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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Robert "Bobby" Blanchard
May 3, 2018
Robert (Bobby) Blanchard, 69, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on January 1, 1949, he had lived his whole life in Lowndes County. An Army veteran, Mr. Blanchard had attended Valdosta Technical College and worked at SAFT as a kilm operator. He was a member of Bemiss...
Mary Elizabeth Phillips Newsome
May 2, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Phillips Newsome, 79, of Valdosta passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. She was born on December 7, 1938, in Lakeland, GA to the late Barney and Rudell Knox Phillips. Mrs. Newsome was a homemaker. She served the Lord and her church. She attended New Seasons Church of God. She loved her family and friends. Mrs. Newsome enjoyed...
Anna Davis Barwick
May 2, 2018
Anna Davis Barwick, 69, of Waynesville, GA, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 in Jacksonville, FL. Anna was born on October 31, 1948 to the late Hubert John and Ruby Bembry Davis. Anna loved going to the mountains and traveling. She enjoyed cooking and baking for her family, going shopping, especially when it was a yard sale. She played...
Edith Hutto Brunston
May 2, 2018
Edith Hutto Brunston, 94, of Hahira passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Fellowship Home. She was born on February 28, 1924 in Cecil, GA to the late Rudolph L. Hutto and Mary Irene Marshall Hutto. Mrs. Brunston was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Baptist Church. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Brunston...
Benjamin (Ben) Edward Chunn
Apr 30, 2018
Benjamin Edward Chunn, 79, of Valdosta died Monday, April 30, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on September 25, 1938 in Warm Springs, GA to the late William Lewis Chunn, Jr. and Mary Fowler Chunn and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Chunn was a member of the First Christian Church and a veteran of...
Charles Edwin Evans
Apr 29, 2018
Charles Edwin Evans, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville after a short illness. He was born in Irwin County, GA on February 23, 1941 to the late Clifford Lee and Mildred Owens Evans. His intention was to become a member of Redland Baptist Church. Charles loved the outdoors and was an...
Jon Freeman Emery
Apr 28, 2018
Jon Freeman Emery, 81, of Valdosta died Saturday, April 28, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Westbrook, Maine on June 11, 1936 to the late Philip and Marjorie Emery. Mr. Emery retired at SMSGT from the United States Air Force after twenty two years of service and served in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Mr. Emery...
Joy Ann Voigt
Apr 28, 2018
Joy Ann Voigt, 77, of Valdosta went to be with her Lord Saturday, April 28, 2018 at her home after a brief illness. She was born in Valdosta on August 31, 1940 to the late George G. and Faye Jordan Voigt. Joy was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and retired from Georgia Natural Gas Company. She had previously...
Randall Adams
Apr 25, 2018
Randall Adams, 88, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Hartwell, Georgia on December 13, 1929, he was the son of the late Collier and Edna McGee Adams. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Adams served his country during the Korean Conflict from 1951 – 1955. He was a...
Mildred (Mickey) Croft Watson
Apr 24, 2018
Mildred (Mickey) Croft Watson, 84, of Hahira died on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born in Pavo on July 13, 1933 to the late Arley and Josephin Griffin Croft. She was a homemaker, a Christian loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and was a member of Bethany Baptist Church where she...
Wendell Bradley Singletary, Sr.
Apr 23, 2018
Wendell Bradley Singletary, Sr., 56, a lifelong resident of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2018 at his residence. He was born on August 18, 1961 to the late Norman Morris and Ila V. Daniels Singletary. Wendell was a member of Remerton Methodist Church. He worked with ham radios, and collected guns, old records, and antiques. He loved muscle...
William Benjamin "Benny" Kent, Jr.
Apr 21, 2018
William Benjamin “Benny” Kent, Jr., 69, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta, on September 20, 1948, Benny was the son of the late William Benjamin and Annette Angela Kent. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and Valdosta State College where he was a charter member of Alpha...
Nita Mae Weeks
Apr 20, 2018
Nita Mae Weeks, 92, of Valdosta passed away Friday, April 20, 2018 at Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta, GA, on October 30, 1925 to the late Corley and Sallie Jane Brantley. Nita Mae was a member of Mr. Zion United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School, and influenced many children over the...
Brenda Mayes
Apr 19, 2018
Brenda Mayes, 84, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness. She was born in Chester, England on November 12, 1933 to the late Albert and Nellie Ward. She was an active member of the Valdosta Touchdown Club and an avid Wild Cat fan. Survivors include three children, daughters and sons-in-law, Susan...
Ann Golden Embry
Apr 19, 2018
Ann Golden Embry, 70, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on November 30, 1947 in Tifton, GA to the late William Herschel Golden, Sr. and Lillian Murial Honaker Golden. Ann was a retired Event Coordinator with the Rainwater Conference Center. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
Merle Downing
Apr 18, 2018
Merle Downing, 89, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on August 12, 1928 in Valdosta, Georgia, a daughter of the late Clifford Alva Webb and Neita Milton Webb Cook and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Downing was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School...
Tom "Ringo" Ringos
Apr 17, 2018
Tom “Ringo” Ringos, 59, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at his residence. Tom was born in Youngstown, OH on October 2, 1958 and moved with his family to Valdosta at an early age. A 1976 graduate of Valdosta High School, soon after high school, Tom started working at Roadway in Lake Park, now YRC Freight. Having worked...
Rudolph Cooper, Jr.
Apr 16, 2018
Rudolph Cooper, Jr., 60, of Valdosta died Monday, April 16, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in El Paso, Texas on August 24, 1957 to the late Rudolph, Sr. and Frances Novasatty Cooper. Mr. Cooper served in the United States Air Force and had worked in maintenance for the King of the Road Hotel and the Jolly...
Morris L. Smith
Apr 16, 2018
Morris L. Smith, 76, of Valdosta passed away Monday, April 16, 2018 at South GA Medical Center. He was born on November 12, 1941 in Adel, GA to the late Lillie B. Wilson Smith and Henry Smith. Morris served in the United States Army, was a professional musician and was a project manager for the Orvis Company for twenty eight...
Jo Ann Wiley Price
Apr 16, 2018
Jo Ann Wiley Price, 87, of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 16, 2018 after a brief illness. She was born in Turner County, Ga to the late Charles Russell Denham & Telete Wilson Denham and graduated from Sycamore High School in 1947. She married Wallace R. Wiley, on December 6, 1947 after he returned from WW II. They were married...
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