OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
James W. Bonner
Apr 1, 2017
James W. Bonner, 62, of Valdosta passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 at his beloved farm. He was born on May 14, 1954 in Valdosta, son of the late Jefferson McKay Bonner and Clarice Sims Bonner Yates. James graduated from Valdosta High School where he was involved with the Valdosta High Marchin Cats. After high school, James began career with...
Peggy Passmore Wilkes
Mar 31, 2017
Peggy Louise Passmore Wilkes, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday March 31, 2017, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on August 13, 1952, in Hahira, Georgia, to the late Robert Alexander (Bobby) Passmore and Louise Griffin Passmore. Peggy's husband of 45 years is Terry Thompson Wilkes of Valdosta.Peggy graduated from Lowndes High School where she was an...
Johnny T. Cooper
Mar 30, 2017
Johnny T. Cooper, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017 following a short illness. Born in Nashville, GA., on March 28, 1937, he was the son of the late Dewey Lee Cooper and Mary Lanier. Mr. Cooper was a self-employed owner of an auto paint and body shop. He was a real people person who never met...
Lilla West "Sis" May
Mar 30, 2017
Lilla West "Sis" May, 91, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 26, 2017. She was born on April 12, 1925 to the late William Stanley West, Jr. and Lillia Mae Webb West. Lilla West "Sis" May was the last living grandchild of U.S. Senator William Stanley West, who built The Crescent and was a founding father of what...
Marjorie June Nielsen
Mar 29, 2017
Marjorie June Nielsen, 93, of Valdosta and formerly of Roseville, CA, passed away on March 29, 2017, at Fellowship Home following a short illness. Born in Philadelphia, PA on June 21, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Ethel Ford Cone. A homemaker, Mrs. Nielsen was an avid reader, loved traveling and enjoyed the performing arts. Preceded...

Glenda Graham Evans
Mar 29, 2017
Glenda Graham Evans, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House with her children by her side. Mrs. Evans was born on September 14, 1928 in Live Oak, Florida to the late Glenn William and Gladys Hamilton Graham. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church where she had served as the President...

Eric Meyer Burk, Jr.
Mar 28, 2017
Eric Meyer Burk, Jr., 86, of Valdosta was born October 30, 1930 to Eric Meyer and Louse Quirk Burk in Chattanooga, Tennessee and passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Fellowship Home. He graduated from Brown High School in Atlanta, Georgia and then went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1952. He...
Richard Addison Flynt, Sr.
Mar 26, 2017
Richard Addison (Dick) Flynt, Sr., 89, of Hahira died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his home. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 3, 1928 to the late Worth Addison and Pauline Lambe Flynt and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Flynt was an Insurance Agent with Farm Bureau and a member of the Hahira First...

Joseph Clayton (Joe) Davis
Mar 26, 2017
Joseph Clayton (Joe) Davis, 62, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his residence. He was born on February 20, 1955 in Alma, GA. Joe was a devoted husband and father. He was a retired meat market manager having worked at Winn Dixie, Publix and Mr. B's. Joe was a member of Pleasant Way Baptist Church. He was...
Clarence S. Parker
Mar 25, 2017
Clarence S. Parker, Col. USAF (Ret.), 96, of Valdosta, died suddenly, on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Col. Parker was born in Houston, Texas on October 7, 1920, a son of the late Jessie Shaffer and Clarence Lyndon Parker. Growing up in Houston in the 1930's, he graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School. While attending college, he began working in...

Seab H. Miller
Mar 23, 2017
Seab H. Miller, 86, of Hahira passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his residence. He was born on August 3, 1930 in Orlando, FL to the late Seab Hunt Miller, Sr. and Floyce Martin Miller. Seab was an educator with the Lowndes County School System. He was an officer in the United States Navy and served during the Korean...
(Frankie) Jean Howell
Mar 23, 2017
(Frankie) Jean Howell, 85, of Lake Park, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her residence. She was born on December 11, 1931 in Echols County to the late, Joe Sandlin, Sr. and Cuba Carter Sandlin. She was a homemaker, member of Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ, co-owner and operator of Deerwood Grocery for many years.She loved her family, her...
Odel B. Smith
Mar 23, 2017
Odel B. Smith, 93, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her residence following a short illness. She was born on September 27, 1923 in Naylor, Georgia to the late Clance and Anabel Rewis Blanton and has been a resident of this area all her life. She was a retired secretary with the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation and...
Carolyn Husbands Hardee
Mar 22, 2017
Carolyn Husbands Hardee, 84 of Valdosta, the wonderful blessed wife of almost sixty years of Ferman Hardee passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center due to complications from emergency surgery and an eight-year battle with dementia. She was born January 24, 1933 the daughter of the late Henry Woodward Husbands and Bamma Thornhill Husbands. When she...
Mary Lou Tomlinson
Mar 22, 2017
Mary Lou Tomlinson, 75, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Fellowship Home. Born in Cook County to the late Eddie Lee & Mattie Lou Bennett, she grew up in Sparks and attended Cook County High School. She met the love of her life, the late Billy Joe Tomlinson, while in high school. They married and moved to Valdosta...
Florine R. Skoropat
Mar 20, 2017
Florine R. Skoropat, 101, of Valdosta died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Baptist Village in Waycross, GA. She was born on October 5, 1915 in Jennings, FL to the late William Rykard and Lyda Corbett Rykard. Mrs. Skoropat was a homemaker and a member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church.She is survived by her son, Philip Skoropat and his...
Hazel Mcdonald Wetherington
Mar 20, 2017
Hazel McDonald Wetherington, 87, of Valdosta died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Heritage Healthcare. She was born on June 30, 1929 in Lake Park to the late Troy Eddie and Lilly Jordan Hesters and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Wetherington was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and the National Association of Retired Federal...

William Joseph (Joe) Wetherington
Mar 19, 2017
William Joseph (Joe) Wetherington, 52, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Joe was born in Valdosta on July 12, 1964, grew up here and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1982. While at Valdosta he played football, and was named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Super 11, State...
Martha Sue Peacock Mcmillan
Mar 18, 2017
Martha Sue Peacock McMillan, 78, of Lake Park died on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 24, 1938 in Ashburn, Georgia to the late H. Vann and Ruby Barfield Alexander. She was the co-owner of The Paint Store and a member of the First Baptist Church of Lake Park....
Sara Frances Taylor
Mar 18, 2017
Sara Frances Taylor, 80, lifetime resident of Valdosta, passed away following a short illness, on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Lakeland, on October 3, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Margaret Bramlett Faircloth. Frances was a 1955 graduate of Valdosta High School where she was a member of the...