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

Mary Elizabeth Lobaugh Bruch
Nov 17, 2008
MARY ELIZABETH LOBAUGH BRUCH, 81, of Valdosta died Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on November 23, 1926 in Las Animas, Colorado to the late Ray and Dorothy Keele Lobaugh and had lived in Valdosta for several years. Mrs. Bruch was a registered nurse and a member of the Northside Baptist Church. She...

Mary Evelyn Pettijohn
Nov 17, 2008
Mary Evelyn Pettijohn, 86, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 17, 2008 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. Born on October 31, 1922 in Moultrie, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Russ Martin. Mrs. Pettijohn was retired from J.C. Penney as a saleswoman and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband...

Lisa Prince
Nov 17, 2008
Lisa Prince, 47, of Lake Park, died on Monday, November 17, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her loving mother Imo Virginia Westberry Prince, who left us nine days earlier to prepare Lisa's heavenly place. Lisa will be laid to rest on her mother's birthday.Lisa was born on August 8, 1961 in Valdosta. She...

James Harding Colyer
Nov 16, 2008
James H. Colyer, 79, of Valdosta, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. He was born on April 7, 1929 in Valdosta to the late Milford Hayes and Zollie Ramsey Colyer. Mr. Colyer has been the owner and operator of Colyer's Jewelers since 1981. Prior to opening his own business he worked at Horace Stephenson Jewelers...

Faye Jordan Voigt
Nov 16, 2008
Faye Jordan Voigt, 91, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, November 16, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief period of declining health. Mrs. Voigt was born in LaGrange, Georgia on April 23, 1917, the daughter of the late Thomas Watts and Ada Elizabeth Jordan. In 1946 she and her husband George, co-founded Voigt Sheet Metal. She was an...

Robert R. (Bobby) Johnson
Nov 15, 2008
Robert R. (Bobby) Johnson, 75, of Valdosta, died at Langdale Hospice House on Saturday, November 15, 2008, after a lengthy illness. Born in Stockton, Georgia on February 13, 1933, Mr. Johnson was the son of the late Leon and Eva Mae Timmerman Johnson. He was an Air Force Veteran and was of the Baptist faith.Surviving are his wife, Marjorie Johnson...

Peter P. Medrano, M.D.
Nov 15, 2008
Peter P. Medrano, M.D., 77, of Valdosta died on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born on September 4, 1931 in Iquique, Chile to the late Peter P. and Ofelia Zavala Medrano. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 19 and lived the American Dream by working his way through...

Ken Hardy
Nov 15, 2008
Ken Hardy, 72, of Valdosta died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Concord Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenox. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. Flowers will be...

John T. Courson
Nov 14, 2008
John T. Courson, 89, of Valdosta died Friday, November 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Hahira on July 25, 1919 to the late Henry Manning and Lula Shierling Courson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Courson was a retried District Manager for Costal States Life Insurance Company and...

Theresa Faith Frier
Nov 14, 2008
Theresa Faith Frier, 47, of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 18, 1961 in Landstuhl, Germany, she was the daughter of Thomas F. and Betty V. Green Harper. She was a bookkeeper for GT's Wrecker Service and was a member of Azalea City Church of God.She is survived by her husband,...

Charles Blunt
Nov 12, 2008
Charles Blunt, 48, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at his residence. He was born on July 15, 1960 in Quitman to Nancy Lee Wollett Blunt and the late Thurston Howard Blunt. Charles is survived by one daughter, Cassandra Leigh Walker of South Carolina, his mother, Nancy Blunt of Valdosta, two brothers and one sister in law, Michael Blunt...

Charles Blunt
Nov 12, 2008
Charles Blunt, 48, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at his residence. He was born on July 15, 1960 in Quitman to Nancy Lee Wollett Blunt and the late Thurston Howard Blunt. Charles is survived by one daughter, Cassandra Leigh Walker of South Carolina, his mother, Nancy Blunt of Valdosta, two brothers and one sister in law, Michael Blunt...

Jack Heywood Puckett
Nov 12, 2008
JACK HEYWOOD PUCKETT, 78, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at his home. He was born in Hahira on February 11, 1930 to the late Edward D., Sr. and Mary Hall Puckett. He was educated in the Valdosta School System and served for six years in the United States Navy having went on several world tours. Mr. Puckett was...

Charles Bryan Johnson
Nov 12, 2008
CHARLES BRYAN JOHNSON, 64, of Valdosta, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 after a lengthy illness. He was born on August 1, 1944 in Florence, SC, and had lived in Valdosta since 1967. Mr. Johnson had served four years in the U.S. Marine Corp. and was co-owner of Johnson Distributing. He enjoyed playing golf, softball, fishing,...
Jack Ryan Lee
Nov 12, 2008
JACK RYAN LEE, 5 months and 2 days old was born on June 10, 2008 in Jacksonville, Florida. Our sweet baby boy passed away peacefully in his home on November 12, 2008. Special thanks to all whom prayed for him. Jack was our little fighter whom touched the lives of many.Jack has left behind to cherish his memory, his devoted...

Alberto Jackson Bruss
Nov 11, 2008
Alberto Jackson Bruss, infant son of Adam and Abigail (McVey) Bruss of Austin, Texas, died November 11, in Perugia, Italy. Alberto is survived by his parents; his grandparents, Herbert and Margrit Bruss of Idaville, Indiana, and Scott and Jackie McVey of Brunswick; great grandparents, Heinze Ruehle of Grand Blanc, Michigan, Doris Bruss of Port Sanilac, Michigan, Clara McVey of Brunswick,...

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...

Charles Calhoun
Nov 10, 2008
Charles Calhoun, 59, of Valdosta, died Monday, November 10, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on February 3, 1949 in Bowdon, he was the son of Thomas Landon and Ivy Dell Dyer Calhoun.He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Calhoun of Valdosta; daughter and son-in-law, Tina and Steve Mathews of Sarasota, FL; sons and daughter-in-law, Charles Burt Calhoun of...

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...