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

Florence Christine Weldon

Florence Christine Weldon

Feb 24, 2007

Florence Christine Weldon, 86, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on May 20, 1920 in Brooks County to the late Thomas Gettis Dampier and Sankie Annie Cooper Dampier, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Beginning in the 1940’s, Mrs. Weldon worked for several years at...

John Glock

John Glock

Feb 24, 2007

John Glock, 76, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 24, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mr. Glock will be cremated according to his wishes, and a private family memorial service will follow 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:...

Charles Edward Lambert, Sr.

Charles Edward Lambert, Sr.

Feb 22, 2007

Charles E. Lambert, Sr., 62, of Hahira passed away Thursday, February 22, 2007 at his home. He was born on January 18, 1945 in Wiersdale, Florida to the late Ed and Lora Lambert and had lived in this area since 1990. Mr. Lambert was a retired brickmason and enjoyed fishing.Survivors include a son and daughter in law, Terry and Lisa...

Charles Brown Phillips

Charles Brown Phillips

Feb 22, 2007

Charles Brown Phillips, 80, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born January 7, 1927 in Eclectic, AL, he was the son of the late Charles Wesley and Nell Brown Phillips. Mr. Phillips graduated from Elmore County High School in 1944. He was a United States Navy veteran having served...

Turner Morgan Hiers

Turner Morgan Hiers

Feb 21, 2007

Turner Morgan Hiers, 98 of Valdosta, died on Monday, Feburary 19, 2007, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a period of declining health. Born on February 2, 1909, in Brooks County, he was the son of the late John Morgan and Emma Mosely Hiers. He graduated from Pavo High School, and after studying journalism at the University of Georgia,...

Chester (Chet) Bunte

Chester (Chet) Bunte

Feb 20, 2007

Chester (Chet) Bunte, 73 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at his residence suddenly after a period of declining health. Born on October 6, 1933 in Quincy, Illinois, he was the son of the late Elvin Chester and Maxine Jessie West Bunte. He retired from the United States Navy, having served during the Vietnam War. Mr. Bunte had...

Ernest Bennett

Ernest Bennett

Feb 20, 2007

Ernest Bennett, 74 of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 19, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on November 1, 1932, in Lowndes County, he was the son of the late Tommie and Lillie Harnage Bennett. Mr. Bennett was a retired truck driver for Gulf Oil Co., a member of the Azalea City C.B. Club and...

Dr. Nevin E. Aiken

Dr. Nevin E. Aiken

Feb 18, 2007

Dr. Nevin E. Aiken, M.D. 86, of Valdosta, and formerly of Asheville, North Carolina, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, died on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on November 12, 1919, he was the son of the late Clarence Ross and Goldie Evelyn Wertman Aiken. Dr. Aiken served in...

Mary H. Mcdonald

Mary H. Mcdonald

Feb 18, 2007

Mary Hazel McDonald, 73, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 18, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Echols County, on August 14, 1933, she was the daughter of the late William E. and Charity Hendrix Swilley. Mrs. McDonald was a homemaker and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Valdosta. She is...

Lena Maude Harrell

Lena Maude Harrell

Feb 16, 2007

Lena Maude Hiers Harrell, 93, of Valdosta, died at her home on Friday, February 16, 2007. Born in Lake Park on March 11, 1913 she was the daughter of the late Charles Archard and Lena Corbett Hiers. Mrs. Harrell was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Valdosta State University, then known as George State Womens...

Marian Wisenbaker Williams

Marian Wisenbaker Williams

Feb 16, 2007

MARIAN WISENBAKER WILLIAMS, 87, of Dasher died Friday, February 16, 2007 at her home. She was born in Dasher on May 19, 1919 to the late Cleo Ivy, Sr. and Pearl Black Wisenbaker and after the death of her mother she was raised by her stepmother, Wilma King Wisenbaker. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Dasher Church of Christ...

Louvenia Dale Arnold

Louvenia Dale Arnold

Feb 15, 2007

LOUVENIA DALE ARNOLD, 67, of Clyattville died Thursday, February 15, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Arnold was born on December 13, 1939 in Donalsonville to the late C. L. and Flora Davis Williams and had lived in this area since 1957. She was a homemaker and a member of the Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Arnold enjoyed her flowers and working...

Jesse Miles

Jesse Miles

Feb 14, 2007

Jesse Miles, 24 of Valdosta and formerly of Sparks, died on Monday, February 12, 2007 at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville after a short illness. He was born on April 28, 1982 in Middletown, Ohio. He was an installer for Mizell Floor Covering and a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.He is survived by his mother, Cheri Miles of...

Flora Jean Tomlinson

Flora Jean Tomlinson

Feb 14, 2007

Flora Jean Tomlinson, age 67, of Palm Harbor, Florida, and formerly of Adel and Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at her home at Countryside Haven. Born in Albany, Georgia on September 25, 1939 she was the daughter of the late Flora Esther Wisenbaker and Charles Burpitt Tomlinson. Jean was a faithful member of Crystal Cove Community Church at...

O-Sensei Thomas Howard Hardeman

O-Sensei Thomas Howard Hardeman

Feb 12, 2007

O-SENSEI THOMAS HOWARD HARDEMAN, 55 of Valdosta leaves behind his beloved family of Karate Students of Isgoshin-Do Karate died Monday, February 12, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 25, 1951 in Quantico, West Virginia to Mavis Lucille Gunter Hardeman and the late Joseph Frank Hardeman and had lived in Valdosta for the past twenty five...

Idella Tomlinson North

Idella Tomlinson North

Feb 11, 2007

Idella Tomlinson North, 96, of Hahira, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2007. She was born on February 9, 1911 in Clinch County, GA to the late Louis and Flora Bell Grooms Tomlinson. Mrs. North was a homemaker, a member of Morningside Baptist Church and was active in 4-H. She was married to the late Louie R. North for 67 years.Mrs....

Jay Demott

Jay Demott

Feb 11, 2007

Jerry Lyndon (Jay) DeMott, Jr. 40, of Blakely, died on Sunday, February 11, 2007 as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Jay was born November 1, 1966 in Valdosta, and grew up here having graduated from Valdosta High School and Valdosta State University. At VSU he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and following graduation...

Jo Williams

Jo Williams

Feb 10, 2007

Jo Williams, 71, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at her residence. She was born on September 27, 1935 in Pavo to the late Victor Clarence & Cleo Ernestine Baker Williams. Mrs. Williams is a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church where she was chairperson of the Monday Night Circle. She taught school for seventeen years in Georgia,...

Josephine Pendleton Garwood

Josephine Pendleton Garwood

Feb 10, 2007

Josephine Pendleton Garwood, died February 10, 2007. Josephine was born in Valdosta on February 19, 1947. After graduating from Valdosta High School in 1965, she attended 2 years of college. In 1970, she became a flight attendant with Delta Air Lines. In 1972, she married Michael Saunders Garwood. They have lived and worked in Atlanta since 1980, and both have...

Helen Wilson

Helen Wilson

Feb 10, 2007

Helen Wilson, 74, of Valdosta, died at a local nursing home on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Wilson was born in Pinehurst, GA. to the late Dewey Clark & Mattie Lucille Thompson. She was a member of the Evergreen Baptist Church.Survivors are her brother, Archie Russell Thompson, Hawkinsville; special cousin, Emma Gean Bowen, Hawkinsville; several nieces...

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