OBITUARIES

Sep 9, 2021

Jack Leroy Routsong passed away on Sept 9th, 2021 at the Thomasville, Georgia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 84 years old. His family and friends will mourn his loss. However, they will take comfort in knowing that his body is now healthy and strong in Heaven. Jack was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1937 and lived there for 40...

Sep 9, 2021

Reba Clements Crumley passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at her residence in Valdosta, Georgia. Mrs. Crumley was born on October 24, 1928 in Irwinville County, Georgia to the late Sam Clements and Mary Johnson Clements. She graduated from Irwinville High School, attended Valdosta State, worked as a toll test technician at Southern Bell for 32 years and worked...

Sep 9, 2021

Raymond Lightsey, 87, of Valdosta, died at his home on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Born on April 10, 1934, in Lanier County, Georgia, he was the son of the late L.B. and Amanda Brady Lightsey. Mr. Lightsey was a machinist. A quiet man, he was humble and hardworking. He loved his church, Morningside Baptist, and he loved his family. Raymond...

Sep 9, 2021

Odis Brown, Jr., 85, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Fellowship Home in Brooks County. Born in Adel, he was the son of the late Odis Brown, Sr., and Zetta Lee Cadie Brown. Junior was retired after 35 years working for Scruggs Concrete Company as a maintenance supervisor. He attended Hahira First Baptist Church, loved his Lord...

Sep 8, 2021

Sep 7, 2021

Ann Beauchamp Norman, 87, of Hahira died Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on May 6, 1934 to the late C.E. and Mabel Draffin Beauchamp and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Norman was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. Survivors include her four children and their spouses, Paula and Tommy Folsom, Patricia...

Sep 6, 2021

Dr. Gregory E. Pye, 66, died on September 6, 2021. He was born in Gadsden, AL on February 25, 1955 to Bennie and Betty Pye. Dr. Pye earned academic degrees from Oxford College, Emory University, Valdosta State College and Nova University. Greg was a psychologist who served the Valdosta community for over thirty years in private practice, at the Georgia...

Sep 6, 2021

William Lee Barkley, Jr., 59, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 6, 2021, at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 5, 1961, in Valdosta to the late William Sr., and Beatrice Dozier Barkley and has been a lifelong resident of this area. He was known as a people person, loved to hunt and...

Sep 6, 2021

Robert Alan Cooper, 43, of Valdosta, passed away on September 6, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 11am at the Carson McLane Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, September 11, 2021, with Reverend Dr. Charlie Adams and C.K. Marcrum officiating. Please wear a mask and observe social distancing. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10...

Sep 5, 2021

Carl G. Janney, 72, of Quitman, GA, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 16, 1948, in Macon to the late Earl Hinton Janney and Alvina Irene Miller Janney. He graduated in the Class of '66 Lanier High School for boys in Macon, GA. He went on to graduate from the...

Sep 5, 2021

Geoffrey Paul Ahrens, 68, of Adel, died on Sunday, September 5, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Mineola, Nassau County, New York, on June 21, 1953, he was the son of the late Frank W. Ahrens and Maria Amparo Arranz. Mr. Ahrens worked in sales with Southern V Twin. He was a Catholic. Geoffrey was very adventurous. He...

Sep 5, 2021

Gerald "Jerry" Clyde Hutchinson, 65, of Fort White, FL, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at his residence. He was born on May 27, 1956 in Valdosta to the late Cleon Robert Hutchinson and Alma Estelle Mulder Hutchinson. He was a truck driver for Rowland Transport. He enjoyed fishing, watching westerns, and spending time with his family. He was...

Sep 4, 2021

Davie Edmondson, 86, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Fellowship Home, Willow Wood. Born in Jacksonville, FL, to the late David & Lyda Webb Edmondson; the Edmondson’s soon moved to Valdosta, where Davie grew up. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1954, where he played baseball and basketball. After high school, Davie enlisted in the...

Sep 4, 2021

Ray Yody, Sr., 80, of Lake Park died Saturday, September 4, 2021 at his residence. He was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio on October 15, 1940 to the late Paul George Yody and Helen Schneider Yody. Mr. Yody was a retired United Methodist Pastor and was a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church. He served in the United...

Sep 4, 2021

Jane Ellen Bass, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Birmingham, AL on February 28, 1941 to the late Herbert Edwin Bryan and Dessie Mae Gann Bryan. Mrs. Bass was married to the love of her life, Reverend Henry Bass, for 50 years. She was a minister’s wife for 41...

Sep 3, 2021

Robert Owens (Bob) DeCesare, Sr., 64 of Valdosta died Friday, September 3, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center from non-related COVID-19 issues. He was born in Valdosta on July 14, 1957 to the late James J. DeCesare Sr. and Alwilda Rogers DeCesare and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Bob was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church...

Sep 2, 2021

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Parrish Alligood, 81, of Hahira, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. She was born in Irwin County, GA on August 10, 1940, to the late Henry Wesley Parrish and Ruby Vashti Snellgrove Parrish. She grew up in Fitzgerald and graduated from Fitzgerald High in the late 1950’s. She met her husband Doug in high school and they...

Aug 31, 2021

William E. “Bill” Crook, 93, of Valdosta, passed away August 31, 2021, at Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. “If you can’t play a sport, then be one!” This was always the final remark as Bill Crook signed off after broadcasting radio football games, and he was certainly a sport! William Earl Crook was born June 30, 1928, in DeFuniak...

Aug 31, 2021

Frances “Charlene” Schreffler, 82, of Hahira died recently and peacefully at home. She was born in Sumner, Worth County, GA on April 2, 1939 to the late William Marshall Sessions and Virginia Ruth Sargent Sessions. She was a homemaker and a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church. Mrs. Schreffler enjoyed gardening, yard sales, cooking and birds, especially cardinals and hummingbirds....

Aug 31, 2021

Margaret Gornto Vann, 92, of Jacksonville, Florida died Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at her home. She was born in Hahira on October 23, 1928 to the late William Calvin and Elizabeth Hodges Gornto and had lived in Hahira before moving to Jacksonville many years ago. Mrs. Vann was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Jacksonville and retired from...