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Pat Owens Childree Riggins
May 5, 2020
Pat Owens Childree Riggins, 91, of Valdosta died Wednesday, May 5, 2020. She was born in Pitts, Georgia on December 5, 1928 to the late John Curtis and Omie Warren Owens. Mrs. Riggins loved the Lord and was a faithful and loyal member of Northside Baptist Church. She loved raising her four children and enjoyed spending time with them and...
Alvin Clifford "Tip" Culpepper
May 4, 2020
Alvin Clifford “Tip” Culpepper, age 86, went to meet his Lord on Monday, May 4, 2020 after a brave battle against cancer. He was one of three sons born to Jim and Flossie Culpepper and was raised on a small family farm in Echols County. He is preceded in heaven by his mother, father, two brothers Walter Culpepper and Tom...
Charles Stuart Cutshaw
May 4, 2020
Charles Stuart Cutshaw passed from this earth on May 4, 2020 while serving his country in the United States Navy. Charles is survived by his parents; Dale and Stephanie Cutshaw of Hahira, GA, a brother and sister -in-law William and Lauren Cutshaw of Nashville, GA, nephews Maddox and Thomas and niece Madeline all of Nashville, GA. He is also survived...
Winnie Selina Wisenbaker Dunworth
May 3, 2020
Winnie Selina Wisenbaker Dunworth, age 77, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, passed on May 3, 2020. Selina was born on February 4th, 1943 in Valdosta, Georgia to William Wisenbaker and Mildred Wilson Wisenbaker. She graduated valedictorian from Valdosta High School in 1960 where she played point guard for the basketball team, earning all-state honors in her junior and senior years....
Kendall G. Legg
Apr 30, 2020
Kendall G. Legg, 68, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, FL. Born in Dalton, GA to the late George Leonard and Eloise McEntire Legg, Mr. Legg was a retired M.Sgt. in the United States Air Force. Mr. Legg was preceded in death by his sister, Sheila Legg Gilliland. Survivors are his wife,...
Lena Dykes Bosch
Apr 29, 2020
Lena Dykes Bosch, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at her home. She was born on December 31, 1933 in Valdosta to the late Clifton and Icyphene Parrish Dykes. Lena lived life to the fullest and loved people. She met and married the love of her life while administrating for Mahogany Investors at the ripe age of 19...
Helen Haskins Hobbs
Apr 26, 2020
Helen Haskins Hobbs, 72, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at her home. Born in Lanier County, on December 6, 1947, Helen was a daughter of Imogene Peterson Haskins and the late Arthur Haskins. She graduated from Atkinson County High School in the mid 1960’s and moved to Ft. Walton Beach where she worked at Eglin Air Force...
Keith Errington Allsbrook
Apr 25, 2020
Keith Errington Allsbrook August 31, 1955 – April 25, 2020 “… And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind…” Acts 2:2. Keith Errington Allsbrook, 64, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday morning, April 25, 2020, from a malignant astrocytoma brain tumor. He was born in Tucson, AZ to Jack Errington Allsbrook...
Mary Odom Jeter
Apr 24, 2020
Mary Odom Jeter, 97, of Valdosta, passed away Friday April 24, 2020 at her home. She was born on March 12, 1923 in Moultrie, Ga to the late Phillip H. and Ruth Allegood Odom. She was a loving mother, friend, and grandmother. Mrs. Jeter was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Mary is survived by her daughter,...
Christopher Tab Harrell
Apr 24, 2020
Christopher Tab Harrell, 58, of Valdosta, died on Friday, April 24, 2020, at Crestwood Nursing Home. Born in Valdosta on September 15, 1961, he was the son of the Carolyn Faye Kilcrease and the late William Harrell. Mr. Harrell worked for a paper company. He served in the Army National Guard and was a member of Clyattville Baptist Church. Chris...
William "Bill" Alliegood Thomas, Sr.
Apr 23, 2020
William “Bill” Alliegood Thomas, Sr., 76, of Hahira died Thursday, April 23, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, FL. He was born on May 20, 1943 in Norfolk, VA to the late Jesse Herman Thomas and Hazel Alliegood Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a paramedic and formerly owner and operator of Thomas Ambulance Service in Houston, TX. He previously attended...
Frank Joseph Lathron
Apr 22, 2020
Frank Joseph Lathron, 86, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at Fellowship Home following a lengthy period of declining health. He was born on July 4, 1933 in Rochester, New York to the late Myron and Anna Scognetti Lathron. He was retired from the United States Air Force as Senior Master Sergeant and served during both the Korean...
Judith Anne Blanton
Apr 22, 2020
Judith Anne Blanton, 74, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Judy was blessed with not just one, but two families. The family she was born into included her mother, Anne Schuyler Miller and her father, D.C. Blanton who both preceded her in death. She is survived by two brothers, Schuyler “Skeeter” Blanton, of Hahira, Georgia, and Daniel C. Blanton,...
William Richard "Billy" Chewning
Apr 21, 2020
William Richard “Billy” Chewning passed away on April 21, 2020 in Valdosta, GA at the age of 90. Mr. Chewning was born in Dekalb County, GA to the late Silas Grady Chewning and Eva Purnell Chewning and had 9 brothers and sisters. Mr. Chewning was a retired business owner and he loved to spend his time fishing or with his...
Frances Hooks Craven
Apr 20, 2020
Frances Hooks Craven, 73, of Hahira died Monday, April 20, 2020 at her home. She was born in Sale City, Georgia to the late James T. and Ruby Jarrells Hooks and had lived in Hahira for several years. Mrs. Craven was a receptionist for Gibson McDonald Furniture for many years. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and family. Survivors...
Arisje Erna Hardeman Corbett
Apr 20, 2020
Arisje Erna Hardeman Corbett was born July 2, 1944 in Ede Gederland, Holland to Aris and Arisje Hardeman. Erna was born into a family of 14 brothers and sisters, and one very special brother Carel. Erna’s family immigrated to Canada from Holland in 1952. Being from such a large family everybody had someone to look after, setting Erna on a...
Larry Shriner
Apr 20, 2020
Larry Shriner, 75, of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 20, 2020 at Emory University Hospital. Born on March 4, 1945 to the late Roy Eugene & Opal Mae Shriner in Clinton, MO. He has lived in this area for the past 9 years. Larry attended Mississippi State University, while there he began a career in commercial aviation. He flew planes...
William Calvin Rouse
Apr 18, 2020
William Calvin Rouse, 94, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Fellowship Home. Born in Ware County to the late Holton & Francis James Rouse he was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Rouse was a veteran of the U.S. Army during WW II and retired from CSX Railroad in 1984 after working over 40 years on...
Lori Jakubowski
Apr 17, 2020
Lori Jakubowski, 49, peacefully was called home to Jesus on April 17th, 2020 with her loving parents by her side, in Valdosta, GA. Lori was born on August 18, 1970 and spent her childhood in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Lori later moved with her family to Tampa, FL and then Valdosta, GA. No matter where she lived, she made a lasting...
Robert Ernest Stockdill, Jr.
Apr 16, 2020
Robert Ernest Stockdill, Jr., 53, of Lakeland, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2020. He was born on May 3, 1966 in Valdosta to Robert Sr. and Elaine Julaine Valintine Stockdill. He was a guard for the prison systems of Georgia. He is survived by his aunt Dorothy, of Grady, AR, his cousin Carolyn McLeod (Russell), of Lake Park, cousin...
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