OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Alice Sue Hosman

Alice Sue Hosman

Jan 31, 2007

ALICE SUE HOSMAN, 58, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 28, 1948 in Hancock County, Ohio to the late Oscar Paul and Carrie Loretta Sparks Crisp and had lived in Valdosta since 1983. Mrs. Hosman had worked as a nurses aide at Memorial Hospital in Adel and was a...

Rodney Dale Lowery

Rodney Dale Lowery

Jan 31, 2007

RODNEY DALE LOWERY, 52, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 21, 1954 in Valdosta to the late William T. and Alice Louise Wisenbaker Lowery and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Lowery was retired from the City of Valdosta as a water meter reader and loved the Valdosta...

Mary Frances Lacey Kramich

Mary Frances Lacey Kramich

Jan 31, 2007

MARY FRANCES KRAMICH, 82, of Marietta and formerly of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Mrs. Kramich was born on April 20, 1924 in Morven to the late James Gary Lacey and Ester Lee Simpson Lacey and had lived in Marietta for the past three and a half years. She enjoyed sewing, playing golf, gardening...

Ora Lee Stubbs

Ora Lee Stubbs

Jan 30, 2007

Ora Lee Stubbs, 92, of Hahira, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 2, 1914 in Lowndes County to the late Bob Robert and Georgia Ann Clanton McCall. Mrs. Stubbs was a retired nurses aide and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.She is preceded in death by her husband, Harmon F. Stubbs...

Anne Turner Sineath

Anne Turner Sineath

Jan 28, 2007

Anne Turner Sineath, 91, died Sunday, January 28, 2007, at Langdale Place in Valdosta. The family wishes to thank her devoted home care professionals at Langdale Place and Hospice of South Georgia.She was born in Valdosta to Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Mann Turner on April 22, 1915. She graduated from Valdosta High School and from the Georgia State Womans College,...

Roscoe Washington Thornhill

Roscoe Washington Thornhill

Jan 28, 2007

Roscoe Washington Thornhill, 88, of Dasher, Georgia, and formerly of Davenport, Florida, died at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia on Sunday, January 28, 2007. Born September 27, 1918 in Eagle Lake, Florida, he was the youngest of 11 children born to Lucius and Missouri Thornhill. Roscoe graduated from Eagle Lake High School , 2nd floor, eighth grade. He...

Donny E. Pittman

Donny E. Pittman

Jan 27, 2007

Donny E. Pittman, 56, of Valdosta, died at his home on Saturday, January 27, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Brooks County, on December 10, 1950, he was the son of the late Guy C. and Edith Jackson Pittman. Mr. Pittman had served in the U. S. Navy and was a retired IBEW Electrician. He was a member of...

Art Davis

Art Davis

Jan 27, 2007

Art Davis, 71 of Salt Springs, FL, died on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio. Born on July 14, 1935 in West Green, GA, he was the son of the late Henry Franklin and Zeffie Mae Dale Davis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the United States Army and served his country during the Korean...

Viva Mcgeachy Engle

Viva Mcgeachy Engle

Jan 27, 2007

Viva McGeachy Engle, 86, of Gainesville, GA died Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Lanier Park Campus following a brief illness. She was born on November 20, 1920 in Arcadia, Florida to the late William Archie and Henry Etta Evans McGeachy.Mrs. Engle is preceded in death by two husbands, Oliver Alexander Toole, Jr. and Jerry Engle, a...

Andrew Wade Weldon

Andrew Wade Weldon

Jan 27, 2007

Andrew Wade (Andy) Weldon, Sr., 45, of Hahira, died Saturday, January 27, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on November 4, 1961, worked at Packaging Corporation of America and was a member of Forrest Street Church of God.He is survived by his children, Andrew Wade (Drew) Weldon, Jr. of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Wesley Paul Weldon of Valdosta,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...