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Geneva Stewart
Jan 1, 2021
Geneva Stewart, 90, of Valdosta, died on Friday, January 1, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Hahira, Georgia on October 8, 1930 to the late Thomas Franklin and Frances Iduma Jones Jernigan. She was a retired seamstress and had worked for Levi’s locally. She is survived by her son and...
Stephanie M. Thomas
Dec 30, 2020
Stephanie M. Thomas, 32, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday December 30, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 26, 1988 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Earl D. Thomas and Linda Beth Hughes Thomas. Stephanie was a caring soul, always looking for new ways to help people and would volunteer for anything....
James Terrance (Terry) Yates, Sr.
Dec 28, 2020
James Terrance (Terry) Yates, Sr., 64, of Valdosta died on Monday, December 28, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born on May 6, 1956 in Bainbridge, Georgia. He moved to Valdosta with his family and has been a resident here for most of his life. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and...
Silvia Mercedes Calderon
Dec 26, 2020
Silvia Mercedes Calderon at the age of 80 years old, transitioned to be with our Lord on December 26, 2020. She was born on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico in a town named Mayaguez. She was the daughter of Mercedes Rosado and Marcos Rosado. At the age of 8 years old, Silvia relocated with her family to New York...
Sgt. Emilio Jose Velazquez
Dec 26, 2020
Sgt. Emilio Jose Velazquez, 28, of Evans Mills, New York, died suddenly on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at his residence. He was born in New York, New York on May 8, 1992 and was a Signal Support System Specialist with the United States Army. He was stationed at Fort Drum in New York. He is survived by his wife, Ashley...
Peggy Lee Turner
Dec 26, 2020
Peggy Lee Turner, 90, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Langdale Place. Born on November 10, 1930, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Peggy was the daughter of the late James Henry and Mary Moore Horne. She grew up in Charlotte and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1953. On December 14, 1954, Peggy married James (Jim)...
Robert Curtis Thom
Dec 25, 2020
Robert Curtis Thom, 84, a resident of Fort Myers, FL from 1978-2007 and from 2019 to present, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, and Valdosta, GA, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 in Fort Myers. He was born July 25, 1936 in Indianapolis, IN to Jay and Julia Thom, now deceased. Robert was a Veteran of the United States Navy, where he...
Ret Msgt Michael Marvin Andrew
Dec 25, 2020
Ret MSgt Michael Marvin Andrew, 77, of Valdosta died Friday, December 25, 2020 at South GA Medical Center, Lanier Campus in Lakeland, GA. He was born on July 6, 1943 in Eau Claire, WI to the late Cecil Munroe Andrew and Viola Selma Hartman Andrew. Mr. Andrew retired after serving twenty four years in the United States Air Force. He...
Anthony Byrns Williams
Dec 25, 2020
Anthony Byrns Williams, Sr. 80 or Valdosta passed away Friday December 25, 2020 at his daughter’s residence following several years of declining health. He was born on February 2, 1940 in Nashville, TN, To the late Raymond and Mildred Williams. Mr. Williams retired as a service manager for Gordon Ford Tractor Company. He is survived by his daughter, Windy Scott...
Lavon (Rudolph) Prine
Dec 25, 2020
Lavon Prine, 78, of Echols County, died on Friday, December 25, 2020 after a very short battle with COVID-19. Born in Valdosta on September 20, 1942 to the late Jackson Rudolph & Catherine Kinsey Prine, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Prine grew up in Valdosta and attended Valdosta High School in the mid 1950’s before...
Robert Curtis Thom
Dec 25, 2020
Robert Curtis Thom, 84, a resident of Fort Myers, FL from 1978-2007 and from 2019 to present, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, and Valdosta, GA, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 in Fort Myers. He was born July 25, 1936 in Indianapolis, IN to Jay and Julia Thom, now deceased. Robert was a Veteran of the United States Navy, where he...
Reverend Leonard Harnage
Dec 24, 2020
Reverend Leonard Harnage, 83, of Hahira passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Cook County, GA on July 23, 1937 to the late Henry Carl and Cloa Harnage. Reverend Harnage was a Church of God Minister for fifty-three years having begun his ministry on April 10, 1967. His wife Marian Marie Dampier...
Richard "Rich" Pye
Dec 24, 2020
Richard “Rich” Pye, 72, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Houma, LA to the late Clifford Francis & Devota Florence Broussard Pye, he has lived in Valdosta since 1985. Mr. Pye grew up in Houma and attended schools there. After high school, he soon joined the United States Air Force. During...
Charles John Rozek, Jr.
Dec 24, 2020
On Thursday, December 24th, 2020, Charles John Rozek, Jr. (Jack) passed away in the presence of his family after battling a short illness. Jack was born to Charles John Rozek, Sr. and Esther Lawrence Rozek on September 1, 1942, in Baltimore, Maryland. After growing up in Baltimore, he attended Plymouth Preparatory School in Massachusetts where he lettered in lacrosse. As...
Amos Alexander Mccall
Dec 23, 2020
Mr. Amos Alexander McCall, Sr. 95, of Valdosta, died at his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 after a lengthy illness. Born in Jasper, FL to the late James Horace & Lena Storey McCall, he has lived in Valdosta since the early 1940’s. He moved to Valdosta in his mid-teens to live with family. Soon after...
Jean Elizabeth (Lisa) Price
Dec 23, 2020
After a hard-fought battle with cancer, Jean Elizabeth (Lisa) Price, age 63 of Hahira, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday December 23, 2020. She was born to Janice (Bostwick) Morton and the late Clay Bostwick on January 19, 1958 and grew up in Arlington, GA. Lisa attended Southwest Georgia Academy and studied Education at Valdosta State College, before working as...
Mike Townsend
Dec 21, 2020
Mike Townsend, 78, of Valdosta died Monday, December 21, 2020 at Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Ventura, California on July 24, 1942, a son of the late Marcie Maness Russell and Rusty Russell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. He was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and veteran of the United States...
The Rev. Stanley James White
Dec 20, 2020
Stan White died December 20, 2020. He was born May 9,1962 in Dothan, Alabama and lived in Florida, Arizona, and California before settling with his parents in Valdosta when he was six years old. He has been an Episcopal Priest and Rector of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Valdosta for thirty years. Before that, he served as a non-denominational...
Jackie Laverne Devane
Dec 20, 2020
Jackie Laverne DeVane, 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 following a brief illness. She was born on July 15, 1953 in Thomasville, GA to Hazel Warren Harper and the late Howard Dumas. She worked as a bus driver for Lowndes County Schools and was a devout Christian and member of Harvest Church of God. She loved...
Raymond F. Hamel, Sr.
Dec 19, 2020
Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Raymond F. Hamel passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Valdosta, GA. He was born in Laconia, New Hampshire on April 7, 1932 to Rodolphe Hamel and Irene Bilodeau Hamel. He graduated from a multilingual elementary school in 1946, Laconia High School in 1950, and the University of New Hampshire in 1954. He received...
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