OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Rose C. Nowell

Rose C. Nowell

Aug 27, 2020

Rose C. Nowell, 90, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at Fellowship Home. She was born on November 6, 1929 in Windber, Pennsylvania to the late Nick and Angeline Bardo Crognale and has been a resident of this area since 1968. She was an office manager with Bosch car dealership. She enjoyed bowling and playing cards in the...

Elverna (Vern) Griffis Hiers

Elverna (Vern) Griffis Hiers

Aug 26, 2020

Elverna (Vern) Griffis Hiers, 80, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at her nephew’s residence following a period of declining health. She was born on May 24, 1940 in Valdosta, Lowndes County Georgia to the late John Owen Griffis and Lota May Stone Griffis. She was a retired seamstress with the Levi Strauss company and was also the...

Mary Ann Arneson Payne

Mary Ann Arneson Payne

Aug 26, 2020

Mary Ann Arneson Payne, 81, of Lee, FL, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Fargo, ND on November 10, 1938 to the late Albin and Hazel Monson Arneson. She was a homemaker who loved God and her family. She played the organ, and loved to sew, quilt, and bowl. Mrs....

Kayla Brooke Etheridge

Kayla Brooke Etheridge

Aug 25, 2020

Kayla Brooke Etheridge, 17, of Statenville passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born on January 21, 2003 in Brewton, AL to Christopher Scott Etheridge and Stephanie Diane Quiggins. Kayla was known for being the life of the party. She loved her family and friends and enjoyed riding horses. Survivors include...

Lola Mae Williams

Lola Mae Williams

Aug 24, 2020

Lola Mae Williams, 97, died on Monday, August 24, 2020 at Fellowship Home at Brookside in Valdosta, GA. She was born in Alabama to the late Tim and Tee Bonds. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Dan Williams, her daughter Brenda Hilburn, five siblings Alma Lee Patterson, Christine Alderson, James Bonds, Jewell Miller, and...

Kenneth Marek

Kenneth Marek

Aug 24, 2020

Kenneth Marek 92, of Hahira died Monday, August 24, 2020. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 10, 1928 to the late Rudolph and Mae Kacha Marek. Mr. Marek was retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Mr. Marek was blessed to have met and worked for Steve Gupton in...

Ret/Msgt. Henry H. Phillips, Jr.

Ret/Msgt. Henry H. Phillips, Jr.

Aug 23, 2020

Ret/ MSGT. Henry H. Phillips, Jr., 91, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at Berrien County Hospital. Henry was born in Cuthbert, GA on June 18, 1929 to the late Henry Harris Phillips, Sr., and Julia Yancey Phillips. The United States Air Force brought Henry and family to Moody, A.F.B. in 1968. Henry was Moody’s NCO in charge...

Lois Marie Terrell

Lois Marie Terrell

Aug 22, 2020

Lois Marie Golden Terrell, 61, of Valdosta died Saturday, August 22, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Live Oak, FL on January 14, 1959 to Roscoe Martin Lee and Christine Agnus Golden. Mrs. Terrell was a homemaker and enjoyed working in her yards with her flowers. She enjoyed cooking, going to Shired Island, FL, and dancing...

William Harry Hall

William Harry Hall

Aug 22, 2020

William Harry Hall, 75, of Arcadia, Florida, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Arcadia House. He was born on January 31, 1945 in Quitman, Georgia to the late James Coy and Lillian Morris Hall. William enjoyed fishing and was a fan of Nascar Racing. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Vietnam. He...

Wyndell "Wendy" Clanton Johnson

Wyndell "Wendy" Clanton Johnson

Aug 21, 2020

Wyndell “Wendy” Johnson, 81, of Union City, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020. Wendy was born in Valdosta, Georgia on May 4, 1939. A wild child and a rule-breaker to boot, she preferred climbing trees and rough-housing with her older brother to playing with dolls. She loved her dogs and riding horses. She looked up to her daddy, and spent...

Shirley Roberts Hunt

Shirley Roberts Hunt

Aug 20, 2020

Shirley Roberts Hunt, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2020 at the age of 89, surrounded by her daughters. Shirley was born on September 28, 1930 to the late Mr. James Archibald Roberts and Mrs. Esther Pearsall Roberts of Douglas, GA. She was a graduate of Douglas High School in 1947. Shirley then moved to Valdosta to attend...

Kristy Daniell Mcintosh

Kristy Daniell Mcintosh

Aug 20, 2020

Written by Kristy Mcintosh herself as she wanted. Kristy Daniell McIntosh was born November 8, 1973 and died on August 20th, 2020. Prior to her death she survived many illnesses- well ...until now. But don’t worry, she’s finally healed! She was immediately loved by and named Evelyn and Jimmy Weaver’s best child- a title she kept until her sister (the...

Petty Officer First Class Joshua Thomas Newton

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

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

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

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...

Lowell W. Hammock

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...

Barbara Cargile Creasy

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...

Joy Register Mcdaniel

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

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...