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Anthony Byrns Williams
Dec 25, 2020
Anthony Byrns Williams, Sr. 80 or Valdosta passed away Friday December 25, 2020 at his daughter’s residence following several years of declining health. He was born on February 2, 1940 in Nashville, TN, To the late Raymond and Mildred Williams. Mr. Williams retired as a service manager for Gordon Ford Tractor Company. He is survived by his daughter, Windy Scott...
Lavon (Rudolph) Prine
Dec 25, 2020
Lavon Prine, 78, of Echols County, died on Friday, December 25, 2020 after a very short battle with COVID-19. Born in Valdosta on September 20, 1942 to the late Jackson Rudolph & Catherine Kinsey Prine, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Prine grew up in Valdosta and attended Valdosta High School in the mid 1950’s before...
Reverend Leonard Harnage
Dec 24, 2020
Reverend Leonard Harnage, 83, of Hahira passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Cook County, GA on July 23, 1937 to the late Henry Carl and Cloa Harnage. Reverend Harnage was a Church of God Minister for fifty-three years having begun his ministry on April 10, 1967. His wife Marian Marie Dampier...
Richard "Rich" Pye
Dec 24, 2020
Richard “Rich” Pye, 72, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Houma, LA to the late Clifford Francis & Devota Florence Broussard Pye, he has lived in Valdosta since 1985. Mr. Pye grew up in Houma and attended schools there. After high school, he soon joined the United States Air Force. During...
Charles John Rozek, Jr.
Dec 24, 2020
On Thursday, December 24th, 2020, Charles John Rozek, Jr. (Jack) passed away in the presence of his family after battling a short illness. Jack was born to Charles John Rozek, Sr. and Esther Lawrence Rozek on September 1, 1942, in Baltimore, Maryland. After growing up in Baltimore, he attended Plymouth Preparatory School in Massachusetts where he lettered in lacrosse. As...
Amos Alexander Mccall
Dec 23, 2020
Mr. Amos Alexander McCall, Sr. 95, of Valdosta, died at his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 after a lengthy illness. Born in Jasper, FL to the late James Horace & Lena Storey McCall, he has lived in Valdosta since the early 1940’s. He moved to Valdosta in his mid-teens to live with family. Soon after...
Jean Elizabeth (Lisa) Price
Dec 23, 2020
After a hard-fought battle with cancer, Jean Elizabeth (Lisa) Price, age 63 of Hahira, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday December 23, 2020. She was born to Janice (Bostwick) Morton and the late Clay Bostwick on January 19, 1958 and grew up in Arlington, GA. Lisa attended Southwest Georgia Academy and studied Education at Valdosta State College, before working as...
Mike Townsend
Dec 21, 2020
Mike Townsend, 78, of Valdosta died Monday, December 21, 2020 at Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Ventura, California on July 24, 1942, a son of the late Marcie Maness Russell and Rusty Russell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. He was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and veteran of the United States...
Jackie Laverne Devane
Dec 20, 2020
Jackie Laverne DeVane, 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 following a brief illness. She was born on July 15, 1953 in Thomasville, GA to Hazel Warren Harper and the late Howard Dumas. She worked as a bus driver for Lowndes County Schools and was a devout Christian and member of Harvest Church of God. She loved...
The Rev. Stanley James White
Dec 20, 2020
Stan White died December 20, 2020. He was born May 9,1962 in Dothan, Alabama and lived in Florida, Arizona, and California before settling with his parents in Valdosta when he was six years old. He has been an Episcopal Priest and Rector of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Valdosta for thirty years. Before that, he served as a non-denominational...
Raymond F. Hamel, Sr.
Dec 19, 2020
Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Raymond F. Hamel passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Valdosta, GA. He was born in Laconia, New Hampshire on April 7, 1932 to Rodolphe Hamel and Irene Bilodeau Hamel. He graduated from a multilingual elementary school in 1946, Laconia High School in 1950, and the University of New Hampshire in 1954. He received...
Willmia "Sis" Thomson
Dec 19, 2020
Willmia “Sis” Thomson, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020. She was born on January 20, 1936 in Nashville, TN to the late Henry Duncan Hines and Willmia Roark Hines. She, along with her husband, was the owner of Fiddler’s Green restaurant in Valdosta. Mrs. Thomson is survived by her niece, Sally Hinkle of Nashville, TN, nephews...
Barbara Sapp
Dec 18, 2020
Barbara Sapp, 81, of Valdosta, died on Friday, December 18, 2020 following a period of declining health. She was born on May 15, 1939, in Lumpkin, Georgia to the late Sam and Nan Griffin Walton. Mrs. Sapp retired as a House Parent from Georgia Christian Children’s Home and was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. She was...
Louise S. Wetherington
Dec 18, 2020
Louise S. Wetherington, 98, of Hahira died Friday, December 18, 2020 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Lenox, Georgia on January 1, 1922 to the late Nathan and Nora Wilkes Baker and was a Baptist. Mrs. Wetherington loved to sew and care for children. She was a strong loving mother and friend to others. Survivors include her daughter...
Carolyn Frances Hall Ellis
Dec 17, 2020
Carolyn Frances Hall Ellis passed in peace on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at the age of 95. Preceded in death by her husband, Glynn Thomas Ellis, Sr., and daughter-in-law, Kim Barber Ellis (Ricky). Loving mother of Glynn Thomas Ellis, Jr. (Dyana), Sheldon Ricky Ellis, and Randall Craig Ellis (Iris). Proud grandmother of Deserea Ellis, Shaun Ellis, Meagan Ellis Owen (Josh),...
Nezzip Joseph Myers
Dec 16, 2020
Nezzip Joseph Myers, 64, of Valdosta died on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta and has been a lifelong resident of this area. He was a graduate of Lowndes High School and was the owner/operator of A-1 Pumping Service. Mr. Myers had attended Azalea City Church of God. He...
Frank Thomas Corker
Dec 15, 2020
Dr. Frank Thomas Corker died peacefully on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 with his loving family near. Dr. Corker was born in Atlanta Georgia on December 12, 1935. During World War II his father was called to active duty and his mother returned to Dalton Georgia with Frank and his sister Thayer to be with his grandparents. The family returned to...
Helen Ann Springer Distefano
Dec 15, 2020
Helen Ann DiStefano, 82, of Barney, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 9, 1938 in Wayne, New Jersey to the late William and Esther France Yahn Springer. She retired after 28 years of service with the Brooks County school system and had worked as a paraprofessional. Mrs. DiStefano was of...
William H. "Bill" Bennett, Jr.
Dec 14, 2020
William H. Bennett, Jr., age 93, of Valdosta, Georgia passed away in his home on December 14, 2020. “Bill” was born February 15, 1927 in Tampa, Florida to the late William H. Bennett, Sr., and Cora Kinsey Bennett. Bill joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. After graduating from Florida State University, he was called back into service where...
John Charles Bedene, Sr.
Dec 13, 2020
John Charles Bedene, Sr., 56, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, December 13, 2020, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 22, 1964, in Warner Robins, he was the son of Lucille Shirley Harrison Bedene and the late Paul Edward Bedene. John was a diesel mechanic and a dedicated employee for Reames and Son Construction for over 24 years. He...
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