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Jane Greene
May 26, 2022
Jane Greene, 88, of Cook County, GA, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022, peacefully in her sleep at home. Born Martha Jane Blanton on July 8th, 1933, she was a lifelong resident of South Georgia. She lived many years in Valdosta and retired in Cook County where she had lived for the past 25+ years. She was the daughter of...
Johnny Kirkland
May 25, 2022
Johnny Kirkland, 69, of Hazlehurst and recently of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at his daughters’ residence. He was born in Hazlehurst, GA on January 21, 1953, to the late James Leon Kirkland and Mary Alice Morris Kirkland. He was employed as a machine mechanic at Hazlehurst Mills. He loved being with his family. He enjoyed fishing,...
Claude C. (Bubba) Knight
May 19, 2022
Claude C. (Bubba) Knight, Jr., passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at his residence. He was born on January 14, 1939 to the late Claude Carter Knight, Sr. and Corrine Studstill Knight. Mr. Knight attended Valdosta Public Schools, Georgia Military College, and Georgia Southern College. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta. He served in...
Harry Stephen Skoropat
May 18, 2022
Harry Stephen Skoropat, 70, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Valdosta, he was born on February 19, 1952 to the late Alexander Wilton Skoropat and Florine Willie Rykard Skoropat. Growing up in Valdosta, he was a member of the Championship 1970 VHS Wildcat Football team under Coach Wright Bazemore. He...
Edward Arden Lund, Jr.
May 18, 2022
Edward Arden Lund, Jr., 76, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Birmingham, AL on October 11, 1945, to the late Edward Arden Lund, Sr., and Sally Ruth Bell Lund. Mr. Lund grew up in Douglas, GA and has lived in Valdosta for the last 53 years. He loved...
Elizabeth Redish Salter
May 16, 2022
Elizabeth Redish Salter, 79, of Valdosta died Monday, May 16, 2022, at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Valdosta on February 3, 1943, to the late Ralph and Lenora Fender Redish. Mrs. Salter was a member of the Bemiss United Methodist Church and retired from Lowndes High School as the registrar. She loved to work in her backyard and...
Faye Harris Hutto
May 16, 2022
Faye Harris Hutto, 84, of Valdosta, died on Monday, May 16, 2022, at her residence. She was born on October 3, 1937, in Kannapolis, South Carolina to the late John Archie Harris and Lucy Luander Smith Harris. She was a homemaker who loved cooking, especially good ol’ southern food, and ensured that anyone who came to her home, did not...
Betty Jackson Webb
May 16, 2022
Betty Jackson Webb, 91, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Monday, May 16, 2022, at the Langdale Hospice House. Born in Jacksonville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Alberta Glynn Jackson and the late Thomas Hardy Jackson. Betty graduated from Valdosta State College and subsequently married the late M.P. “Buddy” Webb Jr. in February of 1953. Betty and...
Jean Weldon Beaty
May 16, 2022
Mrs. Jean Weldon Beaty, 80, of Valdosta, passed away Monday afternoon, May 16, 2022, after a prolonged illness. Jean grew up in Rome, GA, and graduated from West Rome High School where she was the head cheerleader. In 1963 she graduated with Honors from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN, where she met her husband Howard Beaty and they...
Herschel "Kenny" Kenneth Howell
May 15, 2022
Kenny Howell, 66, of Valdosta, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, May 15, 2022 following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 12, 1956 to the late Herschel and Jean Sandlin Howell. Kenny owned and operated Southeastern Millwrights for over twenty years, retiring after his health declined. He was called a self-educated engineer by...
Hieu Thi Le
May 15, 2022
Hieu Thi Le, 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2022. She was born in Vietnam on September 29, 1942. She was a retired lab technician at the University of Michigan. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, traveling, and exercising. Mrs. Le is survived by her son Michael Huy Le (Thuy Tran), of Valdosta; daughter Minh-Hien Thi-Le...
Katherine Joiner
May 13, 2022
Katherine Ellen Norman Joiner, 43, of Hahira, Georgia passed away at her home on Friday, May 13, 2022. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia at the hospital on Moody Air Force Base on March 28, 1979 to the late Rhea Norman and Debra Giffin Norman. As a military dependent, Katie traveled the world and was a friend to many. She...
Tim Wood
May 13, 2022
Tim Wood, 60, of Lake Park died Friday, May 13, 2022, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Valdosta on October 11, 1961, to the late Reverend W. C. Wood and Rheda Joyce Brewer Wood. Tim was a self-employed painter and his trademark was “Call Tim”. He was a Baptist. Tim enjoyed fishing, hunting, watching football, car racing and...
James Carter Johnson, Jr.
May 12, 2022
James Carter (JC) Johnson, Jr., 93, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022. He was born in Decatur, TN on November 22, 1928 to the late Rev. Joseph C. Johnson and Ida Elizabeth Wattenbarger Johnson. He was a charter member of Francis Lake Baptist Church with Rev. Lyons as his pastor for over 45 years. JC started his...
Mary Jane Hathaway Cone
May 10, 2022
Mary Jane Hathaway Cone, 90, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at Fellowship Home. She was born on December 7, 1931 in Gardiner, ME to the late Irvin and Josephine Brown Hathaway. Mrs. Cone was a self-employed beautician who loved to talk with people. She loved knitting, crafts, and floral arrangements. She loved her family and she...
Caroline Harris
May 9, 2022
Caroline Harris 79, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the South Georgia Medical Center under the kind, gentle care of Palliative Services. Born in Berea, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Mary Jennings. She subsequently married the late Ray Harris of High Point, North Carolina who was the love of...
Coach Randy Hill
May 8, 2022
Coach Randy Hill, 75, of Lake Park passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022 at his residence after being sick for several months. His wife, Margie, of over 50 years was by his side, where she was always. Coach Hill was born in Ware Shoals, SC to the late John Troy Hill and Georgia Doris Tripp Hill. He graduated from Trion...
Infant Jaymes Lee Alan Brunt
May 8, 2022
Infant Jaymes Lee Alan Brunt passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2022. He was the son of Christian Jaymes Brunt and Hannah Pizani of Valdosta. He is survived by his parents; grandparents, Stan and Jessie Brunt, of Valdosta; and maternal grandmother, Jennifer Leblanc, of Louisiana; paternal grandmother, Catherine Brunt, of Valdosta; his great grandmother, Marie Brunt, of Valdosta; aunts and...
Roy L. Anderson
May 5, 2022
Roy L. Anderson, 78, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at his home. He was born in Douglas, GA on September 2, 1943 to the late James Avery Anderson and Margaret Henrietta Alexander Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a veteran of the U.S. Marines having served 2 tours in Vietnam. He was a retired FedEx driver of...
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