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Odell Eddings Mercer
Jun 30, 2019
Odell Eddings Mercer, 89, of Valdosta passed away Sunday June 30, 2019. She was born on March 19, 1930 in Autryville, Ga to the late Richard Grady Eddings and Mandy Caroline Murphy Eddings. She was a member of the former Berlin Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. She went on to attend Berlin Baptist Church...
Dr. Raymond Allen Cook
Jun 29, 2019
Dr. Raymond A. Cook, 99, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at his residence. Son of the late Luther F. and Annie Stone Cook, he was born in Thomson, GA on July 19, 1919. He grew up and attended the public schools in Harlem, GA. He attended Young Harris College and received the AA and MA degrees in...
Cathy Doreen Smeltzer
Jun 28, 2019
Cathy Doreen Smeltzer, of Valdosta, died on June 29, 2019, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Leesburg, Florida, on March 14, 1959, she was daughter of the late Herman Richard Day and Evelyn Adelle Knowles Day. Mrs. Smeltzer worked as a CNA. Survivors are her husband, Samuel Webster Smeltzer and a friend, Diane Connell. Mrs. Smeltzer will be cremated
Ronnie Eston Lynch
Jun 28, 2019
Ronnie Eston Lynch, 79, of Valdosta, died on June 28, 2019, at his home. Born in Hillsborough County, Florida, on May 21, 1940, he was a son of the late Mollie Brady Cowart and Floyce Allen Lynch. A Master Mason, he worked diligently to receive his Masonic degrees. He was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church. He was an ordained...
Betty Rose Clark
Jun 27, 2019
Betty Rose Clark, 88, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Red Mill, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 1931, daughter of the late Edman Burke Hagens and Bertha Detwieler Hagens. She was a homemaker and the widow of the late James Ellis Clark. Survivors are her son, Mark, daughters, Kathleen and Jacqueline all...
Kathy Marie Riggins Howard
Jun 27, 2019
Kathy Marie Riggins Howard, 62, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Mrs. Howard was born in Blackshear, GA on July 9, 1956 to Mary Riggins Griner Burkhalter and the late Alvin Riggins. Mrs. Howard was a registered nurse and worked in this capacity at the University Hospital of Augusta, and at her husband’s family practice in Douglas,...
Leslie Edward Bass
Jun 26, 2019
Leslie Edward Bass, 64 of Hahira, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Jacksonville, FL. Mr. Bass was born in Greenville, SC on June 19, 1955 to the late Jerome Edward Bass, Jr. and Doris Fout Bass. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Valdosta. He was an avid golfer at Stone Creek and taught tennis for...
Josephine (Jo) Church
Jun 25, 2019
Josephine (Jo) Church, 71, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Heritage House following a period of declining health. She was born on September 10, 1947 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Marion Howard and Joye Clark Bradley. She was a graduate of Briarcliff High, Emory University, and Tulane University with a Master’s Degree in social work and...
Floyce Evelyn Rankey Black
Jun 25, 2019
Floyce Evelyn Rankey Black, 86, of Snellville, GA, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Mrs. Black was born in Texarkana, TX on February 20, 1933 to the late William Fredrick Heath and Georgia Hanna Heath Rhoden. Mrs. Black is survived by her sons Dee Robert Rankey, Jr. (Gail) of Lawrenceville, GA, and Richard Mark Black (Dodie) of Gainesville, GA,...
Robert Thomas Daugharty, Sr.
Jun 23, 2019
Robert Thomas Daugharty, Sr. 82, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 23, 2019. Born in Valdosta, on February 5, 1937, Robert was the son of the late Robert Dickerson (Bobby) Daugharty and Mozelle Hinley Daugharty. A 1955 graduate of Valdosta High School, he attended Georgia Military College in Milledgeville until 1956 before transferring to the University of Georgia. While at...
John Lawrence Rudolph (Jack)
Jun 23, 2019
John Lawrence Rudolph (Jack) passed away on June 23rd 2019 at the age of 82. Born in St. Louis Missouri in 1937, Jack moved at an early age to Atlanta, Georgia where he spent his childhood and college days. Growing up in the shadow of Georgia Tech’s Historic Grant Field, Jack was privileged to spend his middle school years selling...
Bonnie Herring Hutchinson
Jun 23, 2019
Bonnie Herring Hutchinson, 83, of Lake Park passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019. She was born in Lowndes County on June 23, 1936 to the late Donald and Erby Hughes Herring and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Hutchinson was a member of the Lake Park Church of Christ and she loved helping and serving her family...
Diane Folsom Giddens
Jun 23, 2019
Diane Folsom Giddens, 71, of Hahira passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Nashville, GA on October 7, 1947 to the late William, Jr. and Willie Mae Sirmans Folsom and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Giddens was a member of the Church of God and a retired grocery...
Jackie E Rowan
Jun 22, 2019
Jackie Eugene Rowan, 88, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on September 19, 1930 in Berrien County, Georgia to the late Thomas Morgan and Rosa Lee Hall Rowan. Mr. Rowan retired as a salesman with Gerber Products Company after 35 years of service. He was a member of Morningside Baptist...
Ann Millard Ellerbee
Jun 20, 2019
Ann Millard Ellerbee passed away Thursday June 20, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida. She was born on April 11, 1934 in Aiken, South Carolina to the late Moses Kenyon and Curtis Millard. She was a member of the Junior Service League of Valdosta and the Singing Americans. Ann loved to sing and entertain people and was involved with the Follies and...
David Brian Pritchett
Jun 20, 2019
David Brian Pritchett passed away Thursday, June 20, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 31, 1947 in Quitman, Ga to the late Warren Merriman and Corliss Maxine Ball Pritchett. David was a true patriot whose vehicle could always be spotted flying the American Flag. After serving his country in the United States Army, he became...
Joseph Thomas (Joe) Platt
Jun 20, 2019
Joseph Thomas (Joe) Platt, 76, of Valdosta and formerly of Quitman died on Thursday, June 20, 2019. He was born in Quitman, Georgia on October 13, 1942 to the late Joe A. and Dorothy Hiers Platt. Mr. Platt was a member of the Northside Baptist Church in Valdosta and retired salesman from Norman’s of Salisbury. He enjoyed reading, traveling with...
Charles Olan (Jake) Bradford
Jun 19, 2019
Charles Olan (Jake) Bradford, 90, of Morven, died on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Lakeland, Georgia on October 6, 1928 to the late Charles Gordon and Daisy Mills Bradford and has been a lifelong resident of this area. He was a retired farmer and a member of Morrison Baptist Church....
Betty Hughes Welch
Jun 18, 2019
Betty Hughes Welch, 86, of Hahira died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at her home. She was born in Lowndes County on January 9, 1933 to the late Calvin Washington and Clara Annette Calhoun Hughes and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Welch was a member of the Hahira First Baptist Church and a dedicated Mother to her...
Billy Ward Churchwell
Jun 17, 2019
Billy Ward Churchwell, 82, of Valdosta, GA passed away peacefully at home June 17, 2019. Born in Smith County, Mississippi, son of the late Lessie Ainsworth and John Willie Churchwell and brother to the late Bart, Helen, Nita and JW Churchwell. Billy Ward joined the United States Air Force in 1954. He went on to have an illustrious 20+ year...
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