Henry. Mrs. Edmonds had lived in Hahira for the past twenty years and was a member of the Hahira Church of God. She enjoyed arts and...

Debra June Durham
Sep 21, 2009
Debra June Durham, 51, of Valdosta died Monday, September 21, 2009 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on September 27, 1957 to Bonnie June Hutchinson and the late Albert Ray Hutchinson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Ms. Durham was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ and an Administrative Assistant with Valdosta Technical...

Charles Arnold Hennly
Sep 20, 2009
Charles A. "Chuck" HennlyGod called home his son Charles Arnold "Chuck" Hennly, 66, of Valdosta, on Sunday, September 20, 2009 after a long and brave battle with cancer. Chuck was a Christian and a member of First United Methodist Church of Valdosta.He was born on October 17, 1942 in Rome, GA to the late James R. Hennly Sr. and Cleo...

Irene Mobley Brown
Sep 19, 2009
Irene Mobley Brown, 65, of Valdosta died at her residence on Saturday, September 19, 2009 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lowndes County on September 14, 1944 to the late Charlie and Carrie Sadler Mobley. She had worked with Holly Hill and Crestwood nursing homes as a private nurse and had also been a cook for Old South...

Marian B. Ellis
Sep 19, 2009
Marian B. Ellis, 94, formerly of Syracuse, New York and recently of Langdale Place, Valdosta, Georgia, died at Langdale Hospice House on Saturday, September 19, 2009 after a brief illness. Born in Bristol, Ontario County, New York, Mrs. Ellis resided most of her life in the Westvale area of Syracuse, New York. She has resided in Douglas and Valdosta, Georgia,...
Reverend Dawes B. Thomson
Sep 18, 2009
Dawes Buckley "Buck" Thomson, 65, of Valdosta, died suddenly at his home on Friday, September 18, 2009. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, on November 3, 1943, he was the son of the late C. Dawes Thomson and Iris Opal Buckley Thomson. Buck graduated with his masters of divinity degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was a Presbyterian Minister...

Emily Lee Hughes
Sep 17, 2009
Emily Lee Hughes, 81, of Valdosta, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Lowndes County on April 9, 1928 to the late Barney Mark and Hattie Mizell Deloach Seymour. Mrs. Hughes was a retired machine operator from Levi Strauss Company and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. She is survived by one...

Edward Newsom Cooper
Sep 15, 2009
Edward Newsom Cooper, 96, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House following a short illess. He was born in Athens, Georgia on August 27, 1913 to the late Warner Rowe and Sarah Lou Newsom Cooper. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Georgia. He worked in the US...
Letha Aline Blankenship
Sep 14, 2009
Aline Blankenship, 85, of Valdosta, died Monday, September 14, 2009 at her residence. She was born on December 26, 1923 in Scottsboro, AL to the late James Henry and Mary Marilda Austin Jones. Mrs. Blankenship was a homemaker and a member of Lake Park Church of God.She is survived by her children and their spouses, Jackie and David Noble, David...
Lawrence Zipperer, Jr.
Sep 13, 2009
Lawrence Zipperer, Jr., 61, of Valdosta passed away after a lengthy illness on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at home with family and friends. Larry was born in Valdosta on January 16, 1948 and was the son of Allie Inez Butler Zipperer and the late Lawrence Edward Zipperer, Sr. of Valdosta. He graduated from Lowndes High School in 1966 and Abraham...