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Elizabeth "Betty" Macrae Efird Tillman
Feb 22, 2019
Elizabeth “Betty” MacRae Efird Tillman, 90, of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 22, 2019 at Fellowship Home. She was born on July 28, 1928 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Milton Otho and Catharine MacRae Efird. She was a homemaker and a life-long, active member of the First Presbyterian Church. Betty enjoyed travel, card games, and teaching her grandchildren to...
Shelby Doss
Feb 19, 2019
Shelby Doss, 17, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, one day short of her eighteenth birthday. Shelby, known online as ‘Panther Lily’, was born in Valdosta on February 20, 2001 to Michael Doss and Jodi Johnston Doss. Shelby Doss played soccer for years, starting at the Boys and Girls Club, then Valdosta Middle and more recently on...
Margaret Meares Nisbet
Feb 18, 2019
Margaret Meares Nisbet, of Valdosta, passed to her Heavenly Father on February 18, 2019. She was 95 years young, born on December 11, 1923. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dick Nisbet. Margaret was an Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Valdosta, and an alumna of Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was an active member...
Jean Arnold Sutton
Feb 18, 2019
Jean Arnold Sutton, 77, of Valdosta passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019. She was born in Valdosta on August 10, 1941 to the late Grover Cleveland Arnold and Anna Clairece Brown Arnold. She was the granddaughter of the late Robert David Arnold and Lilly Rose Stalvey Arnold and James A. Brown and Alma U. Downing Brown. Jean attended Valdosta...
Lona Nitschke Everett
Feb 18, 2019
Lona Nitschke Everett, 92, of Valdosta, moved to Heaven on Monday, February 18, 2019. She was born in Pulaski County, Georgia to the late Bartho & Susie Stone Nitschke. She had lived in this area for the past 18 years. During WW II, Mrs. Everett volunteered with the American Red Cross to do her part for the war effort. Later,...
Margie Ann Cole Johnson
Feb 17, 2019
Margie Ann Cole Johnson, 79, of Valdosta died on Sunday, February 17. 2019 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Hahira on August 15, 1939 to the late Willie P. and Vera Folsom Cole and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she had taught four and five...
Jeanine Elizabeth Perham
Feb 12, 2019
Jeanine Elizabeth Perham, 68, of Valdosta died at her residence on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. She was born on March 3, 1950 in Washington D.C. to the late Herman O. and Mary LeFiles Newton. Ms. Perham was a homemaker and was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include her son and his fiancée, James Compton Perham and Pam Wyatt of West...
Julia Bishop Padgett
Feb 11, 2019
Julia Bishop Padgett, 91, of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 11, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Brooks County on June 29, 1927 to the late Joel and Mattie Shiver Bishop and has been a lifelong resident of the Quitman and Valdosta area. She was a retired secretary with the...
Henry A. "H.A." Williams, Sr.
Feb 10, 2019
Henry A. “H.A.” Williams, Sr., 97, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Born in Brooks County to the late Edward A. & Annie Mae Crane Williams, he had lived in Valdosta since 2006. Mr. Williams grew up in Quitman and graduated from Quitman High School in the late 1930’s. He was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps...
Shirley Comer Lane
Feb 10, 2019
Shirley Comer Lane, 70, of Clyattville passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at Lake Haven Nursing Home under hospice care. Shirley was born on November 11, 1948, in Clyatttville to the late Edward Comer Lane, Sr. and Ruby Hutchinson Lane. Shirley enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Edward...
Yvonne Theresa Adams
Feb 10, 2019
Yvonne Theresa Adams, 85, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on Sunday February 10th, 2019. She was born in Windsor, Ontario Canada on January 26, 1934 and grew up there with her family. In the mid 1950’s, she traveled with her family to Miami, FL for vacation and while there, she met a young Airman,...
Jimmy J. Guess
Feb 10, 2019
Jimmy J. Guess, 78, of Lake Park died at his home on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Born in Brooks County Georgia, he was the son of the late John Henry and Ollie Viola Guess. Jimmy was a successful insurance salesman for many years. He carried on the family business of selling fresh fruits and vegetables from his rolling store providing...
Donna Francis Chauncey
Feb 9, 2019
Mrs. Donna Francis Chauncey, 75, of Lake Park passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at her home. She was born on February 8, 1944 in Macon, to the late Luther Levy and Bessie Lee Brack. She enjoyed spending time with her family, perusing the internet, crocheting and outdoor activities. Donna was a kind-hearted loving person who never met a...
William F. "Bill" Bass, Jr.
Feb 9, 2019
William F. “Bill” Bass, Jr., 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019. Bill was born in Wilson, NC, on December 2, 1932 to the late William, Sr. and Dora Mae Bowden Bass. Bill grew up and attended school in Wilson, N.C. He then joined the USAF in the early 1950’s where he specialized in avionics repair. In...
Dana Cherie Hendley Reaves
Feb 8, 2019
Dana Cherie Hendley Reaves, born July 14, 1968 died on Friday, February 8, 2019 at her home surrounded by loved ones after a courageous five year battle with cancer. Dana, a devoted wife, mother and “Mimi” was a faithful Christian and a member of Ephesus Baptist Church in Villa Rica, GA. She is survived by Stan Reaves Jr., her husband...
Ada Carolyn Johnson Boles
Feb 8, 2019
Mrs. Ada Carolyn Johnson Boles, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2019, at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on August 10, 1932 to the late John Morgan and Mary Hines Johnson. After graduation, Mrs. Bole’s attended Andrew’s Women’s College where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts. After returning to Brooks County she was...
Jerry Wayne Grant
Feb 7, 2019
Jerry Wayne Grant, 66, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at South Georgia Medical Center. Jerry was born in Waynesboro, VA on April 6, 1952 to the late Andrew and Marie Jones Grant. Jerry spent his childhood in Valdosta and graduated with the Class of 1970 at Lowndes High School, where he played bass drum with the...
Samuel E. Locher
Feb 7, 2019
Samuel E. Locher, 85, of Hahira, passed away at his home, Thursday, February 7, 2019, surrounded by family. Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on December 27, 1933, he was the son of the late Emil and Uphamy Locher. Sam was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served in the Korean Conflict, Asia and Europe and also a retired...
John (Jack) Philip Cooper
Feb 7, 2019
John (Jack) Philip Cooper, 85 of Valdosta died Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Tallahassee Regional Medical Center. Born on January 4, 1934, in Arlington, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Joseph and Katherine Cooper. A U. S. Air Force Veteran, Mr. Cooper had retired from Civil Service. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church,...
Gloria Jean (Jeannie) Kauchak
Feb 6, 2019
Gloria Jean (Jeannie) Kauchak, 68, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 in Tallahassee, FL. Jeannie was born in Key West, FL on February 26, 1950 to Nina Moore and the late Robert Moore. Jeannie worked as a nurse for 40 years in different hospitals in Virginia and lived in Valdosta for the past three years. Jeannie is...
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