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Max T. Jacobs
Jul 19, 2020
Max T. Jacobs, 82, of Hahira, died on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at his home. Born in Christian Pass, FL on Aug. 24, 1937 to the late Albert & Myrtle Wilson Jacobs, he had lived in Hahira for the past 3 months. Max grew up in Bonifay, FL and joined the U.S. Army in the early 1950’s. During his Army...
Pauline Ann Euscher
Jul 19, 2020
Pauline Ann Euscher, 80, of Valdosta, passed away at her residence on Sunday, July 19, 2020. She was born on December 14, 1939 in Gardiner, Maine to the late Alston Leander and Denora Jean Weeks Gordon. She was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served during the Vietnam War. She was a member of the Pine Grove...
Norman Conrad Weiffenbach
Jul 19, 2020
Norman Conrad Weiffenbach (U.S.Army, Ret.), 85, of Hahira, died on July 19, 2020 after a lengthy illness. Born in Dayton, OH on July 29, 1934 to the late Paul Sorg & Mary Griner Weiffenbach, he had lived in this area for the past 42 years. Growing up in Dayton, Norman joined first the Reserves and then the U.S. Army in...
Hazel Frances Williams
Jul 19, 2020
Hazel Frances Williams, 82, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 19, 2020, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born in Sand Gap, Kentucky, on July 20, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Allie Todd Smith. Mrs. Williams worked as a homemaker and a nurse’s aide for several nursing homes. She was a member of Azalea City...
Lowell W. Herring
Jul 17, 2020
Lowell W. Herring, 78, of Echols County died Friday, July 17, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta to the late Edgar Perry and Stella Waldron Herring and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Herring was a member of Wright’s Chapel United Methodist Church, a retired farmer and PCS Phosphate as a Lab Technician....
Joann Lynch
Jul 16, 2020
JoAnn Lynch, 74, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at her residence. She was born on July 13, 1946 in Lenox, Georgia to the late Jack Henry and Betty Viola Lovett Bailey. She was a retired beautician and was the owner/operator of Jo Dee’s Curl for many years. She then began working and became local manager of...
Leland Jackson "Jack" Kent, Jr.
Jul 15, 2020
Leland Jackson “Jack” Kent, Jr., 78, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Lanier County, Georgia on July 28, 1941 Jack was the son of the late Leland J. Kent, Sr. and Bessie Alene Lancaster Kent. He was Valedictorian of the Lanier County High School Class of 1959. Jack was one of the...
Regina Barnes West
Jul 15, 2020
Regina Barnes West, 62, of Adel died Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at Tift Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 11, 1958 in Ben Hill County, Georgia to the late Freeman Don and Retha Luke Barnes and was a lifelong resident of this area. Regina was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She loved making people laugh and was...
Royce V. Sizemore
Jul 14, 2020
Royce V. Sizemore went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at the age of 83. Royce was born on August 8, 1936 in Tifton, GA, to the late Howard Sizemore and Martiel Scarborough. He attended Tift County High School where he developed a lifelong love for football as a lineman for the Blue Devils....
Eddie M. Hughes
Jul 13, 2020
Eddie M. Hughes, 95, of Lake Park, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on October 20, 1924 to the late Eddie and Annie Clyde Greene Hughes. He was a WWII Navy veteran, 2nd Class Machinist Mate, serving on PC 1249 Patrol Craft. Following the war, he worked in the...
Russell Wayne Clayton
Jul 12, 2020
Russell Wayne Clayton, 72, of Statenville, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on August 5, 1947 to the late Ernie Gene Clayton and Loretta Colson Clayton. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was a full-fledged cowboy and jokester. He enjoyed trail riding, farming, and spending time with family and friends....
Vera Sue H. Schultz
Jul 12, 2020
Vera Sue H. Schultz, 98, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020 in Macon, GA. Ms. Sue as she liked to be called, was born on May 1, 1922 in Red Oak, TX, to the late W. O. Haynes Sr., and Effie L. Irwin Haynes. She was raised in East Texas, and after marriage lived in various places...
Reverend Lewis Albert Metts
Jul 10, 2020
Reverend Lewis Albert Metts, 82, of Valdosta went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 7:46 P. M. Friday, July 10, 2020 at his home. He was born in Orangeburg County, SC on April 8, 1938 to the late Louis Alfred Metz and Inez Hughes Metts. Reverend Metts was a retired Baptist minister. He pastored Gordon...
Calvin Leroy (C.L.) Harris, Jr.
Jul 10, 2020
Calvin Leroy (C.L.) Harris, Jr., 55, of Hahira, passed away on Friday July 10, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Homestead, FL on October 6, 1964 to Joann Heath Harris and the late Calvin Leroy Harris, Sr. C.L. was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church and was employed at Elead. C.L. is survived by his wife Becky...
Joann Lewis Fletcher
Jul 10, 2020
Joann Lewis Fletcher, 74, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County, GA. She was born on October 26, 1946. Joann was a homemaker that was always cooking for family and friends, as well as being a band mom while her children...
Phillip Loton Langford
Jul 9, 2020
Phillip Loton Langford, 86, of Hull, GA, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Calhoun, GA, on March 13, 1934 to the late Melvin Loton Langford and Bessie Hicks Langford. Mr. Langford was a U. S. Army veteran, and the owner and operator of Northeast Georgia Fence Company. Mr. Langford is survived...
Hilda Scruggs Brown
Jul 9, 2020
Hilda Scruggs Brown, 88, of Valdosta, passed at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, July 9, 2020 following a lengthy illness. Hilda was born July 6, 1932 in Hahira, Georgia to the late Herbert Spencer Scruggs and Blanche Martin Scruggs. Growing up in Hahira, she graduated from Hahira High School and then attended Valdosta State College where she met...
Freddie Hunter
Jul 8, 2020
Freddie Hunter, 81, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday July 8, 2020 at Fellowship Home. He was born on March 25, 1939 in Valdosta to the late James E., Sr. and Bertha Plair Hunter. Freddie served his country in the United States Army and retired as a Sargent with the Valdosta Fire Department after 35 and a half years. He...
Paul Clayton Hunt
Jul 8, 2020
Paul Clayton Hunt, 64, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at his home in Valdosta, GA. He was born on September 20, 1955 to Horace and Sharon (Sedgwick) Hunt. Paul grew up in Mobile, AL where he attended McGill-Toolen Catholic High School. He was a clinical perfusionist for 34 years and retired from South Georgia Medical Center. Paul had...
Larry Clifford Kirkland
Jul 6, 2020
Larry Clifford Kirkland, 69, died with his family by his side Monday after a lengthy illness. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and uncle, a sweet, considerate and gentle man whose absence leaves this world with a little less kindness in it. A longtime member of Greenwood Baptist Church, he was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ; he trusted...
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