OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Floyd Hamilton Rogers
Jul 17, 2016
Floyd Hamilton Rogers, 81, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on August 20, 1934 to the late Carroll Bart and Jewell Walker Rogers. Mr. Rogers was a member of First Baptist Church since 1977 where he was a member of Benny Olliff's Sunday School Class and retired Electrical Maintenance...

Walter Leon Wingate, Jr.
Jul 17, 2016
Walter Leon Wingate, Jr., 61, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 17, 2016 at his home. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on September 21, 1954 and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Wingate was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ and former salesman for Consolidated Electric District. He enjoyed fishing, playing golf and baseball and was...
Mary Kay Stalvey
Jul 16, 2016
Mary Kay Stalvey, 62, of Hahira, died Saturday, July 16, 2016 at her residence. She was born on July 21, 1953 in Valdosta to the late Jesse D. and Annie Lee Howell Courson. Kay was an employee at Cook County High School and a member of Bemiss Road Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Jeff L. Stalvey of Hahira,...
Samuel Ned (Sam) Phillips
Jul 14, 2016
Samuel Ned (Sam) Phillips, 91, of Valdosta, went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2016. Mr. Phillips was born on August 18, 1924 in Monroe, to the late Emmett Edison Phillips & Floy Stephens Phillips. The family soon moved to Omega where he grew up. He received a degree in agriculture from Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College in Tifton....
Stacey Jarrod Wright Ii
Jul 12, 2016
Stacey Jarrod Wright II, one year old son of Stacey Jarrod Wright, Sr. and Chasidy Renea Harris Wright passed on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. He was born in Valdosta, GA on June 9, 2015. His eyes could light up a room, his smile was one in a million, God took his time creating him. Stacey was precious, a fighter, a...
Hector Omar Reyes-Garcia
Jul 10, 2016
Hector Omar Reyes-Garcia, 40, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico on February 18, 1976. Hector was a truck driver who drove all over the U.S. for 20 years. He was a man dedicated to his family who spent every Sunday with his family, playing video...

Dorothy Wynette Strickland Cardwell
Jul 10, 2016
Dorothy Wynette Strickland Cardwell, 67, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 10, 2016 at her home with her family at her side. She was born in Pavo, Georgia on June 10, 1949 to Kathlean Strickland and the late L. Z. Strickland and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mrs. Cardwell was a member of Antioch Church and a retired...
Diana Dorothy Puck
Jul 9, 2016
Diana Dorothy Puck, 66, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016.She was born May 1950, in Prairie du Chien, WI, and was the second oldest of five children born to Ray and Dorothy Laufenberg. She loved working in the yard with her husband, playing with her dog, Cole, going to the beach and crocheting for her family and...
Donaldson Walker Johnson, Iii
Jul 9, 2016
Donaldson Walker Johnson, III, 47, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center after a courageous three year battle with cancer. He was born in Valdosta on October 10, 1968 to Donaldson W. Jr. and Linda Sue Walker Johnson. Donaldson was a member of Christ the King Episcopal Church and a sales representative with...

Michael Crosby
Jul 9, 2016
Michael Crosby, 43, of Nashville, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016. A graveside service for Michael Crosby will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 22, 2016 at Nashville Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Thursday evening at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Carson McLane. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street...

Charles Michael Crosby
Jul 9, 2016
Charles Michael Crosby, 43, of Nashville, Georgia, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at his home. Born in Live Oak, Florida, on November 26, 1971, Michael loved the Georgia Bulldogs and NASCAR. Survivors are his mother, Doris Crosby of Nashville; brothers, John Crosby and James Crosby of Nashville; sisters, Tawanna Crosby of Bainbridge, Charlene Crosby of Las Vegas, Nevada. Graveside...

Foster D. Stanley
Jul 9, 2016
Foster D. Stanley, 68, of Boston, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Archbold Medical Center, Thomasville.He was born September 15, 1947, in Lowndes County, where he grew up, a son of the late J.D. and Sarah L. Lehman Stanley. Foster honorably served in the United States Army as a Specialist E5 X-ray Technician in Vietnam, and worked for...

Steve Stalvey
Jul 8, 2016
Steve Stalvey, 64, of Hahira died Friday, July 8, 2016 at his home. He was born on May 9, 1952 in Miami, Florida to Ruth Spell Stalvey and the late Winston E. Stalvey. He retired from Specialty Stampings after thirty plus years of service and was a Baptist. Mr. Stalvey enjoyed fishing, racing, hunting and working in his yard.Survivors include...

Lela B. Valdellon
Jul 8, 2016
Lela B. Valdellon, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, July 8, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born July 23, 1926, in Frametown, WV, a daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude Parsons Hefner. Mrs. Valdellon was a devout Catholic and member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. She loved gardening and cooking.She is survived by her husband...

Albert Pendleton Little
Jul 8, 2016
Albert Pendleton Little, 93, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, July 8, 2016, at the Langdale Hospice House.He was born December 5, 1922, in Valdosta, a son of the late Albert J. and Bessie Pendleton Little. During World War II he honorably served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in India. Mr. Little was a Chemical Engineer and retired from Monsanto...

William Elza Trafford
Jul 6, 2016
William Elza Trafford, 92, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 21, 1923 in Wesley, Iowa to the late Elza Wilburn and Lola Mae Whitener Trafford and had lived in Valdosta for the past eight years. He spent his early life farming in Iowa and Missouri and served in the...

Janelle Griffis Nichols
Jul 6, 2016
Janelle Griffis Nichols, 92, of Hahira passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. She was born on October 9, 1923 in Cecil to the late Rufus and Effie Lewis Griffis and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Nichols was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church. She enjoyed taking care of...

Rev. Auther E. Knight
Jul 5, 2016
Rev. Auther E. Knight, 90, of Lake Park passed away peacefully to Heaven on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in North Georgia on November 11, 1925 to the late Harvey and Susie Ethel Wilson Knight. He was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and a veteran of the United States Army having served...

Nora Elbon Nelson
Jul 4, 2016
Nora Elbon Nelson, 89, of Hahira died Monday, July 4, 2016 at 1:00 a. m. at her daughter's residence in Apopka, FL. She was born on November 19, 1926 in Pinellas County, FL to the late William and Nora Leah Pittman Elbon. Mrs. Nelson was a retired manager from Woolworth's Department Store in Valdosta, and Pompano Beach, Fl. She was...
Everet Allen "Alan" Dennis
Jul 3, 2016
Everet Allen "Alan" Dennis, 75, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on July 3, 2016 at 2:24 a.m., at his home in Orlando, Florida surrounded by his Wife and daughters. Born November 26, 1940 in Florence, South Carolina to the late Clyde Dennis and Atlie Hutchinson Dennis, during his youth, Alan worked on his family's farm, in the local saw mill, and...