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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Otis Donald Griffet
Sep 20, 2022
Otis Donald Griffet, 84, of Hahira Georgia and formerly of Champaign, Illinois, died on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at his residence following a period of declining health. He was born in Champaign, Illinois to the late Otis Isaac and Peggy Griffet and lived most of his life in the St. Joseph-Ogden area before recently moving to Hahira to be near...
Pyong Hwa Pitts
Sep 20, 2022
Pyong Hwa Pitts, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. She was born
in Seoul, Korea on June 7, 1942 to Sang Hoon Yu and Gap Duek Lee Yu. She was retired and the former
owner/operator of Peggy’s Wigs in Waycross, Ga. Mrs. Pitts loved to play Bingo and watch Korean television.
She enjoyed cooking and was married to the...
Susan Jean Radford
Sep 19, 2022
Susan Jean Radford, age 72, died at South Georgia Medical Center on September 19, 2022, from complications of COVID-19.
Susan was fond of telling people that she was a miracle and that she never should have made it this far in life. She was born on November 12, 1949 – a full three months early after her mother fell down the...
Carroll Scott Register
Sep 18, 2022
Carroll Scott Register, 61, of Hahira, Georgia passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence September 18, 2022.
Scott grew up in Valdosta and graduated from Lowndes High School. He was a proud Viking and supporter of the Valwood Valiant’s. He loved all sports, but especially loved following the Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs. He was also a devoted youth...
Patricia Malinda Carter
Sep 18, 2022
Patricia Malinda Crosby Carter of Lake Park, GA passed away at Langdale Hospice House on September 18, 2022. She was born October 10, 1943, in Quitman, GA to the late Clarence Crosby and Louise Pinson Crosby.
She grew up in the family community of “Crosby Town” and attended Brooks County Schools. After graduation in the Class of 1961, she attended Perry...
Sarah Corbett
Sep 18, 2022
Sarah Elizabeth Parker Corbett, 77, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Sunday, September 18, 2022. She was born on August 3, 1945 in Quitman, GA to the late Elzie Ozious and Sara Godwin Parker. Mrs. Corbett was a retired nurse, having worked in the ICU at SGMC for over 30 years. She was a kind...
Seward Daugharty
Sep 16, 2022
Seward Daugharty, 81, of Stockton passed away Friday, September 16, 2022 at his residence. He was born in Howell, GA on December 1, 1940 to the late Frank and Lizzie Daugharty. Mr. Seward Daugharty graduated from Echols County High School and attended ABAC. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening and exploring. Mr. Daugharty loved the river. He was a member of...
Donald Hayes
Sep 11, 2022
Donald E. “Buddy” Hayes, 71, of Hahira, died on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Born in Adel to the late Thomas Franklin Hayes, and Gladys Inez Kelly Hayes, he was a lifelong resident of this area. Donald grew up in Nashville and attended school there before joining the U.S. Army at an early age, during the Vietnam Conflict. Following the war,...
Anna Oliva Paciga
Sep 11, 2022
Anna Oliva Paciga, 76, of Valdosta passed away Sunday, September 11, 2022 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 19, 1945 in Cash Corner, North Carolina to the late William and Ada Holton. Mrs. Paciga worked as a travel agent. Despite having a brown thumb, she loved plants and doing yardwork. Anna had a sense of humor and...
Douglas Clarence Wisenbaker
Sep 10, 2022
Douglas Clarence Wisenbaker, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born on September 3, 1942, in Lowndes County to the late Louis Byrd Wisenbaker and Cuba Lucille Carter Wisenbaker. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Douglas loved being outdoors and...
Hollis Cherry
Sep 9, 2022
Hollis E. (Buddy) Cherry, 68, of Valdosta passed away Friday, September 9, 2022 at South GA Medical Center following a long period of declining health. He was born in Dawson, GA on June 21, 1954 to the late Weyman B. and Janie Lee Cherry. Buddy graduated from Terrell Academy, Georgia Southwestern College and received a Master of Divinity degree from...
Lula V. Brown
Sep 8, 2022
Lula V. Smith Brown, 95, of Hahira, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022. She was born in Cottonwood, AL to the late Marion Smith and Bethney Strickland Smith. Mrs. Brown had worked at the Strickland Cotton Mill and attended Pineview Baptist Church.
Mrs. Brown is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Arthur Brown, Jr. and Connie Brown, of Hahira; daughters,...
Richard Lawrence Dahl, Jr.
Sep 8, 2022
Richard Lawrence Dahl, Jr., 65, of Valdosta, passed asway on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 11, 1957 in Meadville, PA to Richard L. Dahl, Sr. and Janis Conrad Manross. A decorated veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served for 20 years and earned, Medal with One Silver Oak Leaf Cluster,...
Leon Stewart
Sep 7, 2022
Leon Stewart, 74, of Echols County, died on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, following a period of declining health. He was born on February 28, 1948, in Bay Minette, Alabama to the late Howard and Ethel Marie Cook Stewart. Mr. Stewart was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Vietnam war. He was a retired engineer with...
Rita Dozier-Hutto
Sep 6, 2022
Rita Dozier-Hutto, 62, of Morven, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was a lifetime resident of this area, born on November 20, 1959 to the late William Ben Dozier, Sr. and Veda Ione Staton Dozier. Mrs. Hutto was a homemaker who loved to travel, especially out West. She loved learning the history of...
William Michael Fousek
Sep 5, 2022
William Michael Fousek, 53, of Ray City, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Saigon, Vietnam on April 9, 1969. He served in the Airforce at Moody AFB for almost 4 years as a Pharmacy Technician. William had worked with the Department of Corrections at Valdosta State Prison as...
Jimmy Dale Cribb
Sep 5, 2022
Mr. Jimmy Dale Cribb, age 90 of Pearson, Ga. passed away, Monday, September 5, 2022, at his home following an extended illness.
Survivors include:
Son: Bill Cribb and wife, Jennifer of Valdosta, Ga.
3 Daughters: Dale Cofield and husband, Ronnie of Valdosta, Ga.
Pat Brown and husband, Greg of Valdosta, Ga.
Robin Cassotta of Lake Park, Ga.
Special Friend and Caregiver: Patsy Kirkland of Pearson, Ga.
9...
John Hardy Rowntree
Sep 5, 2022
John Hardy Rowntree of Hahira, GA, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 5, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Mr. Rowntree was born in Hahira on April 16, 1936. He attended Hahira schools from the first grade, graduating in 1954 from Hahira High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 until 1961, afterwards he...
Austin Sauls
Sep 5, 2022
Austin Sauls, 23, of Valdosta, passed away from this life and into Jesus‘ loving arms on Monday, September 5, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on July 27, 1999 and has been a resident of Valdosta his entire life. Austin was employed with Norfolk Southern Railroad as a conductor and also worked with All Star...
Michael Jay Jordan
Sep 4, 2022
Michael Jay Jordan, known to his family & friends as “Corky” passed away suddenly at South Georgia Medical Center on September 4, 2022. He was born on May 12, 1952 in Valdosta to Winston and Dorothy Jordan. Corky grew up in Hahira and graduated from Lowndes High School in 1971.
Corky is preceded in death by his father, Winston C. Jordan,...
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