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

John Perry Ramey
Mar 14, 2007
John Ramey, 79, of Valdosta, Georgia and formerly of Fresno, California, died at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Cornelia, Georgia, on March 18, 1927 he was the son of the late Robert L. and Gene Green Ramey. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and had worked as a distributor for ARCO Oil Company....

Virginia Dodson Bridges
Mar 14, 2007
Virginia D. Bridges, 90, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a period of declining health. Born in Anderson, SC in 1916 to the late Oscar and Katherine Dodson, she had lived in this area since 1946. Mrs. Bridges is a graduate of Furman University and was a founding member of Senior...

Wesley Cothren
Mar 13, 2007
Wesley Cothren, 90, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Coffee County, Georgia, on April 9, 1916, he was the son of the late Dave and Mattie Hayes Cothren. Mr. Cothren was a farmer and was retired from Prinsho Products. He was a member of First Freewill Baptist...

Ronald Bruce Scarborough
Mar 12, 2007
RONALD BRUCE SCARBOROUGH, 52, of Hahira died Monday, March 12, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Hahira on January 30, 1955 to Betty Jean Etheridge Scarborough and the late Donald Lee Scarborough and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mr. Scarborough was employed in the heating and air conditioning services and a member of the Bethany...

Valerie Quinn Fisher
Mar 11, 2007
For Valdosta Daily Times Valerie Quinn Fisher, 32, of Valdosta, died at her home on Sunday, March 11, 2007. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on February 13, 1975, she was the daughter of Richard Troy and Gwendolyn Ann Lowrance Quinn. An Alumni of Berry College in Rome and Valdosta State University, Valerie had done her graduate work at the University of...

Mamie G. Sorrell
Mar 11, 2007
Mamie Hamner Sorrell, 87, of Hahira, died at home Sunday, March 11, 2007. She was born on October 6, 1919 in Brooks County to the late Carl and Dot Sineath Hamner. Mrs. Sorrell owned and operated Carousel florist, sweet and gift shop for many years, worked at Smith Hospital for twenty seven years as a nurse and purchasing agent and...

Donnie Hampton Barnard
Mar 10, 2007
Donnie Hampton Barnard, 76, of Lake Park, died Saturday, March 10, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Brooks County on July 23, 1930 to the late L. Matthew and Essie Mae Clemons Hampton. Mrs. Barnard was a retired certified nurses assistant and was of the protestant faith.She is survived by two brothers and one sister in...

Peggy Gerbrick
Mar 10, 2007
Obituary for Peggy Kate Phillips GerbrickPeggy Kate Phillips Gerbrick died March 10, 2007 at Glenn-Mor Nursing Home in Thomasville, Georgia. She was born March 21, 1911 to the late James and Ninone Phillips in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Great Britain and grew up in her beloved Malvern Hills. She was married in Great Britain in 1944 to Lt. Colonel Russell H. Gerbrick...

Joe Wetherington
Mar 10, 2007
Joe Wetherington, 85, of Valdosta, died at his home on Saturday, March 10, 2007. Born in Lowndes County, on July 6, 1921, he was the son of the late Lawson Samuel and Carrie Mae Brantley Wetherington. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Wetherington owned a Backhoe Operation Business. He loved to hunt and fish and “fish feared his name!”...

Jean Manges
Mar 10, 2007
Jean Manges, 91, of Lake Park, and formerly of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, died on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born on July 19, 1915 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Frank and Della Griffith Manges. Mr. Manges was retired from Broward County, Florida where he had worked as...

John Floyd Holton Jr.
Mar 9, 2007
John Floyd Holton, Jr., 86, of Valdosta, died at his home on Friday, March 9, 2007. Born in Macon on October 16, 1920, he was the son of the late John Floyd Holton, Sr. and Wilma Clayton Holton Boggus. Mr. Holton attended Valdosta High School and enlisted in the Navy in 1942, serving honorably in the South Pacific until the...

Harry (Sonny) Conard, Jr.
Mar 9, 2007
Harry (Sonny) Conard, Jr., 71, of Nashville, died on Friday, March 9, 2007 at the Berrien Nursing Center, after a period of declining health. Born in Alexandria, VA to the late Harry West Sr. and Grace Butcher Conard, he had lived in Alexandria all of his life until moving to Nashville, GA 10 years ago. In Alexandria, Mr. Conard had...

Jimmy Farmer
Mar 8, 2007
Jimmy Farmer, 57, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Crestwood Nursing Home. He was born on July 4, 1949 in Lowndes County to the late Jim Frank and Myrtice Wyolene Arnold Farmer. Mr. Farmer worked at LARC and was a member of the Church of Christ.He is survived by three brothers and one sister in law,...

Duane Edward Duermeier
Mar 8, 2007
DUANE EDWARD DUERMEIER, 70, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 3, 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin and had lived in Valdosta for six years and was a former resident of Ocala, Florida. He was member of the Lavonia United Methodist Church in Lavonia, Georgia and a veteran of the...

Earl H. Janney, Sr.
Mar 7, 2007
Earl H. Janney, Sr., 96, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Born November 25, 1910, in Roanoke, Alabama, he was the son of the late Geroge W. and Lulla Mae Janney. In 1918 he moved to Warwick, Georgia, then in 1934 he moved to Macon where he put down roots, and made a life for he and his family....

Curtis Dwight Gunn
Mar 7, 2007
Curtis Dwight Gunn, 76, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 5, 1930 in Isney, Alabama, he was the son of the late Glen Thomas and Sadie C. Reed Gunn. As an active Entrepreneur, Mr. Gunn had a love of business and was the<br>Founder and President of Gunn Van Lines....

Odell W. Cowart
Mar 7, 2007
Odell W. Cowart, 89, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Crestwood Nursing Home. Born in Lowndes County on September 13, 1917, he was the son of the late Allen and Anna Johnson Cowart. Mr. Cowart had worked in the textile industry and was retired from Strickland Cotton Mill. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII, was...
Emily Jackson Cannon
Mar 5, 2007
Emily Jackson Cannon, 62, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Monday, March 5, 2007 at Shands in Gainesville, FL. Born on October 9, 1944, in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late W. B. and Mattie Clyde Peace Jackson. Emily was active in the Emmaus Community and was an active member of the Valdosta Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce....

Audrey Register Harris
Mar 3, 2007
Audrey Register Harris, 79, of Ocala, FL died Saturday, March 3, 2007. She was born on September 14, 1927 in Ray City, GA to the late Lewis and Linnie Crews Register. Mrs. Harris was a homemaker and a member of Christ Church of Marion County, FL.She is survived by her husband, Edward “Buddy” Harris of Ocala, FL, two daughters and...

Betty M. Smith
Mar 3, 2007
BETTY M. SMITH, 93, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at the Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on November 13, 1913 in Nashville to the late Lloyd and Rachel Ray Rustin and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Smith was a retired waitress and enjoyed gardening. Survivors include a son and daughter...