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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Hollis Cherry
Sep 9, 2022
Hollis E. (Buddy) Cherry, 68, of Valdosta passed away Friday, September 9, 2022 at South GA Medical Center following a long period of declining health. He was born in Dawson, GA on June 21, 1954 to the late Weyman B. and Janie Lee Cherry. Buddy graduated from Terrell Academy, Georgia Southwestern College and received a Master of Divinity degree from...
Lula V. Brown
Sep 8, 2022
Lula V. Smith Brown, 95, of Hahira, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2022. She was born in Cottonwood, AL to the late Marion Smith and Bethney Strickland Smith. Mrs. Brown had worked at the Strickland Cotton Mill and attended Pineview Baptist Church.
Mrs. Brown is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Arthur Brown, Jr. and Connie Brown, of Hahira; daughters,...
Richard Lawrence Dahl, Jr.
Sep 8, 2022
Richard Lawrence Dahl, Jr., 65, of Valdosta, passed asway on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 11, 1957 in Meadville, PA to Richard L. Dahl, Sr. and Janis Conrad Manross. A decorated veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served for 20 years and earned, Medal with One Silver Oak Leaf Cluster,...
Leon Stewart
Sep 7, 2022
Leon Stewart, 74, of Echols County, died on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, following a period of declining health. He was born on February 28, 1948, in Bay Minette, Alabama to the late Howard and Ethel Marie Cook Stewart. Mr. Stewart was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Vietnam war. He was a retired engineer with...
Rita Dozier-Hutto
Sep 6, 2022
Rita Dozier-Hutto, 62, of Morven, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was a lifetime resident of this area, born on November 20, 1959 to the late William Ben Dozier, Sr. and Veda Ione Staton Dozier. Mrs. Hutto was a homemaker who loved to travel, especially out West. She loved learning the history of...
Austin Sauls
Sep 5, 2022
Austin Sauls, 23, of Valdosta, passed away from this life and into Jesus‘ loving arms on Monday, September 5, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on July 27, 1999 and has been a resident of Valdosta his entire life. Austin was employed with Norfolk Southern Railroad as a conductor and also worked with All Star...
William Michael Fousek
Sep 5, 2022
William Michael Fousek, 53, of Ray City, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Saigon, Vietnam on April 9, 1969. He served in the Airforce at Moody AFB for almost 4 years as a Pharmacy Technician. William had worked with the Department of Corrections at Valdosta State Prison as...
John Hardy Rowntree
Sep 5, 2022
John Hardy Rowntree of Hahira, GA, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 5, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Mr. Rowntree was born in Hahira on April 16, 1936. He attended Hahira schools from the first grade, graduating in 1954 from Hahira High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 until 1961, afterwards he...
Jimmy Dale Cribb
Sep 5, 2022
Mr. Jimmy Dale Cribb, age 90 of Pearson, Ga. passed away, Monday, September 5, 2022, at his home following an extended illness.
Survivors include:
Son: Bill Cribb and wife, Jennifer of Valdosta, Ga.
3 Daughters: Dale Cofield and husband, Ronnie of Valdosta, Ga.
Pat Brown and husband, Greg of Valdosta, Ga.
Robin Cassotta of Lake Park, Ga.
Special Friend and Caregiver: Patsy Kirkland of Pearson, Ga.
9...
Michael Jay Jordan
Sep 4, 2022
Michael Jay Jordan, known to his family & friends as “Corky” passed away suddenly at South Georgia Medical Center on September 4, 2022. He was born on May 12, 1952 in Valdosta to Winston and Dorothy Jordan. Corky grew up in Hahira and graduated from Lowndes High School in 1971.
Corky is preceded in death by his father, Winston C. Jordan,...
Billy Gene Rentz
Sep 1, 2022
CMSGT Billy Gene Rentz, USAF (Retired), 89, of Quitman, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at his home following a period of declining health. He was born on August 5, 1933 in Adel, Georgia to Macon Eak and Della Mae Dove Rentz. Billy was loyal and generous to his family, friends and neighbors. Smart and a perfectionist, almost to...
Hattie Ann Rogers
Aug 30, 2022
Hattie Ann Rogers, 87, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born on January 30, 1935, in Nankin, Georgia to the late Herbert and Jewel Simpson Hodge and has been a resident of this local area most of her life with a brief time in Florida....
Edward "Ed" Crawley Minton
Aug 29, 2022
Edward “Ed” Crawley Minton, 69, of Valdosta, GA went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, August 29, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born to the late Worley Franklin Minton and Dorthea Whitehead Minton on January 14, 1953, in Lewiston, NC. Ed spent 45 years married to the love of his life, Becky Minton. He...
Sumner John Denmark, Jr.
Aug 29, 2022
Sumner John “S.J.” Denmark, Jr. died Monday, August 29, 2022 at Fellowship Home at Brookside in Valdosta, Georgia. S.J. was born March 11, 1934, in Alma, Georgia to Sumner J. Denmark, Sr. and Annie Laurie Foy Denmark. He attended grade school and junior high in Alma. He was designated a Distinguished Military Graduate of ROTC in 1954 from Georgia Military...
Dr. James Richard Wilhoite
Aug 28, 2022
Dr. James Richard Wilhoite, 81, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 4, 1940 in LaFayette, Georgia to the late Nathaniel and Margaret Wilhoite. A general practitioner physician, Dr. Wilhoite practiced medicine in the Atlanta area, and later in South Georgia, for almost thirty years. He is a 1958...
Julia Ann Berard
Aug 27, 2022
Julia Ann Cheek Berard, 79, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on October 6, 1942 to the late Guy and Annie Doris Downing Cheek. Julia attended Valdosta City Schools, was a Lady Cat on Valdosta High School’s basketball team and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1960....
Sharon Davis
Aug 26, 2022
Sharon Holliday Davis, 64, of Valdosta, entered eternal rest on Friday, August 26, 2022. She was born to the late George Gunter Holliday and Barbara Jean Stribling Holliday in Washington, GA, on October 13, 1957. She grew up one of six sisters on a large dairy farm. Sharon graduated from Wilkes Academy in 1975 and then from the University of...
Stanley Warren Ellswick
Aug 26, 2022
Stanley Warren Ellswick, 67, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022, at his residence in Valdosta, GA. He was born on April 23, 1955 in Anniston, Alabama to Walter William Ellswick and Gertrude Yvonne Henderson Echols. Stanley was a beloved husband, father, and PawPaw. He worked in transportation as a truck driver for 22 years. He was a member of...
Placido Benavides, Jr.
Aug 25, 2022
Placido Thomas Benavides, Jr., 59, also known as “J.R.”, passed away at his residence in Valdosta, GA on Thursday, August 25, 2022. He was born to Placido Benavides, Sr. and Sarah Katherine Benavides on July 19, 1963, in Amarillo, Texas. He was the owner/operator of Enterprise Roofing and Construction as well as Jay’s Junkin’. Placido was of Christian faith. He...
Glen Mullinax
Aug 23, 2022
Glen Mullinax, 67, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at the Lake City Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Quitman Georgia on July 26, 1955. Glen is a veteran of the United States Navy and had worked with H & M Bay Inc as a Freight forwarder. He had been an avid fisherman...
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