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Carl Wallace Clark
Sep 21, 2006
Carl Wallace Clark, Sr., 84, of Hahira, died Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a short illness. He was born on July 23, 1922 in Hahira to the late Carl J. and Clyde Puckett Clark. Mr. Clark was a lifelong resident of Hahira, was a retired federal civil service employee from Moody Air Force Base,...
Charles T. Dobbie
Sep 20, 2006
Charles T. Dobbie, 66, of Valdosta since 2003 and formerly of Michigan died on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at his residence. Born on April 15, 1940 in Royal Oak, MI, he was the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Hutny Dobbie. Mr. Dobbie previously worked as a die maker at Chrysler Stamping Plant in Sterling Heights, MI and was...
Charles William Arnold
Sep 20, 2006
CHARLES WILLIAM ARNOLD, 60, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on February 4, 1946 in Valdosta to the late Grover C. and Clairece Brown Arnold and had lived in Valdosta for most of his life. Mr. Arnold was a retired salesman with Merita Bread Company after eighteen...
Mattie Sue Peterson Flowers
Sep 20, 2006
Mattie Sue Peterson Flowers Florence, South Carolina - After a long illness, Mrs. Flowers, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 11:55 p.m. She was born in 1920 in Echols County to the late Green and Mary Ida Peterson. She graduated from Echols County High School.Mrs. Flowers is survived by a sister Hettie Lou Peterson...
Maxine Connell Steinberg
Sep 19, 2006
Maxine Connell Steinberg, 85 of Valdosta died on Monday, September 18, 2006 in Valdosta from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on October 8, 1920 in Broxton, GA, she was the daughter of the late J. C. E. and Clyde W. Connell and the widow of the late Reverend Robert F. Steinberg. Mrs. Steinberg served as the pianist at...
Lois Barker Cooper
Sep 18, 2006
Lois Barker Cooper, 77 of Valdosta died Monday, September 18, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 28 1929, in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie Lynwood Barker and Mary Sue Coker Barker Youmans. Mrs. Cooper was a lifelong resident of this area and was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.She...
Rena M. Gay
Sep 18, 2006
Rena M. Gay, 94, of St. Augustine, Florida, died on Monday, September 18, 2006. Born in Clyattville on August 29, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Horace Samuel and Lou Tishey Chason Zipperer. A member of Anastasia Baptist Church, Mrs. Gay was a homemaker and seamstress. She enjoyed crafts, sewing, and working with her hands. Survivors are her...
Joyce F. Horne
Sep 17, 2006
Joyce F. Horne, 69, of Jacksonville, FL and formerly of Valdosta, GA, died on Sunday, September 17, 2006 in Jacksonville. Born on November 25, 1936 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Malcolm Horne and Jessie Hightower Horne. Mr. Horne moved to Jacksonville in the mid 1950’s and was a career insurance agent with Gulf Life and later...
Ava Nelle Carter Bentley
Sep 16, 2006
Ava Nelle Carter Bentley, of Lake Park, passed away at her home after an extended illness, Saturday, September 16, 2006 at 6:45p.m. Mrs. Bentley was born in Lowndes County on May 9, 1924, and attended Lake Park Schools. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, James A. and Iler Carter, three sisters, Thelma Zipperer, Gladys Copeland, Verda...
Nancy Ann Smith Goodgame
Sep 13, 2006
Nancy Ann Goodgame, 70, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at Lake Haven Nursing Home. Born in Wilwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 19, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and Dorothea Aikman Smith. She had made her home in Valdosta since 1972. Mrs. Goodgame was a devoted member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church....
Gilford Westberry
Sep 12, 2006
Gilford “Bo” Westberry, 73, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Savannah, died on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at Shands in Jacksonville. Born in Stockton he was the son of the late Gilford Miles and Annie Lee Stone Westberry. Mr. Westberry was an Air Force Veteran and a truck driver. He was a member of Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church. He enjoyed his...
Catherine Stewart Young
Sep 12, 2006
Catherine Stewart Young, 88, of Fayetteville, formerly of College Park, died on Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Mrs. Young was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in College Park. She was preceded in death by her husband, Max P. Young. Survivors are her daughters, Dinah Y. Shirley of Fayetteville and Catherine (Kay) Young of Atlanta, a grandson, R....
Andrew Bennett Becton
Sep 11, 2006
Andrew Bennett BectonAndrew Bennett (Bennie) Becton, 76, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born August 11, 1930 in Lowndes County to the late James Riley and Annie Jewell Becton. Mr. Becton had a 42 year career in banking and served in the United States Air Force. He...
Gerardo Garibay, Jr.
Sep 11, 2006
Gerardo Garibay, Jr., 26, of Valdosta died Monday, September 11, 2006 in Waycross from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mr. Garibay was born in Los Angeles, California on January 7, 1980 and had lived in Valdosta for six years. Mr. Garibay had served in the United States Air Force and was currently a civilian fireman at Moody Air Force...
Vesta Tillman
Sep 11, 2006
Vesta Tillman, 91, of Hahira, died Monday, September 11, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 27, 1915 in Brooks County to the late J. K. and Maude Martin Cooper. Mrs. Tillman was a homemaker and a member of Hahira First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Her husband was the late, Gordon I. Tillman.She is...
Blanche Bruce Peek Wilson
Sep 10, 2006
Blanche Bruce Peek Wilson, 83, of Hahira, died on Sunday, September 10, 2006, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a brief illness. Born in Moultrie on December 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Grady Bruce and Ola Trammell Bruce. She had worked at Levi Strauss for more than 20 years. She was a Baptist and attended...
Hugh M. Childree
Sep 10, 2006
Hugh M. Childree, 88, died on Monday, September 11, 2006 after a short illness. Born on August 10, 1918, in Reynolds, Georgia, he was the son of the late William Jennings and Jeffie Windham Childree. A TSGT in the U.S. Army, Mr. Childree fought in the Pacific for 4 years during WWII with the 158th Regimental Combat Team (Bushmasters). He...
John Randall (J. R.) Thornton
Sep 7, 2006
JOHN RANDALL (J. R.) THORNTON, 58, of Hahira died Thursday, September 7, 2006 at his home. He was born on December 17, 1947 in Pierce County, Georgia to the late Louie Edward, Jr. and Martha Jane Strickland Thornton and had lived in Hahira for six years. Mr. Thornton had been a Deputy with the Pierce County Sheriffs Department and a...
Ernest Jessie Drew
Sep 7, 2006
ERNEST JESSIE DREW, 85, of Hahira died Thursday, September 7, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 15, 1921 in Hazlehurst to the late Whiteford T. and Bessie Turbeville Drew and had lived in Hahira most of his life. Mr. Drew was a member of the Hahira First Baptist Church and a veteran of the U....
Juanita Drew Baker
Sep 7, 2006
JUANITA DREW BAKER, 87, of Hahira died Thursday, September 7, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on April 9, 1919 in Hazlehurst to the late Whiteford T. and Bessie Turbeville Drew and had lived in Hahira most of her life. Mrs. Baker was a member of the Hahira First Baptist Church where she coordinated activities and worked...
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