OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
John Henry (Jack) Wilbers
Jun 13, 2009
JOHN HENRY (JACK) WILBERS, 79, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009, at his residence in Lake Park after a long illness. He was born in, Jefferson City, MO., March 6, 1930, to the late Aloys B. and Pearlee Mary Schlangenstein Wilbers.Mr. Wilbers was of the Catholic faith. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...
Elizabeth Joann Shealy Brooks
Jun 12, 2009
Elizabeth Joann Shealy Brooks, 61, of Valdosta died Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. Elizabeth was born on September 20, 1947 in Tifton. She was the daughter of Bonnie Faye Ireland McCaffery of Albany and the late Huel Shealy. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Albany. After graduating from Darton College in...
Martha Julia Davis
Jun 11, 2009
Martha Julia Talley Davis, 93, of Carrollton, GA died Thursday, June 11, 2009 at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. She was born in Zebulon, GA on March 26, 1916 to the late Martin Lee and Minnie Lee Fuller Talley. Mrs. Davis was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church, a member of WSCS/UMW and historian at Forrest Street United...

Martha Julia Talley Davis
Jun 11, 2009
MARTHA JULIA TALLEY DAVIS, 93, of Carrollton, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at Tanner Medical Center. Graveside Services will be held at 11 am, Monday, June 15, 2009 at Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the Carson McLane Funeral Home on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at...
Jo Karon Cox
Jun 11, 2009
Jo Karon Cox, 57, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at her residence. Born in Vienna, GA to Karleen and the late Joe Bryant Lane. Jo Karon graduated from Lowndes High School in 1970, and was the Valedictorian of her class. She went on to graduate from Valdosta Technical College with a Radiology Technology Degree and then worked...
James (Jim) Millidge Anderson
Jun 11, 2009
James (Jim) Anderson, 95, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at the Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. He was born on January 28, 1914 in Lowndes County to the late Bill and Kate Slate Anderson. Mr. Anderson was retired from Strickland Cotton Mills and was a member of New Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in Hahira. He is survived...
Sallie Touchton Boyette
Jun 9, 2009
Sallie Touchton Boyette died peacefully on June 9, 2009, at home with her family. She was born on March 8, 1912, the only daughter of the late Ott and Lila Cooper Touchton of the New Bethel Community in Lowndes County. Her husband was the late Isaac Harmon Boyette. They were married for sixty-seven years. Her daughter, Sallie Ann, and her...

Cinderella Mildred Roberts Lewis
Jun 7, 2009
Cinderella Mildred Roberts Lewis passed away on June 7, 2009. Beloved mother of John Hampden Roland Lewis, Margaret Lynn Lewis Robison, the late Southerner Meriwether, Jr., Cynthia Anne, and George Spencer Roberts Lewis. Grandmother of Southerner Meriwether Lewis, III, Justin J., Jonathan A., and Joseph D. Robison, George Washington Lewis, and Katherine Lillian Margaret Lynn Lewis. Great-grandmother of Sierra Marie,...
Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Jr.
Jun 6, 2009
Thomas Rogers, 75, of Barney died Saturday, June 6, 2009 at his home. He was born on June 15, 1933 in Brooks County to Vivian Lewis Rogers and the late Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Brooks County. Mr. Rogers was an inspector with the Federal and State Government and a surveyor. He enjoyed working his...

Conner Logan Bailey
Jun 5, 2009
Conner Logan Bailey, 2 day old son of Logan Mitchell Bailey and Joy Elizabeth Bailey of Lake Park died Friday, June 5, 2009 at Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Graveside services will be held at 11am, Monday, June 8, 2009 at Riverview Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House. Condolences...
Seward Edwin Herring
Jun 4, 2009
Seward Edwin (Ed) Herring, 75, of Hahira died Thursday, June 4, 2009 at his home. He was born in Alma, Georgia on September 15, 1933 to the late Joseph S. and Addie Lee Stewart Herring and had lived in this area for many years and lived in Panama City Beach, Florida from 1998 until returning to this area last year....
Linda Darnell Cone
Jun 3, 2009
LINDA DARNELL CONE, 59, of Valdosta, went to be with her Lord and Savior after a short illness on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. Linda was born February 14, 1950 in Annapolis, MD, a daughter of Robert J. Moore, Sr. and Helen Agnes Hefner Moore. In 1986, she and her husband, Billy I. Cone, Sr., moved...
Elizabeth Thomas
Jun 1, 2009
Elizabeth (Libby) Thomas, 87, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 1, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on February 14, 1922, the daughter of the late James B. and Benita Tomlinson Fender. Libby was a charter member of Northside Baptist Church. She worked as a civil service employee at Moody Air Force Base before...
Betty Brewen Lamontagne
May 31, 2009
Mrs. Betty Brewen LaMontagne, 85, longtime resident of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009. Betty was born on June 18, 1923 in Krebs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Cheney and Alice Dale Brewen. Betty married her �WW II pilot� Arthur H. LaMontagne in 1944 and began her lifetime journey as a wife, homemaker and mother. Betty was involved...

Woe Pi Ku
May 30, 2009
Woe Pi Ku, 77, of Valdosta, died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in South Korea on November 3, 1931 to the late Chae Pong Kim and Kwi Chom Kim. Mrs. Ku was a homemaker and a member of the Korean Presbyterian Church.She is survived by three daughters and sons in law, Ok Cha...

Barbara Ann Perdue
May 29, 2009
Barbara Ann Toler Perdue, 66, of Valdosta, died Friday, May 29, 2009 at Langdale Hospice. She was born on August 11, 1942 in Kopperston, West Virginia to the late Hugh Ellis and Juanita Lilly Stewart Toler. Mrs. Perdue was Commissary Manager at Moody Air Force Base, was of the Baptist faith and was a member of the Valdosta Womens Bowling...

Miley Delano Weldon, Jr.
May 28, 2009
Miley Weldon, Jr. 65, of Quitman died on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. A burial service will take place on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Quitman. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the Weldon family. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane....

William Joseph
May 28, 2009
William Joseph, 88, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Valdosta on March 7, 1921, he was the son of the late Carlo H. and Nora Eyoup Joseph. He graduated from Valdosta High School where he played football for the Valdosta Wildcats. Mr. Joseph was a United States Air Force veteran of WWII....

James Herschel Hammond
May 27, 2009
James H. HammondJames Herschel "Jim" Hammond of Minneapolis, MN, formerly of Valdosta, GA, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 27 while vacationing at Destin, FL. Mr. Hammond was 95 years old, born in Logan County, Kentucky, April 5, 1914 to Dr. Herschel Lyon Hammond and Jimmie Bradshaw Hammond. On December 31, 1939 he married Mary Carey Willis, his wife for over 66...

Michael Thomas Tourtellott
May 27, 2009
MICHAEL THOMAS TOURTELLOTT, infant son of Matt and Melissa Clark Tourtellott, went to be with the angels on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center.In addition to his parents of Lake Park, Michael is survived by two brothers, Matthew Dalton Tourtellott and Mason Zackery-Allen Tourtellott of Lake Park; maternal grandmother, Linda Clark of Lake Park; paternal grandparents, Theodore...