OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Gladys Clifton Williams

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

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

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

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

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...

Jean R. Sheppard

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...

Edna Mckie Ivey

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...

Elizabeth Louise Darnell

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,...

James Berrian Turner

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...

Nellie Mae Childs

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...

Sara Lou Campbell Rivers

Sara Lou Campbell Rivers

May 12, 2005

Sara Lou Campbell Rivers, 86, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died in Ocala, Florida, on Thursday, May 12, 2005. Born on November 1, 1918, in Rhine, Dodge County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Carl Crisp and Georgia Elizabeth Pitts Campbell. Mrs. Rivers was a hairdresser and owned and operated Sara’s Beauty Shop in Valdosta for many years. She...

Sara Lou Campbell Rivers

Sara Lou Campbell Rivers

May 12, 2005

Sara Lou Campbell Rivers, 86, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died in Ocala, Florida, on Thursday, May 12, 2005. Born on November 1, 1918, in Ryan, Dodge County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Carl Crisp and Georgia Elizabeth Pitts Campbell. Mrs. Rivers was a hairdresser and owned and operated Sara’s Beauty Shop in Valdosta for many years. She...

Harvey Holcomb Chapman, Jr.

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...

James Wallace (Jimmy) Parker

James Wallace (Jimmy) Parker

May 11, 2005

JAMES WALLACE (JIMMY) PARKER, 66, of Hahira died Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at his home. He was born on August 9, 1938 in Brooks County to the late Floyd Edwin and Vera Mae Williams Parker and was a lifelong resident of Brooks and Lowndes counties. Mr. Parker was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church. He loved life and attending...

T. E. (Timothy E.) Bland

T. E. (Timothy E.) Bland

May 10, 2005

T. E. (Timothy E.) Bland, 93, of Clyattville died Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a short illness. He was born on December 23, 1911 in Jennings, Florida to the late James David and Lillie Herring Bland and had lived in Lowndes County for sixty five years. Mr. Bland was a member of the Clyattville Baptist...

Louise Johnson Westbrook

Louise Johnson Westbrook

May 10, 2005

Louise Johnson Westbrook, 94 of Largo, FL since 1965, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 in Largo. Born on February 28, 1911 in Thomasville, AL, she was the daughter of the late Noel B. and Tululah T. Johnson and the widow of the late Jesse W. Westbrook who she married in 1939. She taught school in Pinellas County, FL and...

Joe L. Tucker

Joe L. Tucker

May 9, 2005

Mr. Joe L. Tucker, 71, died Monday, May 9, 2005 at his daughter’s residence. He was born April 13, 1934 in Atkinson County to the late Jake and Alice Tucker. Mr. Tucker was an aircraft electrician, serving in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. He served in the Vietnam War with the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Bien Hoa.He...

Sara Catherine Rentz Antulov

Sara Catherine Rentz Antulov

May 8, 2005

Sara Catherine Rentz Antulov, 81, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 8, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 23, 1923 in Miami, FL to the late Macon and Della Mae Dove Rentz. Mrs. Antulov was a homemaker, a member of Grace Baptist Church and the Salzburger Society.She is survived by...

Eucelle Coker Turner

Eucelle Coker Turner

May 6, 2005

Eucelle Coker Turner, 81, of Valdosta died Friday, May 6, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 11, 1923 in Sumter, SC to the late Henry J. and Ida Morris Coker and had lived in Valdosta most of her life. Mrs. Turner was a member of the Northside Baptist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star...

Eloise Cowart Webb Nichols

Eloise Cowart Webb Nichols

May 6, 2005

Eloise Cowart Webb Nichols, 74 of Valdosta, died on Friday, May 6, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. Born on March 12, 1931 in Hahira, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Edna Lou Mathis Cowart. Mrs. Nichols was a long time employee of Langdale Ford having retired in the late 90’s and...