OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Annah Lou Dukes

Annah Lou Dukes

Jan 26, 2007

Annah Lou Dukes, 70, of Statenville, died on Friday, January 26, 2007 at her residence. Born on January 1, 1937, in Hamilton County, FL, she was the daughter of the late Willie M. and Ella Aileen Smith Willis. Mrs. Dukes worked for almost ten years in food service for Echols County Schools. Her fellow workers greatly assisted her in the...

Marilyn Caldwell Mangum

Marilyn Caldwell Mangum

Jan 25, 2007

MARILYN CALDWELL MANGUM, 87, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the home of her daughter. She was born on November 22, 1919 in Metcalfe, Georgia to the late Eugene F. and Martha Kerr Caldwell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Mangum was the office manager for Mangum Front End Service and a homemaker. She was...

Margarete K. Johnson

Margarete K. Johnson

Jan 25, 2007

Margarete K. Johnson, 71, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville after a sudden illness. Mrs. Johnson was born in Tevel, Hungary on October 28, 1935, the daughter of the late Johann and Katarina Kurz Schwarz. Mrs. Johnson lived in Germany before coming to Valdosta in 1956. She was a homemaker and a...

Nannie Ruth Crum

Nannie Ruth Crum

Jan 25, 2007

NANNIE RUTH CRUM, 68, of Quitman died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Berrien County on May 27, 1938 to the late Thomas B. and Eunie Mae Forte Bryan and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Crum served as assistant manager of the Clyattville Elementary School Lunchroom for many years. She...

James Richard Carter

James Richard Carter

Jan 25, 2007

James Richard Carter, 73, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, January 25, 2007. Born on November 28, 1933, in Lowndes County, he was the son of the late Asben and Kesil Copeland Carter. Mr. Carter was retired from the City of Valdosta. He had served in the U.S. Army, was a Baptist and was a lifetime...

Josh David Knowles

Josh David Knowles

Jan 25, 2007

Josh David Knowles, 25, of Valdosta, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 from injuries he received in an automobile accident. He was born on September 14, 1981 in Grand Forks, ND to David Braxton Knowles and Victoria Lowe Knowles. Josh was a member of Pine Grove Community Baptist Church, was a loyal friend, an avid fisherman and was employeed at Roadway...

Marie Wellmaker Puckett

Marie Wellmaker Puckett

Jan 25, 2007

Marie Wellmaker Puckett, 74, of Valdosta, died at her home on Thursday, January 25, 2007, after a short illness. Born in Deland, Florida, on November 5, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Lois and Carl Wellmaker. Mrs. Puckett was a 1954 graduate of Valdosta State University. She served as the Pastor’s Secretary at Park Avenue United Methodist Church...

Charles Richard Allen

Charles Richard Allen

Jan 24, 2007

Charles Richard Allen, 80, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on April 10, 1926 in Virgilina, VA, he was the son of the late Charlie L. and Hettie Lou Oakley Allen. He was a retired salesperson for Valdosta Cigar and Tobacco Co., formerly the Have A Tampa Co. Mr. Allen was a member...

Dot Gupton

Dot Gupton

Jan 24, 2007

Dot Gupton, 70, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at her residence after a long battle with cancer. Born on March 3, 1936 in Warrenton, NC, she was the daughter of the late William and Eleanor Rudd Allen. She was a retired sales associate with J.C. Penney and a member of Swilley Hill Church of God. Survivors are...

Annie Lois Watford

Annie Lois Watford

Jan 22, 2007

Annie L. Watford, 75, of Valdosta, died at a local nursing home on Monday, January 22, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira on August 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Lucille Thompson Lewis. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Bobby C. Watford of Valdosta,...

Annie Juaniece Fletcher Sterling

Annie Juaniece Fletcher Sterling

Jan 22, 2007

ANNIE JUANIECE FLETCHER STERLING, 89, of Valdosta died Monday in Cordova, Tennessee. She was born on March 2, 1917 in Valdosta to the late James LaFayette and Annie McLeod Fletcher and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Sterling was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ.Survivors include a daughter and son in law, Gayle S. and Tim...

Cynthia Nahrwold

Cynthia Nahrwold

Jan 22, 2007

Cynthia Nahrwold, 50 of Valdosta, died on Monday, January 22, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on December 12, 1956 in Patterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Florance Simmerson DeYoung. Mrs. Nahrwold was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian faith.Survivors are her husband, Kevin Nahrwold of Valodsta; brothers and sisters-in-law,...

Milton O. Brantley

Milton O. Brantley

Jan 21, 2007

MILTON O. BRANTLEY, 83, of Remerton died Sunday, January 21, 2007 at his home. He was born in Remerton on July 8, 1923 to the late Corley and Sally DeLoach Brantley and was a lifelong resident of Remerton. Mr. Brantley was a Methodist and retired from Belflower Pharmacy as a sales and delivery person. He was an avid fisherman and...

Rosalie Nusbaum Wilkes

Rosalie Nusbaum Wilkes

Jan 19, 2007

ROSALIE N. WILKES, 92, of DeLand, Fla. died Friday, January 19, 2007 at the Ridgecrest Manor in DeLand after a lengthy illness. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama on August 19, 1914 to the late Raphael and Clemmie Lee Shivers Nusbaum and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to DeLand. Mrs. Wilkes was retired from Southern Stationary...

Florence Albert Gosma Sumner

Florence Albert Gosma Sumner

Jan 18, 2007

Florence Albert Gosma Sumner, 96, of Valdosta, GA died peacefully on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. Born on December 3, 1910 in Maple Grove Township, MI, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Amman Albert. She was an interior designer and retired in 1977 from Bishop’s Furniture Store in Muskegon, MI. She was...

Infant Jeremy Allyn Downing

Infant Jeremy Allyn Downing

Jan 17, 2007

INFANT JEREMY ALLYN DOWNING, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center.Survivors include his parents, Michele Chaney and Jeremy (Chris) Downing of Valdosta, grandparents, Joyce Elaine Downing and the late George (Tinker) Downing of Valdosta, Mitchell Chaney of Moultrie and Marie-Claude Chaney of Augusta, great grandparents, Robert Eugene Downing of Valdosta, Doris Lorraine Chaney of Valdosta,...

Enos Delbert Eutzler

Enos Delbert Eutzler

Jan 16, 2007

Enos D. Eutzler, 84, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at Langdale Place. Born in Mishawaka, Indiana, on August 25, 1922, he was the son of the late Enos and Minnie Renner Eutzler. Mr. Eutzler was retired from Beall’s Department Store in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was an Army World War II Veteran and had served with the...

Jenelle Lewis Moore

Jenelle Lewis Moore

Jan 15, 2007

JENELLE LEWIS MOORE, 64, of Hahira died Monday, January 15, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Cook County on September 2, 1942 to the late Luther Charles and Iva Nell Loveless Lewis and had lived in Hahira most of her life. Mrs. Moore was a registered nurse who loved to take care of people...

Helen J. Chance

Helen J. Chance

Jan 14, 2007

Helen J. Chance, 69, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on June 2, 1937, in Lawrenceville, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Hazel Austin Sells. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.She is survived by her husband, Willet Murray Chance of Valdosta; three daughters and...

Jewel Parker Clanton

Jewel Parker Clanton

Jan 14, 2007

Jewel Parker Clanton, 90, of Lakeland, died suddenly on Sunday, January 14, 2007 after a period of declining health. Mrs. Clanton was born in Hahira on July 29, 1916 to the late Lindsay P. & Mary Zennia Parker. She had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Parker was retired from the Lowndes County Board of Education, was an...

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