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Pollyann Diamond
Jul 11, 2019
Pollyann Diamond, 72, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Captial Regional Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to the late Edward Arthur Kirk and Jane Woodward Kirk and had lived in Valdosta since 1987. Mrs. Diamond was a member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church where she was a member of the Daughter’s of the...
Joel Norman Asbell, Sr.
Jul 9, 2019
Joel Norman Asbell, Sr., 81, of Cherry Lake, Florida, passed away at home on July 9, 2019 after a courageous battle against leukemia. Norman was born on July 13, 1937 in Georgetown, GA to the late Felix Camalah and Cois Dawkins Asbell. He graduated from Clyattville High School and attended the University of Georgia on a basketball scholarship. Norman worked...
Betty Evans
Jul 5, 2019
Betty Evans, 74, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on July 3, 1945 to the late Leroy E. and Marie Davis Anderson. A graveside service will be held Thursday July 18, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. at Riverview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with Pastor Mickey Wisehart officiating. Visitation...
E. Lloyd Demersseman
Jul 5, 2019
E. Lloyd DeMersseman, 70, of Commerce, GA, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2019 at his home after an extended illness. The eldest of six children, Lloyd was born November 2, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Gene and Marie DeMersseman. He moved with his family to Blountstown, Florida in 1963, and then to Valdosta in 1968, where...
Carolyn Forte Warren
Jul 4, 2019
Carolyn Forte Warren, 90, of Bainbridge, and formerly of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Bainbridge Memorial Hospital following a period of declining health. She was born in Hahira, Georgia on April 11, 1929 to the late Marcus Hilsman Forte and Mittie Surrency Forte and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She had a long working...
Tammy Smith
Jul 4, 2019
Tammy Smith, 58, of Hahira died Thursday, July 4, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in France on February 16, 1961 and had lived in Hahira most of her life. Tammy was a Baptist. She was a strong independent woman who loved her family and friends who lived life to the fullest. Tammy enjoyed spending time with...
Charles Brennis (Chuck) Yates, Jr.
Jul 2, 2019
Charles Brennis (Chuck) Yates, Jr., 67, of Barney, died on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at his residence. He was born on February 18, 1952 in Hahira, Georgia and has been a lifelong resident of this area. He retired from Hickman Transport and was a member of the Barney United Methodist Church. Chuck was an avid Atlanta Braves fan, but was...
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...
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