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Zachary Shane "Zach" Touchton
Jun 13, 2021
Zachary Shane “Zach” Touchton, 27, of Hahira, GA passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at his home. He was born on May 14, 1994 in Warner Robins, GA. He moved with his family to Hahira, GA in the summer of 2005 and has since lived in the area. Zach is an alumni of Valdosta State University where he met...
Joseph Bernard Smith, Iii
Jun 12, 2021
Joseph Bernard Smith, III, infant son of Joseph Bernard Smith, Jr. and Tyra Williams Smith, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2021. He is survived by his parents, his paternal grandparents Joseph, Sr. and Erica Smith, of Valdosta, his maternal grandparents, John, Jr. and Pamela Williams of Alabama, aunts and uncles, Monaé, Erin, Melasadies, Jalen, Kiara, Tylur, Chae, Taya, Antwan...
Helen Laverne Hutchinson
Jun 8, 2021
Helen L. Hutchinson, 86, of Valdosta, Georgia, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on June 8, 2021. Born in Valdosta on November 30, 1934, Helen was the daughter of the late Burie and Estyne Hutchinson. A graduate of Pine Grove High School, Helen was a homemaker, who enjoyed gardening, helping with the pecan crop each year, baking...
Joseph B. "Jake" Parker
Jun 7, 2021
Joseph B. “Jake” Parker, 93, of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 7, 2021 after a lengthy illness. Born on August 15, 1927 in Brooks County to the late Joe & Cora Alma Parker, he lived most of his life in Valdosta and Lowndes County. Jake graduated from Pine Grove High School in 1945, playing on the basketball team. As a...
Harold Morris Easler
Jun 7, 2021
Harold Morris Easler, 90, of Hahira died Monday, June 7, 2021 at his home. He was born in Saluta, South Carolina on April 17, 1931 to the late Walter P. and Fannie Grimsley Easler and had lived in Lowndes County area for many years. He loved fishing and woodworking. Mr. Easler owned and operated Jim’s Auto Glass for many years....
Louis Madison
Jun 7, 2021
Louis Madison, 83, of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 7, 2021, at Fellowship Home after a brief illness. Louis was born on February 5, 1938, in St. Cloud, FL to the late Floyd & Mary Madison. He had lived in the Valdosta, GA area for the past three months. The youngest of seven children, he graduated from St. Cloud High...
Mary J. Combs Shiver
Jun 7, 2021
Mary J. Combs Shiver, 94, of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 7, 2021 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on September 27, 1926 in Irwinville, Georgia to the late Thomas and Frances Jones Jernigan. She was a homemaker and a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church. Mrs. Shiver had worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse with...
Carolyn Wisenbaker Van Matre
Jun 6, 2021
Carolyn Wisenbaker Van Matre, 94, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021. She was born on June 18, 1926 in Lowndes County, Ga to the late Roy Wisenbaker, Sr. and Maybel Carroll Wisenbaker. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Van Matre is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded...
Lynda A. Miller
Jun 6, 2021
Lynda A. Miller, 76, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021. She was born in Richmond, VA on May 26, 1945 to the late Samuel Richard Adams and Helen Madeline Paschell Adams. Mrs. Miller had a charisma that captured hearts and people enjoyed knowing her. Mrs. Miller really enjoyed learning and prided herself on knowing the latest news...
Diane Lynn Cole
Jun 6, 2021
Diane Lynn Cole, 75, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born on June 30, 1945 in Champagne, Illinois to the late Edmund and Doris Carl Healea. Diane was a retired Registered Nurse who had worked with South Georgia Medical Center. She began her medical career as a...
Margaret Mary (Peggy) Mellors
Jun 4, 2021
Margaret Mary (Peggy) Mellors, 72, of Hahira died Friday, June 4, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 14, 1949, in Leominster, MA to the late Bernard Richard and Barbara Damon Doyle. Peggy attended high school in Leominster, MA and went on to college at Colorado Women’s College where she met and married her husband, George...
Joyce A. Corbett
Jun 3, 2021
Joyce A. Corbett, 76, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at her home surrounded by friends and family. Joyce was born on September 11, 1944, in Valdosta, to the late Ernest Harrell and Ruby Hawk Harrell. Joyce was a homemaker who loved her family grandchildren and great grandchildren. Joyce loved animals, especially dogs. She was an...
June Estes Collins
Jun 3, 2021
June Estes Collins, 88, of Valdosta went to heaven on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at the Fellowship Home in Valdosta. She was born on July 9, 1932 in Noxapater, Mississippi to the late Jay and Martha Harrison Estes and lived in Valdosta for the past forty five years. Mrs. Collins was a member of Northside Baptist Church and retired as...
Elbert Doyle Cox
May 30, 2021
Elbert Doyle Cox, 66, of Valdosta died Sunday, May 30, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Madison, Florida on August 29, 1954 to the late BK and Dorothy Buchanan Cox and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Elbert was a truck driver for United Rentals and was a Baptist who also served as pastor for...
Rosemary Winslow
May 30, 2021
Rosemary Ann Winslow, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2021. She was born in Detroit, MI on February 16, 1944 to the late George J. Winslow and Laura Stockton. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John Catholic Church. A graveside service will be held at 11am on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at McLane Riverview...
Laquita Tschetter
May 30, 2021
Mrs. LaQuita Tschetter, 90, of Pompano Beach, Florida passed away on May 30, 2021, at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was born in Valdosta, GA on September 23, 1930, to the late Andrew Hood and Tessie Hotchkiss Hood. LaQuita attended Valdosta High School and Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville. She returned to Valdosta and went...
Shelby Thomas "S.T." Stovall
May 29, 2021
Shelby Thomas “S.T.” Stovall, 97, of Valdosta, passed away following a brief illness on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Fellowship Home. He was born on January 20, 1924, to the late Gus Bentley Stovall and Mary Lucinda Tudor Stovall. He was born in Greenville, KY and moved to Nashville, TN at an early age. After High School he was drafted...
Serena Swilley
May 26, 2021
Mrs. Serena Swilley, 80, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 22, 1941 at home in Ochlocknee, Thomas County, GA to the late Albert and Montine Benton. Mrs. Swilley was a homemaker and a member of the Abundant Life Church of God. She loved to cook, garden, sew, crochet...
Cherry Howard Durrett
May 24, 2021
Cherry Howard Durrett, 86, of Hahira died Monday, May 24, 2021 at The Orchard @ Stone Creek. She was born in Savannah, GA on March 7, 1935 to the late Louis Howard and Neva Brinson Howard. Mrs. Durrett was an active member of First Baptist Church in Springfield, GA. She was a member of Adam Brinson II Chapter DAR and...
Juanita (Nita) H. Folsom
May 24, 2021
Juanita (Nita) H. Folsom, 90, of Barney died Monday, May 24, 2021 at the Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 26, 1931 in Ashburn, Georgia to the late Charlie D. and Alma Lee Ambrose Haralson and had lived in Brooks County for many years. Mrs. Folsom was an active member of Barney United Methodist Church...
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