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Mark Cowart
Dec 5, 2024
Mark Cowart, 51, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at his residence. Born in Decatur, GA, he grew up in Newport News, VA. After graduating from high school there, he began a career in the restaurant business. Mark worked for a number of different restaurants in the Newport News, Hampton and Richmond, VA area in the early...
James (Jimmy) Curtis Manning, III
Dec 13, 2024
James (Jimmy) Curtis Manning III, 74, of Valdosta, Ga. passed away Friday, December 13, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 11, 1949, in Brunswick, Ga., to the late J.C. Manning, Jr. and Jacque Parker Manning.
Jimmy, a 1967 graduate of Glynn Academy, received a BS in marketing from Valdosta State College where he was a member...
Elaine Bartlett Holloman
Nov 18, 2024
Elaine Bartlett Holloman, 72, passed from this life to eternal life on November 18th, 2024 at Madison County Memorial Hospital in Madison, FL, due to complications of metastatic breast cancer. She lived her early life in Jacksonville, FL after being adopted as an infant from the Children's Home Society of Florida in St. Petersburg, FL. She graduated from Lee High...
Daniel Keith Godfrey
Nov 20, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Daniel Kieth Godfrey, 70, longtime resident of Wakulla County, Florida. Born on December 30, 1953, in Greenwood, South Carolina, the son of Haskell C. Godfrey, Sr., and Ada Lila Godfrey, Daniel was a man of deep faith, boundless love for his family, and an adventurous spirit.
Daniel was preceded in...
Dana Joyce Legette
Dec 26, 2024
Dana Joyce Legette, 80, of Valdosta, GA. passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024 at the Fellowship Home Brookside. She was born January 16, 1944 in Valdosta, GA to the late Casper and Kathryn Fender Sellars.
Joyce was a loving homemaker who attended Corinth Baptist Church and Grace Baptist Church. She was always spoiling her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Legette enjoyed...
Bert Paul Rutland, Sr.
Dec 24, 2024
Bert Paul Rutland, Sr., 76, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at Pruitt Lakehaven following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 3, 1948, in Dallas Texas, to the late Robert Hugh and Bertha Martin Rutland. Mr. Rutland had served many years in law enforcement having retired as the chief of police for the city of...
Virginia H. Bryant
Dec 22, 2024
Virginia H. Bryant, 81, of Valdosta, passed from this life on Sunday, December 22, 2024. The daughter of the late William Harris and Ella Mae Gray Harris, Virginia was born on March 15, 1943, in Ft. Valley, Peach County, Georgia. She was an educator and a guidance counselor for 29 years with Valdosta and Lowndes school systems, retiring in 1996....
Ronnie Dale Harleston
Dec 22, 2024
Ronnie Dale Harleston, 69 of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at his residence. He was born on September 6, 1955, in Bakersfield, CA, to the late Edmond Levi and Mary Ellen White Harleston. A veteran of the United States Army, he worked as an Industrial X-Ray Specialist/Inspector with A Plus RTD. Mr. Harleston loved motorcycle riding,...
Wayne Clarence Voigt
Dec 21, 2024
Wayne Clarence Voigt was born in October, 1943 in Valdosta, Georgia to his parents the late Clarence Frank Voigt and Henrietta Doris Wilson Voigt. He graduated from Valdosta State College with a B.A. Degree. He then got a Masters Degree in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Mississippi.
Wayne retired from the State of Florida after 37 years of...
Vic Hall
Dec 21, 2024
Vic Hall, 63, of Hahira, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Valdosta, on November 29, 1961 to the late Willie Wesley Hall and Sherry Will Eller Haire. He attended Valdosta High School then joined the U.S. Army in the early 1980’s. There he drove officers around Fort Benning...
Sonya Kae Herring
Dec 19, 2024
Mrs. Sonya Kae Herring, age 57, of Valdosta, GA, passed away December 19, 2024, surrounded by loved ones at home following a brief illness. Born September 17, 1967, in Parkersburg, WV, to the late Harold and Judith Lawson, Sonya had a passion for people and animals, never meeting a stranger. Most of all, she loved being a wife and mother...
Lester Williams
Dec 18, 2024
Lester Williams, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Fellowship Home Brookside. He was born in Miami, Florida on May 1, 1940, to the late Raymond Lester Williams and Kathleen (Kitty) Fink Williams. Lester grew up in Miami and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he graduated from high school. After high school he attended Jacksonville University....
Michael Zack Abrams
Dec 17, 2024
Michael Zack Abrams, a career coal miner who tirelessly pursued his diverse life passions to become, inter alia, a master outdoorsman and resoundingly popular assistant coach, died unexpectedly on December 17, 2024, at the age of 75. He was surrounded by beloved family members.
“Big Mike” was born on June 15, 1949, on the army base in Tacoma, WA. Mike’s father,...
Pendleton Little
Dec 17, 2024
Pendleton Alexander Little, 97, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at Fellowship Home Brookside. A lifelong resident of Valdosta, he was born on June 30, 1927, to the late Albert Johnson Little and Elizabeth (Bessie) Parramore Pendleton Little. He served stateside during World War II with the U.S. Army. Mr. Little stayed in Valdosta to work...
David Maxwell Lewis
Dec 17, 2024
David Maxwell Lewis, 69, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at his home. Born in Valdosta on May 27, 1955, David was the son of Alton Lewis and the late Gladys Phillips Lewis. He was a long-time mechanic at Tommy Griner Nissan and taught Mechanics at Lanier County High School and at Valdosta High School. David was loved...
Elizabeth Haley Hyatt
Dec 17, 2024
Elizabeth Haley Hyatt, 76, of Valdosta, passed away on December 17, 2024, at Colquitt Regional Senior Care and Rehabilitation Center in Moultrie, GA following an extended illness. Mrs. Hyatt was born on October 18, 1948, in Moultrie, the daughter of Howard W. Hall, Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Hall. Haley was a graduate of Moultrie High School and received a...
Jan Burch Kennedy
Dec 14, 2024
Jan Burch Kennedy, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at 11am on Monday, December 23, 2024 at Carson McLane Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery. Online condolences may be shared at www.mclanefuneralservices.com
Carson McLane Funeral Home
Betty Sue Fletcher
Dec 14, 2024
Betty Sue Fletcher, 88, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on February 14, 1936 to the late James Arthur Brown and Alma Downing Brown. She was a member of Lake Park Church of Christ.
Mrs. Fletcher was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Maxie Fletcher;...
Donald Eugene Kelley
Dec 10, 2024
Donald Eugene Kelley, 87, of Valdosta, Georgia, peacefully passed away in his home on Tuesday December 10, 2024. Born in Columbus, Georgia, to the late William Kelley and Betty Cook Kelley, Don went on to marry Marcia Buckner in 1960 and remained happily married for 64 years.
Don was accepted to the University of Georgia on a music scholarship; served honorably...
Sheila Elaine Wilkins Southall
Dec 9, 2024
Sheila Elaine Wilkins Southall, 75, of Hahira, died on Monday, December 9, 2024, at her residence. She was born on June 23, 1949, in Valdosta to the late Ewell and Maxine Lancaster Shiver. Sheila was a homemaker and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Cecil.
She is survived by her three children, Babette (Gary) Metts of Charleston, South Carolina, Amanda...
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