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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
E.J. "Jimmy" Bennett
Jul 23, 2024
E. J. "Jimmy" Bennett, 89, of Valdosta, GA, passed away peacefully at Langdale Hospice House on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, after a period of declining health. He was born in Cook County on March 1st, 1935, to the late Ollie & Evie Bennett. After working on the farm with his father, he joined the US Army and served for 4...
Keith Douglas Blythe
Jul 19, 2024
Keith Douglas Blythe, 79, passed away Friday, July 19, 2024, at Haven Hospice House in Lake City, Florida, following a period of declining health. Mr. Blythe was born October 5, 1944, in Coral Gables, FL, to the late Douglas D. and Dorothy Delmage Blythe. He was a former schoolteacher in the Lowndes County School system; an active member of Providence...
Frank D. Harrison
Jul 17, 2024
Frank D. Harrison passed away peacefully holding his wife’s hand on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Frank was born to Charles Horatio Harrison and Agnes Krazit Harrison on August 13, 1948, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a veteran having enlisted in the Air Force in 1969 and retiring in 1995. Frank was truly a good man with a loving and giving...
James (Buddy) Bumgarner
Jul 17, 2024
James (Buddy) Bumgarner, 71, of Hahira, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on February 17, 1953, in Fort Belvoir, VA, to the late James Sr., and Elsie Paquette Bumgarner. Buddy was a Leadership Lowndes Alumni 1989, and a Leadership Georgia Graduate in 1991. Buddy retired from Valdosta State University in 1994 where he...
David Louis Branch III
Jul 15, 2024
Mr. David Louis Branch, III, aged 68, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 18, 1955, in Augusta, GA, to the late Dr. David Louis Branch, Jr., and Barbara Ann Sheffield Branch. Mr. Branch dedicated many years of service as a school psychologist for Valdosta City Schools, as...
Carolyn Bowen Christian
Jul 15, 2024
Carolyn Bowen Christian of Valdosta died July 15, 2024 at her home. Born in Register, Georgia on May 2, 1927, she was the daughter of Jasper Reid and Sara Jane Rushing Bowen. After graduating from Statesboro High School, she attended Georgia State Women’s College (now Valdosta State University), graduating in 1948. It was there that she met her husband Frank...
Thomas Woods, Sr.
Jul 15, 2024
On July 15th of 2024, Thomas (Tommy) Franklin Woods, Sr. climbed the last few steps to heaven. Tommy was born in Odum, Georgia on October 18, 1942 and grew up in Jesup, Georgia. As a young man he moved to St. Marys, Georgia for most of his life to work at Gilman Paper Company.
Tommy loved to fish and hunt any...
Reta Bayless Griffin
Jul 14, 2024
Reta Bayless Griffin, 85, passed away on July 14, 2024, at Fellowship Home Brookside. Born on May 8, 1939, to the late David E. Bayless and Jimmie Lee Oliver Bayless in Mississippi, she graduated from Ruleville High School. As the daughter of sharecroppers, she spent most of her youth working in cotton fields on the Macabee Plantation. Following high school,...
Barry Lee Robinson
Jul 14, 2024
Barry Lee Robinson, 69, of Hahira, died on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House following a period of declining health. He was born on May 26, 1955, in Rome, Georgia to the late Olin and Betty Sansom Robinson. Mr. Robinson was retired from the grocery retail business having last served as Vice-President of Harvey’s Supermarkets. He later became...
William "Al" Rawlings
Jul 9, 2024
William “Al” Rawlings, III, 53, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Al was born to the late William Alton Rawlings, Jr. & Song Hui “Annie” Rawlings, in Dublin GA, and grew up there, Graduating from Dublin High School in 1989. He then went to Valdosta State University, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. He went...
Lavelle Smith Wisenbaker
Jul 9, 2024
Lavelle Smith Wisenbaker, passed away peacefully at home on July 9, 2024, after a short illness.
Lavelle was born to Annie Lillian Long Smith and William Smith on September 4, 1935, in Ludowici, Georgia, and graduated from Clyattville High School where she was a varsity basketball player. She attended Valdosta State College. She worked at Southern Bell, now Bell South, from...
Phil Hall
Jul 6, 2024
Phil Hall, 84, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on April 20, 1940, in Smut Eye, Alabama, to the late Robert and Irene Phillips Hall. Mr. Hall was a veteran of the United States Army and had retired from Trus Joist where he worked as a computer programmer.
Mr. Hall is survived...
Wallace Kerry "K.O." Oliver
Jul 6, 2024
Wallace Kerry Oliver (67), of Valdosta, GA suffered a heart attack and passed away on July 6th, 2024. Kerry, fondly known as “K.O.”, was born to William (Bill) and Jeanette Oliver on October 8, 1956, in Macon, GA.
Kerry graduated from Valdosta High School and was a true Wild Cat through and through. As owner of his own business, Oliver Plumbing...
Judy Carol Cornelius
Jul 4, 2024
Judy Carol Cornelius, 72, of Hahira, died at her home on July 4, 2024, after a lengthy illness. Born in Cook County, Georgia, on April 1, 1952, Judy was the daughter of Clara Jean Vickers Radney, and the late Woodell Parrish. She had worked in medical records at Smith Northview Hospital. Judy was of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed camping,...
Lenelle C. Shierling
Jul 4, 2024
Lenelle C. Shierling, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 20, 1935 in Morven, GA, to the late James Ellis Cooper and Mable West Cooper. Mrs. Shierling had worked as a secretary for many different companies over the years, most recently at Astro Extermination. She had a servant’s...
Robert Thomas Goff
Jul 4, 2024
Robert Thomas Goff, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on July 4, 2024, at home. He was born on March 17, 1947, in Live Oak, FL, to the late S.E. Goff, Jr. and Annie Laurie Goff. Robert was part-owner of The Oyster Bar Fish Market, Inc., established by his grandfather, S.E. Goff, Sr., in 1952. His love for the Lord, his...
Ollie Ann Croft
Jul 3, 2024
Ollie Ann Croft, 83, of Valdosta, died at her home on July 3, 2024. Born on April 11, 1941, to the late Jerome & Sally Stokes in Byron, Ga, she grew up and graduated from high school there. Soon after high school, she married Bill Wood. The young couple went briefly to Chicago before returning to Georgia where she had...
Faye LeGette Radford
Jul 3, 2024
Faye LeGette Radford, 82, of Hahira, died on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, her residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira on May 9, 1942, to the late John Duncan LeGette & Myrlee Howell LeGette; she grew up there and played basketball for Hahira High School in the late 1950’s. During high school, she worked at a dime store in...
Raymond John Vanek Jr.
Jul 1, 2024
Raymond John Vanek, Jr., born on October 19, 1962, in San Diego, California, passed away on July 1, 2024, in Valdosta, Georgia. He was the beloved son of Raymond John Vanek, Sr. and Carolyn A. Prunier. Raymond was preceded in death by his parents as well as his son, Frank L. Vanek.
Raymond is survived by his loving wife, Ronda Vanek,...
Jon Christian (Chris) Bahnsen
Jun 30, 2024
Jon Christian (Chris) Bahnsen, 66, of Valdosta, Ga., passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2024, surrounded by family, following a courageous battle against ALS. He was born on November 22, 1957, in Columbus, GA to the late General John Charles Bahnsen and Patricia Fitzgerald Bahnsen. Chris graduated from North Georgia College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. It...
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