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Gene Ashley Hill
Nov 29, 2017
Gene Ashley Hill, 86, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017. He was a lifelong resident of Valdosta, born July 26, 1931 to the late Harry and Edna Smith Hill. He was a graduate of Valdosta State College. Mr. Hill was a veteran of the U.S. Airforce and former Vice President/Treasurer of 1st Federal Savings & Loan Association. He...
Amos Hall, Jr.
Nov 29, 2017
Amos Hall, Jr., 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Anniston, Alabama on January 26, 1938 to the late Amos, Sr. and Annie Pearl Coleman Hall. Mr. Hall retired from the United States Air Force after 26 years of honorable service. He served in Vietnam where he was...
Andy E. Squires
Nov 27, 2017
Andy E. Squires, 75, of Quitman, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017. He was born in Albany, GA on August 6, 1942 to the late Andrew Pinkney Squires and Carolyn Weston Squires. Andy retired from Pepsi-Cola. He loved to make people laugh and smile. He was a collector of many things. His life calling was as the President and...
Bettie June Langford
Nov 25, 2017
Bettie June Langford, 83, of Ray City, died on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Lakeland Villa in Lakeland. Born in Panama City, Florida, on May 22, 1934, Mrs. Langford was the daughter of the late Virgil Mills and Euna Mills Lewis. Bettie, fondly known as “Granny” to her family and friends, worked as a beautician and drove a school bus...
Alexander (Alex) Bratton Mcfadden
Nov 24, 2017
Alexander (Alex) Bratton McFadden, 88, Valdosta, died November 24, 2017. A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, he was born April 20, 1929, the son of Andrew Black McFadden and Ruth Williams McFadden Mitchell. He was the great, great grandson of Alexander Templeton Black, founder of Rock Hill, and the great grandson of Mary Ann Black and Isaac Craig McFadden....
Felton Howard Tyson
Nov 23, 2017
Felton Howard Tyson, 75, of Hahira died Thursday, November 23, 2017 at his home. He was born in Adel, Georgia on April 3, 1942 to the late Ethridge Wilson and Dollie Bell Mixon Tyson and had lived in Hahira most of his life. Mr. Tyson was a member of Pineview Baptist Church and a Mason. He loved his family, fishing...
William L. "Bill" Hunter
Nov 23, 2017
William L. “Bill” Hunter, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, November 23, 2017. He was born on July 11, 1953 in Abbeville, GA to the late James and Vera Mae Dunagan Hunter. Bill was of Baptist faith. He was a good husband, father, and papa. He was well known for his mechanic skills and built race cars. He was...
Janice Faye Lee
Nov 21, 2017
Janice Faye Lee, 72, of Albany, GA, formerly of Valdosta, died Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at her residence. She was born on September 15, 1945 in Valdosta, GA to the late Thomas Edgar Fountain and Ruth Virginia Harper Fountain. Mrs. Lee was retired from Strickland Cotton Mills, a member of the Baptist faith and an avid gardener. She is survived...
Salvatore Verrilli
Nov 21, 2017
Salvatore Verrilli, 93, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at Fellowship Home. Born in Paterson, NJ on July 14, 1924, Salvatore was a son of the late Michael and Maria Verrilli. He grew up in Paterson before joining the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Montrose during WWII as a gunner in the Pacific. After the war he...
John Allen Anderson, Jr.
Nov 20, 2017
John Allen Anderson, Jr., of Lake Park, passed away Monday, November 20, 2017. He was born on March 12, 1947 in Ashland, KY to the late John, Sr., and Louise Combs Anderson. John was self-employed as an insulator and served in the U.S. Army. He was a hardworking family man, who loved to spend time with his grandchildren. He had...
Jack C. Hutchinson
Nov 18, 2017
Jack C. (Papa Jack) Hutchinson, 86 of Valdosta died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Cook Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on December 14, 1930 to the late Fred and Olinta Mae Whitfield Hutchinson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Hutchinson was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. He worked for Norfolk Southern...
Donald N. Wilson
Nov 18, 2017
Donald N. Wilson, 80, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, November 18,2 017, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta, on January 22, 1937, Mr. Wilson was the son of the late Johnnie and Pearl Taylor Wilson. A self-employed beverage merchant and a sports enthusiast, he enjoyed football and baseball. Mr. Wilson was a Baptist. Survivors are his brother, Bobby...
Roy S. Wetherington
Nov 16, 2017
Roy S. Wetherington, 80, of Tifton and formerly of Valdosta died Thursday, November 16, 2017 at his residence. He was born on February 8, 1937 in Berrien County, GA to the late M. C. Wetherington, Sr. and Vera Taylor Wetherington. Mr. Wetherington was a retired school teacher. He taught in public schools for thirty seven years and at Lowndes High...
Terry Arlen Reese
Nov 15, 2017
Terry Arlen Reese, 76, of Lake Park, GA died Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in East Liverpool, OH on March 6, 1941 to the late Earl Thomas Reese and Elizabeth Cora Reed Reese. Terry was a veteran of the United States Army. He was retired from a career in the automotive industry. He...
George M. Johnson
Nov 14, 2017
George M. Johnson, Jr., 73, of Valdosta, died on November 14, 2017 at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1944 in Savannah to the late George M. Sr. and Beatrice Donahue Johnson. Mr. Johnson grew up in Elberton, Ga and graduated from High School there. He went on to attend West Georgia College and the University of Georgia....
Donna May Winn Leonard
Nov 14, 2017
Donna May Winn Leonard, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. She was born on August 7, 1933 in Grand Island, Nebraska to the late Dillard Francis and Lois Mae Wilkie Winn. Donna took up woodworking in her 50’s and made furniture out of white pine. She had many hobbies including, crafts, sewing cloth books to donate,...
Patricia Thompson Faircloth
Nov 14, 2017
Patricia Thompson Faircloth, 78, of Hahira, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Fornfelt, MO, on April 24, 1939 to the late Merrell Medford Thompson and Delaphine Johnson Thompson. Patricia grew up in Missouri and moved to Memphis, TN with her family in high school where she played fast pitch softball and later...
Robert Marion Hall
Nov 12, 2017
Robert Marion Hall, known to friends as "Bob", born on January 28, 1939, passed away at home surrounded by family, on November 12, 2017, at the age of 78 after a long battle with leukemia (AML). A native of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Bob was a Fort Lauderdale High School Flying L, class of 1957. He attended Washington and Lee University...
Sampson Paul Stork
Nov 10, 2017
Sampson Paul Stork, 75, of Columbia, SC passed away Friday, November 10, 2017. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina on July 3, 1942 to the late William Spence and Anne Paul Stork. Paul was employed by Bell South/AT&T, serving as Vice President of centralized operations. He was an active member of Good Shepard Lutheran Church. Paul enjoyed fishing, reading,...
Raymond Louis Tanguay
Nov 9, 2017
Raymond Louis Tanguay, 71, of Adel, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 3, 1946 to the late Howard and Helen Irene Tanguay. Raymond loved to travel. He will be remembered as a very supportive man and a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He always put his family first. Raymond enjoyed trips to...
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