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Lucine D. (Del) Garrett
Jul 27, 2009
Lucine D. (Del) Garrett, 73, of Hahira, died on Monday, July 27, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Macon, Georgia on May 5, 1936 to the late Clyde and Nettie Brantley Garrett. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years of service. He worked as an aircraft mechanic and served in Vietnam. Upon retirement...
Scott David Fairchilds
Jul 26, 2009
Scott David Fairchilds, 42, died Sunday, July 26, 2009, at the Langdale Hospice House following a long illness. He was born in Valdosta, but traveled the country and Europe extensively following his love of singing and working in the culinary field.Scott is survived by his mother, Alta Knowles of Lake Park; sisters and brother-in-laws, Leslie and Rich Carlson of Durango,...
Letha M. Godwin Blocker
Jul 26, 2009
Letha M. Godwin Blocker, 85, of Valdosta, died at home on Sunday, July 26, 2009 after a long illness. Born on July 27, 1923 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Kelly and Mae Belle Moore Godwin. She died one day before her 86th birthday. Mrs. Blocker was associated with Nolan's Grocery for 31 years. She loved...
Richard Colan Parham
Jul 25, 2009
Richard C. Parham, 79, of Hahira, died Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta, after a long illness with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Lowndes County on April 16, 1930 to the late Thomas Edward and Armetta Duggan Parham. Mr. Parham proudly graduated from Hahira High School in 1947. He served in the United States Army...
Robert (Bob) Lewis Brunston, Sr.
Jul 23, 2009
Robert (Bob) Lewis Brunston, Sr., 66, of Hahira died on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. A memorial mass will be held at 12:10 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. The committal will follow in the Sunset Hill Cemetery. A prayer service will be held on Sunday evening at 6...
Charles P. Norton
Jul 21, 2009
Charles P. Norton, 73, of Lakeland, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 following an illness at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Lowndes County on July 12, 1936 to the late Lyman C. and Lucile Monk Norton. He was an educator in the Lanier County School System as a teacher and coach and was retired from the Clinch...
Marilynn C. Phillips
Jul 21, 2009
Marilynn Phillips, 81, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Olar, South Carolina on April 10, 1928 to the late Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Crowder, Sr. and had lived in Valdosta since 1958. She was a graduate of Elmore County High School in Eclectic, Alabama, attended Judson College and was a...
Thomas Alan Rogers
Jul 20, 2009
Thomas Alan Rogers, 55, of Hahira died Monday, July 20, 2009 at his home. He was born in Hahira on January 7, 1954 to Hattie Ann Hodge Rogers and the late Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Jr. Mr. Rogers was an oil driller and a Baptist. Survivors include a son, Chad Rogers of Savannah, his mother, Hattie Rogers of Hahira, sister and...
Darrell Lee Bussey
Jul 19, 2009
DARRELL LEE BUSSEY, 65, of Hahira, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, July 19, 2009. Darrell was born July 14, 1944 in Valdosta, a son of the late Vascoe Bussey and the late Lawanna Deloach Parramore. He grew up in the Valdosta area and served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1964. In 1962 he was united...
Remer Glenn Highsmith
Jul 19, 2009
Remer Glenn Highsmith, 52, of Ellabell, died in Savannah on Sunday, July 19, 2009 after a short illness. Born in Pearson, Georgia, on May 17, 1957, he was the son of the late Edsel Highsmith and Latrell White Schochler. Mr. Highsmith was employed with Dillon Transport. Survivors are his wife, Ann Price Highsmith of Ellabell; daughters and son in law,...
John E. Hendricks
Jul 18, 2009
John E. Hendricks, 88, of Valdosta died Saturday, July 18, 2009 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on November 25, 1920 in Camden, Arkansas to the late John L. and Matilda Owens Hendricks and had lived in Valdosta since 1950. Mr. Hendricks was a member of the Grace Baptist Church and retired from Owens-Illinois after twenty...
Carolyn Elizabeth Castles Gates Hooker
Jul 18, 2009
Carolyn Elizabeth Castles Gates Hooker, 77, of Valdosta died Saturday, July 18, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on August 29, 1931 in McCormick County, South Carolina to the late Jack B. and Alna Smith Castles and had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Hooker was a loving wife, wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother...
Anthony Joseph Ferrantino
Jul 18, 2009
ANTHONY JOSEPH FERRANTINO, 46, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 18, 2009 from complications with asthma. Tony was born August 4, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY, a son of Joyce Campanali Ferrantino and the late Joseph Ferrantino. He grew up in Brooklyn and at the age of 18, he moved to St. Petersburg, FL, where he lived for twenty-two...
David Vinson Hogan
Jul 16, 2009
David Vinson Hogan, 76, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at his home. He was born on November 7, 1932 in Irwin County to Euna Mae Mixon Hogan and the late David Jonathan Hogan and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Hogan was a model husband and father who loved his church and family very much...
William Horace Cannady
Jul 16, 2009
Mr. William Horace Cannady, 83, of Valdosta, departed this life on July 16, 2009 to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Horace was born January 20, 1926 in Nashville, to the late William Wesley and Barzilla Whitley Cannady. He grew up in Berrien County before entering into the U.S. Army, where he served as a Dietician Cook while...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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