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Eva C. Hancock
Aug 24, 2005
Eva C. Hancock, 67, of Adel, died Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Lowndes County on January 15, 1938 to the late John Henry and Beulah Mae Register Crump. Ms. Hancock was a retired school teacher and was a Baptist.She is survived by one son and daughter in law, Darryl and Wendy Hancock of Hahira,...
Charles David Sayers
Aug 22, 2005
Charles David Sayers, Sr., 51, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died at Archbold Medical Center on Monday, August 22, 2005 from injuries received in an accident. Born in Athens, Ohio on December 24, 1953, he was the son of Byron David and Jean Jordan Sayers. Mr. Sayers was a painter, employed with Jabon and Stone Inc. of Valdosta. Survivors are two...
Annie Laurie Goff
Aug 22, 2005
Annie Laurie Goff, 85, of Valdosta died on Monday, August 22, 2005, at her home. She was born on July 10, 1920 in Madison, Florida and had lived in Valdosta for 52 years. Mrs. Goff was a member of Grace Baptist Church, a dedicated Christian mother and grandmother. Mrs. Goff was an avid fisherman. She and her husband, the late...
Sybil Louise Griffin Passmore
Aug 20, 2005
SYBIL LOUISE GRIFFIN PASSMORE, 83, of Hahira died Saturday, August 20, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on May 27, 1922 in Nashville to the late Edgar L. and Annie Bulloch Griffin and had lived in Hahira for many years. She completed high school in Nashville and attended Georgia State Women’s College, now Valdosta State University where...
Rhonda Marie Miller
Aug 18, 2005
Rhonda Marie Miller, 44 of Lake Park, died at her home on Thursday, August 18, 2005. The family will receive friends at the McLane Lakewood Funeral Home on Saturday from 6 – 8 p.m. Services will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel at McLane Lakewood Funeral Home with Mr. Marvin Greene officiating. Burial will be at...
Earl L. Creech, M.D.
Aug 14, 2005
Earl L. Creech, M.D., 74 of Valdosta died on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on April 3, 1931 in West Palm Beach, he was the son of the late William L. Creech, Sr. and Rose Hughes Creech. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy and was a pilot who...
Benny K. Kinchen
Aug 12, 2005
Benny K. Kinchen, 56, of Lake Park, died suddenly on Friday, August 12, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on September 22, 1948 in Plant City, FL he was the son of the late Charles & Mary Kinchen. He had been a lifelong resident of this area and was in the 1st graduating class from Lowndes High School in...
Teresa G. Richardson Rice
Aug 12, 2005
TERESA G. RICHARDSON RICE, 40, of Valdosta died Friday, August 12, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on July 11, 1965 in Johnson City, Tennessee and had lived in Valdosta for fifteen years. She was a member of the Lake Park Church of God.Survivors include her loving husband, Robert (Bob) Rice of Valdosta, her son, Thomas Wayne...
Alma H. Player
Aug 11, 2005
ALMA H. PLAYER, 96, of Hahira died Thursday, August 11, 2005 at the Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. She was born on February 2, 1909 in Hahira to the late Roland G. and Fannie Mae Wetherington Howell and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mrs. Player was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church. Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews,...
Edith Smith
Aug 10, 2005
Edith Smith, 75 of Valdosta died on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on July 2, 1930 in Pavo, she was the daughter of the late George Edward, Sr. and Lettie Irene Leachman Smith. Mrs. Smith was employed with the Valdosta Daily Times for 47 years. She worked in bookkeeping accounting, wrote...
Kenneth Cecil Clayton
Aug 9, 2005
Kenneth Cecil Clayton of Lake Park passed away on August 9, 2005 at his residence. Born on April 7, 1914 in Echols County, he was the son of the late Judge William Douglas Clayton and Emma Herring Clayton. He retired from Napa Automotive as a bookkeeper. A former member of Forrest Street United Methodist Church, he taught the Adult Sunday...
Lois Giles Prater
Aug 6, 2005
Lois Giles Prater, 89, of Valdosta, and formerly of Atlanta, died peacefully, of natural causes on Saturday, August 6, 2005, at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born in Atlanta on May 25, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Annie Biggers and Charles Roy Giles. Mrs. Prater was a homemaker and a member of Capital View United Methodist Church in Sylvan...
Alma Hughes Cowart
Aug 6, 2005
ALMA HUGHES COWART, 73, of Valdosta died Saturday, August 6, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Lowndes County on January 12, 1932 to the late Payton Perry Hughes and Mamie Irene Poole Hughes. Mrs. Cowart had worked at Strickland Cotton Mills and retired from Levi’s Manufacturing. She was an loving and kind mother and grandmother and...
Helen Fox
Aug 4, 2005
Helen Fox, 66 of Valdosta died on Thursday, August 4, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center . Born on October 1, 1938 in Lakeland, GA, she was the daughter of the late D. R. and Nancy Hillard Fender. She was a retired seamstress and of the Church of God Faith.Survivors include her husband, Irvin Patrick Fox of Pelham; daughters and...
Sue Cauthen Little
Aug 4, 2005
SUE CAUTHEN LITTLE, 72, of Valdosta and beloved wife of 52 years of Dr. Robert L. Little, PhD. died Thursday, August 4, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 11, 1932 in Natchez, Mississippi to the late William A. and Edith Trudell Cauthen and had lived in Valdosta for thirty six years. Mrs. Little was Anglican...
Ronald Stephens
Aug 3, 2005
RONALD STEPHENS, 84, of Dasher died Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born in Shrewsbury, West Virginia on February 24, 1921 to the late Ronald E. Sr. and Lula Mae McSurley Stephens and had lived in Lowndes County for several years. Mr. Stephens was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Chirst and...
Jerranell Lightsey
Jul 31, 2005
Jerranell “Jeri” Lehman Lightsey, 61, of Naylor, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at her daughter’s residence. She was born on July 17, 1944 in Lowndes County to the late James Carol Lehman, Sr. and to Lucy Gordena Huggins Lehman. Mrs. Lightsey had worked over the years at Levi Strauss, Winkinson, Ithaca, and from her home as a seamstress and was...
Ronnie E. Coker
Jul 30, 2005
Ronnie E. Coker, 50, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 30, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Lowndes County, Mr. Coker had been a lifelong resident of this area. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, had been a car salesman and had attended Seasons Church. Survivors include his wife, Jacquie Coker of...
Barbara D. Mcfarland
Jul 30, 2005
Barbara D. McFarland, 71, of Tifton, died on Saturday, July 30, 2005, at her home after a lengthy illness. Born in Penington Gap, Virginia, on March 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Stella Robbins Stapleton. A homemaker, Mrs. McFarland attended Four Square Pentacostal Holiness Church. Survivors are her daughters and sons in law, Joyce...
Myrtle B. Hendry Lester
Jul 26, 2005
Myrtle B. Hendry Lester, 85, of Douglas, , died on Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at the Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, GA. She was born in Valdosta on May 15, 1920 and was the daughter of the late John and Henrietta Dupree Hendry. She was a homemaker and member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She lived for some...
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