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Frances Vinson Fisher
Dec 22, 2016
Frances Vinson Fisher, 100, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 11, 1916 in Valdosta to the late Thomas Marvin and Bessie Wilson Vinson and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Fisher was a member of the First United Methodist Church and retired from Vinson's Drug Store. She was...
Mattie Goodson Szymanski
Dec 21, 2016
Mattie Szymanski, 90, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Miami, FL on September 28, 1926. She moved at an early age to Valdosta. Ms. Szymanski was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goodson, Sr. A graduate of Valdosta High School, she attended business school in Macon and...
Barbara Lowry Pulliam
Dec 21, 2016
Barbara Lowry Pulliam, 83, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on October 25, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana to the late Lepton and Nina Savage Lowry. Mrs. Pulliam was a homemaker and a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and had been involved with the...
Tommy (Red) Fletcher
Dec 21, 2016
Tommy (Red) Fletcher, 51, of Valdosta died December 21st 2016. He was born in Bainbridge, the youngest of five children. He married his wife the former Theresa Kay Davis, and had three daughters.He was self employed, and loved using his skills to help everyone in the community. He worked out of Valdosta, and had recently worked for the past two...
Mary Emily Husbands Zipperer
Dec 20, 2016
Mary Emily Husbands Zipperer, 90, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Langdale Place. Mrs. Zipperer was born on March 5, 1926 at her family's home, on the Old Clyattville Road, to the late Lewis Flynn & Florence Dees Husbands. The home she was born in was a home she would continue to live in almost all...
Marjorie M. Sharpe
Dec 16, 2016
Marjorie M. Sharpe, 94, of Hahira died Friday, December 16, 2016 at Southern Senior Retirement in Adel. She was born on March 14, 1922 in Lenox, GA to the late Roland Andrew Walker and Jane Melissa Robinson Walker. Mrs. Sharpe was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Barney.She is survived by her daughter, Janie Lou Jones...
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr.
Dec 13, 2016
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr. of Valdosta, Georgia, died on December 13, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 19, 1956, in Casablanca, Morocco, the son of the late Robert Carroll Smith, Sr., and Betty Jane Brooks Smith. Survivors include his wife, Terri Keeling of Valdosta, step-children - Jessica Williams and Matthew Perry;, step- granddaughter - Sydney...
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr.
Dec 13, 2016
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr. of Valdosta, Georgia, died on December 13, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 19, 1956, in Casablanca, Morocco, the son of the late Robert Carroll Smith, Sr., and Betty Jane Brooks Smith. Survivors include his wife, Terri Keeling of Valdosta, step-children - Jessica Williams and Matthew Perry; step- granddaughter - Sydney...
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr.
Dec 13, 2016
Robert (Bobby) Carroll Smith, Jr., 59, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on December 19, 1956 in Casablanca, Morocco, the son of the late Robert Carroll Smith, Sr., and Betty Jane Brooks Smith. He was a programmer for channel 44 and a member of the Southern Artist League. Survivors include...
Ernest "Chucky" Passmore
Dec 11, 2016
Ernest "Chucky" Passmore, 76, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at his residence following a short illness. He was born on May 5, 1940 in Barney, Georgia to the late Christopher and Ella Lee Omens Passmore and has been a resident of this area all of his life. Chucky loved to watch westerns on T.V., and eat...
Benjamin Elijah Garcia
Dec 10, 2016
Benjamin Elijah Garcia, 26, of Valdosta passed into the arms of his Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on October 31, 1990 in Kennesaw, Georgia and had lived in Valdosta for several years. Ben was a member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church where he served as Worship Leader and a...
Bettie Herring Dickey
Dec 10, 2016
Bettie Herring Dickey, 91, of Lake Park died Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on March 9, 1925 in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Addie Cole Herring Pevehouse and lived in this area since 1954. Mrs. Dickey was an active member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church and the Lake Park Pathfinders until...
Charles Jackson Norris
Dec 9, 2016
Charles Jackson Norris, 89, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on December 9, 2016, at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick, Georgia, following a short illness. He was born on August 9, 1927, in Jesup, Georgia, the son of Janie and John Eber Norris. He graduated from Auburn University where he received his degree in architecture. He married Barbara Bowman and...
Debbie Marrone
Dec 8, 2016
Debbie Marrone, 60, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Greenville, Alabama on October 12, 1956 to Herman Jones and the late Nellie Mae Yancey Jones. She grew up as an Army brat and lived in many different parts of the world. Debbie worked as a Forensic Scientist at...
Thelma Adele Smith
Dec 8, 2016
Thelma Adele Smith, 84, of Echols County died Thursday, December 8, 2016 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. She was born in Miami, Florida on November 22, 1932 to the late James Augustus and May Love Aldrich Moore. Mrs. Smith was an agent with Independent Life Insurance Company and a member of Statenville Baptist Church.Survivors include her son and daughter...
Katherine L. Cooper
Dec 8, 2016
Katherine L. Cooper, 54, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 8, 2016, following a short illness. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on December 30, 1961, Kathy was formerly of Atlanta. She attended Park Avenue United Methodist Church and worked in the cleaning business. Her love of cleaning was evident in each home or office she cleaned, from baseboards to windows....
Christine (Chris) Lackey
Dec 7, 2016
Christine (Chris) Lackey, 95, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at South GA Medical Center. She was born on April 25, 1921 in Meridian, MS to the late Frank and Helen Dalton Jeffares. Mrs. Lackey was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Albany, GA and was very active there since 1964. She retired from the Dougherty County Family...
Berl D. Pulliam
Dec 7, 2016
Berl D. Pulliam, 84, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 12, 1932 in Effingham, Illinois to the late Russell and Clara Pagel Pulliam. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the time of the Korean Conflict. He retired from PCA...
Edith Vaughn Shepherd
Dec 7, 2016
Edith Maude Catharine Vaughn Shepherd passed away December 7, 2016 after a brief illness. A Georgia resident since 1958, Edith spent most of her life in Valdosta, but lived in Atlanta from 1995 until 2006. Born March 31, 1925 in Shreveport, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Col. Sidney Joseph Vaughn, Sr. and Maude Sterns Watkins Vaughn. Her husband of...
Jo Ann Hartman
Dec 7, 2016
Jo Ann Hartman, 82, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 7, 2016 in Atlanta with her family by her side.Jo Ann was born June 29, 1934 in Lake Park, Georgia to Rena Lavirl Zipperer Hall and James Everett "Red" Hall.Jo Ann was a lifelong public servant having served her community, her students, her church and professional organizations. Jo Ann proved her...
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