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Shirley Braverman Perlman
Nov 10, 2008
Shirley Braverman Perlman, 87, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 10, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Alabama to the late Hyman & Ester Braverman, she had lived here since 1946. Mrs. Perlman graduated from the Florida State College for Women, now FSU, and began her career as a teacher in Orlando, Florida schools. She and her husband...
Virginia Westberry Prince
Nov 9, 2008
VIRGINIA WESTBERRY PRINCE, 76, of Lake Park, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2008, at her home. She was born on November 19, 1931 in Echols County to the late Wallace Osgood and Amanda Corbett Westberry. She graduated from Georgia's Women's College with an Associates Degree in 1951, Valdosta State College with a Bachelor's Degree in 1957, again in 1975 with...
Annie Swindle
Nov 7, 2008
Annie Swindle, 79, of Valdosta died Friday, November 7, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 21, 1928 in Fitzgerald to the late John Amos and Jessie Lee Worth Rogers and lived in this area all of her life. Mrs. Swindle was a retired Home Care Giver and a Baptist. Survivors include one daughter and son...
Lillian Edith Vincent Lawrence
Nov 4, 2008
Lillian Edith Vincent Lawrence, 55, of Hahira died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on July 26, 1953 in Springfield Gardens, New York and had lived in this area for the past five years.Survivors include her mother, Isabel Vincent of Hahira, three sons and a daughter in law, James and Jennifer Lawrence of Painesville,...
Viva Hardy Evans
Nov 2, 2008
Viva Hardy Evans, age 84, died Sunday, Nov. 2, at Pierce County Nursing Home in Blackshear, GA. She was born October 10, 1924, in Bibb County, one of six children of the late Benjamin and Philomena Rocquemore Hardy. She had lived in Valdosta since 1958 and at her beloved home on Cherokee Avenue since 1965. For the last two years...
Mary "Tootsie" Kovalan
Oct 30, 2008
Mary "Tootsie" Kovalan, 86, of Langdale Place # 157, Valdosta, died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. She was born on September 16, 1922 in Lowndes County to the late John Arthur and Bessie Thomas Walker. Mrs. Kovalan was a homemaker, a member of First Christian Church, the Garden Club, President of CWF, the PTA and a...
Onice Davis Coppage
Oct 27, 2008
Onice Davis Coppage, 82, of Hahira died Monday, October 27, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on June 3, 1926 in Lanier County to the late Henry Luther and Mildred Colly Davis and had lived in Lowndes County since 1939. Mrs. Coppage was a member of the Adel Church of Christ and she loved her Lord and...
F. Thomas (Tom) Young
Oct 27, 2008
F. Thomas (Tom) Young, 73, died on Sunday, October 26, 2008, at his residence in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 28, 1935, Tom practiced law in Valdosta for 40 years until his retirement in 2000. Tom received his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Georgia Law School in 1960. He was a Fellow of the American...
Walter Mindziak
Oct 26, 2008
WALTER MINDZIAK, 60, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born August 6, 1948 in Trier, Germany, a son of the late Nikolai and Anna Sandaluk Mindziak. Walt was a Jehovah's Witness and was self-employed for many years as an antique furniture refinisher.He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and...
Juanita Holton Sims
Oct 25, 2008
Juanita Holton Sims, 80, of Valdosta was born at home on November 26, 1927 in the Southwest corner of Lowndes County in the backwoods by the Withlacoochee river; called Ousley/Lowndes county back then. She was the second child of the late Charlie Lee Holton and Thelma Albritton (also spelled Allbritton) Holton who were residing in the home of her maternal...
Robert Samuel (Bobby) Killgore, Jr.
Oct 23, 2008
Robert Samuel (Bobby) Killgore, Jr., 66, of Valdosta, died at home on October 23, 2008. Born on August 24, 1942 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Robert Samuel Archibald, Sr. and Verba Lee Dixon Killgore. Mr. Killgore was a retired automobile and parts salesman. He enjoyed sports and spending time with his family and friends. He was...
Roland J. Rodgers
Oct 21, 2008
ROLAND J. RODGERS, 58, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Rodgers was born on June 29, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York to the late James A. and Melody Schuabhut Rodgers and was retired from the United States Air Force. Survivors include his daughter, Heather Rodgers of Flowery Branch, Georgia, two brothers and two...
Vernon Lightsey
Oct 21, 2008
VERNON LIGHTSEY, 79, of Lake Park, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008. He was born June 13, 1929 in Echols County, a son of the late Jessie and Callie Vann Lightsey. Farming was his life and he loved it very much.Mr. Lightsey was a member of Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ and of the Statenville Masonic Lodge #209 for over...
Howard C. Grover
Oct 19, 2008
Howard C. Grover, 69, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2008 after a long illness. Mr. Grover had lived here for the past 40 years. He had a great love for all animals and was a member of First Baptist Church in Quitman. Survivors include his wife, Lila Grover of Valdosta, a son and special friend, Howard (Bo)...
Navie Lee Godwin
Oct 18, 2008
Navie Lee Suber Godwin, 86, of Valdosta, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on October 7, 1922 in Maryville, GA to the late Glenn and Eva Mae Luke Suber. Mrs. Godwin retired as a seamstress from Levi's after working there thirty years and four months. She was a Baptist...
Mildred Baumann
Oct 18, 2008
Mildred Baumann, 88, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Smith Northview Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on September 17, 1920 to the late Harley and Irene Vanwicking Shafer. She was a homemaker and a member of United Pentecostal Church.Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Kay Bowman and Charles Lokey of Valdosta; grandchildren, Carla...
Cordie Culpepper Register
Oct 16, 2008
CORDIE CULPEPPER REGISTER, 97, of Echols County died Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House after a period of declining health. She was born in Echols County on August 3, 1911 to the late Isaac and Nan Browning Culpepper. Mrs. Register was the oldest living resident in Echols County at the time of her death. She was a...
Era Belle Clanton
Oct 15, 2008
Era Belle Clanton, 85, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Perrine, FL on August 1, 1923 to the late Bruce A. and Fannie Brantley Hendley. Mrs. Clanton was a homemaker and a member of the Holiness Baptist faith.She is survived by two daughters and one...
Edwin Lee Dorminey
Oct 14, 2008
Edwin Lee Dorminey, 81, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lakeland, Georgia on May 9, 1927 to the late Walt and Ruby Theodora Vegenrol Carter. She was a homemaker and had attended the Azalea City Church of God.Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Michelle Dorminey...
Mieczyslaw Ostapski
Oct 14, 2008
Mieczyslaw Ostapski, 85, of Beverly Hills, FL, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on September 6, 1923, in Ostromeczyn, Poland, he was the son of the late Stanislaw and Jadwiga Wawaryniak Ostapski. He was a cadet in the Polish Army. Mr. Ostapski also worked as a metalworker on the Statue of Liberty and in the...
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