OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Steven Lee Chambers

Steven Lee Chambers

Sep 23, 2016

Steven Lee Chambers, 31, of Lake Park passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident in Colquitt County. He was born on July 28, 1985 in Valdosta. Steven was a technician for J & J Equipment in Perry, FL. He loved his nephew, Gray, enjoyed fishing and loved animals.Steven is survived by his parents,...

Ashanti Jade Brinson

Ashanti Jade Brinson

Sep 22, 2016

Ashanti Jade Brinson was stillborn Thursday, September 22, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She is the daughter of Tracey Brinson of Valdosta and Jammie Gervin of Pelham. Her auntie is Stacey Brinson of Thomasville and her cousin is Clarence Lundy III of Thomasville.A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, September 30, 2016 at two p. m. at McLane...

Virginia  Copeland Drumheller

Virginia Copeland Drumheller

Sep 22, 2016

Virginia Copeland Drumheller, 89, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, September 22, 2016. Born in Valdosta on February 22, 1927, to the late James B. & Wynelle Varnedoe Copeland, she was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Educated in the Valdosta City Schools, she went on to attend Georgia State College for Women, now Valdosta State University, where she was a charter...

Leslie Ann Harpe

Leslie Ann Harpe

Sep 20, 2016

Leslie Ann Harpe, 57, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Waycross Mayo Clinic. She was born on July 26, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas to Dr. James Thomas Page, Jr. and the late Mary Simmons Page and had lived in Valdosta for forty years. Mrs. Harpe was a Senior Systems Analyst with South Georgia Medical Center. She was...

Helen James Cunningham

Helen James Cunningham

Sep 19, 2016

Helen James Cunningham, 73, of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 19, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. She was born on December 12, 1942 to the late Rufus and Lucille Smith James. She was a homemaker and a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church. She exhibited a true servants heart to everyone she came in contact with...

Jean Miller Walker

Jean Miller Walker

Sep 17, 2016

Jean Miller Walker, 81, of Warner Robins, GA and formerly of Valdosta died Saturday, September 17, 2016 at her home. She was born in Geneva County, Alabama on January 6, 1935 to the late Hubert and Pearl Williams Miller. Mrs. Walker was retired from Crackin Good Bakery and a member of Charity Baptist Church in Valdosta.Survivors include her daughter and...

Roy Wayne Osborne

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...