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Petty Officer First Class Joshua Thomas Newton
Aug 17, 2020
Petty Officer First Class Joshua Thomas Newton, 28, of Quitman, GA died Monday, August 17, 2020. He was born in Valdosta on February 26, 1992 and had lived in this area all of his life. Joshua was currently serving in the United States Navy stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was an honor graduate of Lowndes High School in 2010...
Anita Hatcher Shelton
Aug 17, 2020
Anita Hatcher Shelton, 98, of Valdosta, died on Monday, August 17, 2020 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 22, 1921 in Dothan, Alabama to the late Thomas Eifel (T.E.) Hatcher and Hettye Lee Kirkland Hatcher. Mrs. Hatcher attended the Georgia Women’s College upon graduating high school and later married George Lang Shelton, Jr....
Gerhard Edward Obermeit
Aug 17, 2020
Gerhard Eduard Obermeit, 94, of Lake Park, died on Monday, August 17, 2020 following a lengthy illness. He was born in East Prussia, Germany on February 16, 1926 to the late Eduard Obermeit and Emma Thieler Obermeit. He was a retired engineer from Cessna Aero Space of Kansas. He enjoyed building computers and shopping at Harbor Freight. He was a...
Ronald Hogan
Aug 16, 2020
Ronald Hogan, 72, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. Ron was born in Jacksonville, FL on May 22, 1948 to the late Grover Adrin Hogan and Jeanette Herring Hogan. When he was very young, the family moved to Waycross where Ron attended Waycross Schools and graduated from Waycross High in 1966 where...
Barbara Cargile Creasy
Aug 15, 2020
Barbara Cargile Creasy, 63, of Lake Park passed away at home on Saturday, August 15, 2020. She was born in Valdosta on January 28, 1957 to the late I. J., Jr. and Theta Alene Stone Cargile and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Creasy was a member of Southland Church and a practical nurse with Hamilton County Corrections...
Lowell W. Hammock
Aug 15, 2020
Lowell W. Hammock, 71, of Clyattville died Saturday, August 15, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Clyattville on March 24, 1949 to the late Hiram Mance and Lavinia Coody Hammock and was a lifelong resident of Clyattville. Lowell was an active member of Northside Baptist Church, a U. S. Army Veteran and retired from Packaging Corporation...
Joy Register Mcdaniel
Aug 12, 2020
Joy Register McDaniel, 82, of Hahira passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on July 12, 1938 in Cook County to the late Kenneth and Alma Fulp Register. Mrs. McDaniel was a Paraprofessional at Hahira Elementary School and a member of Community Calvary Holiness Church, Adel. She is survived by her husband, Reverend...
Stephen Alexander (Alex) Harnage
Aug 11, 2020
Stephen Alexander (Alex) Harnage, 30, of Hahira died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Hahira on January 8, 1990, a son of Charles Stephen Harnage and Sherree Gibbs Browning and had lived in Hahira. Alex was a member of the Hahira Church of God and employed with Cardinal Glass in Adel. He was...
Eileen Trantham
Aug 11, 2020
Eileen Trantham, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home.
Harvey Hulon Luke
Aug 11, 2020
Harvey Hulon Luke, 88, of Lake Park, Georgia, died on August 11, 2020 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville. After years of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease he contracted COVID-19 and ultimately succumbed to its effects. Hulon was born in Lowndes County, Georgia on April 16, 1932 to the late Walter and Ellie Nash Luke. He served in the...
Lcdr Larry Lee Cupp
Aug 10, 2020
LCDR Larry Lee Cupp, 82, of Valdosta passed away on Monday, August 10, 2020. He was born in Van Wert, OH on March 23, 1938 to the late Eldo Cupp and Grace Bower Cupp. Larry’s 21-year Naval career began in 1959, when he graduated from Officer Candidate School. His Aviation training began in Pensacola, Florida, and he received his Navy...
Wayne Dennis Schrader
Aug 10, 2020
Wayne Dennis Schrader, 63, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2020. He was born on August 27, 1956 in Danbury, CT to the late Henry Schrader and Sarah Morris Schrader. Mr. Schrader was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was employed as maintenance for Lake Park Outlets. Mr. Schrader is survived by his wife Gertrude Schrader, of...
Mattie Elaine Coody Roberts
Aug 9, 2020
Mattie Elaine Coody Roberts, 76, of Lake Park, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020. She was born on October 8, 1943 in Laurens County, GA to the late Grover Cleveland Coody and Theresa Lunette Allbritton Coody. Mrs. Roberts moved at an early age to Brooks County, and graduated from Brooks County High School in the early 1960’s. After graduating...
Larry Eugene Cone, Sr.
Aug 5, 2020
Larry Eugene Cone, Sr., 63 of Valdosta passed away on Wednesday August 5, 2020 at SGMC following a brief illness. Born in Valdosta, GA on June 21, 1957 to Mary Hathaway Cone and the late Guy Leslie Cone. Mr. Cone was a production tech at Saft in Valdosta. Surviving Mr. Cone is his wife Debra Taylor Cone of Valdosta; two...
Wanda Alene Pierce Rumph
Aug 5, 2020
Wanda Alene Pierce Rumph, 77, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on August 24, 1942 in Lowndes County to the late Luther and Esther Chastain Pierce. Mrs. Rumph was a member of Park Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church. She loved her family, enjoyed sewing, cooking and...
Linda Lou Mullins
Aug 4, 2020
Linda Lou Mullins, 75, of Apopka, FL passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. She was born on December 1, 1944 in Acme, West Virginia to the late Mary Alice Swires. Ms. Mullins was a resident of Valdosta for most of her life and was active in charities and various civic clubs throughout her lifetime. She was employed as an...
Debra Rose Dart
Aug 3, 2020
Debra Rose Dart, 67, of Valdosta, died on Monday, August 3, 2020. Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Rosa Anness and Sherman Votaw. With a major in Middle Grade Education and a minor in Cultural Anthropology, Mrs. Dart taught school at Clyattville Elementary School. An empowering person, Debra’s passion was teaching where she was gifted in bringing...
Betty Anne Scala Ellison
Aug 2, 2020
Betty Anne Scala Ellison, 81, died on Sunday, August 2, 2020 after several years of declining health. She was born on January 18, 1939 at Little Griffin Hospital in Valdosta, the daughter of Maxine and Joe Scala. Anne lived most of her life in Valdosta with the exception of one year in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, six years in Dayton, OH,...
James C. Wilkerson
Aug 2, 2020
James C. Wilkerson, 92, passed away on Sunday August 2, 2020 in Valdosta. He was born in Miami, FL on December 11, 1927 to the late Albert N. and Joy Rasey Wilkerson. James went through elementary school in West Palm Beach, FL; graduated from Julia Landon High School in Jacksonville, FL in 1946; received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from...
Triston Kyle Braswell
Aug 2, 2020
Triston “Kyle” Braswell, 24, passed away on August 2, 2020, at 4:26 a.m. at South Georgia Medical Center. Kyle was born in Valdosta on April 5, 1996. Kyle was a very compassionate young man who was determined to live his life his way with forgiveness and kindness to the ones he loved and those who loved him. He was a...
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