OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Frederick  Dennis Quinn

Frederick Dennis Quinn

Jul 30, 2020

Frederick Dennis Quinn, 81, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Born in Geneva, New York, on February 7, 1939, he was a son of the late Frederick Demuth and Ellea Mae Greene Quinn. Mr. Quinn was a member of Christ Episcopal Church. In his later years he was a gardner and love to...

Mary Nell Wells

Mary Nell Wells

Jul 29, 2020

Mary Nell Wells of Valdosta, Georgia passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at the age of 96 while residing at the Arbor Terrace of Johns Creek in Suwanee, Georgia. She was born January 20, 1924 in Clyattville, Georgia to the late Rufus and Bessie Mae Arnold Johnson. She was a graduate of Clyattville High School and was a varsity basketball...

Earl Jackson "Sonny" Cothron, Jr.

Earl Jackson "Sonny" Cothron, Jr.

Jul 28, 2020

Earl Jackson “Sonny” Cothron, Jr., 78, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at his daughter’s residence in Lake Park. He was born in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Earl Sr., and Nell Shiver Cothron. He retired from PCA in Clyattville after 55 years of dedicated service and was a member of Redland Baptist Church. He loved quail hunting,...

Kathe Hilde Hartmann Taylor

Kathe Hilde Hartmann Taylor

Jul 28, 2020

Kathe Hilde Hartmann Taylor, 86, of Valdosta and formerly of Tallahassee, died on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Crestwood Nursing Home in Valdosta. She was born in Stettin, Germany to the late Gerda Hartmann and was a survivor of WWII Germany having endured the horrors of The Holocaust. She was a self-employed housekeeper and then worked as an independent missionary...

Marie  Fowler

Marie Fowler

Jul 27, 2020

Marie Fowler, 91, of Valdosta, died on Monday, July 27, 2020 after a period of declining health. Born in Whitehouse, TX to the late James Miles Pruett & Amy Eugenia Weldon Pruett, and formerly of Tyler, TX, she had lived in this area since 2003. Marie was born during the great depression and grew up on the family farm outside...

Ellie Candelario

Ellie Candelario

Jul 26, 2020

Ellie Candelario, 86, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 26, 2020 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Born in Brooklyn, NY to the late Vincent Corona and Faustina Pizarro Corona, she had lived in this area for the past 6 years. Growing up in Brooklyn, Ellie graduated from Prospect Heights High School. Soon after high school she got married...

Lee R. Crowder

Lee R. Crowder

Jul 26, 2020

Lee R. Crowder, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on July 26, 2020 in Tifton after a brief battle with COVID-19. He was born on December 29, 1955 in Jacksonville, FL, to the late Roy Elsworth Crowder and Norma Louise Pratt Crowder Smith. Lee graduated from Paxon High School in Jacksonville in 1973 and attended FSU and then graduated from University...

Mary Jean Bourquin Thornton

Mary Jean Bourquin Thornton

Jul 25, 2020

Mary Jean Bourquin Thornton, 82, of Barney, Georgia died unexpectedly on July 25, 2020 of natural causes at her residence in Barney. She was born on October 26, 1937 in Morven, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hardy F. Bourquin Sr., Avalon Lewis Bourquin. Siblings, Hardy F. Bourquine Jr., Bobby R. Bourquine, Eleanor Bourquin Williams. Her son,...

William Lawrence Yeomans

William Lawrence Yeomans

Jul 25, 2020

William Lawrence Yeomans, 76, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on September 26, 1943 to the late William Russell & Dorothy Virginia Chancey Yeomans, he was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Yeomans was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. He...

Barbara A.  Chitty

Barbara A. Chitty

Jul 25, 2020

Barbara A. Chitty, 83, of Statenville died Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on December 2, 1936 in Echols County. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Chitty is survived by three daughters, Ann Garner and Bobbie Spivey of Lake Park and Beverly Bennett of Melbourne Beach, FL, two sons, Jerry Chitty and Randal Chitty of Statenville,...

