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L.A. Hughes
Feb 14, 2009
L.A. Hughes, 91, of Valdosta, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Heritage House in Valdosta. He was born on August 18, 1917 in Statenville to the late Arthur and Lula Lightsey Hughes. Mr. Hughes had lived in Echols County until he moved to Lowndes County in 1942. He was a lifelong farmer and drove school bus for Lowndes County...
Franklin Creasy
Feb 14, 2009
Franklin Creasy, 78, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 23, 1930 in Franklin County, Tennessee to the late James Thomas and Sophrina Warhurst Creasy and lived in the Nevils Community of Bulloch County. He graduated from Georgia Teachers College in 1953 and the University of Georgia in 1955. He...
Doris Elma Reddick
Feb 13, 2009
Doris Reddick, 91, of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 13, 2009, at LakeHaven Nursing Home. Born in Roper, Kansas, on January 22, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Hoyt and Ethel O'Brien Lamb. She was employed as a Bookkeeper with J.C Penney's, was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the India Harris Friendship Sunday School...
Rita H. Williams
Feb 13, 2009
Rita H. Williams, 82, of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 13, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 23, 1926, she had made her home in Valdosta for the past 50 years. Mrs. Williams was a Lutheran. A seamstress by trade, she enjoyed knitting, loved to play Bingo and taking care of children. She baby...
Evelyn Atkinson Touchton
Feb 12, 2009
Evelyn Atkinson Touchton, 95, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 12, 2009, in Lakeland following a lengthy illness. Born in Veazey, Greene County, Georgia on May 19, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Frederick William Atkinson Sr. and Mary Lou Hutchinson. Mrs. Touchton was postmaster at Barretts for a number of years. She helped her husband with the...
Remer L. Herring
Feb 11, 2009
Remer L. Herring, 90, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. He was born in the Barretts Community on April 23, 1918 to the late Grover C. and Coma Cooper Herring and had lived in this area all of his life. Mr. Herring was retired from the City of Valdosta as Director of the Water...
Robert Lamar Sutton
Feb 11, 2009
Robert Lamar Sutton, 56, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on September 26, 1952 in Valdosta to the late E. J. and Yvonne Allen Sutton. Mr. Sutton was a longtime employee of Georgia Power, a longtime member of Spain Ferry Hunting Club and he loved fishing. Mr. Sutton served as a...
Charles Edward O'Neal, Sr.
Feb 11, 2009
Charles Edward O'Neal, 97, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at the Heritage House Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 22, 1912 in Valdosta to the late John and Maude McLeod O'Neal and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta and retired dairy farmer. Mr. O'Neal was a member of the Forrest Park Church of...
Samuel Bernard Pelstring
Feb 10, 2009
Samuel Bernard Pelstring, 82, of Lake Park died on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born on July 28, 1926 in Luverne, Minnesota to the late Bernard and Elenor Nelson Pelstring. He retired from Dickenson County Iowa as a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Councilor and has been a resident of this...
Ruby (Aunt Snooks) Ulmer
Feb 10, 2009
Ruby (Aunt Snooks) Ulmer, 93, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, after a lengthy illness. Born on December 9, 1915, in Dasher, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Henrietta Wisenbaker Ulmer. Ms. Ulmer was a homemaker and member of Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ. Survivors include her sister, Louise Tenly of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi;...
Shirley Joann Grace
Feb 9, 2009
Shirley Joann Grace, 72, of Lake Park, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House following a short illness. She was born on June 26, 1936 in Valdosta to the late James and Lois Crosby. Mrs. Grace was a homemaker and faithful member of Forrest Park Church of Christ all her life. She was a very loving...
Bennie K. (Kenny) Benavides
Feb 8, 2009
Bennie K. (Kenny) Benavides, 38, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Smith Northview Hospital. Born in Tampa on June 30, 1970, Kenny was a lifelong resident of this area. Kenny had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to joke with family and friends. He also loved to fish and spend time at the beach. Kenny...
Marion Edward (Ed) Hall
Feb 8, 2009
Marion Edward (Ed) Hall, 81, of Valdosta Sunday, February 8, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center after sudden illness. He was born on July 11, 1927 in Vidalia to the late Martin Eugene and Frances Todd Hall and had lived in Doraville for many years before moving to Valdosta eleven years ago. Mr. Hall was a retired wholesale grocery salesman...
Melvin H. Blanton
Feb 8, 2009
Melvin H. Blanton, 72, of Valdosta died on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 22, 1936 in Lowndes County to the late Alfred and Rena Smith Blanton. He was the owner/operator of Blanton Butcher Shop and had been in the Grocery business his whole life. Mr. Blanton was also a...
Ollie Stubbs Daugherty
Feb 7, 2009
Ollie Stubbs Daugherty, 91, of Valdosta, died Saturday, February 7, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Lowndes County on December 2, 1917 to the late Claude Lee and Vinnie Vickers Stubbs. Mrs. Daugherty was a homemaker and a member of Hahira Church of Christ. She is survived by four sons and five daughters in law, Frankye Johnson Daugherty...
Brenda Benavides
Feb 7, 2009
Brenda Benavides, 48, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Shand's University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville, FL. She was born on September 17, 1960 in Hahira to Hubert and Mary Ratliffe Harvey. Mrs. Benavides was a homemaker and a member of Ousley Baptist Church. She loved to participate in her church's activities when she was able....
Jack Harnage, Sr.
Feb 6, 2009
Jack Harnage, Sr. 71, of Valdosta died on Friday, February 06, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Lowndes County in August of 1937 to the late Lee and Lessie Fillyaw Harnage. He was employed with South Georgia Medical Center and worked in the food services area and was of the Protestant faith.Survivors...
Mae Tyler Johnson
Feb 6, 2009
Mae Tyler Johnson, 86, of Hahira died Friday, February 6, 2009 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on April 6, 1922 in Hahira to the late Gordon C. and Minnie Lee Weldon Tyler and had lived in Atlanta before moving back to Hahira many years ago. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Hahira First Baptist Church and retired...
Frances Crosby Shaw
Feb 6, 2009
Frances Crosby Shaw, 89, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died at Langdale Hospice House on Friday, February 6, 2009, after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on October 25, 1919, she was the daughter of the late A.D. Sr., and Clifford Rudd Crosby. As a homemaker, Frances loved her family and her Lord and she loved "cooking for her boys". A...
E.D. Johnson, Jr.
Feb 4, 2009
E. D. Johnson, Jr., 91, of Hahira passed away his home on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 after brief illness. He was born in Dexter, Georgia on October 29, 1917 to the late Enoch Daniel and Lou Etta Hooks Johnson. Mr. Johnson graduated from Statenville High School in 1934, Georgia Southwestern College in 1936 and Georgia Alabama Business College in 1937....
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