OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Roy Wayne Osborne
Sep 16, 2016
Roy Wayne Osborne, 75, of Lake Park died on Friday, September 16, 2016 in Nashville, Georgia following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 26, 1941 to the late William Sr., and Betty Johnson Osborne and has been a resident of the area all of his life. He was a member of Lake Park Church of Christ. He loved...

Kenneth W. Sellers
Sep 16, 2016
Kenneth W. Sellers, 71, of Valdosta died Friday, September 16, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Moultrie, Georgia on November 7, 1944 to the late Ernest M. and EvieLee Bruton Sellers and had lived in Valdosta since 1972. Mr. Sellers was a retired route salesman with Frito-Lay.Survivors include his wife, Linda Sellers...

Reba Smith Simpson
Sep 15, 2016
Reba Mae Simpson, 84, of Adel, died at her residence on Thursday, September 15, 2016. She was born on March 9, 1932 in Nashville. Georgia to the late Charlie Gordon and Flora Kirkland Brady and had lived most of her life in the local area. She was a homemaker and a dual member of Nashville Church of Christ and Statenville...
Jeffrey Todd Shiver
Sep 13, 2016
Jeffrey Todd Shiver, 41 of Fort Mill, South Carolina, passed away in Charleston, South Carolina on September 13, 2016. Born in Albemarle, North Carolina on March 10, 1975, Jeffrey was the son of John and Gail Shiver. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Civil Engineering. A member of Lambda Chi Fraternity, Jeffrey was a sports enthusiast, an...
Stacy Cravey
Sep 12, 2016
Stacy Cravey, 84, Valdosta resident for 60 years, died on Monday, September 12, 2016, at his home. Born in Rhine, Georgia, on December 15, 1931, he was the son of the late, Tom and Pat Cravey. After his service in the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Cravey began a career as a two-way radio technician, and co-owner of Radio Communications Electronics....
Samuel Madison Cothron
Sep 12, 2016
Samuel Madison Cothron, 74, of Mechanicsville, VA died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at his residence. Born in Lowndes County (GA), he was the son of the late Thomas Grady Cothron, Sr. and Sarah Zipperer Cothron Dasher. Mr. Cothron was a graduate of Valdosta High School ('60) and Valdosta State University ('64). He taught science at Brooks and Lowndes County High...
Kenneth Moore
Sep 12, 2016
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our father, Kenneth Moore, 91, of Mayday died Monday, September 12, 2016 at his home. He was born in Ft. Pierce, Florida on January 15, 1925 to the late Elias J., Sr. and Katie Bell Moore and had lived in this area most of his life. He...

Lisa M. Williams
Sep 11, 2016
Lisa M. Williams, 46, of Adel, died suddenly on Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Moody Air Force Base. She was born on January 17, 1970 in Atlanta to the late Robert Lee Knight and Charlotte Ann Garrett Kell. She was a civilian custodial employee with the Moody Air Force Base and worked in lodging. Lisa was a hard worker who...
Brady Elton Jordan
Sep 11, 2016
Brady Elton Jordan was born on Feb 28, 1931 in Hahira, Ga. He went to be with Jesus on Sept 11, 2016.He was preceded in death by his parents William Jesse and Ora Belle Jordan, and Siblings Jim, Chester, Amos, Ray and John Jordan, Maytrelle Avery, Mamie Belle Wiley, Inez Tidwell, and Gladys Tomlinson. His survivors include his wife of...
Leota Sistrunk Culpepper
Sep 11, 2016
Leota Sistrunk Culpepper, 89, of Valdosta went to be with the Lord Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Suwanee Valley Nursing Center in Jasper, FL. She was born on August 13, 1927 in Echols County, GA to the late Walter Reppard Henderson and Mary Levins Henderson. Mrs. Culpepper was a nurses assistant with Dr. Albert Saunders, a member of Abundant Life...

William Robert Edmands
Sep 10, 2016
William Robert Edmands, 72, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Brighten, Massachusetts on January 7, 1944 to the late Vaughn F. and Harriett Sobey Edmands. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Viet Nam where he was awarded the Air...

Jean Moody Hunnicutt
Sep 9, 2016
Jean Moody Hunnicutt, age 92, of Hahira, GA, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 9, 2016.She was born in Shuqualak, Mississippi on March 24, 1924. Jean and her late husband, Lt. Col. Joel P. Hunnicutt of Macon, GA, moved to Hahira Georgia in 1968. Jean loved her life in Hahira, GA and she spent several years volunteering as a Pink...

Janice H. Sparks
Sep 9, 2016
Janice H. Sparks, 69, of Valdosta died Friday, September 9, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on May 8, 1947 in Chatham, Louisiana to the late Cordis Herrington and Robertha Foster Herrington. Mrs. Sparks was a homemaker and a member of Messiah Lutheran Church.She is survived by her husband, Daryl Sparks of Valdosta, four sons and daughters...
C.Richard Williams
Sep 9, 2016
C. Richard Williams, 77, of Valdosta died Friday, September 9, 2016 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born on February 5, 1939 in Lowndes County to the late James Birner and Sula Warren Williams and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Williams was a member of the Church of Christ. Richard served the people of...

Gladys Velma Buckner
Sep 7, 2016
Gladys Velma Buckner, 92, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on February 17, 1924 in Cookeville, TN to the late Alphus and Olive Murray Clark. She was a homemaker.Survivors include two daughters, O. J. Henderson, Margie Garbett and two sons, Kenny Wilson, and Johnny Wilson; her grandchildren; Lynn Dees, Donna Garbett...

Charlie "Charles" H. Mock Jr.
Sep 7, 2016
Charlie "Charles" H. Mock. Jr., 75 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Valdosta, Georgia on November 3, 1940, to the late Charlie Houston Mock Sr., and Virginia Mashburn Mock. He was a member of Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church and a United States Army Veteran. Later in life...

Robert Alton Johnson
Sep 6, 2016
Robert Alton Johnson, 76, of Valdosta died Monday, September 5, 2016 at his home. Mr. Johnson was born on February 24, 1940 in Dothan, Alabama to the late Robert Alton, Sr. and Bannie Estelle Barfield Johnson and had lived in Valdosta for many years. He was a Baptist and a retired truck driver. Mr. Johnson enjoyed fishing and doing mechanics...
Joanne Williams Griner
Sep 5, 2016
Joanne Williams Griner, 83, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 5, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born, March 10, 1933, in Plains, the only child of Tyler Mobley and Josephine Forrester Williams, Joanne grew up in Adel, where at an early age she learned "clerking and cashiering" at Williams Mercantile Co., her parents' retail clothing store. A graduate of...
Betty Lou Canady Williams
Sep 4, 2016
Betty Lou Canady Williams, 80, of Valdosta went to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on March 25, 1936 in Ellenton, Georgia to the late George Arthur and Novella Fender Robinson. She was a member of the Westside Baptist Church where she enjoyed teaching Sunday School. She was a retired...
Rev. Robert G. Mcgehee
Sep 3, 2016
Reverend Robert G. McGehee, 89, of Decatur, Alabama, died on Saturday, September 3, 2016, in Decatur. Born in Mansfield, Louisiana on December 29th 1926, "Little Robert" was the youngest of four sons born to Robert Marshall and Wessie Eula McGehee. He was the youngest of 68 first cousins. Early in life Bob committed his life to Jesus Christ. Bob began...