OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Teresa Phillips

Teresa Phillips

Apr 1, 2007

Teresa Phillips, 36, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at Lake Haven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Teresa was born on October 18, 1970 in Lowndes County to Joyce McLeod Phillips and the late William R. Phillips. She was a server for Shoney’s and attended the Lake Park Church of God. She is survived by her...

Ray Earl Cumrine

Ray Earl Cumrine

Mar 30, 2007

RAY EARL CUMRINE of Valdosta was born in Danville, Illinois on October 31, 1920, the son of the late Oscar Cumrine and Mildred Reeder Cumrine. He graduated from Danville High School and attended business school. After a period of working as a photographer, operating a photo finishing business and related photographic activities, he joined the Army in June, 1940. He...

Elmer William Gustav Pieplow

Elmer William Gustav Pieplow

Mar 29, 2007

ELMER WILLIAM GUSTAV PIEPLOW, 92, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 29, 2007 at his home. He was born on June 4, 1914 in Elberta, Alabama to the late Charles Frederick and Emma Vollrath Pieplow and had lived in Fairview Park, Ohio before moving to Valdosta in July of 2002. In Ohio he was a Bethel Bible teacher and had been...

William Robert (Bobby) Van Ausdall

William Robert (Bobby) Van Ausdall

Mar 29, 2007

William Robert (Bobby) Van Ausdall, 78, of Twin Lakes, GA, died on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at South Georgia Medical in Valdosta. Born on January 31, 1929 in Dwight, IL, he was the son of the late William Roy and Ina Van Ausdall. His family moved to Twin Lakes in 1936 where Bobby lived the last 72 years of his...

Mollie Layton Lewis

Mollie Layton Lewis

Mar 28, 2007

MOLLIE LAYTON LEWIS, 80, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on February 27, 1927 in Naylor to the late Albert and Bama Wetherington Layton and had lived in San Diego, California before returning to Lowndes County several years ago. Mrs. Lewis was retired from the meat industry and was a Baptist.Survivors...

Jack Dies Parker

Jack Dies Parker

Mar 27, 2007

Jack Dies Parker, 82, of Quitman, died on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born in Chattanooga, TN in 1924 to the late Elijah Munsey Parker and Cora Dies Parker, he had lived in Quitman for the past six years and was formerly of Punta Gorda, FL and Marietta. Mr. Parker and his wife were charter...

Bessie Mae Keel Mclean

Bessie Mae Keel Mclean

Mar 26, 2007

Bessie Mae Keel McLean, 96, of Hahira, died on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Toombs County, in 1910 to the late Irvin Franklin and Rosa Mae Keel, she had lived in this area for the past 80 years. Mrs. McLean was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.Survivors include a...

Robert (Bob) Mackey

Robert (Bob) Mackey

Mar 26, 2007

Robert (Bob) Mackey, 73, of Valdosta died at his residence on Monday, March 26, 2007 following a lengthy illness. Born in Martins Ferry, Ohio to the late Ernest and Mary Hercules Mackey, he worked in the container industry and was retired from the Federal Packaging Corporation. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Mr. Mackey was also...

Leland L. Robinson

Leland L. Robinson

Mar 26, 2007

LELAND L. ROBINSON, 80, of Hahira died Monday, March 26, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Kendrick, Florida on February 26, 1927 to the late Joseph Carl and Flonnie Bell Harris Robinson and had lived Hahira and Roswell, New Mexico before returning to Hahira in 2003. Mr. Robinson was a veteran of the United States Navy...

Billy West Coppage

Billy West Coppage

Mar 25, 2007

Billy West Coppage, 71, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, March 25, 2007, at Shand’s in Gainesville, Florida from a sudden illness. Born in Hahira, on February 16, 1936, he was the son of the late Lessie and Maudie Biggles. Mr. Coppage was a retired U.S. Air Force MSGT. He was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. Survivors...

