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David King Hollis, Jr.
Mar 9, 2018
David King Hollis, Jr. died peacefully Friday, March 9, 2018 surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was husband to Judith Starling Hollis and father to David King Hollis, III, Comer Todd Hollis, and Starling Hollis Waldron. DK was a lifetime citizen of Hahira, Georgia. Born and raised here, he was the son of David King Hollis, Sr. and...
Yates Holland "Bud" Mcdade
Mar 8, 2018
Yates Holland “Bud” McDade, Jr., 71, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2018 following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 27, 1946 in Forest City, NC to the late Yates Holland McDade, Sr., and Annie Mae Henson McDade. He was a graduate of Spindale High School class of 1964 and Gardner Webb College in 1965....
Terry Eugene Fennell
Mar 7, 2018
Terry Eugene Fennell, 65, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, on April 29, 1952, he was the son of the late Hank and Ruth Gray Fennell. Mr. Fennell was a truck driver for 45 years with Stone Creek Logging as his last employer. He was a proud veteran...
Mary (Dunn) Browning
Mar 7, 2018
Mary (Dunn) Browning, our beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, was called by God to her heavenly home on March 7, 2018. Born on October 24, 1927 in Nashville, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Bertha Dunn. Mary was married to Heyward C. Browning and their union was blessed with seven children. Mary was a...
Clyde W. Stoeffler
Mar 6, 2018
Clyde Stoeffler, 72, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jacksonville, Florida on June 1, 1945, Clyde was the son of the late Norman and Mary Lena Stewart Stoeffler. Formerly of Palatka, Florida, he was a graduate of Palatka High School. He joined the U.S. Air Force and worked as a cryptology/signal...
Lewis Steve Griffin
Mar 6, 2018
Lewis Steve Griffin, born April 9, 1934 in Brooks County to the late Mattie Lou and Turner Griffin, passed in the morning hours of March 6, 2018. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Capers, Travis and Herman Griffin and one sister, Helen Griffin Hanks. Mr. Griffin is survived by his wife of sixty five years, Mary Alice Griffin...
Joann Smith Tyler
Mar 5, 2018
Jo Ann Smith Tyler, 81, died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, March 5, 2018 at Winnwood Retirement Community in Marietta, GA several months after being diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. She was married to William Briggs Tyler, III for 55 years until his death in April 2013. Mrs. Tyler was born in Hahira, GA on July 23, 1936 and was...
Jewel Wilson Sharpe
Mar 3, 2018
Jewel Wilson Sharpe, 74, of Hahira died Saturday, March 3, 2018 at her home. She was born in Moultrie, Georgia on September 10, 1943 to the late Marshall and Della O’Hearn Wilson and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Sharpe was a member of the Salem United Methodist Church in Hahira. She loved her family, going to yard...
Kirby E. Dumas
Mar 3, 2018
Kirby E. Dumas, 83, of Hahira died Saturday, March 3, 2018. He was born in Adel on April 2, 1934 to the late E. Z. and Ruby Harrod Dumas and had lived in Hahira for many years. He was a member of the Pineview Baptist Church and a former member of Salem United Methodist Church. Mr. Dumas worked with the...
Timothy Lane Smothers
Mar 2, 2018
Timothy Lane Smothers, 31, of Quitman, died on March 2, 2018. He was born in Arcadia, Florida on August 9, 1986 to Timothy Smothers and Robin Roberts Smothers. He was employed with Dewitt’s Produce in Morven as a fork lift driver. Survivors include his father, Timothy Smothers of Morven; his mother, Robin Smothers of Georgia; his brother, Kenneth Smothers of...
William Benjamin Dame
Mar 1, 2018
William Benjamin Dame, 87, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Clinch County, Georgia on December 24, 1930 to the late Willard W. and Grace Fiveash Dame. Mr. Dame was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ where he was active in the visitation program and Tuesday Morning Men’s Prayer...
Lois Culpepper Corbett
Mar 1, 2018
Lois Culpepper Corbett, 94, of Lake Park, passed away on March 1, 2018 following an extended illness. She was born on January 2, 1924 in Echols County to the late Charlie and Wilma Padgett Culpepper. Mrs. Corbett served as a custodian for the Board of Education for many years. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and baking. She loved church and was...
Allie Alfred Johannesen
Mar 1, 2018
Allie Alfred Johannesen, 81, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 6, 1936 in Macon, Georgia to the late Otto and Pauline Johannesen. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a retired manager from AAMCO Transmissions. Mr. Johannesen had attended Northside...
Jeanette C. Phillips
Feb 28, 2018
Jeanette C. Phillips, 98, went home to be with the Lord on February 28, 2018 in Jacksonville, FL. She was born in Lakeland, GA on March 9, 1919 and was an only child. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Raymond Phillips and is survived by her daughter, Jerwann Slate, son, Ray Phillips (Sylvia) and two grandsons, Matt...
Marlene Leitzman
Feb 26, 2018
Marlene Leitzman, 79, of Valdosta passed away Monday, February 26, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on April 30, 1938 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Carl Henry Smith and Dorothy Eloise Jackson Smith. Mrs. Leitzman was a homemaker and was affliated with the Church of the Nazarene in Fort Wayne, IN. She enjoyed geology and she...
Donna T. Miller
Feb 24, 2018
Donna T. Miller, 72, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her residence. She was born on November 17, 1945 in Elberton, GA to the late Ben and Melba Gulley Teasley. Donna was a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church. She worked for the Lowndes County School system as a secretary. She attended Georgia Southern...
Glenn Thomas O'Neal, Sr.
Feb 24, 2018
Glenn Thomas O’Neal, age 92, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Born on November 11, 1925, he was one of eleven children to John Robert O’Neal and Maude Lee (McLeod) O’Neal. Glenn will be remembered as a faithful servant of the Lord, for his service to his country, his community, and immeasurable love for his family and...
Ruth Harper Babb
Feb 23, 2018
Ruth Harper Babb, 99, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. Ruth was born August 2, 1918 in Lone Oak, KY to the late Joe and Delma Skaggs Harper. She worked as a secretary for her husband’s plumbing company. She was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ and Lone Oak Church of...
Claude Lavel "Buster" Christie
Feb 23, 2018
Claude Lavel “Buster” Christie, 81, of Valdosta, died Friday, February 23, 2018 at Lakeland Villa in Lakeland, GA. He was born on September 27, 1936 in Echols County, GA to the late Judson Claude Christie and Lula Mae Fletcher Christie. Buster was a machinist for NAPA, a veteran of the United States Army and of the Church of Christ faith....
Frances "Fran" Chewning
Feb 21, 2018
Frances “Fran” Chewning, 62, of Crystal River passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Fran was born on January 12, 1956 in Lake City, Florida to the late James Lee Jr. and Frances Dunaway. Fran is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a degree in Education and continued on to receive her Master’s of Education with an emphasis on...
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