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

Carlyle A. Irby, Jr.
Jun 17, 2006
Carlyle A. Irby, Jr., 75, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 16, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on June 28, 1930, in Macon he was the son of the late Carlyle A. Jr., and Susan Jackson Irby. A graduate of Mercer University where he received his Masters Degree and Education Specialist, Mr. Irby was retired from the Georgia...

Louella C. Dixon
Jun 17, 2006
Louella C. Dixon, 63, of Valdosta, died Saturday, June 17, 2006 at Specialty Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. She was born on April 7, 1943 in Nashville, GA to the late George W. and Lena Faulkner Williams. Ms. Dixon was a homemaker and a member of Azalea City Church of God.She is survived by two daughters, Debbie Harrington of Jacksonville, FL,...

David Parmer, Sr.
Jun 17, 2006
David Parmer, Sr., 67 of Jennings, FL died on Saturday, June 17, 2006 at North FloridaRegional Hospitalin Gainesvilleafter a lengthy illness. Born on March7, 1939 in Bellefontaine, OH, he was the son of the late Marion Martin and Donna Jane Alexander Parmer. He had worked in the mining field and was a locomotive engineer for PCS formerly Occidental for 28...

Jesse Efford Culpepper
Jun 17, 2006
Jesse Efford Culpepper, 82, of Valdosta, died Saturday, June 17, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Echols County on February 6, 1924 to the late Jesse and Beulah Peterson Culpepper. Mr. Culpepper was retired from Dowling Bag Company and attended Forest Street Church of God.He is survived by his wife, Leota Culpepper of Valdosta,...

Joshua Castenado-Mendoza
Jun 16, 2006
Joshua Castenada-Mendoza, infant son of Josue Castenada and Maribel Mendoza of Valdosta died on Friday, June 16, 2006 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 19, 2006 at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens in Babyland. The family will receive friends on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. at the Carson...
Betty J. Smith
Jun 16, 2006
Betty J. Smith, 74, of Valdosta, died suddenly of a stroke on Friday, June 16, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Atlanta on April 11, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Vertyce Mae Mobley and John D. Brooks. Mrs. Smith received her Masters in Special Education, in 1986, at Valdosta State University. She was very involved...

David G. Harrison
Jun 16, 2006
David G. Harrison, 60, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 16, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a long illness. Born on October 4, 1945 in Waycross, he was the son of the late Ferman E. and Bertha Mae Geiger Harrison. He was a newspaper reporter and of the Methodist faith. Survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Leigh and...

Willene May Kelley
Jun 15, 2006
Wilene May Kelley, 68, of Hahira, died Thursday, June 15, 2006 at her residence. She was born on December 18, 1937 in Valdosta to the late Jefferson Davis and Sarah Mildred Fender May. Mrs. Kelley was a home health care nurses assistant and of the Pentecostal faith.She is survived by two daughters, Wilene Elizabeth Paris of Ray City, Dianne Mullis...

Cecelia V. Hiers
Jun 14, 2006
CECELIA V. HIERS, 84, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on April 22, 1922 in Valdosta to the late George and Birdie Green Voigt and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Hiers was retired from Bank of America and a member of the First United Methodist Church where she was...

Harriette Folsom Sharpe
Jun 13, 2006
Harriette Folsom Sharpe, 77, of Hahira, GA and Raleigh, NC, died Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at South GA Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. She was born on March 23, 1929 in Ware County, GA to the late Albert J. and Ivey Smith Folsom. Mrs. Sharpe grew up in Hahira, was a bookkeeper, a member of Hahira United Methodist Church and...

Hazel Prentice
Jun 13, 2006
HAZEL PRENTICE, 77, of Valdosta died Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at the Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born in Nashville on January 25, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Leon Luke and Grovie Solomon Luke Ellis. Mrs. Prentice was a Baptist and was retired from Pic-N-Save.Survivors include a daughter and son in law, Gloria and Larry Daniels...

Louise Noel Tillman
Jun 13, 2006
Louise Noel Tillman, 82, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at Patten Place Retirement Center in Adel. Born on November 15, 1923, in Warren, OH, she was the daughter of the late Otto Clarence and Mary L. Yost Noel. Mrs. Tillman was a breast cancer survivor and volunteered with Reach to Recovery. She had worked in sales and...

John Robert Clayton
Jun 13, 2006
John Robert Clayton, 39, of Valdosta died on Friday, June 9, 2006 at his residence. Born on January 2, 1967 in Redding, CA, he was the son of Robert Vernon Clayton and the late Anita Elaine Wheeler Clayton. John loved the Rodeo and had a personal relationship with Jesus. He was a leader in his church, and a good friend...

Johnnie Edward Faglie
Jun 12, 2006
Johnnie Edward Faglie, of Valdosta, born to Clara N. Faglie and Gerald C. Faglie on November 19, 1947 passed his soul on Sunday, June 11, 2006 to the keeping of his Lord and Master Jesus Christ for safe keeping.Born in Valdosta at the Little and Griffin Hospital, he strove to do the best he could while attending church and school...

Thomas Carroll (Hutch) Hutchinson
Jun 11, 2006
Thomas Carroll “Hutch” Hutchinson, Jr., 51 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on July 23, 1954 in Columbus, GA and was a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Hutchinson was a carpenter in the construction business. He loved to fish, loved his family and especially...

Lona Myrl Hicks Dixon
Jun 10, 2006
LONA MYRL HICKS DIXON, 85, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 10, 2006 at the home her daughter, Darlene Keeling whom had been caring for Mrs. Dixon during her illness of the past six months. She was born on August 24, 1920 in Hamilton County, Florida to the late Calvin and Rosa Lee Prather Hicks and had lived in this area...

Victor Allen Coffman
Jun 9, 2006
VICTOR ALLEN COFFMAN, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, June 9, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Coffman was born on November 22, 1930 in Tiffin, Ohio to the late Alton Oliver and Esther Ruth Harshman Coffman and had lived in Valdosta since 1953. He was a retired tool and die machinist with IT&T and the proprietor of White Star...

Frances Fay Camp Allen
Jun 9, 2006
FRANCES FAY CAMP ALLEN, 91, of Jacksonville, Florida and formerly of Valdosta died Friday, June 9, 2006 at the Regents Park Nursing Home in Jacksonville, Fla. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina on May 7, 1915 to the late Otis O. and Fay Astin Camp and had lived in Valdosta from 1945 until 1995 when she moved to Jacksonville....

Alberta Dodds
Jun 8, 2006
Alberta Dodds, 86, formerly of Marion, IN passed away Thursday, June 8, 2006 at Eldorado Hospital in Tucson, AZ after a short illness. She was born on October 26, 1919 in Marion to the late William and Clara Smith. She is survived by two younger sisters, Minnie Henson and Wilma Bradley of Paris IL and Marion, IN respectively. She and...

Ernest Edward Carter
Jun 7, 2006
Ernest E. Carter, 65, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center after along illness. Born in Hazelhurst on September 14, 1940, he was the son of the late Edward and Clara Owens Carter. Mr. Carter was a retired self employed painter. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Survivors are his...