Joanne Williams Halter

Joanne Williams Halter

Jul 24, 2020

Joanne Williams Halter, 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2020 after battling a lengthy illness. She was born on October 28, 1952 in Thompson, Ga to the late Ed and Jessie Tyler Williams. Joanne was the owner and operator of Oweda’s Treasures. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Joanne is survived by her husband, William...

Susie  Anne  Howell

Susie Anne Howell

Jul 24, 2020

Susie Howell, 80, of Mayday passed away peacefully on Friday, July 24, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Kingsland, GA on March 21, 1940 to the late Charlie Franklin McCollough and Valeria Elkins McCollough. Mrs. Howell was a homemaker, a member of Good Hope Baptist Church and attended Macedonia Baptist Church. She had worked at American Home Patient,...

Jane Mchugh Bonner

Jane Mchugh Bonner

Jul 23, 2020

Jane McHugh Bonner, 87, died on July 23, 2020 at Fellowship Home under the care of Hospice of South Georgia. Jane was born April 16, 1933 in Richland, Ga to the late William Elmer McHugh and Mary Ella Malcom McHugh. She has one beloved sister, Sibyl McGlaun who still lives in Richland. Jane enjoyed an almost 50-year career as a...

Cephus William Copeland

Cephus William Copeland

Jul 23, 2020

Cephus William Copeland, 79, passed away Thursday July 23, 2020, at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Tampa Florida on June 7, 1941 to the late William Lott and Mary Kidd Copeland. Mr. Copeland was a member of the Church of God. He was a United States Army veteran and had been self-employed as...

Sarah Anne Norman  Mcdonald

Sarah Anne Norman Mcdonald

Jul 23, 2020

Sarah Anne Norman McDonald, 94, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at South Georgia Medical Center due to complications from the Covid-19 Virus. Sarah Anne was born in Valdosta, on September 29, 1925, the daughter of Joseph Curtis Norman and Ruth Prosser Norman. Much of her childhood was spent living in Lake City, Florida with her Aunt...

Sarah  Boyette Layton

Sarah Boyette Layton

Jul 22, 2020

Sarah Boyette Layton, 86, of Lithia Springs, GA died Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Tranquility House Hospice in Austell, GA. She was born on May 22, 1934 in Hahira, GA to the late Noah A. and Armetta Boyette. She was a homemaker and a member of Midway United Methodist Church in Douglasville, GA. Mrs. Layton is survived by her four...

Thelma  B.  Downing

Thelma B. Downing

Jul 22, 2020

Thelma B. Downing, 95, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on October 29, 1924 in Cook County to the late Charlie and Aline Bennett. Mrs. Downing was a homemaker and a Baptist. She enjoyed fishing and working in her and her children’s flower beds. Mrs. Downing was a loving wife, mother...

Carl  Rose, Sr.

Carl Rose, Sr.

Jul 20, 2020

Carl Rose, Sr., 54, of Valdosta passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 at his residence. He was born on December 28, 1965 in Jesup, GA to the late David Lamar and Hilda Faye Perkins Rose. Carl was a member of Azalea City Church of God. After a standout career on Wayne County High’s baseball team, he played at South Georgia...

Max  T.  Jacobs

Max T. Jacobs

Jul 19, 2020

Max T. Jacobs, 82, of Hahira, died on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at his home. Born in Christian Pass, FL on Aug. 24, 1937 to the late Albert & Myrtle Wilson Jacobs, he had lived in Hahira for the past 3 months. Max grew up in Bonifay, FL and joined the U.S. Army in the early 1950’s. During his Army...

Pauline  Ann  Euscher

Pauline Ann Euscher

Jul 19, 2020

Pauline Ann Euscher, 80, of Valdosta, passed away at her residence on Sunday, July 19, 2020. She was born on December 14, 1939 in Gardiner, Maine to the late Alston Leander and Denora Jean Weeks Gordon. She was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served during the Vietnam War. She was a member of the Pine Grove...