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

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
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
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
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...

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...

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....

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
Feb 10, 2007
Josephine Pendleton Garwood, of Tucker died on Saturday, February 10, 2007 in Atlanta. Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, 2007 in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with Mr. Wade Spooner and the Rev. John Akins officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday at 1:30 until service time....

George G. Murrah, Jr.
Feb 10, 2007
George G. Murrah, Jr., 89 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Fellowship Nursing Home. Born in Richland, GA to the late George G. & Lurlie Pearce Murrah and formerly of Zanesville, OH, Mr. Murrah is a retired Pharmacist and had lived in this area for the past 22 years. Mr. Murrah graduated from Samford University with his...
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
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...

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,...

Aubrey Becton
Feb 10, 2007
Aubrey Becton, 52, of Hahira, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Coliseum Hospital in Macon, GA. He was born on August 11, 1954 in Augusta, GA. He worked at Rainbow Village in Dasher and was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church.Mr. Becton is survived by his father and step mother, Benny and Gloria Becton of Hahira, five sisters and...

Johnnie Dillion
Feb 9, 2007
Johnnie Dillion, 71, of Hahira, died Friday, February 9, 2007 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. He was born on September 1, 1935 in London, Kentucky to the late James Henry and Leona Sturgil Dillion. Mr. Dillion was a Stone Mason, served in the National Guard and was a Baptist.He is survived by his wife, Jean Dillion of Hahira, four...

Robert Lindy Condrey
Feb 5, 2007
ROBERT LINDY CONDREY, 72, of Lanier County died Monday, February 5, 2007 at his home. He was born on June 24, 1934 in Hendersonville, North Carolina to the late Alfred and Lillie Mae Barnwell Condrey and had lived in this area since 1967. He was retired from the United States Air Force and served as the local recruiter from 1968-1973....

Pauline Taylor Golding
Feb 4, 2007
PAULINE GOLDING, 87, of Gainesville, Florida died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at the Health Center of Pensacola. She was born in Clinch County on October 24, 1919 to the late William Abraham and Missouri Margaret Futch Taylor and lived in this area until moving to Florida in the 1940’s. Mrs. Golding retired from Florida Farm Bureau Insurance in Gainesville after...

G. B. Waters
Feb 2, 2007
G. B. Waters, 87, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 2, 2007 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born on September 29, 1919 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Waters, Sr. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater of...

Iona Stalvey Boyette
Feb 2, 2007
Iona Stalvey Boyette, 86 of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Howell, GA on August 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Oren and Nora Estelle Swilley Stalvey and lived in the Valdosta area most of her life. Mrs. Boyette was an active member in the...

Marene Hutchinson Carter
Feb 2, 2007
Marene Hutchinson Carter, 81, of Brooks County passed away Friday, February 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on December 24, 1925 in Brooks County, she was the daughter of the late Robert "Bud" and Carrie Hutchinson. She was a lifelong resident of Brooks County. Mrs. Carter was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother...