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James T. Bennett, Jr.
Feb 18, 2006
James T. Bennett, Jr., died Saturday, February 18, 2006 at home after a short illness. He was born in Ft. Gaines, Georgia, on May 4, 1920, to the late James Thomas Bennett and Louise Ward Bennett. Mr. Bennett had lived in this area for the past 55 years. He attended and graduated from Young Harris College and John Marshall Law...
Lydia Mae Tullos
Feb 18, 2006
Mae W. Tullos 84, of Valdosta died on February 18, 2006, in the Lake Haven Nursing Home. She was born in Pineville, LA to the late Alex & Bertha Dodge White. She grew up in Jonesville, LA and spent most of her adult life in Alexandria, LA. During WWII she worked for the Dept. of the Army as a secretary....
Donald Eugene (Don) Miles
Feb 18, 2006
DONALD EUGENE (DON) MILES, 70, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 18, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 23, 1935 in California to the late Abb Dillard Miles and Evelyn Ford Miles and had lived in Valdosta since 1964. Mr. Miles was a retired electrician, a mason and a member of the Northside Baptist Church. He...
James T. Bennett, Jr.
Feb 18, 2006
James T. Bennett, Jr., died Saturday, February 18, 2006 at home after a short illness. He was born in Ft. Gaines, Georgia, on May 4, 1920, to the late James Thomas Bennett and Louise Ward Bennett. Mr. Bennett had lived in this area for the past 55 years. He attended and graduated from Young Harris College and John Marshall Law...
David Braxton Knowles
Feb 17, 2006
David Braxton Knowles, 57 of Valdosta, died peacefully in the arms of his wife and children on Friday, February 17, 2006 after a long struggle with heart disease. He was born on Sept. 10, 1948 to the late Richard and Opal Lindsey Knowles. He was a founding member of the Pine Grove Community Baptist Church where he served as a...
George William O'Lary
Feb 17, 2006
George O’Lary, 78, of Valdosta, died on February 17, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on September 7, 1927 in Beaumont, TX, to the late George Mitchell and Amelia McDonald O’Lary. He was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Macon. He retired as an Attorney and Minister and owned his...
Sara B. Burroughs
Feb 16, 2006
Sara B. Burroughs, 83 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Born on December 15, 1922 in Naylor, she was the daughter of the late John and Gladys Moore Barker. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors are two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Marie...
Sarah Bass Phillips
Feb 16, 2006
SARAH BASS PHILLIPS, 88 of Valdosta died Thursday, February 16, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on July 25, 1917 in Valdosta to the late Barnie Vester and Hattie Cothron Phillips and was a lifelong resident of the area. Ms. Phillips was a member of the Redland Baptist Church.Survivors include a daughter and son in...
Robert Charles Alexander
Feb 15, 2006
Robert Charles Alexander, 81 of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a good life. Born on April 30, 1924 in Shanghai China, he was the son of the late Robert Malone and Charles Jasper Botsford Alexander. He was a World War II veteran having served in the Army Corps of Engineers. He fought...
Mrs. Florence P. Dozier
Feb 15, 2006
Mrs. Florence Peyton Dozier, 91 of Valdosta, GA, died on February 15, 2006 at her residence after a short illness. Born on August 7, 1914 in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Donald, Jr. and Florence Dunmire Peyton and the widow of Thomas A. Dozier. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church....
William Dean Anderson
Feb 14, 2006
William Dean Anderson, 86, of Valdosta since 1946, died on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born on February 19, 1919 in Statesboro, he was the son of the late William Dean and Blanche Crawford Anderson and the widower of Florence Scott Anderson who died in 1994. He graduated from Statesboro High School and attended Georgia...
John Lankford Harper
Feb 12, 2006
John Lankford Harper, 75, of Valdosta, died on February 12, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Irving County to the late James Oliver & Mary Monterey Harper, and formerly of Tifton, Mr. Harper had lived in this area for the past 50 years. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, was of the Baptist faith, and...
Mary Agnes Davis Godwin
Feb 11, 2006
Mary Agnes Davis Godwin, 67 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006 after a short illness. Born on April 18, 1938 in Pearson, GA, she was the daughter of P. W. and Blanche Davis of Valdosta. She was a homemaker and of the Seventh Day Adventist faith.Other survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Sandye and Julio Colon of Valdosta;...
A. Colin Mcrae
Feb 11, 2006
A. Colin McRae, 73 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on November 6, 1932 in Brooks County, he was the son of the late John Knox and Annie Lou Bowen McRae. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he was a deacon and taught in the...
Archie Butler
Feb 11, 2006
Archie Butler, 92 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a short illness. Born on January 31, 1914 in Sumter, SC, he was the son of the late Roman D. and Lula May Hodge Butler. Mr. Butler drove a public bus for Mr. Zant for several years and later operated his own...
Gordon Edward Mayer
Feb 10, 2006
Gordon E. Mayer, 50, of Valdosta, died on Friday, Feb 10, 2006 after a brief illness. He was born on December 24, 1955 in Valdosta to the late Leonard H. & Mattie Ruth Mayer. Gordon attended Leila Ellis and Sallas-Mahone Elementary School as a child, graduating from Lowndes High School. He furthered his education at Valdosta Vocational Technical School, continuing...
Dorothy Perry Rolfe
Feb 10, 2006
DOROTHY PERRY ROLFE, 68, of Lake Park died Friday, February 10, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 16, 1937 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Benjamin and Dorothy Hernburger Perry and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mrs. Rolfe was a Methodist and had worked in the gift shop at Cracker...
Ben T. Johnson
Feb 9, 2006
BEN T. JOHNSON, 63, of Valdosta died Thursday, February 9, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 25, 1942 in Lowndes County to Carolyn Burgsteiner Johnson and the late Carl David Johnson, Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Central Church of Christ...
Billie Dudley Lanier Schwiebert
Feb 9, 2006
Billie Dudley Lanier Schwiebert, 94, died on Thursday, February 9, 2006, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Billie was born on September 9, 1911 at Bemis, Georgia to William Eli and Julia (Haigwood) Dudley. Her family had lived in this area since her grandfather came to Valdosta after the War Between The States, and began buying and selling land, including...
Helen T. Marks
Feb 9, 2006
Helen T. Marks (nee` Oeters) died on Thursday, February 9, 2006 in Quitman, after a short illness. She was born October 14, 1920, to the late Harold and Helen Hine Oeters, and she was proud to be a “Brooklynite.” She graduated from Girls Commercial High School and was an English major at Wilson College. During WWII, she worked in Washington,...
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