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Jacob D. Sellers
Feb 21, 2018
Jacob D. (Jay) Sellers, 32, of Hahira, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. He was born in Athens, GA on May 5, 1985 and grew up in Moultrie and Albany. He went into the U.S. Army at an early age, attending basic at Ft. Benning and then was assigned to 1-32 as a Mortar Sgt. for the 10th Mountain...
Danny Mansukhani
Feb 20, 2018
Danny Mansukhani, 75, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at his residence. He was born in India, to a Hindu family, in the part of India that became Pakistan after the Great Partition. Danny, was one of seventeen siblings. Their family endured much, having to flee to Amritsar and then to Jaipur after the Partition. The Mansukhani...
Betty J. Sorenson
Feb 20, 2018
Betty J. Sorenson, age 78, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Macon, on December 24, 1939, daughter of Eldridge and Ollie Mae Sikes Suddeth. Prior to meeting the love of her life and moving to Valdosta, she was a hairdresser for eighteen and a half years in the Atlanta area....
Royce Eugene Oliver, Jr.
Feb 20, 2018
Royce Eugene Oliver, Jr., 81, of Valdosta passed away on February 20, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 19, 1936 in Middleboro, MA to the late Royce E. Oliver, Sr. and Maria Butkus Oliver. Mr. Oliver was a retired USAF Lt. Colonel, a Vietnam veteran, and the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. He earned...
Lt. Col. Joe Burwell Stallings
Feb 20, 2018
Lt. Col. Joe Burwell Stallings, age 83, of Jennings, FL, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Shands in Gainesville, FL. Joe was born April 19, 1934, in Berrien County, Georgia to the late Roscoe Arnold and Sarah Frances Brown Stallings. After growing up on a tobacco farm in Nashville, Joe attended Emory University where he...
Dr. Charles A. Hodges, Jr.
Feb 19, 2018
Dr. Charles A. Hodges, Jr., 87, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018 at his home. He was born in Dublin, GA on January 4, 1931, to the late Charles Augustus Hodges, Sr. and Anne Williamson Hodges. He graduated from Dublin High School in 1948 and University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in 1953. He received...
James Neil Anderson
Feb 19, 2018
James Neil Anderson July 25, 1947 – 19 February 2018 Mr. James Neil Anderson passed away on February 19, 2018 at the South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta Georgia following a brief illness. Neil, formally of Rhine Georgia, was born on July 25, 1947 in Hawkinsville, GA and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anderson, formally of...
Virginia Ann Bell
Feb 19, 2018
Virginia Ann Bell, 89, of Valdosta, passed away at Lakehaven Nursing Home on Monday, February 19, 2018. The daughter of the late Roy Wisenbaker and Maybell Carroll Wisenbaker Johnson, she was born in Valdosta on April 4, 1928. A retired substitute teacher, Mrs. Bell had worked with both the Lowndes County and Valdosta City School systems. At the age of...
Emma Jeanette Moon
Feb 18, 2018
Emma Jeanette Moon, 89, of Valdosta died Sunday, February 18, 2018. She was born on October 24, 1928 in Cordele, Georgia to the late James E. Waldrip, Sr. and Velma Veal Waldrip. Mrs. Moon was a lifelong resident of this area, a homemaker and a member of the Northside Baptist Church. She was a wonderful mother who enjoyed working in...
Harold Vivian (Jim) Folsom
Feb 17, 2018
Harold Vivian (Jim) Folsom, 89, of Hahira, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018. He was a lifelong resident of this area, he was born on December 30, 1928 to the late Thomas Herbert and Nona Mae Harris Folsom. He retired from the U. S. Air Force and was an automobile mechanic. Mr. Folsom is survived by his daughter and...
Janet Wasson Robinson
Feb 14, 2018
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, gardener, neighbor and friend Janet Robinson, age 85, of Valdosta, Ga., had dinner plans this Valentine’s Day. So on Feb. 14, 2018, she settled into the chair her late husband, Robbie, had used in the last days of his life and waited for him to pick her up for a long-awaited date. This year’s Valentine’s Day...
Daniel Wayne Mcmillan
Feb 14, 2018
Daniel Wayne McMillan, 77, of Lake Park and Leesburg, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. He was born in Andalusia, AL on August 26, 1940 to the late Joseph Edward and Rose Eleanor DeLoach McMillan. He retired after 28 years from Pittsburg Paint and later from Richards Paint. He played football for the Georgia Bulldogs at the University...
Helen King Smith
Feb 14, 2018
Helen King Smith, a longtime resident of Valdosta, died on February 14; she was 97. Helen Irene King was born in 1920, in Hesston, Kansas, the fourth of eight children of Ezra King, a Mennonite bridge builder, and Mary Longenecker King, a homemaker. When in elementary school, she walked one mile each way with her brothers and sisters to the...
Velma Laverne Tucker Tyler
Feb 13, 2018
Velma LaVerne Tucker Tyler, 86, of Hahira passed away peacefully Tuesday morning on February 13, 2018 after her long battle with dementia at the home of her caretakers, her daughter and son in law, Judy and John Pike of Hahira. Miss Velma will always be remembered for her many years of service as a Lowndes County school bus driver in...
James Calvin Ricks, Jr.
Feb 12, 2018
James Calvin Ricks, Jr., 74, of Lake Park, GA died on February 12, 2018 at his home. He was born on August 10, 1943 in Valdosta, to the late James Calvin Ricks and Sarah Pierce Ricks. He spent four years in the Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and retired from law enforcement with six years with the Georgia State...
David Thomas Thatcher
Feb 12, 2018
David Thomas Thatcher, 80, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018, at his home surrounded by family. He was born on September 28, 1937 in Auburn, NY to the late Herbert and Mary Pavey Thatcher. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy aboard U.S.S. Donner (LSD-20). Mr. David loved cars, boats, and his family. He was the family entertainer....
Beetsy Mcmichael
Feb 11, 2018
Beetsy McMichael, 92, of Valdosta died Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on May 25, 1925 in Worth County, Georgia to the late Allen Preston and Effie Estelle Denby Dykes. Mrs. McMichael was a faithful member of the Northside Baptist Church where she had served as Preschool Director for many years. She received her certificate...
Colonel Norman P. Huggins, Usaf (Ret.)
Feb 11, 2018
Colonel Norman P. Huggins, USAF (Ret) passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2018 in Valdosta, GA. He was born on October 24, 1929 in Mullins, SC. As the oldest of 4 boys to the parents of J. Lawton and Lucille Wiggins Huggins of Mullins, SC, he is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary June Norwood Huggins of Valdosta,...
Theodore (Brooklyn) Louis Lankowski Stevens, Sr.
Feb 9, 2018
Theodore (Brooklyn) Louis Lankowski Stevens, Sr. passed away Friday, February 9, 2018. Ted lived in Stroudsburg, PA most of his life with his wife Betty Ann Stevens. Ted and Betty retired to Valdosta, GA to be with their daughter, Dolores (Dee) Repsher and grandchildren. He was so happy to be able to attend their soccer games, concerts and activities. Ted...
Lynnel Dasher
Feb 7, 2018
Lynnel Dasher, 88, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2018. He was born in Valdosta on December 1, 1929, sharing the same birthday with his beloved brother, C.W. Dasher. Lynnel was the son of Mollie Lee Copeland Dasher and Caulie William Dasher, Sr. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force traveling the world with his family...
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