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

Bradley Alexander Hodge
Mar 12, 2008
Bradley Alexander Hodge, 56, of Hahira died Wednesday, March 12, 2008. He was born in Warren, Ohio on March 26, 1951 and had lived in this area most of his life. Mr. Hodge was a Lutheran and a veteran of the United States Army serving as a Green Beret in Vietnam. He was a steel building erector and an avid...

Lucille Cave Bloodworth
Mar 10, 2008
Lucille Cave Bloodworth, 84, of Valdosta died at her residence on Monday, March 10, 2008. Born on August 28, 1923 in Stonewall County, Texas, she was the daughter of the late William and Ora Brittain Cave. Mrs. Bloodworth was retired as a nurse at South Georgia Medical Center and was a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived by her...

John Michael Ligethy
Mar 7, 2008
John Michael Ligethy, 88, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 7, 2008 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. A family memorial service will be held in California at a later date. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602...

Leona Strickland Hudson
Mar 6, 2008
Leona Strickland Hudson, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Mrs. Hudson was born May 2, 1920 at her home at 1006 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia. She was the daughter of William Roberts Strickland and Rosa Hill Strickland. Her first seven grades of school were at the "Training School" of Georgia State Women's...

Tommy Radney, Jr.
Mar 5, 2008
Tommy Radney, Jr., 37, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on September 24, 1970 in Valdosta and had lived here all of his life. Mr. Radney worked at the Wooden Nickel Pub. His greatest achievement was to raise his three children.Mr. Radney is survived by his wife, Loretta Ann Radney, three...

Beatrice Hemby Strickland
Mar 5, 2008
BEATRICE HEMBY STRICKLAND, 93, of Lake Park and formerly of Columbus died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 3, 1914 in Crenshaw County, Alabama to the late James M. and Rosa Lee Kennedy Owens and had lived most of her life in Columbus before moving to Lake Park. She was a member...

Elwanda Cook
Mar 5, 2008
Elwanda Cook, 72, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on August 30, 1935 in Cairo, GA to the late Willie Lee and Hattie Mae Sellars Nix. Mrs. Cook was retired from Snow White Cleaners.She is survived by her husband, Elmo D. Cook of Valdosta, two sons, Gary McKown of Valdosta, Jerry McKown...

Vastine Arrington Herndon
Mar 5, 2008
VASTINE ARRINGTON HERNDON, 83, of Valdosta died Wednesday March 5, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Lake Wales, Florida on March 8, 1924 to the late Johnny and Annie Bagley Arrington and had lived in Valdosta most of her life. Mrs. Herndon was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and a member of the Grace Baptist...

Rubye E. Culpepper Corbett
Mar 4, 2008
Rubye E. Culpepper Corbett, 89, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. She was born on April 6, 1918 in Echols County to the late Frank and Nan Browning Culpepper. Mrs. Corbett was an accountant with Eastern Airlines, a member of Abundant Life Church of God where she taught Sunday school, was in charge of...

Roscoe Lester Parrish, Jr.
Mar 3, 2008
ROSCOE LESTER PARRISH, JR., 80, of Valdosta died Monday, March 3, 2008 at his home. He was born on July 3, 1927 in Lowndes County to the late Roscoe Lester, Sr. and Marcella Weldon Parrish. Mr. Parrish had lived in Fitzgerald for fifteen years before moving back to Valdosta many years ago. He was a member of the Northside Baptist...

Virginia G. Sparkman
Mar 3, 2008
Virginia G. Sparkman, 83, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 after a long illness. Born February 5, 1925 in Thomasville, she was preceded in death by her parents, Evelyn and Lovick Green, her husband, Joe Sparkman and her sister, Martha Martin. She is survived by daughters, Suzy Hall of Valdosta and Cathy Burns (Dan) of Oviedo, FL, two...

Marguerite Ann Strickland Wisenbaker
Mar 3, 2008
Marguerite Ann Strickland Wisenbaker, 88, of Dasher, died Monday, March 3, 2008 at Heartland Hospice in Macon. Born on April 11, 1919 in Miami, FL, she was the daughter of the late Charles Claton and Nellie Louise Strickland. She was a member of WOFSY, the Red Hat Society and the Best Grandma Society. Mrs. Wisenbaker was a member of Dasher...

Gladys Mary Lewis
Mar 3, 2008
Gladys M. Lewis, 71, of Valdosta, died Monday, March 3, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Salford, Ontario, Canada on March 19, 1936 to the late Maxwell Samuel and Elsie Mae Wilson Phillips. Mrs. Lewis was a homemaker and a member of Jennings United Methodist Church.She is survived by her husband, Alton Lewis of Valdosta, three...

Margaret O. Mcpherson
Mar 2, 2008
Margaret O. McPherson, 89, of Valdosta beloved mother, mother in law and family Matriarch passed away at her home with her family beside her on Sunday, March 2, 2008. She was born in Spring City, Tennessee to the late Albert F. and Florence Faust Odom. She graduated as valedictorian from Paducah Jr. College at the age of 44 in 1964...

Mary Catherine Coffey
Mar 1, 2008
Mary Catherine Coffey, 75, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Atlanta, on September 11, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William F. and Clyde Thomas Pendleton. Mrs. Coffey was a Nurse Practitioner for Dr. Frank Q. Smith and Southern OB/GYN until her retirement. She was a...

Glenda Wildes Cason
Feb 29, 2008
Glenda Wildes Cason, 69, of Douglasville, Georgia died unexpectedly on Friday, February 29, 2008 after a very short illness. She was the daughter of R.H. and Emma Thrift Wildes of Folkston, Georgia. A 1956 graduate of Charlton County High School, Glenda later graduated from the Dell School of Medical Technology in Asheville, North Carolina. She was employed in many hospitals...

Robert "Bob" Futch
Feb 27, 2008
Robert "Bob" Futch, 83, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on September 25, 1924 in St. Elmo, Tennessee to the late Lacy Elbert and Jewell Wright Futch. Mr. Futch was a retired life insurance agent with Coastal States Life Insurance Company and was a retired salesman with Wilkes Construction. He...

Rosemary Mildred Amiot
Feb 25, 2008
Rosemary Mildred Amiot, 91, of Valdosta entered eternal life on Monday, February 25, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio on October 16, 1916 and was the daughter of the late Anna (Swain) and Erdan Peffley. She was preceded in death by her husband, William F. Amiot and her five siblings, Isabel Freeman, Marge Chalfant,...

Gladys Harrell O'Neal
Feb 25, 2008
Gladys Harrell O'Neal, 87, of Valdosta, died Monday, February 25, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on September 19, 1920 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Lum and Annie Harp Harrell. Mrs. O'Neal was a member of Forrest Park Church of Christ.She is survived by her husband, Charles O'Neal, Sr. of Valdosta; sons and daughters-in-law,...

Thomas (Tom) E. Neel
Feb 24, 2008
Thomas E. (Tom) Neel age 79, of Lake Park Georgia passed away Sunday morning February 24, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center from complication of Congestive Heart Failure. He was born on July 30, 1928 in Ft. Myers Florida to the late James B. and Ernestine T. Neel. In 1939 his family moved to St. Petersburg Florida, where they resided...