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Gary King Leff
Jun 27, 2018
Gary King Leff, 61, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on June 23, 1957 to the late Wilbur H. and Betty Hughes Leff and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Gary was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He served in the United States...
Eugene Thomas Bellflowers
Jun 27, 2018
Eugene Thomas Bellflowers, 72, of Hahira passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Hahira on September 7, 1945 to the late Roy and Ella Mae Warren Bellflowers. Thomas was owner and operator of Thomas Bellflowers Construction, served in the United States Navy and was a member of the Azalea City Church of God. He...
Norma Jean Corbett
Jun 25, 2018
Norma Jean Corbett, 85, passed away on Monday, June 25, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Brooks County, on January 9, 1933, she was the youngest of five children and the only daughter of the late Maude Morgan and Spence Taylor. Raised in the Hickory Head Community on her family farm, Norma Jean was spoiled and pampered by her...
Linda Lockington Hill
Jun 23, 2018
Linda Lockington Hill was born in Aberdeen, S DA on July 28, 1948 and died peacefully at home with her dogs Shelby and Scooter next to her on June 23, 2018. The wife of Mike G. Hill who passed in May 2017, she leaves behind her sister, Nancy and husband Peter Rallis of Colorado and her brother Michael, wife Tamara,...
Patricia (Patsy) Jones
Jun 23, 2018
Patricia (Patsy) Jones, 74, of Jacksonville, FL passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018. She was born on August 14, 1943 in Hahira, GA to the late Ernest Cain and Inell Hall. She graduated from Hahira High School and attended Bethany Baptist Church. After marrying her late husband, Raymond Hollis Jones, she moved to Jacksonville. She was a homemaker and...
Virginia "Digie" Smith Mcquaig
Jun 23, 2018
Virginia “Digie” Smith McQuaig, 81, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. She was born on October 14, 1936 in Shelbyville, Tennessee to the late J. B. and Lucile Beech Smith and lived in Valdosta for many years. She was member of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McQuaig was a legal secretary for Oris Blackburn Law...
Agnes Wheelis Swilley
Jun 21, 2018
Agnes Wheelis Swilley, 95, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2018. She was born on September 22, 1922 in Ocilla, GA to the late Hollis D. Wheelis and Elise Horton Wheelis. Mrs. Swilley was a retired LPN at Moody AFB. She was a member of the Abundant Life Church of God. She was a loving and devoted mother,...
Acie Allen Tew, Jr.
Jun 21, 2018
Acie Allen Tew, Jr., 82, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2018 following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 20, 1935 in Henry County, GA to the late Accie Tew and Katie Bush Tew. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Tew retired after 30 years driving for Roadway as a long-haul truck driver. He...
Geraldine M. (Jerry) Corbett
Jun 20, 2018
Geraldine M. (Jerry) Corbett, 78, of Valdosta, died on June 20, 2018 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on May 3, 1940 in Tampa, Florida to the late Burke and Lucille Moore Colding. She was retired from the City of Valdosta after 20 years of service with the Parks and Recreations Department. She was involved with...
Kim Ann Chambers Hodges
Jun 19, 2018
Kim Ann Chambers Hodges, 59, of Hahira passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at her residence. She was born on November 2, 1958 in Bitley, Michigan to Clyta Chambers and the late Jerry Chambers. She was a member of Hahira United Methodist Church where she worked in the nursery. Mrs. Hodges loved babysitting and children. She was a very...
Rev. William E. Wood
Jun 18, 2018
Rev. William E. Wood, 70, of Valdosta, went home to the Lord on Monday, June 18, 2018 following a brief illness. He was born on August 21, 1947 in Sutton, West Virginia to the late William Eugene Wood and Mary Bell Wyatt Wood. He was the Pastor for First United Pentecostal Church of Valdosta since 1988. Rev. Wood joined the...
Samuel Ashley Jones, Jr.
Jun 18, 2018
Samuel Ashley Jones, Jr., 56, of Hahira, died on Monday, June 18, 2018 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on December 8, 1961 and has been a lifelong resident of this area. Ashley was a self-employed dry wall contractor, a volunteer firefighter for North Lowndes County, and had recently worked with Valdosta RV. Ashley’s life was devoted...
Steve Adams
Jun 15, 2018
Steve Adams, 70, of Valdosta passed away suddenly at his residence on Friday, June 15, 2018. He was born on December 7th, 1947 in Thomasville, GA to the late Melvin and Eloise Willis Adams. He was a retired Regional Manager for Donaldson Enterprises. Mr. Adams is survived by his son Mike Adams of Naylor, his sons and daughters in law...
Frederick A. (Fred) Brownell
Jun 15, 2018
Frederick A. (Fred) Brownell, 77, of Hahira passed away Friday, June 15, 2018 in Summerville, South Carolina. He was born in Corning, New York on June 24, 1940 to the late Galen Stillman and Margaret Odle Brownell and lived in New York before moving to Hahira twenty-one years ago. Mr. Brownell was a veteran of the United States Army and...
Randall "Gary" Spell
Jun 13, 2018
Randall “Gary” Spell, 73, of Naylor, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Gary was born on April 30, 1945 in Valdosta to the late Randall Webster and Evelyn Register Spell. Gary was a Ranger I for the Georgia Forestry. He was devoted to his wife of 53 years Karen Comings Spell. He...
Annette Ray Fowler
Jun 12, 2018
Annette Ray Fowler, 77, of Lake Park died Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on October 19, 1940 in Thomaston, Georgia to the late John and Polly Smith Ray. She lived in Lake Park for many years and worked as a para-professional for Lake Park Elementary School. Annette was a member of Lake Park Baptist...
Robert Lamar Collins, Sr.
Jun 11, 2018
Robert Lamar Collins, Sr., 86, of Valdosta died Monday, June 11, 2018 at his home. He was born in Aline, Georgia on November 16, 1931 to the late Gordon and Norbie Edenfield Collins and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Collins attended Crossroads Baptist Church. He retired from the United States Air Force and then retired as an...
Clarence "Dutch" Wardwell
Jun 9, 2018
Clarence “Dutch” Wardwell, 75, of Clyattville died Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. He was born on August 21, 1942 in Elmira, New York to the late Clarence Frederick Wardwell, Sr. and Alice Dayhart Wardwell. Mr. Wardwell was a Methodist and a retired police officer with the Elmira New York Police Department and a certified Glacier....
Jerry Eudene Sellars
Jun 9, 2018
Jerry Eudene Sellars, beloved husband, father and grandfather, 75, of Valdosta went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Hahira, Georgia on December 13, 1942 to the late Joseph Mitchell and Annie Mae Hasty Sellars. Mr. Sellars was an active member of Morningside Baptist...
Dan Odom, Jr.
Jun 9, 2018
Dan Odom, Jr., 72, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Everett Daniel Odom, Jr. was born in Valdosta on September 1, 1945 to the late Everett Daniel, Sr., and Rebecca Eugenia Caldwell Odom. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during Vietnam as a medic...
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