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

Carmie Lee Alligood Becton Colley
Jun 5, 2008
CARMIE LEE ALLIGOOD BECTON COLLEY, 80, of Lake Park and formerly of Valdosta, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 5, 2008 at her home. She was born in Jackson, KY on March 9, 1928, a daughter of the late Willard Roark and Alvida Roark Coody and Lonnie Coody. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church, enjoyed fishing and camping, and most...

Martha Ann Bartholomew
Jun 5, 2008
Martha Ann Bartholomew, 83, of Valdosta, died Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on September 17, 1924 in Keokuk, Iowa, and had lived in Valdosta for the last 40 years. She was the daughter of the late William Aaron and Valentine Lorig Bernhardt. Mrs. Bartholomew was a homemaker and a faithful member of...

Diane Fender Bellflower
Jun 5, 2008
Diane Fender Bellflower, 50, of Hahira died Thursday, June 5, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on September 23, 1957 to the late Billy and Lynda Amos Fender and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Bellflower was a member of the Assembly of God and was currently employed as the clerk for the...

Onnie Parker Ivey Dorminey
Jun 4, 2008
ONNIE PARKER IVEY DORMINEY, 76, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Cook County on July 28, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Charlie Parker and Lillian Williams Parker Glisson. Mrs. Dorminey attended the Abundant Life Church of God and was a member of the Bemiss United Methodist Church....

Evelyn Williamson Fant Lendeck
May 31, 2008
Evelyn Williamson Fant Lendeck, 89, of Hahira, died after a lengthy illness on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on June 4, 1918 in Donalds, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Annie Gertrude Williamson. Formerly of Ocala, FL Mrs. Lendeck had lived in this area for the past two years....

Olivia Jirsova Lockey
May 30, 2008
Olivia Jirsova Lockey, infant daughter of Donald V. and Jana Jirsova Lockey, died on May 30, 2009 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. A graveside service will be held on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 2 pm. at Sunset Hill Cemetery. Mr. Brian Jarvis will officiate. The Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the Lockey family. Condolences may be conveyed...

Dorothy Elizabeth Pinholster Belote
May 29, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Pinholster Belote, 82, died in her sleep on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at her home in Macon. Mrs. Belote was born in Lowndes County, Georgia, September 22, 1925. She was preceded in death by her mother; Elizabeth Parker Pinholster, her father, James Henry Pinholster, her former husband, W. F. Belote, her brothers, Cecil Pinholster, Dan Pinholster, Wade...

Frances Fender Blanton
May 28, 2008
Frances Blanton, 84, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Born in Nashville, GA she is preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Lola Prescott Fender. Mrs. Blanton was a homemaker and worked for Levi Strauss for many years. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Blanton is survived by two daughters, two sons and numerous grandchildren and...

Vivian Virginia Carter
May 27, 2008
Vivian Virginia Carter, 85, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Hamilton County, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Chester A. and Essie Bullard Sweat. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors are her daughters and son-in-law, Patricia Carter Oettmeier of...

Deloris Mildred Stewart
May 27, 2008
Deloris Mildred Stewart, 72, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at the home of her daughter. Born in Hamilton County, Florida, on July 11, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Ovida Cox Hunter. Mrs. Stewart was a retired medical records clerk. She was the widow of the late Burie O'Neal Stewart and she was...

William Loyd Starling
May 26, 2008
William Loyd Starling, 68, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 25, 2008. He was born on February 27, 1940 in Brooks County to the late John Harris Starling, Sr. and Annie Lou Shierling Starling. Mr. Starling was a United States Air Force veteran having served from 1959 until 1962. He was a retired millwright from Georgia Power and was a member...

Marian F. Rountree
May 26, 2008
Marian F. Rountree, 82, of Valdosta, died on Monday, May 26, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, on February 4, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John Wendell and Maude Richerson Mallery Finkell. Mrs. Rountree was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church in Valdosta and Union United Methodist Church...

Sara Slocum
May 26, 2008
Sara Slocum, 85, of Valdosta, died at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida on Monday, May 26, 2008. Born in Lowndes County on December 4, 1922, she was the daughter of the late J. O. V. and Lou Dees Lineberger. Mrs. Slocum and her husband, Gene owned and operated Gene's Galleries for many years. She was a member of...

Elias Jessie Moore, Jr.
May 25, 2008
Elias Jessie Moore, Jr., 74, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Born in Lowndes County on July 3, 1933, he was the son of the late Elias Jessie Moore and Katie Bell Moore. A U. S. Navy Veteran, Mr. Moore was retired from BellSouth. He was a Baptist. Survivors are his...

Billy Albert Corbett
May 25, 2008
Billy Albert Corbett, 67, lifelong resident of Echols County, died suddenly on Sunday, May 25, 2008. Mr. Corbett was the son of the late Oswald Aaron and Jessie Mae Sandlin Corbett. He was employed with PCA at Clyattville and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. A faithful member of Sardis Baptist Church, Mr. Corbett served as Head Deacon and...

Thomas Edwin Weaver
May 25, 2008
Thomas Edwin Weaver, TSgt USAF (Ret.), 72, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Rimersburg, PA on December 15, 1935 a son of Harry J. and Lottie B. Sybert Weaver. Following his marriage to Beverly A. Pollock he enlisted in the US Air Force, serving as an Aircraft Instrument Technician and...

James E. Morgan, Sr.
May 25, 2008
James E. Morgan, Sr., 84, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. He was born in Danbury, CT on July 2, 1923 a son of the late James I. and Georgia Morgan. Mr. Morgan and his wife Linda Alberta moved to Valdosta twenty years ago. Mr. Morgan was a self-employed builder in...

Eugenia Fletcher Lewis
May 25, 2008
Eugenia Fletcher Lewis of Valdosta, went to be with God and her beloved husband, Remer L. Lewis, Sunday morning, May 25, 2008. She was a native of Lowndes County for 86 years. A member of Adel Church of Christ, she had of late moved her membership to Forrest Park Church of Christ. Mrs. Lewis was a resident of Langdale Place...

David Lee (Bubba) Coody, Jr.
May 25, 2008
David Lee (Bubba) Coody, Jr., 34, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Echols County. Born in Valdosta, on June 29, 1973 he was a graduate of Lowndes High School and Valdosta Technical College. and was employed as an electrician with Langboard. David was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. He was an avid runner and...

Mathel Jr. (Pete) Phillips
May 25, 2008
Mathel Jr. (Pete) Phillips, 62, of Valdosta, died on Sunday May 25, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Valdosta to the late Barney Maxwell and Rudell Knox Phillips, he was a retired self-employed truck driver and had served in the U.S. Army. He was a Viet Nam veteran and had attended church at both...