Grace Hall Redding

Grace Hall Redding

Mar 25, 2007

Grace D. Redding, 91, of Hahira, died Sunday, March 25, 2007 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on March 10, 1916 to the late O. O. and Mattie Taylor Hall. She was a homemaker, a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star.Mrs. Redding is survived by two sons and one daughter in law, John Lawton...

Harriet Ann Edmands

Harriet Ann Edmands

Mar 24, 2007

Harriet Ann Edmands, 84, of Valdosta, died at her home on Saturday, March 24, 2007. Services for Mrs. Edmands will be held in Florida with burial at Bushnell National Cemetery. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the family locally. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Cortland Wendell Wilson

Cortland Wendell Wilson

Mar 22, 2007

Mr. Cortland Wendell Wilson, 88, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2007, at his residence, following an extended illness. Mr. Wilson was born December 5, 1918, to the late Reverend Clarence W. Wilson and Ida Evangeline Wilson in Littleton, NH. He worked with National Container/Owens-Illinois for over 30 years. He was a resident of Lake Park for over 30 years and...

Elizabeth Cotter

Elizabeth Cotter

Mar 21, 2007

Elizabeth F. Cotter, 79, of Hahira, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, FL. She was born on December 8, 1927 in Tavares, FL to the late Welborn Pittman and Gladys Elizabeth Boyd Fuller. Mrs. Cotter was a member of Hahira United Methodist Church, the Hahira Lions Club and the Methodist Women Quiltors.She is survived...

Lynn D. Moss

Lynn D. Moss

Mar 21, 2007

Lynn D. Moss, 58, of Alpharetta, died on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at her residence. Born on April 6, 1948, in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Duron and Lorraine Smith. Mrs. Moss worked in Real Estate Sales.Survivors are her husband, James L. Moss of Alpharetta; sisters and brother-in-law, Charlene Gray of Valdosta, Beverly and Jack Sikes...

Geraldine S. Oliver

Geraldine S. Oliver

Mar 19, 2007

Geraldine S. Oliver, 71, of Valdosta, died Monday, March 19, 2007 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on March 18, 1936 in Coffee County, GA to the late George and Joan Merritt Swails. Mrs. Oliver was a 1954 graduate of Pearson High School, a member of Northside Baptist Church, a member of the Valdosta Exchange Club and a homemaker.She...

Daniel Gunn

Daniel Gunn

Mar 19, 2007

Daniel J. Gunn, 57, of Seal Beach, CA, died on Monday, March 19, 2007 in Valdosta, from injuries sustained in an accident. He was born on August 7, 1949, in Roswell, New Mexico. Mr. Gunn owned and operated Gunn Van Lines and was past president of Southern California Moving and Storage Association.Survivors are his wife, Pat Gunn of Seal Beach,...

Infant Eleanor Grace Wren Bowles

Infant Eleanor Grace Wren Bowles

Mar 18, 2007

Eleanor Grace Wren Bowles, Valdosta, infant daughter of Arthur and Carol Chitty Bowles, died on Sunday, March 18, 2007 at Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta. She was born on March 16, 2007 in Macon.Other survivors are her siblings, Scott Bowles, Alex and Emily Bowles all of Valdosta; paternal grandparents, Dorothy and Arthur “Sonny” Bowles, Jr. of Valdosta; great grandmother, Nannie...

James Allison Phelps

James Allison Phelps

Mar 17, 2007

JAMES ALLISON PHELPS, 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 17, 2007 at his home. He was born on December 1, 1919 in Moultrie to the late Mack Talley and Mamie Dillingham Phelps and had lived in Lowndes County most of his life. Mr. Phelps was a retired construction contractor, enjoyed fishing and a member of the Eastern Heights Baptist Church....

Beulah Stalvey Exum

Beulah Stalvey Exum

Mar 16, 2007

Beulah Stalvey Exum, 94, of Valdosta, died on Friday, March 16, 2007 at Heritage House Nursing Home after a short illness. Born in Lowndes County on December 13, 1912 she was one of twelve children born to the late John J. and Ellen Cowart Stalvey. Mrs. Exum was associated with the Pine Grove School lunchroom for many years. She was...