OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

David J Burton

David J Burton

Nov 6, 2024

David J. Burton, 74, of Lake Park, died following a lengthy illness, at the Presbyterian Home in Brooks County, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. David was born on February 15, 1950, in Summerset, Kentucky, a son of the late Kenneth Burton and Ida Christeen Worley. He was an auto worker with Ford Motor Company.

David loved his family, and his life...

Alice Elizabeth Carter

Alice Elizabeth Carter

Nov 5, 2024

Alice Elizabeth Carter, 82, of Lowndes County, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at SGMC Lakeland Villa. She was born on May 17, 1942, in Valdosta to the late Sydney Landon Carter and Ruby Daugharty Carter. Ms. Carter had worked at Valdosta State University in the financial aid department and was a member at Unity Primitive Baptist Church.

Ms....

Edgar Lewis Cox

Edgar Lewis Cox

Nov 4, 2024

Edgar Lewis “Ed” Cox, 92, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 4, 2024, following a brief illness. Born in Pierson, FL to the late Jim & Pearl Owen Cox, he grew up in Pierson and in South Carolina. He graduated from Pierson High School where he played basketball and following graduation, Ed joined the U.S. Air Force. At his first...

Dr. William (Bill) Butler Thomas

Dr. William (Bill) Butler Thomas

Nov 3, 2024

William Butler Thomas, 82, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House. Bill Thomas was born on June 14, 1942, in Augusta, Georgia to Lillian Butler Thomas and John C. Thomas, Jr. He grew up in Adel, Georgia with his twin brother, Tom and their older brother Colquitt. Bill enjoyed his childhood very much, playing...

Mary Ann Gilbert

Mary Ann Gilbert

Nov 1, 2024

Mary Ann Gilbert, of Valdosta, passed away on November 1, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy battle with Lymphoma. Mary Ann was born in Atlanta on Christmas Day in 1933 to Carl D. Dowdy and Lena White Dowdy. She was raised in Atlanta, graduated from Roosevelt High School, and attended what is now Georgia State University. Mary Ann...

Natalie Estelle Berman Dinnerman Lipson

Natalie Estelle Berman Dinnerman Lipson

Nov 1, 2024

Natalie Estelle Berman Dinnerman Lipson, 94, of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 1, 2024, at the Canopy following a period of declining health. She was born on September 20, 1930, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the late Max P. and Bertha Gordon Berman. She was a homemaker and the wife of the late Irving Dinnerman who was the owner/operator of...

Annual Remembrance Service

Annual Remembrance Service

Oct 31, 2024

You Are Invited

To Attend Our

 

Annual Remembrance Service

 

Sunday, 4:00 P.M.

December 8, 2024

 

Carson McLane Funeral Home 

2215 N Patterson Street

Valdosta, Georgia 31602

 

Each December we take time to remember and honor those who have passed. We hold a special remembrance service in our chapel. Our service this year will honor those families we have served whose loved ones have passed from:

 

November 1, 2023 

to October...

James Steven Jennings

James Steven Jennings

Oct 29, 2024

Steve Jennings, 66, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Americus to the late J.J. & Mildred Jennings, Steve grew up in Valdosta. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1977 having played both football and baseball for the Wildcats. Steve started dating the former Joy Mead while at Valdosta High and they...

Susan Leonard

Susan Leonard

Oct 29, 2024

Susan Leonard, 81, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Fellowship Home following a period of declining health. She was born in Valdosta on October 17, 1943, to the late Charles Wesley and Laura Clark Leonard. Susan obtained her undergraduate degree from Valdosta State University and her Masters degree from the University of Tennessee. She worked for over...

Bobby Lee Wilkins

Bobby Lee Wilkins

Oct 28, 2024

Bobby Wilkins, 75, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 28, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 30, 1949, in Hahira to the late William Joseph Sr., and Marie Townsend Wilkins. Bobby was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was a retired mechanic and truck driver. As a mechanic,...

