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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Ollie Faye Lancaster

Ollie Faye Lancaster

May 20, 2020

Ollie Faye Lancaster of Eatonton, Georgia, 82 years of age gained her precious angel wings May 20, 2020. She was at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia. She did not die of Covid-19. Faye was born January 1, 1938 in Remerton, Georgia to the late Ollie J and Estelle (Cowart) DeLoach. Faye loved living on the lake and working in...

George Mulkey

George Mulkey

May 20, 2020

George Mulkey, 77, of Quitman, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 following a period of declining health. He was born on March 20, 1943 to the late Johnny Richard Mulkey and Abbie York. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Following his tenure in the Army, he...

Kenneth Ronald Burnett

Kenneth Ronald Burnett

May 18, 2020

Kenneth Ronald Burnett, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 at his residence. He was born in St. Augustine, FL on February 23, 1931 to the late James Norman Burnett and Thelma Irene Carter Burnett. He was retired from turpentine productionand tree planting, a United States Army Veteran and a member of Greenwood Baptist Church. Mr. Burnett is...

Laquita Parrish Mcleod

Laquita Parrish Mcleod

May 18, 2020

LaQuita Parrish McLeod, 84, of Lake City, Florida passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 following a short illness. She was born on August 3, 1935 in Lowndes County to the late Joe Brown Patten and Carrie McDonald. She graduated school from Lake Park and married Aubrey Sheldon Parrish. She retired after many years of dedicated service with Bell South...

Seth Boone Temples

Seth Boone Temples

May 17, 2020

Seth Boone Temples, 60, of Valdosta passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Macon, Georgia on December 14, 1959 to the late Philip Orson and Marjorie Smith Temples. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and being outdoors. He was a great artist. Seth loved his family with all his heart. Survivors include his children,...

Marianne Folsom Register

Marianne Folsom Register

May 16, 2020

Marianne Folsom Register, 39, of Hahira, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Hahira on October 21, 1980. Marianne was a certified pharmacy technician, a homemaker and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She enjoyed being a stay at home Mom and homeschooling her daughter, Aubrey. Marianne also enjoyed sewing, arts and...

Bennie Kay Webb

Bennie Kay Webb

May 15, 2020

Bennie Kay Webb, 80, of Hahira died Friday, May 15, 2020 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on July 15, 1939 in Ray City, GA to the late William Crawford Webb and Doris Knight Webb. Mr. Bennie Webb was retired from the United States Air Force. He served four years in the United States Navy. A memorial service will...

Evelyn Zant Mcabee

Evelyn Zant Mcabee

May 15, 2020

Evelyn Zant McAbee, 87, of Lake Park GA, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Heritage House. She was born in Orangeburg, SC, on December 23, 1932 to the late James Robert Zant and Tommie Hogan Zant. She moved to Lake Park, GA, at an early age. She was a homemaker and loved being a mom. She lived in...

Grady Folsom

Grady Folsom

May 14, 2020

Grady Folsom, 83, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020. He was born in Moultrie on June 9, 1936 to the late Remer E. and Pearlie Hatchett Folsom. He retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years, where he served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Grady also was a sales associate with Sears. He was...

Wilburn Thomas Boyette

Wilburn Thomas Boyette

May 13, 2020

Wilburn Thomas Boyette, age 66, passed away May 13, 2020. He was the minister for the Pennington Bend Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee. Tom is the son of the late Wilburn Boyette Jr. and the late Ora Kathryn Bray Boyette. He is preceded in death by his son, Matthew Haris Boyette and granddaughter, Camdyn Blake McDowell. He is survived...

Pacita Delos Santos Mallari

Pacita Delos Santos Mallari

May 12, 2020

Pacita delos Santos Mallari, 80, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 in Smyrna, GA. She was born in the Phillipines on September 27, 1939 to the late Teodoro delos Santos, Sr. and Encarcion delos Santos. She lived and worked in many countries including Cambodia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea. Her late husband was Benjamin Mallari Sr also from the Phillippines....

Brantley Hoyt Moody

Brantley Hoyt Moody

May 11, 2020

Brantley Hoyt Moody, 99, of Baxley died Monday, May 11, 2020 at the home of his niece in Valdosta. He was born in Baxley on June 5, 1920 to the late Hubert and Gladys Rentz Moody. Mr. Moody was a member of the Spring Branch Church, a veteran of the United States Navy and a farmer. He was a hard...

Sandra Yvonne Coody Burris

Sandra Yvonne Coody Burris

May 9, 2020

Sandra Yvonne Coody Burris, 68, of Quitman, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Born in Valdosta on December 7, 1951, to the late Howard Coody and Mary Frances Moore Coody. She was a retired secretary and loan officer at Guardian Bank and was in the banking industry for over 30 years. She enjoyed spending time with her dogs, grandchildren,...

Mary Ann Chaney

Mary Ann Chaney

May 8, 2020

Mary Ann Chaney, 82, of Valdosta was taken home by our Father God on May 8, 2020 at her home surrounded by family. Mary Ann was born in May Day, Georgia on May 8, 1938 to the late John and Eva (Campbell) Allen. She was one of seven children. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Easton H. Stoddard,...

Christopher Sean Copeland

Christopher Sean Copeland

May 8, 2020

Christopher Sean Copeland, 47, left this life on May 8, 2020 after a sudden heart attack. He was born March 19, 1973, in Opelika, Alabama, the first son of Robert Aaron (Ron) and Billie Copeland. Sean was a charismatic, fun-loving guy who could coax a smile out of anyone he spoke with. He graduated from Lowndes High School in 1991...

Agnes Mae Hagin

Agnes Mae Hagin

May 8, 2020

Agnes Mae Hagin, 94, of Valdosta died Friday, May 8, 2020 at Magnolia Manor in Buena Vista, Georgia. She was born on October 30, 1925 in Thonotosassa, Florida to the late John Elbert, Sr. and Lillie Mae Burney Lewis. Mrs. Hagin was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. She served as Program Director at the Girls Club...

Myrtle A. (Pape) Bennett

Myrtle A. (Pape) Bennett

May 8, 2020

Myrtle A. (Pape) Bennett, 73, of Valdosta died on Friday, May 8, 2020 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born on November 12, 1946 in Biloxi, Mississippi to the late Orin Kendrick and Mary Jane Childs. She enjoyed playing Bingo and attended Bingo games at the Knights of Columbus and the Elks Lodge. She was...

Lou Allen "Gatorman" Blanton

Lou Allen "Gatorman" Blanton

May 7, 2020

Lou Allen “Gatorman” Blanton, 69, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his home. He was born on April 8, 1951 in Valdosta to the late Lou Allen Blanton, Sr. and Mildred Luke Blanton. Gatorman was a conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad up until his retirement in 2001. He was a man of God who...

Fred  "Big Papa" Mccoy, Jr.

Fred "Big Papa" Mccoy, Jr.

May 7, 2020

Fred McCoy Jr. 90, of Valdosta, GA passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at his home with 3 of his 4 daughters and other family members by his side. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina on May 23, 1930, the only son of the late Bessie Mae Neeley and Fredrick James McCoy. He grew up in Columbia and...

Laura Morrow

Laura Morrow

May 6, 2020

Laura Alice Morrow, 69, of Brookhaven, GA, passed away May 6, 2020, at The Fountainview Center for Alzheimer's Disease in Atlanta. She was pre-deceased by her parents, John Gordon Morrow, Jr. M.D., and Edith Clements Morrow, R.N., of Hahira, GA and by paternal grandparents, John Gordon Morrow, Sr. and Sara Giles Morrow of Hahira, GA and maternal grandparents Sydney L....

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