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Lillian (Jitter) Harnage
Dec 13, 2005
LILLIAN (JITTER) HARNAGE, 63, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Brooks County on April 25, 1942 to the late Charles Gordon and Daisy Mills Bradford. Mrs. Harnage was retired from First Federal Savings and Loan Bank and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in...
Marion Pollard Grimes
Dec 13, 2005
Marion Pollard Grimes, 94, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, after a lengthy illness. Born on November 21, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Andrew J. and Mary Anne Driscoll Pollard and widow of the late Charles Grimes. Mrs. Grimes was educated in the Valdosta City Schools and Georgia Florida Commercial College. She had...
Michael Cortez Booker
Dec 11, 2005
MICHAEL CORTEZ BOOKER, 63, of Valdosta died Sunday, December 11, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on October 30, 1942 in Wildwood, Florida to the late Clarence Cortez and Helen Atkinson Booker and had lived in Valdosta for thirty seven years. Mr. Booker served in the United States Marine Corps from 1960-1964 and...
Norinne Ring Mueller
Dec 11, 2005
NORINNE RING MUELLER, 94, of Valdosta died Sunday, December 11, 2005 at her home. She was born on April 12, 1911 in Olathe, Kansas to the late William James and Matilda Lynch Chesney and had lived in Denver, Colorado before moving to Valdosta in 1999. Mrs. Mueller was a retired lunchroom manager with the Jefferson County School Board and a...
William Franklin Jennings, Sr.
Dec 9, 2005
WILLIAM F. JENNINGS, SR., 75, of Valdosta died Friday, December 9, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 8, 1930 to the late Felix Tillman and Sarah Harvey Jennings and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Jennings was a Baptist and a veteran of the United States Army having served...
Peggy Elizabeth Witherspoon
Dec 8, 2005
Peggy Elizabeth Witherspoon, 59 and a life long resident of Valdosta died on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at her residence. Born on February 12, 1946 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of Sara Smart Fletcher and the late Cone Freeman Fletcher. Mrs. Witherspoon was a bookkeeper and a member of the Swilley Hill Church of God.Other survivors include her husband,...
Marshall Lewis Strong Iii
Dec 6, 2005
M. L. “Buster” Strong III, 74, of Thomasville, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2005, at Brooks County Hospital in Quitman. Born in Valdosta on September 8, 1931, he was the son of the late, Lorene Tittle Strong and Marshall Lewis Strong, Jr. Mr. Strong was a Petroleum Distributor. A graveside committal service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday,...
William G. (Bill) Eager, Iii
Dec 5, 2005
William Goronwy Eager III, 62, of Valdosta died Monday, December 5, 2005, at his residence after a brief illness. He was born September 6, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late William G., Jr. and Dorothy Hopkins Eager. He graduated from McCallie School and Emory University, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. In 1993, he was...
Betty Jean Meadows
Dec 4, 2005
Betty Jean Meadows, 74 of Dasher died on Sunday, December 4, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on August 22, 1931 in Boston, GA. She was very active with the Valdosta High Band Boosters in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. She loved to design and create arts and crafts and give them...
Edward Timothy (Ed) Coughlin
Dec 4, 2005
Edward Timothy (Ed) Coughlin, 46, of Valdosta, died Sunday, December 4, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Akron, Ohio on June 2, 1959 to the late Edward Francis and Joan Johnson Coughlin. Mr. Coughlin was property manager for Cumberland Court.He is survived by his wife, Kelly Coughlin of Valdosta, children, Alana Coughlin and Shayla Coughlin of Valdosta, Edward...
Mae Kaeck
Dec 2, 2005
Mae Kaeck, 93 of Ft. Wayne, IN, died on Friday, December 2, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA after a sudden illness. Born on June 24, 1912 in Fort Wayne, she was the daughter the late Warner, J. and Nellie Stubucke Hart and the widow of Kenneth S. Kaeck. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Martha M. Hartman
Nov 25, 2005
Martha M. HartmanValdosta, Georgia—Martha Matilda Hartman (nee: Anderson) passed away November 23, 2005 in Valdosta, Georgia. Memorial services are pending. Martha was born December 6, 1944 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was a graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, Bloomsburg University, Bucknell University and Austin Theological Seminary. At the time of her death she was an Associate Professor of English...
Junior Claude Mcdonald
Nov 23, 2005
J.C. McDonald, 80, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2005, after a lengthy illness. Born in Lowndes County on January 22, 1925, he was the son of John and Maude Hughes McDonald. Mr. McDonald was employed with the Langdale Company. He attended Lake Park Church of God. Survivors are his wife, Rubinell Westberry McDonald of Lake Park, daughters...
Charles Hartford Cross
Nov 23, 2005
Charles Hartford Cross, 88, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy and determined fight against cancer. Charles was born December 2, 1916 in Levering, Michigan, the eldest son of the late Charles Harold Cross and Sybil Cross. The family lived in Northern Michigan until the mid-1930’s when they moved to LaGrange, Indiana....
Victor V. Arreaga
Nov 22, 2005
Victorriano Vincente Arreaga Velasquez, 27, of Lake Park, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 near his residence in Echols County. He was born March 27, 1978 in San Marcos Tacana, Quatemala to Saturnino Areaga and Gregoria Velasquez Perez . He was a farm worker in Echols County.He is survived by his wife, Renee Arreaga of Lake Park; two sisters, Esteban Areaga...
Martha Rovall Orenstein
Nov 20, 2005
Martha Rovall Orenstein, age 85 of Valdosta, GA since 1973 and formerly of Hartford, CT, died on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on February 1, 1920 in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Barney and Bessie Cohen. She was an Orthodox Jew and attended Temple Israel. Mrs. Orenstein and her...
Ray Gordon Coppage
Nov 20, 2005
Ray Gordon Coppage, 88, of Hahira and Adel, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 13, 1917 in Lowndes County to the late Gordon Lee and Willie Ozella Cowart Coppage. Mr. Coppage was retired from Valdosta Hardware and Mill Supply and was a member of New Friendship Primitive Baptist Church.He is preceded...
Mildred R. Pike
Nov 19, 2005
Mildred R. Pike, 84, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at her residence. Born January 3, 1921, in Clinch County to the late Lee Owen Autry & Gollie Mae Roe Autry. Mrs. Pike was a homemaker and a member of Greenwood Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Deborah Pike of Valdosta; two sisters, Leola Carter Fann, of Alma,...
Carl Mullis
Nov 18, 2005
Carl Mullis, age 81, a life long resident of Valdosta died on Friday, November 18, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on March 25, 1924 in Tifton, he was the son of the late Daniel Lester Mullis and Annie Ruth Feagan Mullis. He was a Valdosta High School graduate and a veteran of the United States Navy during WWII...
Stewart Watson
Nov 16, 2005
Stewart Watson, 68, of Hahira, died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Amherst, Ohio on September 5, 1937 to the late Homer Wright and Blanche Marie Atteberry Watson. Mr. Watson was retired from the United States Air Force and a member of the American Legion.He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Watson of...
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