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Dr. Donald Emory Gerlock
Jun 5, 2005
Dr. Donald Emory Gerlock, 86, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 5, 2005 in Athens, GA. Born in Altoona, PA to the late Frank & Gladys Gerlock, he had lived in Valdosta for many years. Dr. Gerlock was a retired Professor of Education at Valdosta State University and former Principal of Pine Grove Elementary School. Dr. Gerlock was an active...
Ulmer B. Mccranie
Jun 4, 2005
Ulmer B. McCranie, 96, of Valdosta, died Saturday, June 4, 2005 at Fellowship Home. He was born on September 28, 1908 in Cook County, GA to the late William Henry and Roxie Mullis McCranie. Mr. McCranie was a civil engineer, a World War II United States Navy Veteran, a member of Northside Baptist Church and a Mason. He had lived...
P. C. Carter
Jun 4, 2005
P. C. CARTER, 93, of Ray City died Saturday, June 4, 2005 at Crestwood Nursing Home. He was born in Lowndes County on April 26, 1912 to the late Zeke and Belle Allen Carter and was a Baptist. Mr. Carter retired from Swift Packing Company in Moultrie where he lived from 1939-1980 before moving to Ray City. He enjoyed helping...
Dr. William (Bill) Frierson
Jun 1, 2005
Dr. William “Bill” Frierson, 72, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born on May 12, 1933, in Farmville, VA to the late W. Joe and Ione Livingston Frierson. Mr. Frierson was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church where he actively participated in the Adult teaching and...
Dr. F.G. (Tex) Eldridge
May 30, 2005
Dr. F. G. (Tex) Eldridge, 99, of Valdosta, died on Monday, May 30, 2005. Born in Gainesville, Texas, on September 27, 1905, he was the son of the late Reverend John E. and Irene B. Eldridge. Dr. Eldridge graduated from Matador High School, Matador, Texas in 1924 and received his A.B. and B.S. in 1929 from McMurray University in Abilene,...
Charles H Harper
May 30, 2005
CHARLES H HARPER, 72, of Quitman died Monday, May 30, 2005 at the Brooks County Hospital. He was born on January 12, 1933 in Odum, Georgia to the late Barry and Cathern Davis Harper and had lived in Brooks County for thirty two years. Mr. Harper was an industrial manager with American Cynamid and a veteran of the U. S....
Nancy Daniels Holmes
May 29, 2005
Nancy Holmes, 83, of Lake Park, died at Baptist Village after a short illness on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Born in Dooly County, Georgia on December 4, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Henry and Ada Daniels. Mrs. Holmes was a school teacher for 34 years, teaching in Brooks and Macon counties. She was a member of the...
Philip Jay Phelps
May 25, 2005
Philip Jay Phelps, 30, of Valdosta and formerly of Maine, died in an automobile accident on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Born on September 28, 1974 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, he had received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Maine. He was employed with PCA as a chemical engineer and was an Episcopalian. Mr. Phelps is survived...
Evelyn "Baba" Coody Nadack
May 25, 2005
EVELYN “Baba” COODY NADACK, 80, of Valdosta died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on May 30, 1924 in Valdosta to the late H. C. and Alice Johnson Coody and was a lifetime resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Nadack was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Valdosta. Survivors include her husband,...
Gladys Clifton Williams
May 25, 2005
GLADYS CLIFTON WILLIAMS, 78, of Lake Park died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on October 11, 1926 in Tampa, Florida to the late Barney Hampton and Kate Cribb Clifton and had lived in Lowndes County most of her life. Mrs. Williams was a courier for the Doctors Laboratory.Survivors include a daughter, Jo Lynn Evans...
Wilton Adams
May 24, 2005
Wilton Adams, 68, of Pavo, Georgia, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. He was born on November 17, 1936 in Coffee County, Georgia to the late Bruce and Mammie Solomon Adams. Mr. Adams was retired and was a United States Army Veteran.He is survived by his wife, Margie Adams of Pavo, two daughters and...
Wilton Adams
May 24, 2005
Wilton Adams, 68, of Pavo, Georgia, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. He was born on November 17, 1936 in Coffee County, Georgia to the late Bruce and Mammie Solomon Adams. Mr. Adams was retired and was a United States Army Veteran.He is survived by his wife, Margie Adams of Pavo, two daughters and...
Eugenia Gwendolyn Cherie Morris
May 21, 2005
Eugenia Gwendolyn Cherie Morris, 49, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at her residence. She was born September 30, 1955, in Macon, to the late Howard and Ada Lou Powell Meeks. Mrs. Morris worked at Bishop Cleaners for twenty-eight years. She was a member of the Corinth Baptist Church where she sang in the church choir and was...
Carro Nell Arnold Talley
May 20, 2005
Carro Nell Arnold Talley, 88, of Valdosta, died on May 20, 2005 at her residence. Born on March 10, 1917, in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Gilford Daniel (Sr.) and Carro Melissa Dees Arnold, Mrs. Talley was a graduate of Valdosta High School and she and her family were charter members of the Park Avenue United Methodist...
Edna Mckie Ivey
May 19, 2005
Edna McKie Ivey, 92, Valdosta resident since 1934, died on Thursday, May 19, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Franklin County, Georgia on February 26, 1913, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe and Rozenia Williams McKie. Mrs. Ivey was retired from the Army and Air Force Exchange at Moody AFB. She...
Jean R. Sheppard
May 19, 2005
Jean R. Sheppard, 75, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 19, 2005, at a local nursing home after a long illness. Born in Savannah, Tennessee, on June 9, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Roberta Linam Riddell. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Mrs. Sheppard was retired from Sears and was a member of Northside...
James Berrian Turner
May 18, 2005
James Berrian Turner, Jr., 66, of Quitman and formerly of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Shands University of Florida in Gainesville after a lengthy illness. Born in Tifton, on December 8, 1938, he was the son of the late James B. Sr., and Sarah Belle Conoly Turner. He was retired from Owens Illinois. Mr. Turner served in...
Elizabeth Louise Darnell
May 18, 2005
Elizabeth Louise Jackson Darnell, 80, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at her home. Born in Schley County, on June 12, 1924, she was the daughter of the late, Arthur Hampton and Annie Delphia Bellew Jackson. Mrs. Darnell was a homemaker and member of Benevolence Baptist Church. Survivors are her son, William A. and Gay Darnell of Batesville,...
Nellie Mae Childs
May 16, 2005
Nellie Mae Childs, 84 of Lake Park died on Monday, May 16, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born on February 13, 1921 in Stevenson, AL, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Lila Jane Kilgore Lusk. Mrs. Childs was a homemaker and a member of the Lake Park Church of God.She is...
Harvey Holcomb Chapman, Jr.
May 12, 2005
Harvey Holcomb Chapman, Jr., 85, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 12, 2005 after a short illness. Born on October 5, 1919 in Greensboro, GA, he was the son of the late Harvey, Sr. and Oline Sanders Chapman. He was a retired CPA and served during WWII in the U. S. Army. Mr. Chapman was a member of First Baptist...
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