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

Lt. Col Richard Adelbert Bellinger, Usaf, Ret.
Jun 6, 2006
Lt. Col. Richard Adelbert Bellinger, USAF, Ret., 74 of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on April 11, 1932 in Iowa City, he was the son of the late Guy “Jack” and Betty Bellinger. He attended the University of Iowa from which he graduated in 1954. He also attended the law school at...

Robert (Bob) Leonard
Jun 5, 2006
Robert “Bob” Leonard, 70 of Lake Park, died on Monday, June 5, 2006 at his residence. Born on September 2, 1935 in Plant City, FL, he was the son of the late Dake and Mildred Peavy Leonard. Mr. Leonard was a retired home builder and a retired building inspector for Lake Park. He was a United States Navy veteran having...

Barney Oldfield Garrison
Jun 5, 2006
BARNEY OLDFIELD GARRISON, 88, of Hahira died Monday, June 5, 2006 at his home. He was born on April 15, 1918 in Jefferson, Georgia to the late Lone (Lum) and Frances Nunn Garrison and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Garrison was a veteran of the United States Army Infantry serving during World War II where he went...

Gene Robinson
Jun 5, 2006
Gene Robinson, 63 of Nashville died on Monday, June 5, 2006 at Tift Regional Hospital after a short illness. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US...

Debra Faye (Debbie) Parker
Jun 3, 2006
Debra Faye (Debbie) Parker, 52 of Knoxville, TN died on June 3, 2006 in Riverton, WY. She was born on September 20, 1953 in Valdosta. She was a graduate of Lowndes High School and was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. She was employed as a caregiver.She is survived by her mother, Margie Hacker Wilson of Knoxville;...

Raymond Hollis (Midget) Jones
Jun 3, 2006
Raymond Hollis “Midget” Jones, 63, of Jacksonville, FL, died Saturday, June 3, 2006 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. He was born on August 11, 1942 in Lowndes County, GA to the late Raymond Jackson and Margaret Screws Jones. He was an auto transport hauler.Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Patsy Jones of Jacksonville, FL, one daughter...

D. H. Roskilly
Jun 3, 2006
D.H. Roskilly, 75, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 3, 2006 at his home. Born in Racine, Wisconsin on November 2, 1930, he was the son of the late Everett and Helen Roskilly. He was a sales representative for United State Tobacco. Mr. Roskilly was a United States Air Force veteran and a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church....

Evelyn Fiveash
Jun 1, 2006
EVELYN FIVEASH, 91, of Jacksonville, Florida died Thursday, June 1, 2006 at the Sumter Regional Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Dupont, Georgia on August 18, 1914 to the late George Alexander, Sr. and Leila Hughes Fiveash and lived in Clinch and Lowndes Counties until moving to Jacksonville, Florida in 1940. Mrs. Fiveash was a retired bank...

Catherine Ganas Yale
May 29, 2006
CATHERINE GANAS YALE, 73, of Valdosta died Monday, May 29, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on November 12, 1932 in Valdosta to the late Pete G. and Julia Odum Ganas and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Yale was retired from Valdosta High School as the registrar and a member of the Church...

John Harold Miley
May 28, 2006
John H. Miley, 59, of Hahira, died Sunday, May 28, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 5, 1946 in Lowndes County. Mr. Miley was a retired Air Traffic Controller with the United States Navy and was a Methodist.He is survived by his wife, Vicky Marleen Miley of Hahira, three sons and one daughter in law,...

Mittie Hayes Chitty
May 28, 2006
Mittie Hayes Chitty, 90, of Valdosta, died at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Born in Adel, on October 18, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Lena R. Lipsey Hayes and Henry H. Hayes. Mrs. Chitty was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing bridge and cooking for her family and friends....

Carolyn King Panizzi
May 27, 2006
Carolyn King Panizzi, 50 of Lake Park, Ga., died suddenly, Saturday, May 27, 2006, at her residence. Born on March 17, 1956 in Valdosta, she is the daughter of Christine P. King and the late William Raymond King. Carolyn was a co-founder of Teamtemps Personnel Staffing and active member of the Valdosta North Rotary Club. She was a graduate of...

Edyth Groover
May 26, 2006
Edyth Groover, 87, of Valdosta, GA, died Friday, May 26, 2006, at the Langdale Place in Valdosta. Born on February 27, 1919 in Greensburg, KY, she was the daughter of the late Clay and Clarice Curry and the widow of Fred Groover who died in 1972. She graduated from Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY in 1939 and was a member of...

Johnnie Mae Burkhalter
May 25, 2006
Johnnie Mae Burkhalter, 86 of Milwaukee, WI and formerly of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 25, 2006 at her residence. Born on January 28, 1920 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ancil and Carrie Viola Touchton Burkhalter. Ms. Burkhalter lived in Milwaukee most of her life working for General Motors/Delphi Corporation. She celebrated her 50th...

Leon Jay Andrews
May 25, 2006
Leon Jay Andrews, 48, of Jennings, Florida, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia. He was born August 1, 1957, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Glen and Orvelda Andrews. He lived in the New Sharon – Oskaloosa area until the family moved to Marshalltown, Iowa in 1970. He graduated in 1976 from Marshalltown High...

Jamie D. Carroll
May 23, 2006
Jamie D. Carroll, 92, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on November 1, 1913, he was the son of the late W. W. Carroll and Christine Davis Carroll Wilcox. He was the widower of Lida Frances Garbutt Carroll who died in 2003. Mr. Carroll was an active...

Mrs. Dorothy Hudson
May 23, 2006
Mrs. Dorothy Hudson, 66 of Lake Park died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, May 26, 2006 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral...

Samuel Jones Mitchell, Jr.
May 22, 2006
SAMUEL JONES MITCHELL, JR. Samuel Jones (Sam) Mitchell, Jr., 78, of Valdosta passed away on Monday, May 22, 2006 at his home after a short illness. He was the son of the late Martha Eugenia Mallette and Samuel Jones Mitchell, Sr. of Thomasville, Georgia. Sam was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church and the Grace Denis Sunday School...

Ralph Aaron Chitty
May 20, 2006
Ralph Aaron Chitty, 85, of Valdosta, died Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, TN. He was born on October 4, 1920 in Valdosta to the late Milton Frank and Sallie Jane Futch Chitty. Mr. Chitty was retired from the United States Postal Service, was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Westside Baptist Church,...

Jimmy Tucker
May 17, 2006
Jimmy Tucker, 68, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. He was born on August 24, 1937 in Nashville, GA to the late Jim Richard and Alyne Sizemore Tucker. Mr. Tucker was a member of North Valdosta Church of God.He is survived by one brother and sister in law, Billy and Evelyn Tucker of Valdosta,...