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Robert Leon Barlow
Oct 23, 2021
Robert Leon Barlow, 83, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at his residence following a period of declining health. He was born on July 20, 1938, in Fulton, Pennsylvania to the late Harvey Franklin and Anna Mae Troxell Barlow. Mr. Barlow was retired from the United States Air Force with the rank of Senior Master Sergeant. He served...
Rosalyn Marie Read
Oct 23, 2021
Rosalyn Marie Read, 81, oldest of twelve children to the late Lamar (L. M.) and Alberta Lee Stalvey Tomlinson passed away Saturday, October 23, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Statenville, Echols County, GA on May 9, 1940. Mrs. Read was owner of Read’s Daycare and a member of Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She was...
Melba Davis
Oct 20, 2021
Melba Davis, 84, of Hahira, died on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at Berrien Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 2, 1937, in Nichols, Georgia to the late Melvin and Addie Bagley Wolfe. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith. She was known for her kind, gentle and loving spirit and...
Bobby Jay Greene
Oct 20, 2021
Bobby Jay Greene, 49, of Crestview, FL, passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta, GA on July 20, 1972, a son of Bobby Linford Greene and Violet Williams Emery. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1992 and was employed as a manager at Merry Maids. Bobby was always...
James Williams
Oct 19, 2021
James Williams, Sr., 71, of Valdosta, died at his residence on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 30, 1949, in Miami, Florida to the late Dennis Sr., and Izetta Major Williams. Mr. Williams was a retired supervisor with Miami-Dade County in the solid waste division. Mr. Williams and his wife, Cynthia, relocated to...
Werner Wesley Waldron
Oct 19, 2021
Werner (Wally) Waldron, 72, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born in Avon Park, Florida on August 4, 1949, to the late Sidney Waldron and Ruth Viel Waldron Melnick. Mr. Waldron was a veteran of the United States Army and served honorably during the Vietnam war. He earned...
William Bo Betts
Oct 18, 2021
William Bo Betts, the son of William Palmer Betts and Amber Shaw Betts, was born and passed away in the arms of his loving parents on October 18, 2021. He is survived by his grandparents, Derek and Amy Shaw, Tony and Melissa Betts; great grandparents, James and Phyllis Shaw, Ronnie and Charlotte Folsom, Fred and Gail Palmer, Billy and Allie...
James Robert "Rick" Steak
Oct 18, 2021
James Robert “Rick” Steak, 63, of Valdosta died Monday, October 18, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 17, 1958 to the late James Chevalier Steak and Dorothy Mae Noss Steak. Rick was an automotive technician for thirty five years, most recently at Price LeBlanc Toyota in Gonzales, Louisiana. He was an avid guitarist, car connoisseur...
Johnny Mack Garrett, Sr.
Oct 18, 2021
Johnny Mack Garrett, Sr., 81, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 18, 2021, at Heritage House Nursing Home. Born in Willacoochee, on April 15, 1940, he was the son of the late Roy and Annie Lee Nolan Garrett. Mr. Garrett was an electrician and a member of IBEW. He served his country in the U.S. Marines. Survivors are his children,...
Cynthia Ann Owens
Oct 18, 2021
Cynthia Ann Owens, 65, of Valdosta, died at Fellowship Home on Monday, October 18, 2021. Born in Valdosta on July 3, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Virginia Love Killgore. Cynthia worked as an insurance agent with Holwell and Fletcher Insurance in Quitman for over 30 years. She enjoyed photography and the beach. A television fanatic,...
David Charter Wilkinson
Oct 18, 2021
David Charter Wilkinson, 73, of Hahira, died on Monday, October 18, 2021, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born In Hahira on August 20, 1948, to the late Charter Hill and Mae Dell Hall Wilkinson and had been a lifelong resident of the Lowndes County area. A graduate of Lowndes County High school, he attended ABAC...
David Varnedoe Drumheller, Sr.
Oct 18, 2021
David Varnedoe Drumheller, Sr., 71, died Monday, October 18, 2021, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Drumheller was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on February 17, 1950 and lived in Valdosta most of his adult life. He was CEO and President of Drumheller Bag Corporation and was of the Presbyterian and Methodist faith. He attended Memphis State University. Mr. Drumheller’s...
Andrew (Buddy) Jackson Mitchell, Jr.
Oct 17, 2021
Andrew (Buddy) Jackson Mitchell, Jr., 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, October 17, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 1, 1953 to the late Andrew Jackson Mitchell, Sr. and Jewell Kemp Mitchell. He enjoyed working on lawnmowers and other small projects around the house. He loved fishing and using social media to keep in...
Johnny Philip Strawder
Oct 15, 2021
Johnny Philip Strawder, 45, of Thomasville died Friday, October 15, 2021 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. He was born in Hahira on February 17, 1976 to June and LaDon Strawder. Philip enjoyed seeing the cows with his Daddy, playing basketball and watching The Price Is Right. He is survived by his mother, LaDon Strawder of Ray City, sister...
James "Jim" Robert Bone, Jr.
Oct 15, 2021
They say things are bigger in Texas and looking at the life of James Robert Bone, Jr. would lead you to agree. He was born in Houston, Texas as the eldest of four children to Mary Louise and James Robert Bone, Sr. on April 20, 1942. He was an incredible athlete and grew up playing and competing in sports of...
James Dasinger, Sr.
Oct 14, 2021
James Dasinger, Sr., 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. A loving husband and father, he loved his family, Alabama Football, and a nice drink of scotch. He was born on November 25, 1940 to the late Lloyd Cornelius Dasinger and Vernice Robison Dasinger. He was born in...
Mary Miller Parrish
Oct 14, 2021
Mary Miller Parrish, 90, of Hahira passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at her home in Hahira. She was born in Geneva County, Alabama on May 25, 1931 to the late Hubert and Pearl Johnson Miller and had lived in Valdosta most of her life. Mrs. Parrish was a member of Northside Baptist Church, where she had many close...
Harold Ramsey Hammond
Oct 14, 2021
Chief Master Sergeant Harold Ramsey Hammond, 91, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Langdale Hospice House. He was the only heir of Harvey and Eula Ramsey Hammond of Campbell, MO. Mr. Hammond was preceded in death by Sergeant P. J. Hammond and Sherri Haans and beloved daughter in law, Barbara McBride Hammond. Survivors include his wife, Martha...
Geraldine Grier
Oct 12, 2021
Geraldine “GG” McDonald Grier age 87 of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday October 12, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness after a period of declining health. Born in Jasper, Florida on September 6, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Gary Vistu McDonald and Tiny Anna NeSmith McDonald. Mrs. Grier grew up in Valdosta and...
Helen Bruce Lyons
Oct 10, 2021
Helen Bruce Lyons was born April 10, 1939, and passed peacefully into her eternal home on October 10, 2021, surrounded by her family at Langdale Hospice House. Helen fought a courageous battle with chronic kidney disease and congestive heart failure. Helen was born to Annie George and James Austin Bruce in Chula, Georgia. She married Charles Morgan Lyons on August...
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