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Robert H. Folsom
May 5, 2005
Robert H. Folsom, 69 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 5, 2005 at Shands in Gainesville, FL. Born on January 2, 1936 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Hubert A. and Iva Cribbs Folsom. He retired from PCA as a chemical specialist and was a United States Army Veteran. Mr. Folsom is survived by his wife, Margueritha...
Virginia Tyler Lewis
May 5, 2005
VIRGINIA TYLER LEWIS, 79, of Hahira died Thursday, May 5, 2005 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on June 21, 1925 in Hahira to the late Gordon C. and Minnie Lee Weldon Tyler. Mrs. Lewis and her husband owned and operated Lewis Grocery Store in Hahira for several years and was a member of the...
Richard R.T. Thomas Lineberger
May 5, 2005
Richard Thomas (R.T.) Lineberger, 91, lifelong resident of Valdosta, passed away on May 5, 2005 at his home. Born in Lowndes County on February 23, 1914, the son of the late, Eddie Joshua and Lena Chason Lineberger, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army, stationed at Pearl Harbor. He was a member of Airport Church of Christ and was...
Robert A. (Bob) Copeland
May 4, 2005
Robert A. (Bob) Copeland, 78 of Dasher died on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 at his residence. Born on March 2, 1927 in Dasher, he was the son of the late Virgil and Lilla Copeland. He farmed most of his life and retired as an Instructor in Heating and Air Conditioning from the Correctional System. Mr. Copeland was a member of...
John Terry (J.T.) Smith
May 4, 2005
John Terry (J. T.) Smith, 92 of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 in Valdosta. Born on May 3, 1913 in Madison, FL, he was the son of the late Francis Delano and Leila Terry Smith. He was a dairy farmer and retired from Smith Dairy in Ray City and was a member of Dairyco Co-op. Mr. Smith...
Belle W. Cowart
May 2, 2005
Belle W. Cowart, 84, of Hahira, died on Monday, May 2, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Burke County, on February 14, 1921, she was the daughter of Bryant L. and Nellie Ponder Wilcher. Formerly of Waycross, she had been a member of Trinity United Methodist Church for over 50 years, where she was a Charter Member of...
Jerry Duncan Tillman
Apr 30, 2005
Jerry Duncan Tillman, 87, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, April 30, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on July 30, 1917, in Valdosta to the late Gordon Isaac and Elizabeth MacPherson Tillman. Mr. Tillman left Valdosta to become a messenger for the Federal Government, where he worked for 17 years. During WWII,...
Wyolene Grant Nichols
Apr 30, 2005
WYOLENE GRANT NICHOLS, 71, of Valdosta died Saturday, April 30, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 6, 1933 in Valdosta to the late Wilde C. (W.C.) and Eunice Davis Grant and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Nichols was an active member of the Northside Baptist Church where she had served as secretary for...
Nina Kate Spurlock
Apr 30, 2005
NINA KATE SPURLOCK, 83, of Valdosta died Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on July 10, 1921 in Center Hill, Florida to the late Albert and Modie Murrhee Kirkland and had lived in this area most of her life. She was retired Civil Service from Moody Air Force Base and a...
Sammie K. Jamerson
Apr 30, 2005
Sammie K. Jamerson, 72 of Quitman died on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman where she received kind and expert care and for which her family is very grateful. Born on June 2, 1932 in Ben Hill County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel H. and Polly Tucker Kilcrease. She was a retired accountant...
Donald Guess
Apr 29, 2005
DONALD “DOODLE” GUESS, 71, of Morven died Friday, April 29, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. He was born on March 31, 1934 in Morven to the late Allen Bartow and Phoebie Gunby Guess and was a lifelong resident of Morven. Mr. Guess was an industrial chemical salesman and a member of the Morven Church of Christ. He had...
Robert Earl Slaughter
Apr 28, 2005
ROBERT EARL SLAUGHTER, 43, resident of Lakehaven Nursing Home died Thursday, April 28, 2005. He was born on August 20, 1961 in Panama City, Florida to Billy Earl Slaughter and the late Elouise Carter Slaughter and had lived in Cook and Lowndes Counties for the past several years. He was a Baptist.Survivors include his father, Billy Earl Slaughter of Valdosta,...
Ronald Leroy Wentworth
Apr 25, 2005
RONALD L. WENTWORTH, 65, of Valdosta died Monday, April 25, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Council Bluff, Iowa on May 25, 1939 to the late Donald and Alverna Hansen Wentworth and was a former resident of Albany and Brunswick and had lived in Valdosta for the past five years. Mr. Wentoworth was a veteran of...
Burnice C. (Skeeter) Hiers
Apr 25, 2005
Burnice C. (Skeeter) Hiers, 62, of Thomasville and formerly of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 25, 2005, at Archbold Medical Center. Born on October 12, 1942 in Valdosta, he was the son of L. B. and Lillian Hiers of Valdosta. He was a Valdosta State University police officer, a retired Deputy Sheriff for Lowndes County. He was in the Air...
Elva L. Nelson
Apr 25, 2005
Elva L. Nelson, 77 of Bedford, TX formerly of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 25, 2005. Born on August 15, 1927 in Mill City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Montell and Ethel Lewis Clark and the widow of Burel Nelson. Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker and a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church. She was involved in...
Leon Franklin Ward
Apr 25, 2005
Leon Franklin Ward, 82, of Valdosta, passed away at his home on Monday, April 25, 2005 from a long illness resulting from complications of a congenital heart defect and congestive heart failure. Born in Konawa, Oklahoma, on December 21, 1922, Mr. Ward was the son of the late James Edward and Etta Maebell Ward. He had served in the Navy...
Hollis M. Courson
Apr 24, 2005
Hollis M. Courson, 83, of Hahira, died Sunday, April 24, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born on April 13, 1922 in Lowndes County, GA to the late Henry Manning and Lula Shierling Courson. Mr. Courson was a World War II Air Force Veteran and a Baptist.He is survived by his wife, Annette Moree Courson of...
Richard Allen Black
Apr 23, 2005
Allen Black, 58, died suddenly on Saturday, April 23, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta to Richard Vernon Black and the late Wynell Black, Mr. Black had been a lifelong resident of this area and was a member and deacon at Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ. He was also a veteran of the Navy, and currently a...
Roy L. Murphy
Apr 22, 2005
Roy L. Murphy, 72, of Dasher, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Twin City, GA on November 6, 1932 to the late Henry David and Pearl Harbuck Murphy. Mr. Murphy was retired from Union Camp, served in the United States Air Force and was a member of the Dasher Church of Christ.He...
Norma Frances Delaney
Apr 20, 2005
Norma Frances Delaney, 67 of Sun Lakes, AZ for the past 7 years and previously from Gainesville, FL, died on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 in Chandler, AZ. She was born on August 2, 1937 in Moultrie, GA. Mrs. Delaney was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors are her husband, Gerald Delaney of Sun Lakes, AZ; her son,...
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