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Muriel Hancock Quarterman
Jan 18, 2021
Muriel Hancock Quarterman, 92, of Valdosta, was born here on November 29, 1928 to the late Charles Wilbert Hancock, Sr. & Decarr Stallings Hancock. She departed this life on January 18, 2021 at Presbyterian Nursing Home in Quitman, Georgia. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Quarterman was preceded in death by her husband, Peter Clark Quarterman, brother and sister-in-law, Charles...
James Loran Riggins
Jan 17, 2021
James Loran Riggins passed away at peace on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Loran was born to the late James Thomas Riggins and Clara Smith Riggins in Homerville, Georgia on November 13, 1933. He received his education in Clinch County, graduating in 1951. He attended the University of Georgia (off campus in Waycross). Loran enlisted in the United States Army where...
Janie Lozano Mcghin
Jan 15, 2021
Janie Lozano McGhin, 70, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center from a Covid-19 related illness. Janie was born September 24, 1950, in Acuña, Mexico, to Pablo and Maria Bernal Lozano. Janie immigrated to the United States from Mexico at the age of six speaking no English. Education was not easy when only English was...
Melissa Jane Gibson
Jan 15, 2021
Melissa Jane Gibson, 40, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, January 15, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born August 8, 1980 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Scott Keith Gibson and Martha Jane Fultz Parrish. Melissa worked at Rescare Home Health Care for 15 years, and was the Medicaid Revenue Cycle Manager. Melissa was known...
Madalyn Alane Touchton
Jan 14, 2021
Madalyn Alane Touchton, 12, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 after a long illness. She was born in Valdosta on April 1, 2008 to Philip A. Touchton and April M. Culpepper. Madalyn was very outgoing, had a big heart and cared about others. She loved to bass fish and do Tik Tok videos. She loved being a...
Dorothy Jean Mathis Rowland
Jan 14, 2021
Dorothy Jean Mathis Rowland, 81, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Berrien County, Georgia on February 16, 1939 to the late Roy and Rebecca Flanders Mathis and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Rowland was a member of Northside Baptist Church and a retired bookkeeper with LARC. She enjoyed...
Aldean Franklin Dukes, Sr.
Jan 14, 2021
Aldean Franklin Dukes, Sr., 83, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, January 14, 2021. Born in South Carolina on January 13, 1938, Aldean was the son of the late Troy and Mabel Dedge Dukes. He had served in the National Guard and he was the owner and operator of Aldean Dukes Logging, Inc. for more than...
Jeanette Mccranie
Jan 13, 2021
Jeanette McCranie, 93, of Valdosta, died at home on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, following a short illness. Born in Monticello, Florida, on April 3, 1927, she was the daughter of the late William Madison Christie and Emma Radney Christie. Widow of the late John D. McCranie, Jeanette was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a member of...
Larry Dewayne Dorminey
Jan 13, 2021
Larry Dewayne Dorminey, 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Larry was born on October 4, 1953 in Valdosta to Clifford Arthur and Martha Annette Mitchell Dorminey. Larry was a compassionate man with a smile that could light a room. His laugh was a one of a kind...
John Larry "Tex' Tatum
Jan 12, 2021
John Larry “Tex” Tatum, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Fellowship Home in Brooks County. He was born on November 1, 1934 in Thomasville, Georgia to the late John Leslie and Nola Warren Tatum. He attended Valdosta City Schools and played football under Wright Bazemore for four years and played basketball and baseball. Upon graduating...
Thomas Edward Wakefield
Jan 12, 2021
Thomas Edward Wakefield, 87, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 29, 1933 in Stratford, Texas to the late William Thomas and Irene Elenor Boyd Wakefield. He received his Master’s degree from Troy State University and was a retired Lt Colonel with the United States Air Force...
James William Yarbrough, Jr.
Jan 11, 2021
James William Yarbrough Jr, age 79, of Valdosta, Ga, passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on January 11, 2021. He was born in Valdosta, Ga. to J. W. and Erbie Yarbrough on September 6, 1941. He is survived by his four biological children: James "Jamie" Yarbrough III, Stephen (Tammy) Yarbrough, Teresa (Clyde) White, Kathy (Jerry) Lattin; twenty-five grandchildren; thirty-one...
Baskin Brown
Jan 11, 2021
Baskin Brown (Nathan Baskin Brown, III), age 37, passed away on January 11 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta from Covid-19. He is preceded in death by his father, Nathan B. Brown, Jr., his paternal grandparents, Nathan B. Brown and Sarah Reeves Brown of Augusta, and his maternal grandparents, Harry P. Parks, and Agnes Shackford Parks of Jacksonville. Baskin was born...
Donna Suzan Mccraven Kuehn
Jan 10, 2021
Donna Suzan McCraven Kuehn, age 60, of Valdosta, GA, was called to Heaven peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 10, 2021. In pure Donna fashion, she said “I’m going to Glory!” Donna graced this world on September 28, 1960 in El Paso, TX., she was the daughter of Jerry D McCraven and the late Joyce L McCraven of Rock...
Betty Lou Gornto
Jan 9, 2021
Betty Lou Gornto, 93, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Fellowship Home in Nashville. Born on October 16, 1927, in Ty Ty, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Frank Landon Underwood and Ida Linton Barrs Underwood. Following the death of both parents at an early age, she was raised by family members Leo and...
Susan Bernstein Maul
Jan 9, 2021
Susan Bernstein Maul, 76, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Fellowship Home. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 5, 1944 to the late Joseph Bernstein and Rhoda Levine Bernstein. Mrs. Maul lived in New Jersey prior to moving to Valdosta in 1990 and worked as a medical receptionist for over 25 years. She...
William C. Herrin
Jan 9, 2021
William C. Herrin, 72, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, January 9, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on March 25, 1948, he was a son of the late Walter Herrin and Hazel Dickinson Herrin. He served briefly in the U.S. Army and had retired from Walmart. William enjoyed walking, and being outdoors, working in his yard...
Lois Sowers Tyre
Jan 7, 2021
Lois Sowers Tyre, 92, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at Langdale Hospice. She was born in Greene County, NC on August 1, 1928 to the late John and Maggie Sowers. Mrs. Tyre was a retired bookkeeper with the Valdosta Drug Company and a member of First Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Teresa Tyre Frier...
Jerry Norman
Jan 5, 2021
Jerry Norman, a retired medical equipment salesman, avid Valdosta High School football fan, husband, father, grandfather, and recently, great grandfather, passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 5, 2021, surrounded by 4 generations of love. He was 79 years old. Pro, as he was known in most circles, was the son of Joseph and Ruth Norman, and was the...
Margaret (Peg) Mayo
Jan 4, 2021
Margaret (Peg) Mayo, 87, of Valdosta, died at her daughter’s home on Monday, January 4, 2021 of natural causes. Peg was born on April 17, 1933, in Altoona, Pennsylvania to the late Jesse I. and Pauline E. Smeal. She and her husband, Hugh, raised their family in Arlington, Virginia where they resided for 40 years before retiring to Palm Coast,...
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