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Margaret “Teen” Varn Plowden Marshall
Nov 16, 2024
Margaret “Teen” Varn Plowden Marshall
April 2, 1946 - November 16, 2024
Mrs. Margaret “Teen” Marshall, 78, of Hahira, Ga, passed away November 16, 2024 at home surrounded by her family.
Teen grew up in Cook County on Hutchinson Mill Pond Rd in a strong rural community. As a teenager, she was an honor graduate and majorette at Cook High School. Her academic...
Maria A. Hughes
Nov 15, 2024
Maria A. Hughes, age 81, passed away peacefully on November 15, 2024, surrounded by her family in Valdosta, Georgia, after a brief illness.
Maria was born in Texas to the late Juanita Mejia Rodriguez and Pablo Rodriguez. She was a stay-at-home mother while being the wife to a career Air Force member, and then later worked at the Army Air Force...
Robert Chester Krawczyk
Nov 14, 2024
Robert Chester Krawczyk, 76, was born June 19, 1948, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to the late Chester and Rose Krawczyk. He passed away on November 14, 2024, in Valdosta, Georgia. He is survived by his son, Robert Krawczyk (Lauren) of St. Petersburg, Florida, and daughter, Rosemary Sergent (Dennis) of Jacksonville, Florida.
Robert grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA and as...
John Kenneth Elliott
Nov 14, 2024
John Kenneth Elliott, 62, of Quitman, died on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 28, 1961, in Hahira to the late J.C. and Virginia Parker Elliott. He was a farmer and had worked for several local farms in the area, the last one being with Lawson Farms before...
Charles Eugene King
Nov 14, 2024
Charles Eugene King, 88, of Valdosta, GA passed away peacefully at home on November 14, 2024. Charles was born in Hagerstown, Indiana on March 22, 1936 to Lowell and Mary Katherine Burkhardt King (Coffin). He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Emerick Manual Training High School in Indianapolis. While in high school, he served one and a half...
Eleanor E. Weiffenbach
Nov 13, 2024
Eleanor E. Weiffenbach, 87, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at The Canopy at Azalea Grove following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 26, 1937, in Jackson, Kentucky to the late Rader and Margaret Smith Gross. Mrs. Weiffenbach received her undergraduate and post graduate degree from the University of South Florida and had served as a...
Emilia Ann Perez
Nov 11, 2024
Emilia Ann Perez, 41, of Lake Park, suddenly passed away on Monday, November 11, 2024, at her residence. She was born on January 8, 1983, in Miami, Florida. Emilia was known for being THE aunt to her nieces and nephews and always went overboard, especially at Christmas, with all the many treasures she would get for them and the Christmas...
Ruth Reynolds Sinclair
2024
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Sinclair passed away peacefully on November 11, 2024. She was 89.
A private memorial service will be held by the family when all can attend. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to one of her favorite charities, E.S.M. First United Methodist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana or the Alzheimer's Association.
Mrs. Sinclair was born February 17, 1935 in...
Barbara June Snow Tomlinson
Nov 10, 2024
Barbara June Snow Tomlinson, 84, of Valdosta, went home to be with the Lord at her home on Sunday, November 10, 2024, surrounded by her daughter’s Susan Lynn Tomlinson and Lisa Lynn Tomlinson. Born in St. Augustine on August 30, 1940, Barbara grew up in South Florida and later moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she graduated from Central High...
April Michelle Thompson
Nov 10, 2024
April Michelle Thompson-Tattersall
April Michelle Thompson-Tattersall, a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, passed away surrounded by her loved ones. April was a devoted family member and a source of light and laughter for all who knew her.
Born to her mother, Debra Barfield-Stailey, and father, Jimmy Thompson, April grew up with a compassionate heart and a deep love for her...
Betsy Norton Bellflowers
Nov 9, 2024
Betsy Norton Bellflowers, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2024. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida on November 11, 1965 to Joyce Shaw Norton and the late Jimmie Harrell Norton. Mrs. Bellflowers was a resilient woman whose greatest joy in life was being a Mimi to her grandson, Bradley. She had been employed as a bookkeeper for 350...
Latrelle Harris Crews
Nov 9, 2024
Sally Latrelle Harris Crews, 92, of Valdosta, passed away at her daughters’ home on Saturday, November 9, 2024. Born in Waycross on December 18, 1931, Latrelle was the daughter of the late John Harris and Willie Mae Riggins Harris. Married for 72 years to Eugene Talmadge Crews, she was a loving Christian homemaker. She was an accomplished cook in the...
Michael D. Willis
Nov 8, 2024
Michael D. Willis, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2024, at his home. Born in Ft. Madison, Iowa on September 27, 1938, he enjoyed the years he served in the United States Navy. He worked as an engineer for RCA and Harris for a number of years. Settling in Eustis, Florida with his wife Marilyn, they opened...
Doris Elizabeth "Beth" Gross
Nov 7, 2024
Doris Elizabeth “Beth” Gross, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Born in Valdosta, on March 24, 1947, Beth was a daughter of the late Richard and Alimae Sasser Johnson. She began her real estate career at Mike Bajalia Real Estate was there for 10 years before going to work for...
Rennie William "Bill" Hardy
Nov 7, 2024
Rennie William “Bill” Hardy of Jacksonville, FL was born August 3, 1942 in Valdosta, GA to Daniel Luther Hardy Sr and M Eunice Hardy. He passed peacefully on November 7, 2024 in Pittsboro, NC at the age of 82. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, as well as his brothers and sisters, Daniel Hardy Jr, John...
David J Burton
Nov 6, 2024
David J. Burton, 74, of Lake Park, died following a lengthy illness, at the Presbyterian Home in Brooks County, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. David was born on February 15, 1950, in Summerset, Kentucky, a son of the late Kenneth Burton and Ida Christeen Worley. He was an auto worker with Ford Motor Company.
David loved his family, and his life...
Alice Elizabeth Carter
Nov 5, 2024
Alice Elizabeth Carter, 82, of Lowndes County, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at SGMC Lakeland Villa. She was born on May 17, 1942, in Valdosta to the late Sydney Landon Carter and Ruby Daugharty Carter. Ms. Carter had worked at Valdosta State University in the financial aid department and was a member at Unity Primitive Baptist Church.
Ms....
Edgar Lewis Cox
Nov 4, 2024
Edgar Lewis “Ed” Cox, 92, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 4, 2024, following a brief illness. Born in Pierson, FL to the late Jim & Pearl Owen Cox, he grew up in Pierson and in South Carolina. He graduated from Pierson High School where he played basketball and following graduation, Ed joined the U.S. Air Force. At his first...
Dr. William (Bill) Butler Thomas
Nov 3, 2024
William Butler Thomas, 82, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House. Bill Thomas was born on June 14, 1942, in Augusta, Georgia to Lillian Butler Thomas and John C. Thomas, Jr. He grew up in Adel, Georgia with his twin brother, Tom and their older brother Colquitt. Bill enjoyed his childhood very much, playing...
Mary Ann Gilbert
Nov 1, 2024
Mary Ann Gilbert, of Valdosta, passed away on November 1, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy battle with Lymphoma. Mary Ann was born in Atlanta on Christmas Day in 1933 to Carl D. Dowdy and Lena White Dowdy. She was raised in Atlanta, graduated from Roosevelt High School, and attended what is now Georgia State University. Mary Ann...
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