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

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...

Dane Stephen Turnmeyer
Sep 3, 2016
Dane Stephen Turnmeyer, 13, of Panama City, Florida, transcended from life temporal into life eternal on Saturday, September 3, 2016. He was born in Valdosta on March 21, 2003 and his family and friends were blessed with the miracle of his life for 13 years. He had attended Pine Grove Elementary School and was currently attending North Bay Haven Charter...

Ellis T. Corbett
Sep 3, 2016
Ellis T. Corbett, 71, of Lake Park, Georgia died Saturday, September 3, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family at his bedside. He was born in Valdosta on November 10, 1944 to the late Jessie Mae (Sandlin) and Oswald Corbett. He was a member of the Sardis Baptist Church and a veteran of the United the States Army. Mr....
Dane Stephen Turnmeyer
Sep 3, 2016
Dane Stephen Turnmeyer, 13, of Panama City, Florida, transcended from life temporal into life eternal on Saturday, September 3, 2016. He was born in Valdosta on March 21, 2003 and his family and friends were blessed with the miracle of his life for 13 years. He had attended Pine Grove Elementary School and was currently attending North Bay Haven Charter...

David Marshall Martin
Sep 1, 2016
David Marshall Martin, 61, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, September 01, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 7, 1954 in Anniston, Alabama to the late Marshall and Naioma Bryant Martin. He had been employed with Pipkin Motors in the Internet Auto Parts department and was a member of First Methodist Church....
Irma Lou Sherwood
Aug 30, 2016
Irma Lou (Lulu) Sherwood, 90, resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at her home. Born on June 9, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Gertrude Williams. Mrs. Sherwood attended Valdosta City Schools and was a graduate of Valdosta High School. She attended Georgia State Womens College, now Valdosta State University. In August of...
Joyce Lee Stephens
Aug 30, 2016
Joyce Lee Stephens, 84, of Valdosta died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on February 19, 1932 in Blackshear, Georgia to the late Hugh Everitt and Pearl Valenia Peeples Lee and had lived in this area since 1968. Mrs. Stephens was a member of the Pinetta First Baptist Church. She...

Wayne B. Adkins
Aug 29, 2016
Wayne B. Adkins, 77, of Valdosta died on Monday, August 29, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Adkins was born in Valdosta on November 25, 1938 to the late Percy Bryan and Ruth Daniel Adkins. He retired from the United States Air Force with the rank of Captain after 20 years of faithful and dedicated service. He began his aviation...

Roderick Allen Delphos
Aug 29, 2016
Roderick Allen Delphos, 53, of Valdosta died Monday, August 29, 2016 at Langdale Hospice. He was born in Nyack, New York on May 24, 1963 and had lived in the Orlando/Kissimmee, Florida before moving to Valdosta eight months ago. Mr. Delphos was a member of The Vine Church in Kissimmee, Florida and volunteered with the Food Bank. He enjoyed spending...
Francis W. Lynch, Jr.
Aug 29, 2016
Francis W. Lynch, Jr., 80, of Nashville, Georgia died Monday, August 29, 2016 at his home. He was born on June 25, 1936 in Camden, New Jersey to the late Francis W., Jr and Elisabeth Moore Lynch and had lived in Nashville for the past sixteen years. He was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and retired...

Ricky Dean Johnston
Aug 27, 2016
Ricky Dean Johnston, 59, of Valdosta died Saturday, August 27, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Warsaw, New York on September 23, 1956 to the late Ivan and Nora Johnston. Mr. Johnston was a self-employed truck driver.Survivors include his wife, Deborah Johnston of Valdosta; his mother, Nora Johnston of Lake Park; his brother and sister in...
Ruth Little Pitts
Aug 24, 2016
Ruth Little Pitts, 99, of Valdosta died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Fellowship Home. She was born on October 3, 1916 in Tift County, GA to the late Walter C. Little and Pearla Hurst Little. Mrs. Pitts was retired from C & S Bank, was a member of First Baptist Church, a Sunday School Teacher, a Pink Lady and a...

Doris Clanton Giddens
Aug 24, 2016
Doris Clanton Giddens, 96, of Hahira died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. She was born on July 24, 1920 in Hahira to the late Paul Matthew Clanton, Sr. and Pauline Harris Clanton. Mrs. Giddens was a homemaker and was the oldest living member of Bethany Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, loved her family, especially her...
Ava Nell Fletcher Witherspoon
Aug 23, 2016
Ava Nell Witherspoon, 87, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Born in Lowndes County, on December 22, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Zack Burton Fletcher and Eliza Virginia Carter Fletcher. She retired after 35 years of service with Barnes Drug Store. Mrs. Witherspoon was a Red Hat Society Member, with...

Geneva Bromley
Aug 22, 2016
Geneva Bromley, 74, of Hahira died Monday, August 22, 2016 at her home. She was born in Erwin, Tennessee on August 1, 1942 to the late Charlie and Martha Tittle Huskins. Mrs. Bromley lived in California for many years before moving to Hahira two years ago. She was a Baptist.Survivors include a daughter, Linda Howell and Jody Warren of Hahira;...