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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Judy Allen Pettigrew
Feb 11, 2008
Judy Allen Pettigrew, 49, of Valdosta died Monday, February 11, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on September 18, 1958 in Cincinnati, OH, she was the daughter of Marvin Allen and Rose Petrey Allen. She was a member of Open Door Baptist Church in Adel.She is survived by her son, Kenneth Matthew Pettigrew of Milledgeville; mother and...
Richard Allen Myers
Feb 11, 2008
RICHARD ALLEN MYERS, 64, of Valdosta died Monday, February 11, 2008 at his home. He was born in Washington, DC on October 1, 1943 to the late Richard Allen, Sr. and Faith King Myers and was formerly of Madison, Florida and moved to Valdosta twenty five years ago. Mr. Myers was a graduate of Madison County Florida High School and...
Virgil Bynum, Jr.
Feb 11, 2008
Virgil Bynum, Jr. 78, of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 11, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House following a short illness. Formerly of Greenville, SC and born in Ft. Valley to the late Virgil and Jackie Teece Bynum, he had lived in this area for the past two years. Mr. Bynum graduated from Valdosta High School in 1948 and is a...
Irma Gilbert
Feb 7, 2008
Irma Gilbert, 85, of Ray City, died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on May 7, 1923 in Freising, Germany, she was the daughter of the late August and Emma Wagner. She was a door greeter at Wal-Mart.She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Tina and Sam Wills of Ray City, Melisa and Greg Frye of...
Frank Rentz, Jr.
Feb 7, 2008
Frank Rentz, Jr., 73, of Valdosta, died at his residence on Thursday, February 7, 2008. Born on March 7, 1934 in Brooks County, he was the son of the late Frank, Sr. and Nolie Akins Rentz. He was an accounting technician and clerk for the U.S. Postal Service. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army. Mr. Rentz enjoyed...
Gene "Johnny" Dennis
Feb 7, 2008
GENE "JOHNNY" DENNIS, 81, of Lehigh Acres, Florida and formerly of Valdosta died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at the Health Park Hospice in Ft. Myers, Florida. He was born on October 7, 1926 in Kent, Florida to the late Charlie and Essie Mae Hendricks Dennis. Mr. Dennis was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Valdosta. Mr. Dennis was...
Lillie (Mrs. Lillie) Sandlin
Feb 6, 2008
LILLIE (MRS. LILLIE) SANDLIN, 77, of Lake Park died suddenly after a period of declining health on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at her home. She was born on January 7, 1931 in Pendleton, South Carolina and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Sandlin was a very devout Christian and member of the Lake Park Church of God and...
Russell Harding Lewis, Jr.
Feb 6, 2008
Russell (Sonny) Lewis, 63, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at his residence. He was born on June 3, 1944 in Eufaula, AL to the late Russell Harding Lewis, Sr. and Alice Beasley Lewis. Sonny was a produce salesman and a United States Army veteran.He is survived by two step daughters, Tammy Carter and Lena Carter of Eufaula, AL,...
Emma Katherine (Kathy) Crosby
Feb 4, 2008
Emma Katherine (Kathy) Crosby, 55 of Echols County, died on Monday, February 4, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Cairo to the late Dan S. & Bertha Mae Crosby, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Kathy was devoted to her family and was a wonderful and loving mother, grandmother, wife and friend....
Phyllis Bennett Harbuck Friesen
Feb 3, 2008
Phyllis Bennett Harbuck Friesen, 58, of Valdosta, died after a short illness on Sunday, February 3, 2008. Born in Adel, Georgia, on February 17, 1949 she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Roy and Myrtice Whittle Bennett. Mrs. Friesen was a Baptist. Survivors are her son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Ronda Harbuck of Ray City; grandchildren, Jerrod Thompson and...
Holly Wiggins
Feb 3, 2008
Obit on Holly Lynn WigginsHolly Lynn Wiggins, 29, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 3, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Grand Forks, ND on August 25, 1978. Holly was a homemaker and was of the Episcopal faith.Survivors include her husband, Lawrence Wiggins; three children, Stephen Cannady, Jaromey Cannady, and Jackson Wiggins all of Valdosta; her parents, Ronald...
Jennifer Paige Stone
Feb 3, 2008
JENNIFER PAIGE STONE, 19, of Hahira died Sunday, February 3, 2008 as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born on June 20, 1988 in Valdosta and was a lifelong resident of this area. Jennifer was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and loved life, water skiing, sports and being with her family...
Evelyn Sewell Ricketts
Feb 2, 2008
Evelyn Sewell Ricketts, 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born in Lockhart, Alabama on January 1, 1921 to the late D. R. and Luanna Rogers Sewell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Ricketts was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she...
Charlotte Coppage Wasson
Feb 2, 2008
Charlotte Coppage Wasson, 69, of Hahira, died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on January 31, 1939 to the late Slater L. and Udelle Fletcher Coppage. Mrs. Wasson graduated from Fitzgerald High School, attended Valdosta State University and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. She received an associates degree...
John Rowland Brownlee, Jr.
Feb 1, 2008
JOHN ROWLAND BROWNLEE, JR., 76, of Valdosta died Friday, February 1, 2008 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 27, 1931 in Shamrock, Florida to the late John Rowland, Jr. and Gussie Baughman Brownlee and had lived in Valdosta most of his life. He was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ and...
Lester Frank Canady
Feb 1, 2008
LESTER FRANK CANADY, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, February 1, 2008 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville after a lengthy illness. He was born in Colquitt County to the late Robert L. and Mattie Bell Harrell Canady and had lived in Valdosta for twenty nine years. Mr. Canady was retired from the United States Coast Guard and a...
Joseph (Joe) Alvin Gore
Feb 1, 2008
Dr. Joseph Alvin Gore, 72, of Valdosta, Georgia died Friday, February 1, 2008 in Atlanta, aboard a plane that was to take him and his wife Jane to another ski adventure in Montana. Joe Gore was born in Huntington, West Virginia on August 29, 1935 to the late Edgar and Neva Gore. He enjoyed his youth in Evansville, Indiana, where...
Amanda Boyette Love
Jan 27, 2008
Amanda Boyette Love, longtime resident of Lowndes County, died at the age of ninety-one on January 27, 2008. Mrs. Love was well known and active with many civic and church organizations in the area. Born on April 5th, 1916, to the late Leona Crum Boyette and Jesse Thomas Boyette, she grew up on farm in northern Lowndes County with four...
Anna Groover Carr
Jan 27, 2008
Anna Groover Carr, 92, of Holly Hill, Florida died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the New Smyrna Beach Hospice House in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Mrs. Carr was the daughter of the late Benjamin H. and Mary Alice Smith Groover and the widow of Willard Wade Carr. She is survived by her nieces, nephews and cousins and their families. Graveside...
Laverne Wayne Lane
Jan 27, 2008
LaVerne Wayne Lane, 65, of Valdosta, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 30, 1942 in Eau Claire, WI, he was the son of States Henry and Violet McNair Lane. He was a retired Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force and served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. He was a lifetime...
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