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

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...

Caroline Townsend Deming
Jun 22, 2009
Caroline Townsend Deming, 86, of Valdosta died Monday, June 22, 2009 at Langdale Place. She was born on April 28, 1923 in Valdosta to the late Lee and Eva Wisenbaker Townsend and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Deming was an active member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ and was retired from C& S Bank as a...

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...

William Burns Sirmans
Jun 21, 2009
William Burns Sirmans, 66, of Ray City, GA passed away on June 21 at his residence. Born in Cook Co. on February 20, 1943, to the late Mary Lou Knight and F. Burns Sirmans, he fondly grew up in Berrien Co. in the cities of Ray City and Nashville. He attended Norman Park College and spent summers as a college...
Eldon Rudolph Crosby
Jun 17, 2009
Eldon Rudolph Crosby, 74, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his residence. He was born on July 9, 1934 in Adel to the late Robert Etheridge and Bennie Ruth Smith Crosby. Mr. Crosby was retired from the United States Air Force having served from 1952 until 1972. He was a purple heart recipient, a veteran of the Korean...

Jean Lovell Davis
Jun 16, 2009
Jean Lovell Davis was born November 21, 1921, in Worcester, Massachusetts and died June 16, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House, Valdosta, Georgia after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Felton Davis, Jr. of Valdosta, her sister Rebecca Lovell Roskowski of Grand Junction, Colorado, her parents Dorothy and Russell Lovell of Worcester. Mother...

Ann Marie Bosch Mcturk
Jun 13, 2009
Ann Marie Bosch McTurk, 75, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at home. She was born in Belize, British Honduras on September 28, 1933 to the late Juan Bartolomew Bosch and Enid Bianca Blakely Bosch. She was a member of St John the Evangelist Catholic Church and was a devoted Christian. She and her late husband lived in many...

Jerry Dean Ferrell
Jun 13, 2009
Jerry Ferrell, 70, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Langdale Hospice. She was born on February 18, 1939 in Cairo, to the late Paul and Floy Miller Hurst. Mrs. Ferrell was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Valdosta.Survivors include her husband, Ken Ferrell; daughter, Jill Ferrell,...