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Lcdr Larry Lee Cupp
Aug 10, 2020
LCDR Larry Lee Cupp, 82, of Valdosta passed away on Monday, August 10, 2020. He was born in Van Wert, OH on March 23, 1938 to the late Eldo Cupp and Grace Bower Cupp. Larry’s 21-year Naval career began in 1959, when he graduated from Officer Candidate School. His Aviation training began in Pensacola, Florida, and he received his Navy...
Mattie Elaine Coody Roberts
Aug 9, 2020
Mattie Elaine Coody Roberts, 76, of Lake Park, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020. She was born on October 8, 1943 in Laurens County, GA to the late Grover Cleveland Coody and Theresa Lunette Allbritton Coody. Mrs. Roberts moved at an early age to Brooks County, and graduated from Brooks County High School in the early 1960’s. After graduating...
Wanda Alene Pierce Rumph
Aug 5, 2020
Wanda Alene Pierce Rumph, 77, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on August 24, 1942 in Lowndes County to the late Luther and Esther Chastain Pierce. Mrs. Rumph was a member of Park Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church. She loved her family, enjoyed sewing, cooking and...
Larry Eugene Cone, Sr.
Aug 5, 2020
Larry Eugene Cone, Sr., 63 of Valdosta passed away on Wednesday August 5, 2020 at SGMC following a brief illness. Born in Valdosta, GA on June 21, 1957 to Mary Hathaway Cone and the late Guy Leslie Cone. Mr. Cone was a production tech at Saft in Valdosta. Surviving Mr. Cone is his wife Debra Taylor Cone of Valdosta; two...
Linda Lou Mullins
Aug 4, 2020
Linda Lou Mullins, 75, of Apopka, FL passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. She was born on December 1, 1944 in Acme, West Virginia to the late Mary Alice Swires. Ms. Mullins was a resident of Valdosta for most of her life and was active in charities and various civic clubs throughout her lifetime. She was employed as an...
Debra Rose Dart
Aug 3, 2020
Debra Rose Dart, 67, of Valdosta, died on Monday, August 3, 2020. Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Rosa Anness and Sherman Votaw. With a major in Middle Grade Education and a minor in Cultural Anthropology, Mrs. Dart taught school at Clyattville Elementary School. An empowering person, Debra’s passion was teaching where she was gifted in bringing...
James C. Wilkerson
Aug 2, 2020
James C. Wilkerson, 92, passed away on Sunday August 2, 2020 in Valdosta. He was born in Miami, FL on December 11, 1927 to the late Albert N. and Joy Rasey Wilkerson. James went through elementary school in West Palm Beach, FL; graduated from Julia Landon High School in Jacksonville, FL in 1946; received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from...
Triston Kyle Braswell
Aug 2, 2020
Triston “Kyle” Braswell, 24, passed away on August 2, 2020, at 4:26 a.m. at South Georgia Medical Center. Kyle was born in Valdosta on April 5, 1996. Kyle was a very compassionate young man who was determined to live his life his way with forgiveness and kindness to the ones he loved and those who loved him. He was a...
Betty Anne Scala Ellison
Aug 2, 2020
Betty Anne Scala Ellison, 81, died on Sunday, August 2, 2020 after several years of declining health. She was born on January 18, 1939 at Little Griffin Hospital in Valdosta, the daughter of Maxine and Joe Scala. Anne lived most of her life in Valdosta with the exception of one year in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, six years in Dayton, OH,...
W. Gus Elliott
Aug 1, 2020
W. Gus Elliott, 89, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, August 1, 2020, surrounded by his wife of 64 years, Walton Elliott, and their four children, Walter Elliott, Jim Elliott, Bill Elliott and Lucy Elliott Enniss. The family held a memorial service on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box...
Nina Lee Elliott Bramblett
Jul 31, 2020
Nina Lee Elliott Bramblett, 85, of Valdosta died Friday, July 31, 2020 at her home. She was born on May 4, 1935 in Macclenny, Florida to the late Warren L. (Pat) and Ethel Crawford Elliott and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Bramblett was a desk clerk/night auditor for the Ramada Inn before retirement and had been...
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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