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

Lamar Culbreth
Feb 1, 2006
Lamar Culbreth, 78, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born in Jennings, FL to the late Alvin & Irene Scaff Culbreth, he had lived the majority of his life in this area. Mr. Culbreth is a veteran of the Navy, having served in WWII; he then attended and received his Bachelors of Science Degree...

Allie Guess Webb
Jan 31, 2006
Allie Guess Webb, 93, of Hahira, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on July 27, 1912 in Fitzgerald, GA to the late A. B. Guess, Sr. and Phoebie Gunby Guess. Mrs. Webb was employeed by Burdine’s Department Store in Fort Lauderdale, FL, was a member of Hahira United Methodist Church and was very active...

Elizabeth R. Warrick
Jan 31, 2006
ELIZABETH R. WARRICK, 74, of Lake Park died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington, D. C. on January 6, 1932 to the late William Randolph and Alma McNerhany Longest and had lived in Lowndes County for twenty years and was a former resident of Jasper, Florida. Mrs. Warrick was a...

Clyde Kendall Lester
Jan 30, 2006
Clyde Kendall Lester, 91, of Montezuma, died on January 30, 2006 in Valdosta. Born September 28, 1914, she was the daughter of William Pickney and Clyde Bolton Kendall. She was a graduate of Valdosta High School and the Georgia State Woman’s College, now Valdosta State University. While she was teaching school in Byromville, she met her husband James Daniel Lester....

Tharan Eugene (Buck) Connell
Jan 30, 2006
THARAN EUGENE “BUCK” CONNELL, 89, of Valdosta died Monday, January 30, 2006 at his home. He was born in Barwick on December 20, 1916 to the late William Cleveland and Elizabeth Beatrice Little Connell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Connell was a retired forester and land surveyor with Langdale Forestry Products after 38 years of service...

Brenda Gail Garmon Hunter
Jan 28, 2006
Brenda Gail Hunter, 54, died on Saturday, January 28, 2006, at her home in Valdosta. Born in Duluth, on January 12, 1952, she was formerly of Cumming and had lived in Valdosta for the past 30 years. Mrs. Hunter was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors are her husband, William Hunter, Sr. of Valdosta, daughter and son in law, Bobbie...

Warren Ray Foster
Jan 27, 2006
Warren Ray Foster, 75, of Valdosta, died Friday, January 27, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas on November 23, 1930 to the late Charles Maxwell and Minnie Ola Jennings Foster. Mr. Foster was an accountant with Amoco Oil for thirty two years in both Texas and Oklahoma, served in the United States Air Force during the...

Jean A. Habershaw
Jan 27, 2006
Jean A. Habershaw, 82, of Valdosta, GA, died on Friday, January 27, 2006. Born in Pawtucket, RI to the late James A. and Mary Louise Habershaw, Miss. Habershaw moved to this area from Pawtucket in 1992. She was a public school teacher in Rhode Island for 25 years and was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Valdosta. Survivors include...

Gladys May
Jan 27, 2006
Gladys May, 81, of Valdosta, GA, died on Friday, January 27, 2006 after a short illness. Born in Nanticoke, PA, to the late Percy & Margaret Masters, she had lived in Nanticoke for most of her life and had lived in the Valdosta area for the past 10 years. She was a former member of the Primitive Methodist Church in...

Rebecca (Juanita) Tyler Griffin
Jan 26, 2006
Rebecca (Juanita) Tyler Griffin, of Valdosta died on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 7, 1928 in Hahira to Jessie Wingate Tyler of Valdosta and the late, Joseph R. Tyler and was the widow of David Ray Griffin. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Baptist Church.Survivors are daughters and...

Debra Barwick Clifton
Jan 25, 2006
Debra Barwick Clifton, 41 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at Emory Crawford Long in Atlanta after a lengthy illness. Born on June 22, 1964 in Thomasville, AL, she was the daughter of Hardy Bruce, Jr. and Doris Delita Wisenbaker Barwick of Valdosta. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant and a member of Redland Church of Christ. Other...

Debra Barwick Clifton
Jan 25, 2006
DEBRA BARWICK CLIFTON, 41, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Grace Sherrod Traynham
Jan 25, 2006
Grace Sherrod Traynham, 79, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at South GA Medical Center. She was born in Lowndes County on August 11, 1926 and was raised in Echols County. Mrs. Traynham was a homemaker and a member of the Bridge Club.She is survived by one daughter and son in law, Phyllis and Glenn Hatcher of Nicosia, Cyprus,...

Doris Downing Cheek
Jan 24, 2006
Doris Downing Cheek, 81 of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at Brooks County Hospital. Born on April 2, 1924 in Hahira, she was the daughter of the late Burton and Bertha Barker Downing. She was a sales person at Darby’s Shoes for over 25 years and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. She greatly loved her...

John P. Daniels
Jan 21, 2006
John P. Daniels, 88, of Halls, TN died on Saturday, January 21, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. Born on November 5, 1917 in Faulkner, TN, he was the son of the late, John Lee and Lida Mae Parrish Daniels. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served in World War II. He was a...

Sandra Norman
Jan 21, 2006
Sandra Norman, 39, of Valdosta, died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at her residence. She was born on July 18, 1966 in Denver, Colorado. Sandra was owner of a commercial restaurant equipment business.She is survived by one daughter, Jenna Lea Mulvey of Valdosta, her mother, Floye Franklin Byington of Lake Park, one sister, Deborah Bonser of Dasher and one niece, Jenifer...

Jane Bowes
Jan 20, 2006
Jane Streetman Hallock Bowes, 80 formerly of Lakeland, FL, died on Friday, January 20, 2006 at her residence in Valdosta, GA. Born on October 9, 1925 in Pensacola, FL, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Myra Quina Streetman. Among her many professions, she was a dance instructor and owned her own School of Dance in Bartow, FL....

Michael Todd Webb
Jan 20, 2006
Michael Todd Webb, 41, of Valdosta died Friday, January 20, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 15, 1964 in Valdosta and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Michael was a construction truck driver and attended Christ the King Episcopal Church.Survivors include his son, Michael Aaron Webb of Valdosta, his daughter, Caitlin Elizabeth Webb of...

Margery (Mardi) Barnes
Jan 20, 2006
Margery (Mardi) Barnes, 84 of Valdosta, died on Friday, January 20, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on February 15, 1921 in Keen, NH, she was the daughter of the late James F. and Dorothy Abbott Claverie and the widow of Charles Wesley Barnes, Jr. who died in 1991. She was raised in Boston, MA and graduated...

Dennis Johnson, Usa 1St Sgt. Ret.
Jan 20, 2006
Dennis Johnson, USA 1st Sgt. Ret., 69 of Lake Park died on Friday, January 20, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 28, 1936 in Ousley, he was the son of the late Fred and Margarete Dollar Johnson. A veteran of the United States Army he was on the staff of General William Westmoreland in Vietnam and made...