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

Oveda Drucilla Johnson

Oveda Drucilla Johnson

Sep 18, 2008

Oveda Drucilla Johnson, 93, of Statenville, died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the Suwanee Valley Nursing Home in Jasper, FL. She was born on May 2, 1915 in Statenville to the late Emory and Ludie Pearl Smith Covington. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker, an active member of Statenville United Methodist Church and an active member of the Statenville Senior Citizens.She...

Nelle S.  Wilkes

Nelle S. Wilkes

Sep 12, 2008

Nelle S. Wilkes, 88, of Valdosta died Friday, September 12, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born on April 16, 1920 in Jefferson, Georgia to the late L. C. and Missouri Maude Cheek Skelton and had lived in Valdosta since 1941. Mrs. Wilkes was a charter member of the Northside Baptist Church and...

Stephen (Steve) A. Chitty, Iii

Stephen (Steve) A. Chitty, Iii

Sep 11, 2008

Stephen (Steve) A. Chitty, III, 69, of Valdosta died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on Feburary 20, 1939 in Valdosta to the late Stephen A., Jr. and Mittie Hayes Chitty and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Chitty was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was a 1957 graduate of...

Lucia Gough Bankston

Lucia Gough Bankston

Sep 11, 2008

Lucia Gough Bankston, 82, of Valdosta died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on December 16, 1925 in Vicksburg, Mississippi to the late Preston and Zelda Henry Gough and had lived in Valdosta for the past fifty years. Mrs. Bankston was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church. Survivors...

Frances Scott Brydone Worstall

Frances Scott Brydone Worstall

Sep 10, 2008

Frances Scott Brydone Worstall, 100, of Valdosta, died at Presbyterian Home in Quitman on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 after a period of declining health. Mrs. Worstall was born in Milverton, Ontario, Canada to the late John & Robina Dickson Brydone. She graduated from the University of Toronto and later earned her Masters Degree from Columbia University in New York. She...

Dr.Joseph Harrison Brannen

Dr.Joseph Harrison Brannen

Sep 9, 2008

Dr. Joseph Harrison Brannen, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Hospice By The Sea in Boca Raton, Florida. He was born on November 12, 1921 in Moultrie to the late Dr. Clem C. and Anna Warren Clark Brannen and lived in Valdosta since 1953. Dr. Brannen was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a...

Robert Milton Goodwyne, Jr.

Robert Milton Goodwyne, Jr.

Sep 9, 2008

ROBERT MILTON GOODWYNE, JR., 42, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Jacksonville, FL, on November 1, 1965, a son of Robert Milton and Carol Smith Goodwyne.In addition to his parents of Lake Park, he is survived by one brother, Patrick Lee Goodwyne of Valdosta; one sister, Rebekah Lee Goodwyne of...

Wycliffe Williams

Wycliffe Williams

Sep 9, 2008

Wycliffe "Cliff" Williams, 72, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on February 29, 1936 in Berrien County to the late Calvin and Carolyn Aurelia Richardson Williams and had lived in this area all of his life.Survivors include his wife, Betty Crews Williams of Valdosta, son and daughter in law,...

Dorothy Lavel Rykard

Dorothy Lavel Rykard

Sep 8, 2008

Dorothy Lavel Rykard, 70, of Valdosta, died Monday, September 8, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 20, 1938 in Valdosta to the late Edgar H. and Grace B. Rykard. Miss Rykard was a retired civil service employee administrative assistant from Moody Air Force Base and attended Greenwood Baptist Church.She is survived by...

Theresa (Terry) Carroll D'Arcy

Theresa (Terry) Carroll D'Arcy

Sep 6, 2008

Theresa (Terry) Carroll D'Arcy, 84, of West Palm Beach, Florida died on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at the Louredes-Noreen McKeen residence in West Palm Beach. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on November 18, 1923 to the late John and Kate Carroll. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith.Survivors include a son, Ralph Hamilton of Evanston, Illinois; a...

