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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sherwood Chandler (Woodie) Dennis
Jul 25, 2005
Sherwood C. (Woodie) Dennis, 91, of Valdosta died at his home on Monday, July 26, 2005. Born on November 18, 1913, in Onancock, Virginia, he was the second child of Phoebe Thomas Chandler and William Ivey Dennis. Mr. Dennis spent his entire life in Valdosta with the exception of two years in the Navy during WWII. His lifetime business career...

Jesse Donald O'Quinn
Jul 25, 2005
JESSE DONALD “DON” O’QUINNJESSE DONALD “DON” O’QUINN, 74, of Valdosta died Monday, July 25, 2005. He was born in Cook County on May 31, 1931 to the late Mallie J. and Mae Blanton O’Quinn and had lived in Jacksonville, Florida before returning to Valdosta eighteen years ago. Mr. O’Quinn was a veteran of the United States Navy and retired Civil...

Inez Moon Pendleton
Jul 22, 2005
Inez Moon Pendleton, 74, of Valdosta, died suddenly at her home on Friday, July 22, 2005, after a period of declining health. Born on August 28, 1930 in Wenona, GA to the late Royce Duran & Ava Clyde Moon, she was a life long resident of this area. Mrs. Pendleton was a graduate of Valdosta High School and Served as...

A. Sidney Johnson
Jul 22, 2005
A. SIDNEY JOHNSON, 91, of Valdosta died Friday, July 22, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on August 16, 1913 in Morris, Georgia to the late Jeptha E. and Edna Jolley Johnson and had lived in Valdosta during his early years and moved back to Valdosta in 1994 from Ocala, Florida. Mr. Johnson...

Baby Boy Cardosa Hernandez
Jul 20, 2005
Baby Boy Cardosa Hernandez of Valdosta, infant son of Miguel Hernandez and Maria Cardosa died on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 22, 2005 at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens in Babyland. Reverend Brian Sayre will officiate. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the Obituary...

Msgt Millard P. Brown (Ret)
Jul 19, 2005
MSGT Millard P. Brown (RET), 69 of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born on November 22, 1935 in Wheeler County, GA, he was the son of the late John and Mary Jones Brown. He retired from the Air Force and the Civil Service. Mr. Brown attended Trinity Presbyterian Church. He is...

Mary Lucinda Beal
Jul 19, 2005
Mary Lucinda Phemister Beal, 86, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center. There are no services scheduled at this time for Mrs. Beal. Condolences may be conveyed online at mclanefuneralservices.com at obituaries. Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602 Visitation: Carson McLane Funeral...

Annie Laura Folsom
Jul 18, 2005
Annie Laura Folsom, 84, of Hahira, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born on September 9, 1920 in Decatur County, GA to the late Bryant and Mary Jane Mimbs Strickland. Mrs. Folsom was a homemaker.She is survived by two daughters and sons in law, Jan and John Anderson of Valdosta, Linda and Jim Fiveash...

Floyd Watson
Jul 18, 2005
Floyd Watson, 51, of Hahira, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at Smith Northview Hospital. He was born on August 13, 1953 in Hahira and was an automobile mechanic and a house mover.He is survived by his mother, Julia Simmons of Enigma, GA, four brothers, Odell Watson, Jr. of Live Oak, FL, Billy Joe Watson and fiancé Patty Kennedy of Hahira,...