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Leon Albert Swilley
Nov 30, 2024
Leon Albert Swilley, 88, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Saturday, November 30, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born in Lowndes County on May 6, 1936, to the late Leon Alphonso and Opal Newsom Swilley and has been a lifelong resident of this area. Upon graduating from Lake Park High School, where he served as president of the school...
Michele Lynn Gardner
Nov 28, 2024
Michele Lynn Gardner, 63, of Nashville, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born on March 26, 1961, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, to Noel Leitzman and the late L. Marlene Leitzman. Michele was a bookkeeper with Stevens and Keesling P.C. in Valdosta, and she was of the Christian faith.
She...
Thomas Rudolph Austin
Nov 26, 2024
Thomas Rudolph Austin, 79, of Lake Park, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at the Lakeland Villas, in Lakeland, GA. He was born in Milledgeville, GA on August 13, 1945, to the late James and Lynnette Austin. Tom graduated from the University of Georgia in 1968, and he had many fond memories of his time in Athens, especially watching...
Leonard Ira Jacobs
Nov 21, 2024
SMSGT Leonard I. Jacobs, Ret. USAF, 85, of Hahira, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at his home. He was born in Clothier, West Virginia on August 2, 1939, to the late Ira Jacobs and Maude Ethel Hatfield Jacobs. He was the oldest of eight children, and a very joyful person. He was a proud veteran of the U.S....
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...
Irvin David Casey
Nov 20, 2024
Irvin David Casey, 78, of Quitman, passed away at his home in Brooks County on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Born in Doerun, Georgia on August 18, 1946, Irvin was the son of the late Dave and Blanche Casey. He retired after 34 years of working as a service technician for Colquitt EMC. He was a member of First Church of...
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...
Jiu Chuan (John) Lin
Nov 18, 2024
Jiu Chuan (John) Lin, 49, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 18, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Fuzhou, China on May 4, 1975, John moved to the San Francisco in 1992, he soon started working in restaurants in California and then in Philadelphia before moving to Atlanta in 1995. He worked in Feng Mei when he moved...
Shirley Riley Mixon
Nov 18, 2024
Shirley Riley Mixon
August 11, 1936 – November 18, 2024
Shirley Riley Mixon, 88, of Barney, GA passed away on November 18, 2024, with her family beside her. Shirley was born on August 11, 1936, in Macon, Georgia to the late Gene and Elizabeth Riley. Once she married Billy they resided in Wrightsville, GA for over 50 years which is where...
David Lewis Singletary, Sr.
Nov 18, 2024
David Lewis Singletary, Sr., 76, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024, following a lengthy illness.
Lewis was born on September 12, 1948 in Gainesville, FL, the second son of the late Joseph Sherwood and Louise Laing Singletary. He spent most of his childhood in Dougherty County, graduating from Albany High School in 1966. After studying for two years...
Thomas Edward Byrne III
2024
Thomas Edward Byrne III, "Tom", age 90, of Quitman, passed away at the Presbyterian Home on Sunday, November 17, 2024. A memorial service will be held for Mr. Byrne in Hanover, New Hampshire at a later time. McLane Funeral and Cremation Services.
Margaret “Teen” Varn Plowden Marshall
Nov 16, 2024
Margaret “Teen” Varn Plowden Marshall
April 2, 1946 - November 16, 2024
Mrs. Margaret “Teen” Marshall, 78, of Hahira, Ga, passed away November 16, 2024 at home surrounded by her family.
Teen grew up in Cook County on Hutchinson Mill Pond Rd in a strong rural community. As a teenager, she was an honor graduate and majorette at Cook High School. Her academic...
Maria A. Hughes
Nov 15, 2024
Maria A. Hughes, age 81, passed away peacefully on November 15, 2024, surrounded by her family in Valdosta, Georgia, after a brief illness.
Maria was born in Texas to the late Juanita Mejia Rodriguez and Pablo Rodriguez. She was a stay-at-home mother while being the wife to a career Air Force member, and then later worked at the Army Air Force...
Robert Chester Krawczyk
Nov 14, 2024
Robert Chester Krawczyk, 76, was born June 19, 1948, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to the late Chester and Rose Krawczyk. He passed away on November 14, 2024, in Valdosta, Georgia. He is survived by his son, Robert Krawczyk (Lauren) of St. Petersburg, Florida, and daughter, Rosemary Sergent (Dennis) of Jacksonville, Florida.
Robert grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA and as...
John Kenneth Elliott
Nov 14, 2024
John Kenneth Elliott, 62, of Quitman, died on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 28, 1961, in Hahira to the late J.C. and Virginia Parker Elliott. He was a farmer and had worked for several local farms in the area, the last one being with Lawson Farms before...
Charles Eugene King
Nov 14, 2024
Charles Eugene King, 88, of Valdosta, GA passed away peacefully at home on November 14, 2024. Charles was born in Hagerstown, Indiana on March 22, 1936 to Lowell and Mary Katherine Burkhardt King (Coffin). He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Emerick Manual Training High School in Indianapolis. While in high school, he served one and a half...
Eleanor E. Weiffenbach
Nov 13, 2024
Eleanor E. Weiffenbach, 87, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at The Canopy at Azalea Grove following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 26, 1937, in Jackson, Kentucky to the late Rader and Margaret Smith Gross. Mrs. Weiffenbach received her undergraduate and post graduate degree from the University of South Florida and had served as a...
Emilia Ann Perez
Nov 11, 2024
Emilia Ann Perez, 41, of Lake Park, suddenly passed away on Monday, November 11, 2024, at her residence. She was born on January 8, 1983, in Miami, Florida. Emilia was known for being THE aunt to her nieces and nephews and always went overboard, especially at Christmas, with all the many treasures she would get for them and the Christmas...
Ruth Reynolds Sinclair
2024
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Sinclair passed away peacefully on November 11, 2024. She was 89.
A private memorial service will be held by the family when all can attend. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to one of her favorite charities, E.S.M. First United Methodist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana or the Alzheimer's Association.
Mrs. Sinclair was born February 17, 1935 in...
Barbara June Snow Tomlinson
Nov 10, 2024
Barbara June Snow Tomlinson, 84, of Valdosta, went home to be with the Lord at her home on Sunday, November 10, 2024, surrounded by her daughter’s Susan Lynn Tomlinson and Lisa Lynn Tomlinson. Born in St. Augustine on August 30, 1940, Barbara grew up in South Florida and later moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she graduated from Central High...
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