OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Lydia Stephen
Dec 12, 2018
Lydia Stephen, 85, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Stephen was born in Port Blandford, Newfoundland, Canada, to the late John & Ethel Burton Moss. It was there in Canada where she met the love of her life, David R. Stephen, when he was stationed at Ft. Pepperell, in Newfoundland with the U.S. Air...
Tomas Gonzalez-Vigo, Jr.
Dec 11, 2018
Mr. Tomas Gonzalez-Vigo Jr., 70, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 at the Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. Tomas was a devoted Catholic parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He was a eucharistic minister and volunteered a lot of time at the St. Francis Center. He enjoyed watching old westerns and spending time with his...
Joline Edmondson Smith
Dec 11, 2018
Joline Edmondson Smith, 89, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 following a long illness. Mrs. Smith was born in Jacksonville, FL on December 1, 1929 to the late Dave E. Edmondson and Lyda Webb Edmondson. She was retired from C & S Bank after 37 years and was a dedicated hard worker. She was a tremendous seamstress...
Robert W. "Buddy" Jamieson
Dec 11, 2018
Robert W. “Buddy” Jamieson, 73, of Valdosta formerly of Lake City, Florida died December 11, 2018 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. He was born on August 9, 1945 in Richland, Georgia to the late Jim Frank Jamieson and Minnie Dallas Cooper Jamieson. Mr. Jamieson was retired from the State of Florida and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in...
Gladys Jewel Coody
Dec 8, 2018
Gladys Smith Coody, 86 of Valdosta died Saturday, December 8, 2018 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on April 16, 1932 to the late Emmitt Lee (Country) and Gladys Johnson Smith and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Coody was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and retired from Owens Illinois and Valdosta Drug Company. She...
Daniel Ray Taylor
Dec 7, 2018
Mr. Daniel Ray Taylor, of Lake Park, Georgia, born on June 1, 1977, and was a beloved son, brother and friend. He passed away at age 41 on December 7, 2018. He is preceded in death by his mother, Patty Taylor. He is survived by his father, Merle Taylor, as well as his brothers, David Taylor, Dennis Taylor, and Darryl...
Michelle (Belle) Garner
Dec 5, 2018
Michelle (Belle) Garner, 49, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center following a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Valdosta on November 9, 1969 to Ronald and Linda Bryson Harrell and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She taught second grade at S.L. Mason for ten years and...
Bryant-Foster Carter Mcleod Stanley
Dec 5, 2018
Bryant-Foster Carter McLeod Stanley, 19 day old son of Eric and Jessica Stanley passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Medical Center in Macon, GA. He was born on November 16, 2018 in Albany, Georgia. Survivors include his parents, Eric and Jessica Stanley of Moultrie, GA; his brothers and sisters, Jessalyn Stanley, Hunter Stanley, Korilyn-Beverly Tinney, Gabriel Tinney, Christian...
Marie Gagne
Dec 4, 2018
Marie Gagne, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home.
Kevin Ross
Dec 4, 2018
Kevin Ross, 62, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Fellowship Home of Brookside. Mr. Ross was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to the late Marcus Bo Ross and Doris Gustane Ross. Mr. Ross was a certified electrician who worked for Quality Electric for over 20 years and First Line Corporation for 13 years. He loved to...
William Phillip Savoy (Phil)
Dec 3, 2018
William Philip Savoy (Phil) 62 born December 3, 1956 to Daniel Ray Savoy and Bessie Marion Meyer in New Orleans, Louisiana and passed on December 3rd 2018 in while visiting family in Valdosta, Ga. Phil’s father was military, he spent his childhood early childhood on Tybee Island and Paris Island. Graduating from high school in 1975 in King George, Va....
Betty Frances Cole
Dec 3, 2018
Betty Frances Williams Cole, 74, of Valdosta died Monday, December 3, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Fargo on July 6, 1944 to the late R. W.,Jr. and Rena Sturgis Williams and had lived in Valdosta for many years. She graduated from Clinch County High School and Perry Business School. Mrs. Cole was a member of Morningside...
Janis Bailey Hayes
Dec 2, 2018
Janis Bailey Hayes, 82, passed away in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday, December 02, 2018. Janis was born on September 02, 1936 in Valdosta, GA and resided in Hahira, GA until November 2012. She was the daughter of the late Curtis Odell (C.O.) Bailey, Sr. and Ella Mae Day Bailey. She attended Hahira High School and South Georgia College in...
Dorothy Anne "Dotty" Duke
Dec 2, 2018
Dorothy Anne “Dotty” Duke, 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at her home. She was born in Morganfield, KY on April 4, 1939 to the late Ira Frances Joiner and Stella Mae Dills Joiner. Dotty ran a craft and quilting business. She had a home daycare where she touched 193 children’s lives. Christmas was her favorite...
William Robert Jenkins
Dec 2, 2018
William Robert Jenkins, 81, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at his residence, after a short illness. Mr. Jenkins was born in Bessemer City, NC to the late Wm. Robert & Lucille Lassiter Jenkins. As a young man, Robert and his family moved to Live Oak, FL where he graduated from Suwannee High School. After high school, he...
Shirley Gioia
Dec 1, 2018
Shirley Gioia (Nitschke) of Valdosta, went to be with the Lord on December 1, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Summerville, SC. She was retired from Cracklin Good Bakery. She was proceeded in death by her parents, John Henry and Jessie (Harnage) Nitschke, and brother John M. Nitschke. Survivors include her daughter & son in law Theresa and Jason Buelman...
David Bayless
Dec 1, 2018
David Bayless, 88, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Fellowship Home. He was born in Indiaola, Mississippi to the late David and Jimmie Lee Oliver Bayless and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Bayless graduated from Ruleville High School in Ruleville, Mississippi where he played running back for the football team and was known as the...
Dale Velton Miller
Nov 28, 2018
Dale Velton Miller, 66, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Echols County, GA on April 12, 1952 to the late Collis Miller and Merle Herring Miller. Mr. Miller was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a supervisor of the beamline at Brooks Welding for many years....
Dorothy Bonita Hall Roby
Nov 27, 2018
Dorothy Bonita Hall Roby 89, died on November 27, 2018 at her residence in Valdosta, Georgia. Dorothy was born on March 18, 1929 in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of the late James Madison Hall II and Mable Kathleen McKee. Dorothy grew up and was educated in Toledo, Ohio where she taught modern and classical dance at Arthur Murray’s Studios then became...
Rev. Milton Sellars
Nov 27, 2018
Rev. Milton Sellars, 78, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Lakehaven Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Lowndes County on January 24, 1940 to the late John Lamar, Sr. and Sallie Mae Byrd Sellars. He was a retired Baptist Minister and had pastored several churches in central and north Florida including Birchwood Baptist,...