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Carl Naaman (Butch) Peters, Jr.
Oct 2, 2021
Mr. Carl Naaman (Butch) Peters, Jr. 72, of Hahira passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021 at his residence. He was born on May 24, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late Carl Naaman Peters, Sr. and Kathryn Elaine Robinson Peters. Butch worked at the Kennedy Space Center for civil service in mechanical maintenance. He served in the United States...
Mary Elizabeth Mcdonald Mathis
Oct 1, 2021
Mary Elizabeth McDonald Mathis “Big Granny” March 16, 1932 - October 1, 2021 Mary Mathis, 89, of Hahira and longtime resident of Fellowship of Brookside was born in Hahira to the late Frank and Alice McDonald on March 16, 1932. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Mathis was a 1949 graduate of Hahira High School and...
Constance "Connie" J. Hayden
Oct 1, 2021
Constance J. Hayden, 89, of Valdosta, died on Friday October 1, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, on September 1, 1932, Connie was the daughter of the late Virgil P. and Inez J. Unger Caulk. She was a homemaker, a schoolteacher, and served as a past officer in the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. She was very...
Anne Snellgrove "Little Mama" Lineberger
Oct 1, 2021
Anne Snellgrove “Little Mama” Lineberger, 84, died on Friday, October 1, 2021, at her home on Lineberger Road. Born in Adel to the late Walter Mallie & Ruby King Snellgrove, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Lineberger graduated from Valdosta High School in 1955 where she played basketball and tennis for the Lady Cats. During high...
Andrew Denmark
Sep 29, 2021
Andrew Denmark, 48, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at Emory University Hospital following a short illness. Born in Albany on July 22, 1973, Andrew grew up in Valdosta and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1992. He then served a tour in the U.S. Navy. He then returned to Valdosta and joined the Valdosta Police Department. A...
Mary Ann Decarlo
Sep 28, 2021
Mary Ann DeCarlo, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on October 26, 1932 to the late Tarple Wray Webb and Wyolene Cherry Webb and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. DeCarlo was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Seekers Sunday School. Survivors include her children...
Roy Lee Wilson
Sep 28, 2021
Roy Lee Wilson, 94, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. He was born on July 25, 1927 in Quitman, GA to the late Roy, Sr. and Vara Lee Adams Wilson. Roy was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy and the United States Merchant Marines. He was a member of Abundant Life Church of God in Valdosta....
Aaron Puckett
Sep 27, 2021
On Monday September 27, 2021, Aaron Puckett, loving husband, father and grandfather passed from this life into glory. Aaron was born at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in 1969 and called both Chesapeake VA and Anchorage Alaska home. He was a graduate of Anchorage Christian School and completed course work in Religious studies at both Georgetown University and Liberty...
Nancy Patricia Kelly
Sep 27, 2021
Nancy Patricia Kelly, 82, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 27, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia on September 2, 1939, to the late Robert Lee and Tessie Duncan Hypes. She had been employed with Pilgrims as a processor and was a true country girl who loved her family. She was a crafty...
Jacqueline Davis Archer
Sep 26, 2021
Jacqueline Davis Archer, 55, of Hahira died Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. She was born in Hahira on December 17, 1965 and had lived in Jacksonville for many years before moving back to this area. Mrs. Archer was a member of the Pentecostal Church and retired para professional with schools in Jacksonville, Florida. Survivors include her...
Anita Ruth Elder
Sep 26, 2021
Anita Ruth Elder, of Valdosta, GA, and most recently The Orchard at Stone Creek, passed away on September 26, 2021, 3 days shy of her 99th birthday. She was born in Winter Haven, FL on September 29, 1922. Her family moved to Pensacola, FL, where she married Philip Ikeler Elder, a Navy pilot, of Berwick, PA, on April 4, 1942....
John (Johnny) Allen Minor
Sep 26, 2021
John (Johnny) Allen Minor, 72, of Lake Park died on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at his home. He was born on September 20, 1949 in Albertville, Alabama to the late Bill Nalfeton and Mary Ellen Tabor Minor. John “Centercut” was a retired truck driver with Wal-Mart after thirty two years of service. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and being on the...
Nancy Lu Newell
Sep 25, 2021
Nancy Dickens Newell, 66, of Valdosta died Saturday, September 25, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born on May 14, 1955 at Warren AFB, Wyoming to the late Joseph William and Marie Monzaneves Dickens and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Newell was a member of the Pine Grove Community Baptist Church...
Joyce Ferdinand Anderson, Sr.
Sep 23, 2021
Joyce Ferdinand Anderson, Sr. “Fred” Our beloved Fred died peacefully at home with his wife Emily by his side. They have been married 58 years. Fred, age 80, of Valdosta, Georgia died on September 23, 2021, one day before his 81st birthday. Fred was born in Bristol, Virginia on September 24,1940 to parents Robert Banks Anderson, Sr. and Miriam Mixson...
Mary Alice Lane
Sep 22, 2021
Mary Alice Lane, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Georgia, on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. She was born In Naylor, Georgia on February 21, 1940 to the late Lucius Henry Davis and Ola Mae Harnage Davis. Mrs. Lane was a homemaker and volunteered at South Georgia Medical Center in years past. She enjoyed the...
Jerry Alton Bellflower
Sep 22, 2021
Jerry Alton Bellflower, 72, of Naylor died Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Bleckley County, Georgia on November 12, 1948 to the late Charles Lester and Ethie Pritchett Belflower and lived in Lowndes County for many years. Jerry was a Baptist, a veteran of the United States Air Force and employed with SAFT....
Stephen W. Bacon
Sep 21, 2021
Stephen W. Bacon (USAF Ret.), 61, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. He was born on February 26, 1960, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a retired Technical Sergeant with the United States Air Force having served his country honorably for 22 years. Stephen loved working with computers and anything dealing with technology or in the field of...
Verma Hansford
Sep 21, 2021
Verma Rowell Hansford passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta, GA. Verma was born in Broxton, GA on August 21, 1938 to the late Thomas Rowell and Lilly Goff Rowell. She was employed as a plant worker at Amaco Fabrics. Mrs. Hansford loved spending time with her family, enjoyed cooking and baking, and was...
Robert Clare Cole
Sep 20, 2021
Robert Clare Cole, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2021. He was born on July 19, 1957 in Lincoln, NE to Mary Haines Cole and the late William Cole. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and of the Methodist faith. Robert is survived by his mother Mary Cole, of Quitman; his brother and sister-in-law,...
Audrey G. Purcell
Sep 20, 2021
Audrey G. Purcell, 90, of Valdosta passed away Monday, September 20, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Shelby, NC on August 18th, 1931 to the late Bluford “Boots” Garrett and Serletia Williams Garrett. Mrs. Purcell had a long and involved career in administrative, accounting, and business services that included many years in an officer’s level position...
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