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Martin (Marty) Lawrence Heaney
Jul 27, 2006
Martin (Marty) Lawrence Heaney, 83 of Hahira, died on Thursday, July 27, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born on May 7, 1923, in Fond du Lac County, WI, he was the son of the late Martin and Meta Mueller Heaney. He was founder of M. L. Heaney Trucking and of South Georgia Truck Service. He...
John O. Hensley
Jul 24, 2006
JOHN O. HENSLEY, 91, of Hahira died Monday, July 24, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 1, 1915 in Almance County, North Carolina to the late John F. and Ollie Horne Hensley and had lived in Hahira since 1938. Mr. Hensley was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served as a PT...
Jim Gostin Tunison, Sr.
Jul 24, 2006
Jim Tunison, 80, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Monday, July 24, 2006. Born in Macon, GA, on August 6, 1925, he was the son of the late George and Mary Tunison. Mr. Tunison owned and operated Tunison Brick Co and then Tunison Office Furniture. He was a graduate of Renaurd College in New York City, served...
Matthew Allan Aldrich
Jul 22, 2006
Matthew Allan Aldrich, infant son of Matthew and Cebrena Hill Aldrich of Valdosta died on Saturday, July 22, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 31, 2006 at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens in Babyland. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 10:40...
William Lestie Poole
Jul 21, 2006
William Lestie Poole, 78, of Valdosta, died Friday, July 21, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after several years of declining health. He was born on March 12, 1928 in Valdosta, son of the late Lestie and Meakie LeMaster Poole. Mr. Poole was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and was associated with Valdosta Coca-Cola Company for 45 years retiring...
Dorothy Morgan Mackey
Jul 20, 2006
Dorothy Morgan Mackey, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 20, 2006, at her home. Born in Metter, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Kate Eubanks Morgan. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Mackey was involved in numerous civic and cultural activities throughout her life. Survivors are her daughter and son-in-law, Ellen...
Leslie (Papa) Roe Davis, Sr.
Jul 19, 2006
Leslie (Papa) Roe Davis, Sr., 90, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born on February 4, 1916, in Mobile, AL, he was the son of the late Henry Taylor and Ida Irene Davis. Mr. Davis was a self employed jeweler for 39 years and was a veteran of the United States...
Jerome Alan Dozier
Jul 19, 2006
Alan Dozier, 25, of Adel, died on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, from injuries sustained in an motorcycle accident. He was born in Hahira on September 15, 1980, the son of Judy Carol Evans and William Ben Dozier, Jr. Alan was employed with Truck Accessories of Valdosta and he greatly enjoyed racing go carts with his brothers and friends at Valdosta...
Raymond Leroy Moody
Jul 16, 2006
Raymond L. Moody, 79, of Naylor, Georgia, died Sunday, July 16, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta after a brief illness. Born in Portland, Oregon on February 7, 1927, he was formerly of Kodiak, Alaska and had made his home in Lowndes County for the past 4 months. Mr. Moody was an electronics engineer. He had served with...
Dale A. Bennett
Jul 15, 2006
Dale A. Bennett, 47 of Howell, died on Saturday, July 15, 2006 in Jasper, FL from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on November 18, 1958 in Bass, ME, he was the son of Mary Frances Short Bennett and the late William Edward Bennett, Jr. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was of the Baptist...
Jeane Broyles Tarpley
Jul 15, 2006
Margaret Jeane Broyles Tarpley, 62, died on July 15, 2006 at Valdosta Medical Center suddenly after an amazing fight against ovarian cancer. She was born in Valdosta GA on July 24, 1943, to the late Charles E. and Margaret Johnson Broyles of Decatur, Georgia while Lt. Broyles was in the Army Air Corps during WWII. In 1946, the family moved...
Leslie E. Smith
Jul 14, 2006
Leslie E. Smith, 73, of Valdosta, died Friday, July 14, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born in Chicago, IL on October 13, 1932 to the late John A. and Sadie E. Warby Smith. Mr. Smith was formerly of Palatka and Perry, FL and had lived here for the past three years. He was self employed...
Leslie E. Smith
Jul 14, 2006
Leslie E. Smith, 73, of Valdosta, died on Friday, July 14, 2006, at his home. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by the McLane Lakewood Funeral Home. Funeral Home: McLane Lakewood Funeral Home 3119 West Marion Avenue Lake Park, GA US 31636
Chester Leroy (Jack) Bailey
Jul 11, 2006
Chester Leroy (Jack) Bailey, 86, of Hahira, died Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at his residence. He was born on July 3, 1920 in Cook County, GA to the late Frank Lee and Pearlie Mae Morgan Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a retired farmer and a United States Navy Veteran during World War II.He is survived by his wife of sixty five...
Bernice Elizabeth Faucett
Jul 11, 2006
Bernice Elizabeth Faucett, 81, of Hahira, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 11, 2006. She was born on September 24, 1924 in West Orange, NJ to the late James Claude and Stasia Moser Engler. Mrs. Faucett was employed at Publix Pharmacy in Valdosta for six years where she made many friends and acquaintances too numerous to mention. Her...
Mary Sterling Neal
Jul 11, 2006
Mary Sterling Neal, 83, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at her home after a short illness. Born on August 12, 1922, in Tifton, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Winnie McDaniel Sterling. Mrs. Neal was a charter member of Crossroads Baptist Church and formerly a member of Lee Street Baptist Church. She was the...
Mary Ann Sutton Holcomb
Jul 11, 2006
Mary Ann Sutton Holcomb, 72, Lake Park, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born on April 3, 1934 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Bessie Eloyce Blackmon Sutton. She was a caregiver for many sick elderly people in their homes for many years and was a devoted and loving...
Joni Rose Terrio
Jul 10, 2006
Joni Rose Terrio, 52 of Valdosta, died on Friday, July 7, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on February 16, 1954 in Santa Rosa, CA, she was the daughter of the late Johnny J. and Ruth Sewell Machi. She was a veteran of the United States Navy and a homemaker. She was a member of...
Kathleen (K.T.) Thompson
Jul 9, 2006
Kathleen Blanton “K.T.” Thompson, 85, died on Sunday, July 9, 2006, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness. Born in Lowndes County on July 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late H.A. and Rena Smith Blanton. Mrs. Thompson had worked with Dowling Bag Co. for many years. She was also a personal care sitter and loved flowers...
Melvin Jackson Hammock
Jul 8, 2006
Valdosta, Georgia Melvin Jackson Hammock, 58, of Live Oak, Florida, died at the Lake City, Florida VA Medical Center on Saturday, July 8, 2006 after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on June 3, 1948, he was the son of Frank J. Hammock and the late Marie Coody Hammock Aschenbrenner. Mr. Hammock served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam...
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