Bryan Charles Walker

Bryan Charles Walker

Sep 5, 2008

Bryan Charles Walker, 64, of Lake Park died Friday, September 5, 2008. He was born on November 14, 1943 in North Hampton, England and had lived in this area for the past twenty eight years. Mr. Walker was retired automobile mechanic and enjoyed riding his motorcycle. Survivors include his son and daughter in law, Pete and Paula Walker, granddaughter and...

Wilma Allen Stalvey

Wilma Allen Stalvey

Sep 4, 2008

Wilma Allen Stalvey, 73, of Hahira, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at Memorial Hospital of Adel after a long illness. She was born in Texas on April 8, 1935 to the late Lloyd Leslie and Gertrude Evelyn Sweeney Allen. Mrs. Stalvey was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.She is survived by her husband, Grady L. Stalvey...

Winona D. Henry

Winona D. Henry

Sep 3, 2008

WINONA D. HENRY, 86, of Valdosta, wife of the late Noel P. Henry, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 after a short illness. She was born on August 3, 1922 in Claxton, a daughter of Alvis I. and Winona Jay Downs. Mrs. Henry had retired from VSU Library after 35 years of service, and was a member of Park Avenue United...

Richard Lassie Hendricks

Richard Lassie Hendricks

Sep 3, 2008

Richard Lassie Hendricks, 73, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at his home. Born in Titusville, Florida on November 11, 1934, he was the son of the late, Willie Clyde and Irby Storey Hendricks. He was a member of Redland Church of Christ and was a retired electrician from Owens Illinois. Survivors are his wife of 55 years,...

Walter James White, Sr.

Walter James White, Sr.

Sep 3, 2008

Walter James White, Sr., 91, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on March 29, 1917, in Massillon, Ohio, he was the son of the late Joseph Benjamin and Elsie Blanche Smith White. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in World War II. Mr. White was a member...

Sara (Jackie) Hendricks

Sara (Jackie) Hendricks

Sep 2, 2008

SARA "JACKIE" HENDRICKS, 73, of Valdosta, passed this life on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, after a brief illness, at South Georgia Medical Center.Jackie was born in Greenville, SC, a daughter of the late Hamilton "Ham" and Lucille Wilson Mewborne, and migrated to Birmingham, AL, before finally settling in Valdosta in 1980. She and her husband, Howard, owned and operated Hendricks...

Sara Bingham Vallotton

Sara Bingham Vallotton

Aug 31, 2008

Sara Bingham Vallotton, 94, of Valdosta died Sunday, August 31, 2008. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on August 15, 1914, was the daughter of the late Charlie and Richard Bingham. She attended Georgia State Women's College-now Valdosta State University. Before marriage she taught school and worked in drafting at the Telephone Company in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1942 she married...

Blanche Sepulveda

Blanche Sepulveda

Aug 31, 2008

Blanche Sepulveda, 81, of Valdosta died Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Tifton on September 3, 1926 to the late Robert and Blanche Hamen Myers and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Sepulveda taught school at West Gordon Elementary for thirty years and attended Northside Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter...

Cheryl A. Rivnyak

Cheryl A. Rivnyak

Aug 30, 2008

CHERYL A. RIVNYAK, 62, of Valdosta, died Saturday, August 31, 2008 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born in Lake Worth, FL on March 31, 1946, a daughter of the late Joseph and Marion Barnes Renick. Cheryl loved her grandchildren, and enjoyed arts and crafts, and sports, especially college football. She is survived by her three children, Craig M....

Steven Michael Sali

Steven Michael Sali

Aug 28, 2008

STEVEN M. SALI, 75, of Lake Park, died Thursday, August 28, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Darien, CT, a son of the late John and Julia Rema Sali. Mr. Sali was a retired independent truck driver and a resident of Echols County for twenty-seven years. He greatly enjoyed woodworking in his...

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