James Delk

James Delk

Oct 28, 2024

James Delk, better known as Papa James, 75 of Valdosta, GA., died on Monday, October 28, 2024, after a lengthy illness. Born on February 14, 1949, in Pearson, GA, he was the son of the late W.M. Delk and Alma Mae Luke. In 1980, he married his beloved wife Becky, and they shared a wonderful life until her passing in...

Virginia Cole Brightwell

Virginia Cole Brightwell

Oct 27, 2024

Virginia Cole Brightwell, 100, of Valdosta, Georgia died Sunday, October 27, 2024, at The Canopy in Valdosta, Ga. A native of Ocilla, she was born February 07,1924 to the late Charles Alfred Cole and Ruth Turner Cole.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 Friday morning, November 01, 2024 at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Valdosta.

Mrs. Brightwell grew up and completed high...

Alma Imogene "Jeanie" Nieman

Alma Imogene "Jeanie" Nieman

Oct 25, 2024

Alma Imogene Nieman “Jeanie” Nieman of Adel, Georgia, went home to her Lord on October 25, 2024, at the age of 90. Jeanie was born September 13, 1934, in Adel, the second child of Julian Odom and Evelyn Odom Daughtry. She married George Henry Nieman in 1955 in Hawaii, and they remained married until his passing in 2001. Jeanie is...

James (Jim) Edward Sims

James (Jim) Edward Sims

Oct 24, 2024

James (Jim) Edward Sims, 74, of Williamson, GA, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024, in Griffin, GA. Born on August 24, 1950, in Valdosta to the late Jack and Betty Hodges Sims. He graduated from Lowndes High School and attended Valdosta State University. He then joined the United States Air Force and served briefly as a Morse Code Operator....

Michael Joseph Mahler

Michael Joseph Mahler

Oct 24, 2024

Michael Joseph Mahler, 71, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at home. Born on May 27, 1953 in Mishawaka, Indiana, to the late Milo Mahler and Mona Catherine Schmidt Mahler. He had earned his CDL and drove for Trailer Bridge. 

Mr. Mahler will be remembered by his wife Joyce Mahler and daughters, Carmela Bajenting-Mahler of Atlanta, and Kristine...

Kenneth O'Steen

Kenneth O'Steen

Oct 22, 2024

Kenneth O’Steen, 87, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Coffee County, Georgia on July 9, 1937 to the late Walter O’Steen and Mary Lott O’Steen. Mr. O’Steen served honorably in the U.S. Army infantry and retired after 22 years, he then worked for a time at SAFT in...

Betty Ann Sutton

Betty Ann Sutton

Oct 22, 2024

Betty Ann Sutton, 92, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House. Mrs. Sutton was born in Quitman, Georgia to the late Earl Bertram Martin and Annie Clower Holland Martin. Mrs. Sutton worked at South Georgia Medical Center for over 30 years in Physical Therapy and was a member at Park Avenue Church. She was...

Rachel Coker Lofton

Rachel Coker Lofton

Oct 19, 2024

Rachel Coker Lofton, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2024. Born on December 1, 1928, in Lowndes County, Georgia, she was the daughter of Henry and Ida Coker. She graduated from Lake Park High School in 1946 and soon after she began her long career with Southern Bell Telephone Company in June 1946, where she worked for 38 years, retiring...

Christopher Scott Boland

Christopher Scott Boland

Oct 15, 2024

Christopher Scott Boland, 64 of Valdosta, passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Born in Hollywood, Florida, on April 23, 1960, Christopher was the son of the late Stephen S. and Dorothy Gallagher Boland.

Survivors are his siblings, Sheryl Dasinger of Valdosta, Patricia (Tony) Cappeta of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, John (Gail) Boland of Gainesville, Florida, and Dorothy...

Catherine Brown

Catherine Brown

Oct 14, 2024

Catherine Starling Brown, 97, passed away Monday, October 14, 2024. She was a homemaker and lived her entire life in Valdosta. 

She is survived by seven children: Beth Newcomb, Linda Smith, Susan Pollock, all of Valdosta, Jeff Brown of Lake Park, Ken Brown of Lecanto, Florida, Tim Brown of Valdosta, and Don Brown of Hahira. She is also survived by one...