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Julian Lamar Shierling
Apr 23, 2019
Julian Shierling, 83, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at home. He was born on September 1, 1935 in Lowndes County to the late William Leroy and Carol Weldon Shierling. He graduated from Morven High School, where he was a starter on the varsity basketball team. He served proudly in the U.S. Army. After his Army service, he learned computer programming...
Phillip Yonge
Apr 23, 2019
Phillip Delany Yonge passed away suddenly Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019. Phil is survived by his beloved wife and companion of 22 years, Susan Schuyler Smith Yonge, his son and daughter in law Tom and Melanie Yonge and his grandchildren Phillip Yonge and Mason Yonge. Phil is predeceased by his sons Phillip Delany Yonge, and Robert Holbein Yonge and his brother...
Billy Ross Rountree
Apr 23, 2019
Billy Ross Rountree, 85, of Hahira died Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was born on January 26, 1934 in Hahira to the late George A. and Ethel Guess Rountree and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mr. Rountree was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church where he had served on the Board of Trustees. He...
Richard Alan Youmans, Sr.
Apr 23, 2019
Richard Alan Youmans, Sr., 76, of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born on January 8, 1943 in Elkhorn, Wisconsin to the late Robert and Doris May Gates Youmans. Mr. Youmans was a retired Master Sergeant with the United States Air Force and served during Vietnam. Mr. Youmans was...
Brenda K. Stalvey
Apr 22, 2019
Brenda K. Stalvey of Fort Walton Beach, FL and formerly of Hahira, GA died Monday April 22, 2019 at her home. She was born in Quitman on August 1, 1946 to the late Ewart and Vera Mae Parker and had lived in Hahira all her life until moving to Ft. Walton Beach in November of 2015. Mrs. Stalvey was a...
Sally I. O'Neal
Apr 19, 2019
Sally I. O’Neal of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the age of 81. Born on September 21, 1937, Sally graduated from Valdosta High School, Valdosta State College with a bachelors in Elementary Education, and Florida State University with a masters in Library Science. She taught elementary school in Atlanta and Valdosta, and retired as a...
Kathy Montgomery Williams
Apr 19, 2019
Kathy Montgomery Williams, 63, of Valdosta passed away suddenly on Friday, April 19, 2019. She was born in Adel, GA on March 7, 1956 to the late Elwood E. and Ava Nell Bullard Montgomery and had lived in Valdosta all of her life. Mrs. Williams was of the Baptist faith and the office manager for her daughter’s law office, Jennifer...
Charles Thomas Bellflowers
Apr 18, 2019
Charles Thomas Bellflowers, 52, of Hahira passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on March 21, 1967 in Valdosta to Sandra Moon Bellflowers and the late Eugene Thomas Bellflowers. He attended the Church of God and currently working in construction. Tommy loved fishing and listening to music on the radio....
Janie Lucille May
Apr 17, 2019
Janie Lucille May went to her eternal home on April 17, 2019. She was born on December 21, 1919 at her parent’s farm near Moultrie, Georgia. Lucille was the second of nine children born to Tom and Ethel Gibbs. She graduated from Moultrie High School in 1937 and went into nurses training at Macon General Hospital. In June of 1941,...
M. Tom Rowell
Apr 17, 2019
M. Thomas Rowell, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Roseboro, NC, on July 11, 1929 to the late Thomas William and Vivian Dowdy Rowell. Mr. Rowell was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a Deacon at Redland Baptist Church, and was a...
Tim David Green
Apr 17, 2019
Timothy David Green, 57, Seffner, FL went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, after a short battle with cancer. Tim was born March 29, 1962, in Monahans, Texas. His dad was in the Air Force so his family lived in many different states and overseas. He had been in the ministry 31 years serving in different...
David (D.G.) Long
Apr 15, 2019
David (D.G.) Long passed away at his home on Monday, April 15, 2019 after battling cancer. He was born in Richmond, California on April 17, 1947 to the late Elvie and Lessie Alvina Higgins Long. He was in the United States Marine Corps throughout the Vietnam War and received several medals for his service including a purple heart. He was...
Jeffery Todd Wells
Apr 15, 2019
Jeffery Todd Wells, 54, Valdosta, beloved son of Ronald M. and Catherine F. Wells died on Monday, April 15, 2019 at home. A fifth generation Floridian, he was born January 7, 1965 in Winter Haven, FL, a descendant of pioneer Florida families. The family moved to Sylvester, GA in 1972 where he graduated from Worth County High School in 1983....
Gabriel Griffin
Apr 15, 2019
Gabriel Griffin was born to Rashyanna Copeland and Gerald Griffin on Monday, April 15, 2019. God called him Home to be an angel in His kingdom. He leaves to cherish his memory his two brothers Andrey Griffin, Davoris Thomas and his four sisters Ka’Sauni Wright, Emily Howard, Anahla Thomas, and Promise Thomas, and his grandmother Latanzia Copeland.
Martha Cone
Apr 15, 2019
Martha Cone, 59, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Thomasville, GA to Betty Joyce Cochran Nelson and the late James Neil Cone. She was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Cone enjoyed being a caregiver and Nana to Ian and Bella. She was a beloved aunt of...
Erin Turner Stubbs
Apr 15, 2019
Erin Turner Stubbs, 22, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. Erin was born in Valdosta on February 23, 1997 to Joe and Kelly Stubbs. She was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ and a senior at Lowndes High School. Music was her favorite pastime and brought...
Henry Dewitt Craven
Apr 13, 2019
Henry Dewitt Craven, 77, of Hahira passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida on August 17, 1941 to the late William Arthur and Ruby Lee Willis of Cairo, Georgia and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Craven was retired from the United States Air Force after twenty six years of service...
M. Bryant Martin, Jr.
Apr 12, 2019
M. Bryant Martin Jr. peacefully passed away Friday April 12, 2019. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bryant Martin on November 20, 1936. He was raised in McRae, Georgia. He graduated from Clemson University, where he played basketball and received his Juris Doctor degree (JD) from Atlanta Law School. He started his 47-year...
Pauline Ritter
Apr 10, 2019
Pauline Ritter, 95, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Mrs. Ritter was born on September 12, 1923 in Lyons, to the late Luther Maynard & Adie Mae Clance Wilson. She lived for several years in Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County. It was there she met Walter Ritter and they were married on January 12, 1940. The family soon moved...
Judi Hammon Watts
Apr 8, 2019
Judi Hammon Watts, 73, of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 8, 2019 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 19, 1945 in Jacksonville, Illinois to the late Rev. Wayne and Evelyn Day Hammon. She was an accomplished pianist and played in several churches in Illinois and Kentucky. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and...
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