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

J. Lundie Smith Iii
Aug 20, 2009
Julius Lundie Smith, III age 66, of Valdosta, GA passed away August 20, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. Lundie was born November 9, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia and was the son of the late Julius Lundie Smith, Jr. and Julia Devereaux Smith. He was married for 44 years to the late Sally Terry Smith of Thomasville, Georgia. Lundie graduated...
Timothy Tschetter
Aug 20, 2009
Timothy Tschetter, Lt Col USAF, retiredTimothy Tschetter, Lt Col USAF, Ret. 76 of Pompano Beach, Fl, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at Imperial Point Medical Center in Pompano Beach, FL. He passed peacefully surrounded by his family and his Pastor. Tim was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was a member of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in...
Johnnie Smith Cannister
Aug 20, 2009
Johnnie Smith Cannister, 83, of Clyattville, died on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at Smith Northview Hospital. Born on October 13, 1925 in Lake Park, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Mary Frances Brown Smith. She was Mrs. Claus to generations of children for 39 years on Santa Claus Lane in Clyattville. Mrs. Cannister was a member...

J. Lundie Smith Iii
Aug 20, 2009
Julius Lundie Smith, III age 66, of Valdosta, GA passed away August 20, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. Lundie was born November 9, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia and was the son of the late Julius Lundie Smith, Jr. and Julia Devereaux Smith. He was married for 44 years to the late Sally Terry Smith of Thomasville, Georgia. Lundie graduated...
Bennie Jo Frampton
Aug 20, 2009
Bennie Jo Frampton, 82, of Valdosta, passed away at South Georgia Medical Center after lengthy illness, on August 20, 2009, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ben was born in Howe, Texas on April 22, 1927, the son of the late Charles and Neva Frampton of Sherman, Texas. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Peggy Lou...

Terri Linda Mahlstadt
Aug 19, 2009
Mrs. Terri Linda Mahlstadt, 82, of Valdosta died at her residence on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. She was born on January 1, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. She had served as a deputy constable in New York and was a homemaker in her later years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick and Mary Nastro, her husband, Gilbert...
Ellis Delon Moore, Sr.
Aug 18, 2009
Ellis Delon Moore, Sr., 65, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 11, 1944 in Lowndes County to the late Carl and Katie Taylor Moore. He retired after 18 years from Union Camp as a plant foreman, and as an area manager for the Georgia...

James Benny (Benjie) Kent, Jr.
Aug 17, 2009
James Benny (Benjie) Kent, Jr., 38, of Valdosta died Monday, August 17, 2009. He was born in Lowndes County on March 14, 1971 and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Kent was a member of Northside Baptist Church and had been employed at Park Avenue Bank for the past eleven years. He enjoyed spending time with his children,...

Charles Etheridge Coppage
Aug 17, 2009
Charles Etheridge Coppage, 55, of Ridgeland, SC. died Monday, August 17, 2009 at Beaufort Regional Hospital in Beaufort, SC. He was born in Lowndes County on April 2, 1954 and had lived in Ridgeland for the past twenty three years. Mr. Coppage was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife, Donna Coppage, his daughter, Stephanie Coppage, his...
Herman Harpe
Aug 17, 2009
Herman Harpe, 88, of Valdosta, died on Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Baptist Village Nursing Home in Waycross. He was born on December 3, 1920 in Graves, Georgia to the late Eulon and Clara Belle Walker Harpe and has been a resident of Valdosta since 1974. He retired from the United States Air Force as a Chief Master Sergeant...

Cmsgt Jesse H. Pettijohn
Aug 17, 2009
CMSgt Jesse H. Pettijohn-USAF Retired, 87, of Valdosta died on Monday, August 17, 2009 in Thomasville. Born on March 24, 1922 in Gosport, IN, he was the son of the late Jesse D. and Anna Hunsicker Pettijohn. He joined the Army Air Corps in August of 1940 and retired from the 3550 Field maintenance squadron at Moody Air Force Base...

Richard G. Juster
Aug 17, 2009
Richard G. Juster, 69, Valdosta resident since 1979, died on Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Lake City Veterans Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in New York on July 23, 1940, he was the son of the late Myron and Edith Christiansen Juster. Mr. Juster spent his early years growing up in River Edge, New Jersey. He was...

Beverly Parslow
Aug 16, 2009
Beverly Parslow, 80, of Valdosta died Sunday, August 16, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in New York City, New York on January 3, 1929 to the late Herbert and Marie Louise Rhoner Reynolds and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Parslow was employed as a Psychologist with Mental Health at the Lowndes County Health...
Lorraine A. Williams
Aug 16, 2009
LORRAINE A. "Linda" WILLIAMS, 65, of Clyattville, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2009, at her home after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 7, 1944 in Boston, MA, a daughter of the late Joseph W. and Mary M. Peters Williams. In 1986 Lorraine moved to this area, and had been employed at the Institute for...

Clarice Zipperer Smith
Aug 15, 2009
CLARICE ZIPPERER SMITH, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born March 18, 1929 in Irwinville, a daughter of the late Bunie and Lucy McNesse Jefferson. She was a loving wife, homemaker, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Clarice was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdosta.In addition...
George W. Colson, Jr.
Aug 14, 2009
G. W. Colson Jr., 88, of Valdosta, was called home by the Lord on August 14, 2009. Born in Lowndes County on September 17, 1920, he was the son of the late George W. Colson and Willie Mae Becton Colson. Mr. Colson served in the United States Air Force as a Sergeant for four years. Stationed in Italy during World...

William Clayton Brown
Aug 13, 2009
William C. Brown, 59, of Valdosta died, Thursday, August 13, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 16, 1949 in El Paso, Texas to the late Cecil and Marie Brown and moved to Brookville, Florida. Mr. Brown graduated high school and joined the Army and was a part of the military police force. He was honorably...

Pauline Gertrude Corbett
Aug 12, 2009
Pauline Gertrude Corbett, 92, of Echols County died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Corbett was born in Echols County on August 25, 1916 to the late James and Gertrude Kinsey Carter and was a lifelong resident of Echols County. She was a member of the Sardis Baptist Church and her family was her life and...
Louie Peeples White
Aug 12, 2009
Louie Peeples White, 89, of Valdosta, passed away on August 12, 2009 at the Heritage Health Care of Valdosta. Louie was born on January 27, 1920 in Huntington, West Virginia to Russell A. and Ethel Orr Peeples. Her family originated in Valdosta and her ancestors were early pioneers of the area. Louie was a 1937 honor graduate of Valdosta High...
Nellie Cothron Dasher
Aug 11, 2009
Nellie Cothron Dasher, 93, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at her home following a brief illness. Born in Lowndes County on May 19, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Matthew Madison and Maggie Lenora Strickland Cothron. Mrs. Dasher was retired from Lowndes County Farm Bureau where she worked as a secretary for many years....