OBITUARIES

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

Ina Z. Morris

Ina Z. Morris

Dec 8, 2007

Ina Z. Morris, age 90, of Valdosta and the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, Georgia, died Saturday, December 8, 2007. She was born in Lowndes County to Benjamin Oscar and Bessie Davis Zipperer on January 6, 1917. Up until the last 4 months she resided in Lowndes County all of her life. Mrs. Morris was homemaker with a love for her...

Mary Francis Hickman

Mary Francis Hickman

Dec 8, 2007

Mary Francis Hickman, 68, of Lake Park, died Saturday, December 8, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, following a lengthy illness. Born in Lowndes County, Georgia on February 5, 1939, she was the daughter of the late M.G. and Evelyn H. Kinsey Porter. She had worked as a supervisor for Southern Bell and was a member of Northside...

Blanche Estell Garrett

Blanche Estell Garrett

Dec 8, 2007

Blanche Estell Garrett, 70, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Hospice House. No services are planned. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Garrett. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Christopher Wayne Exum

Christopher Wayne Exum

Dec 7, 2007

Christopher Wayne (Chris) Exum, 18, of Valdosta, died Friday, December 07, 2007, in an automobile accident. Born in Valdosta on March 16, 1989, he was the son of Arthur Wayne and Ruth Ann Hunter Exum. He was a member of First Baptist Church and was a student in the Lowndes County School System. Chris was a kind-hearted boy. He was...

Christopher Wayne Exum

Christopher Wayne Exum

Dec 7, 2007

Christopher Wayne (Chris) Exum, 18, of Valdosta, died Friday, December 07, 2007, in an automobile accident. He was born in Valdosta, the son of Arthur Wayne and Ruth Ann Hunter Exum. He was a member of First Baptist Church, a student of the Lowndes County School System. He was a kind-hearted boy and outdoorsman that loved to hunt deer and...

Janie Ruth Shiver

Janie Ruth Shiver

Dec 7, 2007

Janie Ruth Shiver, 59, of Valdosta, died on Friday, December 7, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Ware County, Georgia on May 6, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Lester Pittman and Nannie Doris Ruskin Pittman. Mrs. Shiver was a homemaker. Survivors are her husband, Earl Carter; her mother, Nannie Doris Pittman of Waycross; her children,...

Mamie L. Daniels

Mamie L. Daniels

Dec 7, 2007

Mamie L. Daniels, 90, of Quitman, died on Friday, December 7, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Monticello, Florida on April 3, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Lou Kinsey. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Mrs. Daniels is survived by her husband of 69 years, L. S. Daniels also of Quitman; a...

Panzy Ferrell

Panzy Ferrell

Dec 5, 2007

Panzy Goforth Ferrell, 71, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hickory, North Carolina on May 5, 1936 to the late Rubin and Frances Huntzinger Ferrell. She was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She is survived by a daughter and son in law, Krystal and Warren Moore of...

H. M. Barfield

H. M. Barfield

Dec 5, 2007

H. M. Barfield, Jr. 85, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at his home in Hahira. H. M. was born in Hahira on March 30, 1922 to the late Hurram Mason (Hum) Barfield and Lillian McNeal Barfield. In 1942 he joined the Army Air Corps and went on to serve his country in the China/India/Burma theatre with 383rd Air...

Ella R. Podds

Ella R. Podds

Dec 4, 2007

Ella R. Podds, 91, of Valdosta, Georgia, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Langdale Hospice House. Born September 10, 1916 in Manhasset, New York, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Gabriella Albrecht Podstupka. She graduated from Manhasset High School in 1934 and the Grand Central School of Art in New York City in 1939. She retired from...

Sarah Estelle Green

Sarah Estelle Green

Dec 3, 2007

Sarah Estelle Green, 96, of Lake Park died on Monday, December 3, 2007 at her residence following a short illness. She was born in Brooks County to the late John Henry and Emma Hall Guess and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a homemaker, a member of Forrest Park Church of Christ, and a devoted loving...

Robert Banks Anderson, Jr.

Robert Banks Anderson, Jr.

Dec 2, 2007

Robert Banks Anderson, Jr., 72, of Valdosta, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Mr. Anderson was born April 28, 1935 in Bristol, VA, the eldest son of the late Robert Banks Anderson, Sr. and Miriam Mixson Anderson. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and King College in Bristol, TN.Mr. Anderson was active...

Roberta Jean Stephenson

Roberta Jean Stephenson

Dec 2, 2007

Roberta “Bobbie” Jean Stephenson, 78, of Hahira died at home surrounded by her loving family on December 2, 2007 after a 4 ½ year battle with cancer. Born in Birmingham, AL on March 21, 1929, she was the daughter of Robert and Ruth Turner Smith. She was employed by South Georgia Medical Center as an RN in the newborn nursery...

Mary Helen Hensley

Mary Helen Hensley

Dec 2, 2007

Mary Helen Rountree Hensley, 85, of Hahira, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Hahira on September 23, 1922 to the late Jack and Claudia Lawson Rountree. Mrs. Hensley was a homemaker and worked at Commercial Bank in Hahira for many years. She was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church.Mrs. Hensley is survived by...

James O. Pickles

James O. Pickles

Dec 2, 2007

“… But the greatest of these is love.” I Corin. 13:13. Our beloved James O. “Pick” Pickles, 82, left his earthly family to join his Heavenly Father and family on Sunday morning, December 2, 2007. He was born on December 4, 1924, in Madison, Florida, to James Avery “Uncle Bud” Pickles and Pearl Beatrice Bass and lived in Madison until...

Joella Blackburn

Joella Blackburn

Nov 29, 2007

Joella Blackburn, 77 of Valdosta, died suddenly on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Blackburn was born in Nashville, GA to the late Raymond & Eunice Johnson. She taught school in her earlier years and started the kindergarten program at Christ Episcopal Church where she taught for 10 years. More recently, Mrs. Blackburn was a realtor here for...

Charles E. Millhorn

Charles E. Millhorn

Nov 29, 2007

Charles E. “Skelly” Millhorn, 73, of Valdosta, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 16, 1934 in Bristol, VA to the late Marshall and Eula Dixon Millhorn. Mr. Millhorn was retired after over thirty years of service from Langdale Industries from the security and courier service. He was a United States Army...

Rose M. Elliott

Rose M. Elliott

Nov 28, 2007

ROSE M. ELLIOTT, 69, of Valdosta died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. She was born in Valdosta on March 12, 1938 in Valdosta to the late George T. and Ruth Morris Mulligan. Mrs. Elliott was a Presbyterian and retired from Capitol City and Cumberland Valley Shows.Survivors include two daughters, Ginger Cassotta and Mindy Ballard both...

Melba R. Babcock

Melba R. Babcock

Nov 28, 2007

Melba R. Babcock, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at the Langdale Place. She was born on November 17, 1921 in Randolph County, Illinois to the late Elmer Guy Rigdon and Katie Mearns Rigdon. Mrs. Babcock was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she served as treasurer of the Sallie Lou Cranford Sunday School Class and...

Don Dines

Don Dines

Nov 28, 2007

Don Dines, 68, of Valdosta died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at the Langdale Hospice House. Born in Danville, IL on June 18, 1939, he was the son of the late Ralph Alvin and Ercel Mildred Watson Dines. His favorite pastime was working. He started his garage (Don’s Garage) in 1982 on Cedar Hill Dr, which he eventually turned over to...

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