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Theresa Lahood Joseph
Apr 5, 2023
Theresa LaHood Joseph, 87, of Valdosta, peacefully passed away the morning of April 5, 2023. Theresa was born in Valdosta to the late Tofy John “T.J.” LaHood and Sarah Toney LaHood and lived most of her life in this area. Theresa lived for twenty years in Jacksonville Beach, FL following her husband’s death, before returning to Valdosta in 2021. Theresa...
Sybil Taylor Langdale
Apr 4, 2023
Sybil Taylor Langdale, 74 of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Born in Clyattville to the late Crancie Vernon Taylor & Gladys Hardee Taylor, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Sybil grew up here and graduated from Lowndes High School in 1966. Soon after high school, Sybil met...
Kenneth Lee Dressel
Apr 2, 2023
Kenneth Lee “Kenny” “Pogo” Dressel, 64, of Gilbert, Arizona passed away on April 2, 2023. Kenny was born on April 15, 1958, to Joan and Thomas Dressel in Long Beach, California. A proud veteran, Kenny devoted over two decades to his country in the United States Air Force. He married the love of his life, Robin, on May 29, 1982,...
Bobbie Marcelle Harvey
Apr 1, 2023
Bobbie Marcelle Abel Harvey, 96, died on 1 April 2023 at Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta, GA after a lengthy struggle with Lewy body dementia. She was born in a log cabin in Hixson, TN on 1 June 1926 to Robert Franklin Abel and Nancy Mae Hixson. In 1928, her family moved to Rockwood, TN where she spent most of...
Violet Weathersbee Villepigue
Mar 31, 2023
Violet Weathersbee Villepigue, 91, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on March 31st surrounded by her family. She was born in Bath, South Carolina on February 28, 1932, to the late Olin Frampton Weathersbee and Patsy Bridges Weathersbee. She and her late husband, Harrington Yates Villepigue of Camden, South Carolina, were residents of North Augusta, South Carolina for close to fifty...
Ken Courson
Mar 29, 2023
Ken Courson,72, of Valdosta died peacefully at home March 29, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Valdosta on October 5, 1950, he was the son of Lee L and Otha Watley Courson. He was a graduate of Lowndes County High School and of the Valdosta Technical Institute Machine Technology Program. He then served in the U.S. Navy during...
Aldean (Dean) Dukes, Jr.
Mar 29, 2023
Aldean (Dean) Dukes, Jr., 61, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. He was a lifelong resident of Valdosta, born on November 22, 1961 to the late Aldean Franklin Dukes, Sr. and Doris Herman Dukes. He was a 1979 graduate of Lowndes High School where he had played the trumpet. His avid love for music grew from his...
David James Kindschy
Mar 27, 2023
David James Kindschy, 86 of Hahira, died on March 27, 2023, in Cook County. Born in Arcadia, Wisconsin, on April 28, 1936, he was the son of the late Ralph C. and Gertrude Becker Kindschy. He was a 1954 graduate of Blair High School in Blair, Wisconsin. David proudly served his country in the United States Army, Army Reserves and...
Deborah Wooten Watts Hase
Mar 26, 2023
Deborah Wooten Watts Hase passed peacefully March 26, 2023, in Valdosta, at Langdale Hospice House in the company of her loving husband, daughter and grandson. Deborah was born in Lumberton, North Carolina and was the oldest of five children born to Ben and Ethel Wooten. The family later relocated to Savannah, where Ben worked at Union Bag Paper Mill rising...
Lou Nell Culpepper Hughes
Mar 25, 2023
Lou Nell Culpepper Hughes, 85, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Born in Echols County to the late James Euell Culpepper and Cuba Loraine Kinsey Culpepper, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Growing up in Echols County, she was a 1955 graduate of Echols County High School. Nell grew up with Daniel Hughes. They...
Eleanor Carter Thomas
Mar 24, 2023
Eleanor Carter Thomas, 89, of Valdosta, and formerly of Jacksonville, Florida, died on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a period of declining health. She was born in Waycross, Georgia on March 29, 1933, to the late Luther and Rhoda Lavada Wilcox Carter. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. Her family moved to Portsmouth,...
Florence Bone
Mar 23, 2023
Florence Wilkinson Bone passed away on March 23, 2023 in her Hahira home after battling a long illness. While announcing this information is the purpose of this obituary, it is not the focus of the story that follows because she was so much more than the end of her life. She was born in Katy, Texas on December 29, 1942...
Patricia (Pat) Davis
Mar 23, 2023
Patricia (Pat) Hamrick Davis, 85, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born in Norcross, Georgia on November 11, 1937, to the late Dan Virgil and Dora Evelyn Holbrook Hamrick. She was the oldest of Dan and Dora’s five children. Pat was a homemaker and a member of Park...
Brent Lee Dixon
Mar 20, 2023
Brent Lee Dixon, 35, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2023 at South Georgia Medical Center in the arms of his wife of 13 years. He was born in Valdosta on February 16, 1988 to Karen Arnold Browning and the late Thomas L. Dixon.
Brent loved his family and his church. Brent accomplished many things despite his disabilities. He...
Maurice Jefferson Willis, Jr.
Mar 20, 2023
Maurice Jefferson (Jeff) Willis, Jr., 72, of Valdosta, died on Monday, March 20, 2023, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on November 11, 1950, to the late Maurice Jefferson, Sr., and Bertha Beaty Willis and has been a lifelong resident of this area. Jeff worked in sales with the Cregger Company and a member...
Donald L. Tippett
Mar 19, 2023
Donald L. Tippett, 81, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 following a short illness. He was born in Walhalla, South Carolina to the late Martin Tippett and Catherine King Tippett. Mr. Tippett worked in the shoe industry for 60 years, with a large majority of those years at Country Cobbler. He was married to Rebecca Starling Tippett...
Christin N. Lein
Mar 19, 2023
Christin N. Lein, 23, of Dupont, GA, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 in Tifton, GA. She was born in Valdosta, GA, on April 29, 1999 to Christopher B. Lein and Valerie Carver Walters. Christin liked going to the beach and loved animals. She was dearly loved and had a big heart for helping others.
Christin is survived by her...
Jacson Thompson
Mar 18, 2023
Jacson Thompson, 21, of Hahira, died suddenly, at his home on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Born in Valdosta on November 16, 2001, he grew up in Hahira and attended school there. A 2020 graduate of Lowndes High School, Jacson played baseball for the Vikings, after playing the game he loved since the age of 9. While at Lowndes, he met...
Skip (Dorothy A.) Stouffer
Mar 17, 2023
Skip (Dorothy A.) Stouffer, 92, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on March 17, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones. Born on January 23, 1931, in Bessemer, AL, Skip was the daughter of James and Frances Shipp. She was preceded in death by her husband, Myron E. Stouffer Sr. and her parents.
As a child, Dottie, as she was affectionately known then,...
Infant Wiley Randall Poore
Mar 16, 2023
Infant Wiley Randall Poore son of Constance Bennett and William Poore, II, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Greg and Tammy Edmondson, of Quitman, and Patricia Bennett, of Valdosta; and many family members and friends. He was loved and will be deeply missed.
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