OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Earl Gaskins, Sr.
Jan 11, 2008
Earl Gaskins, Sr., 76, of Valdosta, died Friday, January 11, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after battling a long illness. He was born on June 11, 1931 in Berrien County to the late Lester and Lessie Rogers Gaskins. Mr. Gaskins worked for Regent Mobile Homes for twenty one years, the Lowndes County School System for ten years and most...
Lucille Mills Small
Jan 10, 2008
Lucille Mills Small, 93, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on May 20, 1914 in Valdosta she was the daughter of Mills and Carrie Wisenbaker. She was a descendent of the Salzburger Settlers and was the great great granddaughter of Richard Herman Wisenbaker who settled Lowndes County in the early 1800’s. She loved and...
Celita "Pat" Nichols
Jan 9, 2008
Celita “Pat” Nichols, 68, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Sarasota, FL on May 22, 1939 to the late Jessie Lewis and Ruby Lee Page. Mrs. Nichols was a homemaker and attended Greenwood Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Irie “Nick” Nichols of Valdosta, four daughters, Debbie Messimore of...
Elsie Folsom Coffey
Jan 9, 2008
ELSIE FOLSOM COFFEY, 84, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in January 13, 1923 in Mitchell County to the late Robert Felton and Maudie Williams Folsom and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Coffey was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World. She retired...
Billie Jean Salter
Jan 8, 2008
Mrs. Billie Jean Salter, 78 of Valdosta, Georgia, died on January 3, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. Born in Hub, Mississippi on September 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Mack and Rozella Bass. Mrs. Salter was office manager for Dr. M.A. Bodron until her retirement. She was a member of Parkview...
Robert Clayton (R.C.) Long
Jan 7, 2008
Robert Clayton (R.C.) Long, 80, of Lake Park died after a brief illness on Monday, January 7, 2008 at his residence. Born on January 6, 1928 in Hawkinsville, he was the son of Henry C. and Ionia Long. He was a worker all his life, he worked for over 35 years at the Strickland Cotton Mill as a maintenance mechanic,...
Blanche Coody Mcgill
Jan 6, 2008
Blanche Coody McGill, 82, of Valdosta, formerly of Tifton, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on July 14, 1925 in Pinetta, FL, she was the daughter of the late Lott and Lorena Jordan Coody. Mrs. McGill was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Rachel and George...
Barbara Faye Mccullers Rogers
Jan 6, 2008
Barbara Faye McCullers Rogers, 59, of Thomasville and formerly of Lowndes County died Sunday, January 6, 2008 Archbold Hospital in Thomasville. She was born in Dublin on July 10, 1948 to Donnie Thomas McCullers and the late Claude J. McCullers. Mrs. Rogers lived in Lowndes County most of her life before moving to Thomasville one year and half ago. Survivors...
Eleanor Roberts
Jan 6, 2008
Eleanor Roberts, 81, of Lake Park died after a short illness on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on February 12, 1926 in Chillicothe, OH, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Mary Wyman Maughmer. She was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church and was a Past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star.She is...
Doris Forehand Chaney
Jan 5, 2008
DORIS FOREHAND CHANEY, 86, of Hahira died Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on January 3, 1922 in Thomaston to the late E. Carl and Carrie Ingram Forehand and had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Chaney was a Baptist.Survivors include her children and spouses, James Larry and Jan Marie Chaney of...
Steve H. Collins
Jan 5, 2008
Steven H. Collins, 54, of Valdosta died suddenly on Saturday, January 5, 2008 in Hamilton County, Fl.Services for Steve Collins will be held at 2 p.m. Friday January 11, 2008 in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. The burial will take place at...
Charles Houston Powell
Jan 5, 2008
CHARLES HOUSTON POWELL, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, January 4, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on July 10, 1932 in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Omar and Arie Whitefield Powell and had been a resident of Valdosta for the past fifty years. Mr. Powell was a member of the First United Methodist...
Dallas White Vann
Jan 5, 2008
Dallas White Vann, 67, of Valdosta died Saturday, January 5, 2008 at her residence. Born on September 28, 1940 in Lowndes County she was the daughter of the late James and Ruby Sellars White. She was retired as a Lowndes County school bus driver. Mrs. Vann is of the Baptist faith.She is survived by her husband, Franklin Vann of Valdosta;...
Florence S. Yale
Jan 4, 2008
FLORENCE S.YALE, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, January 4, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a long term illness. She was born on February 14, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Harold C. and Sybilla Albrecht Fuller and had lived in Valdosta for forty six years. Mrs. Yale was a homemaker and a server at Morrison’s Cafeteria. She...
Edythe Matthews Fowler
Jan 2, 2008
Edythe Matthews Fowler, 93, known to many as “Miss Edythe” of San Diego, California and formerly of Twin Lakes went peacefully to the Lord on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 surrounded by her family. She was residing at ‘Silverado’, a beautiful, caring Alzheimer’s home in Escondido, California over the past year. Before moving there she was a longtime resident of Twin...
A. Legary Busby
Jan 2, 2008
A. LeGary Busby, 67, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on February 9, 1940 in Columbus, Georgia to the late Charles (Charlie) Arthur and Annie Pauline Pemberton Busby. Mr. Busby was retired as Plant Manager for Reames Concrete Company and was a member of Charity Baptist Church where he served as...
Johanna Mueller Freeman
Dec 31, 2007
Valdosta - Johanna Mueller Freeman, 79, died Monday, December 31, 2007, at the Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, Mrs. Freeman had lived in Valdosta for the past 39 years. She was retired from Civil Service as a vocational counselor. She was Episcopalian. Mrs. Freeman is survived by her daughter, Helen Freeman of Atlanta, GA;...
Nell Pollock
Dec 30, 2007
Nell Pollock, 81, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. Born on September 4, 1926, in Bainbridge to the late L.C. & Estell Ward Smith, she had lived in this area for the past 32 years. Mrs. Pollock was a homemaker but also had worked for McCrory’s for 35 years. She...
Dean Legette
Dec 30, 2007
Dean M. Legette, 39, of Valdosta died Sunday, December 30, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 6, 1968 in Hahira, he was the son of Lamar and Joan Legette. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church.He is survived by his son, Josh Legette of Valdosta; daughter, Sara Legette of Nashville; mother and father, Lamar and Joan...
Walter Stanley Zakrzeski
Dec 30, 2007
Obit on Walter ZakrzeskiWalter Stanley Zakrzeski, Jr., 59, of Valdosta died on Sunday, December 30, 2007 after a brief illness.He was born on May 12, 1948 in Little Rock, Arkansas to the late Walter Stanley Zakrzeski, Sr. and Dorothy Huffman DuPree. Mr. Zakrzeski was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Vietnam and had last worked in the printing industry...
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