OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Mary Lou Fiveash Deloach

Mary Lou Fiveash Deloach

Apr 16, 2007

Mary Lou Fiveash DeLoach, 84, of Valdosta, died at Heritage House Nursing Home on Monday, April 16, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira in 1922, she was the daughter of the late Charlton Augustus and Willie Alice Tomlinson Fiveash. She was a homemaker, a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. DeLoach was a Baptist. Survivors are her daughter and...

Lincoln Albert Vialdores

Lincoln Albert Vialdores

Apr 15, 2007

Lincoln Albert Vialdores, 57, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in 1949 in Belize City, Belize and had lived in San Antonio, Texas before moving to Valdosta three years ago. Mr. Vialdores was retired from the United States Army after serving twenty years and was a Catholic. He had worked at...

Kenneth J. Wimer, Sr.  Msgt (Ret) Usaf

Kenneth J. Wimer, Sr. Msgt (Ret) Usaf

Apr 14, 2007

Kenneth J. Wimer, Sr. MSGT (RET) USAF, 71 of Hahira died on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at his residence. He was born in 1936 to the late Frank James and Helen Gertrude Bower Wimer in New Castle, PA. Mr. Wimer was a member of the Ousley Baptist Church and had served as a Boy Scout Leader for many years and...

Johnny Hampton (J.H.) Raulerson

Johnny Hampton (J.H.) Raulerson

Apr 13, 2007

Johnny Hampton (J.H.) Raulerson, 79, of Statenville died Friday, April 13, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He is the son of the late Della and John Raulerson of Haylow, GA. He was a lifelong resident of Echols County and retired from the State of Georgia after 34 years of service as a State Trooper. He also worked for the...

Roy G. Radney

Roy G. Radney

Apr 13, 2007

Roy G. Radney, 83 of Lake Park, founder of Radney Plumbing Inc., established in 1965, died on Friday, April 13, 2007 at his residence. He was born in 1924 to the late Green and Annie Lee McCrackin Radney in Morven. Mr. Radney served in the United States Navy during World War II and received the Purple Heart. He was a...

Jean Little

Jean Little

Apr 13, 2007

Jean Little, 64, of Valdosta died Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Kirkwood, Missouri on December 29, 1942 and was raised and educated in Minneapolis where she attended the University of Minnesota. As an adult, Jean moved to St. Louis, Missouri and later to the Denver, Colorado area. In 1996, she moved to...

Frances Howell Garland

Frances Howell Garland

Apr 13, 2007

Frances Howell Garland, 87, of Valdosta died Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born in 1919 in Valdosta to the late Wesley Carlos and Susan Frances Coppage Howell and had lived in Selma, Alabama before returning to Valdosta. Mrs. Garland attended the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and was a member of the...

Grace Dasher Waller

Grace Dasher Waller

Apr 11, 2007

Grace Dasher Waller, 82, of Valdosta, was released from earthly suffering to eternal renewal with her savior on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. Born in Lowndes County in 1924, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Betty Timmerman Dasher. Mrs. Waller was retired from Levi Strauss. She was a member of Forrest Park Church of Christ. Survivors are...

Howard Spells

Howard Spells

Apr 10, 2007

Howard Spells, 88, of Valdosta, died Monday, April 9, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Berrien County in 1919 he was the son of the late Charlton and Emma Guthrie Spells. Mr. Spells was an Army Veteran of WWII. He had owned Spells Neon Signs and was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors are his daughters, Donna...

Lila Mae Applegate Schleentz

Lila Mae Applegate Schleentz

Apr 10, 2007

Lila Mae Schleentz, 81, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Rahway, New Jersey in 1926, she was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Harriett Morris Applegate. Mrs. Schleentz worked as a dispatcher for Hendrick Brothers Productions. She had made her home in Valdosta for the past 37 years. Survivors are...

Margaret Ann White

Margaret Ann White

Apr 9, 2007

Margaret Ann White, 20, of Atlanta and formerly Valdosta, died on Monday, April 9, 2007. Born in Dublin, GA, to Robert A. White and Susan K. McDonald, she grew up in Valdosta before moving to Atlanta in 2002. The granddaughter of Ernest and Marjorie McDonald of Valdosta and Raney and the late Don White of Cecil and formerly of Valdosta,...

Robert Martin Barrales

Robert Martin Barrales

Apr 9, 2007

Robert Martin Barrales, 59, of Valdosta died on Monday, April 9, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. He is the son of the late Ramon Martin and Bunnie Louise Blanton Barrales. He was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and attended the First Baptist Church of Lake Park. Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, Paul...

Wilma T. Blackmon

Wilma T. Blackmon

Apr 9, 2007

Wilma T. Blackmon, 75, of Hahira, died on Monday, April 9, 2007 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira, to the late Hobson K. and Louise Tomlinson, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Blackmon worked for Queen Carpet Manufacturing Plant in Valdosta and retired there after over 30 years of service. She also...

Dr. Joan W. Futch

Dr. Joan W. Futch

Apr 7, 2007

Joan W. Futch, Ed.D., RN, 63 of Valdosta, died Saturday, April 7, 2007. She was born in 1943 in Sparks, to the late Lory & Bessie Williams, and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Dr. Futch was retired from the Valdosta State University College of Nursing and worked for Hospice of South Georgia. Dr. Futch received her Ed.D. from...

Pearl Bennett Dozier

Pearl Bennett Dozier

Apr 7, 2007

Pearl Bennett Dozier, 67 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, April 07, 2007 at her residence after a brief illness. Born on January 23, 1940 in Stockton, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Mary Magdalene Lightsey Bennett. Pearl was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.Survivors are her son, Gary Pace of Valdosta; daughter, Kathy Holbert of Valdosta;...

Joseph Adam Mcsween

Joseph Adam Mcsween

Apr 6, 2007

Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Adam McSween, 26, of Valdosta, GA, formerly of York, NE, died April 6th from enemy action while conducting combat operations near Kirkuk, Iraq. Adam was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, a highly trained unit who has expertise in identifying explosive materials and rendering them safe. Petty Officer McSween will receive the Bronze...

Richard Earl Dickert

Richard Earl Dickert

Apr 4, 2007

RICHARD EARL DICKERT, 58 of Pinetta, Florida died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at his home. He was born on April 28, 1948 in Columbia, South Carolina to Margie Boatwright Dickert and the late Earl Meetze Dickert, Jr. He graduated from A. C. Flora High School and Midland Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Dickert enlisted in the United States...

Alphia Jeanette Massey

Alphia Jeanette Massey

Apr 3, 2007

Jeanette Massey Obit for Family to proofAlphia Jeanette Massey, 58, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007 in Marietta. Born on July 13, 1948, in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Terrell Edward and Louise Gay Massey. Jeanette was a retired hotel manager and had managed the Big 7 on Highway 84.Survivors are her son and daughter-in-law, Lee...

Floyd Lee Parker

Floyd Lee Parker

Apr 3, 2007

Floyd Lee Parker, 68, of Adel, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at Memorial Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Irwin County on November 2, 1938 to the late Robert Lonnie and Leila Watson Parker. Mr. Parker owned and operated Valdosta Radio and TV.He is survived by two sons and daughters in law, Cam and Sarah Parker...

Evelyn Fender

Evelyn Fender

Apr 2, 2007

Evelyn Fender, 71, of Lake Park, died on Monday, April 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. Mrs. Fender had lived in this area for 53 years and was formerly of Fitzgerald. Born on June 25, 1935 in Ben Hill County, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Beatrice West Young. She was a...