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Margaret C. Bennett
Aug 2, 2016
Margaret C. Bennett, 82, of Adel, died on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born in Berrien County Georgia on March 26, 1934 to the late Arnie and Bertha Rodgers Cone and has been a resident of this area all her life. She worked in the carpet manufacturing industry for 27 years...
Thomas Leroy "Hutto" Dixon
Aug 1, 2016
Thomas Leroy "Hutto" Dixon, 53, of Valdosta went to be with Jesus on Monday, August 1, 2016 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born on February 18, 1963 in Valdosta to the late Leroy and Marie Prescott Dixon. Mr. Dixon was a Baptist, a paint contractor and truck driver. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother who...
Gene Ellis Lucas
Jul 31, 2016
Gene Ellis Lucas, 52, of Naylor, GA died Sunday, July 31, 2016. He was born on December 2, 1963 in Mobile, AL. Gene served his country in the United States Navy and was attached to the Marine Corp. He served as a Youth Pastor at Alberta Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Columbia, Maryland and as a teenager served in...
Alice Mcgeachy Osborn
Jul 30, 2016
Alice Devane McGeachy Osborn of Valdosta, Ga, passed away July 30, 2016, at the age of 88. She was born in Biltmore, NC and was the daughter of the late William Archie McGeachy and Henry Etta Evans McGeachy. As a child growing up she enjoyed time on her grandparent's farm in the community of Ousley. She met and married Dorsey...
Barbara Warriner
Jul 30, 2016
Barbara Warriner, 67, of Valdosta, died on July 30, 2016, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Caribou, Maine, on February 27, 1949, she was the daughter of the late, Edgar Joseph DesJardins and Virginia Margaret Sutherland DesJardins. Barbara grew up in New England and moved to Valdosta in the late 1980's to help with family. An avid reader, she was...
Betty L. Sims Bigler
Jul 29, 2016
Betty L. Sims Bigler, 66, of Valdosta died on Friday, July 29, 2016 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Marianna, Florida on October 23, 1949 to the late William Fulton and Elizabeth Sommerlin Sims. She was a homemaker, loved to talk with people, and loved her two dogs, Smutt Butt and Lil' Bit as well...
Margaret E. Merwin
Jul 29, 2016
Margaret E. Merwin, 86, of Hahira, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016 after a brief illness. She was born September 22, 1929 in Cook County, the daughter of the late Charlie and Georgia Futch. Margaret grew up on the family farm, graduated from high school in Adel and South Georgia State College in Douglas. She married E. C. (Jack) Merwin...
Frances Marie Adams
Jul 29, 2016
Frances Marie Adams, 74, of Valdosta, was called home by her heavenly father on July 29th 2016. Born in Coeburn, VA to the late Bessie Young Boggs and Oliver Carl Boggs, Sr., she had lived in Valdosta for many years. She was a homemaker and an avid gardener, she loved working outside. Mrs. Adams had a generous heart and was...
Henry "Hank" Dubose
Jul 28, 2016
Henry "Hank" DuBose, 32, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 28, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on October 18, 1983 in Valdosta. Hank was a painter, he enjoyed life and loved his wife and kids. He was a member of AMTGARD INC, known as Tennalwynn Sho-Jah, Esquire. Hank will be forever loved and missed. He...
Reba Hurst Smith
Jul 28, 2016
Reba Hurst Smith, age 90, of Valdosta, passed away on July 28, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Monday, August 1, 2016, at Thomaston Church of God. Mrs. Smith will lie in state at the church on Monday and the family will receive friends from 10:00 am until service time. Bishop Danny L. Henderson and Bishop...
Stuart Scruggs
Jul 28, 2016
Stuart Scruggs, 90, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House after a very brief illness. Born in Naylor to the late Annie Julia Hood Scruggs and Lyle Scruggs, he grew up in Naylor and then attended and graduated from Valdosta High School. While he was in high school, Mr. Scruggs started working at Vinson's Drug...
Jimmy Hancock
Jul 27, 2016
Jimmy Hancock, 63, of Lake Park, GA died Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at his residence. He was born on February 21, 1953 in Brooks County, GA to the late James and Mary Hancock. Jimmy was a used auto parts dealer.He is survived by his son and daughter in law, Gregg and Shannon Hancock of Lake Park, four granddaughters, Jordan Hancock,...
Eugene Wayne Salmon
Jul 25, 2016
Eugene Wayne Salmon, 70, of Valdosta and formerly of Jacksonville, FL passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016 at his home after a lengthy illness with pulmonary fibrosis. He was a graduate of Paxon School and retired from the Jacksonville Public Works Department. Mr. Salmon was a member of Normandy Baptist Temple and a veteran of the Vietnam War. Leaving...
L C Hughes
Jul 23, 2016
L C Hughes, 89, of Lake Park, died at his home on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Born in Berrien County, on August 12, 1926, L C was the second of four sons born to the late Will and Ludell Hughes. He served two years in the U.S. Army during WWII, the majority of that time was spent in Japan with...
Garie Schnitker
Jul 22, 2016
Garie Schnitker, 65, of Hahira, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.He was born December 1, 1950, in Norfolk, VA, a son of Phyllis Rohrbaugh Schnitker and the late William W. Schnitker. Garie was a Christian man, he loved his children and grandchildren. For many years he was a Meat Cutter, retiring from...
Sarah Helen Blanton Blanchard
Jul 22, 2016
Sarah Helen Blanton Blanchard, 95, of Valdosta died Friday, July 22, 2016 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Lowndes County on November 7, 1920 to the late Claude Hartford and Ellie Robinson Blanton and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Blanchard was a member of the First Baptist Church where she was active in the Joy/Fidelis...
Laura Lee Rentz
Jul 21, 2016
Laura Lee Rentz, 66, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on June 28, 1950 she was a daughter of the late Charles Carney and Betty Newhouse Carney. Mrs. Rentz was retired from Walmart as a greeter and she was a member of Eastern Heights Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Rickey...
John E. Cookson
Jul 21, 2016
John E. Cookson, 88, of Valdosta, died at Fellowship Home on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Born on January 25, 1928, in Ashington, Northumberland County, England, he was the son of the late William and Alice Rettison Cookson. Mr. Cookson was a lawyer and been employed with National Cash Register Company. He was a Colonel in the Royal Scots Regiment of...
Esperanza Hernandez Torres
Jul 20, 2016
Esperanza H. Torres, 62, of Lake Park, Georgia, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Healthcare in Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Torres was born in Texas on December 14, 1953, to the late Erasmo Hernandez and Avelia Anzualda. She moved to Immokalee, Florida and she grew up in South Florida, where she met Jaun Torres at a fair in...
William Joseph Gilbert, Sr.
Jul 20, 2016
William Joseph Gilbert, Sr., 74, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on November 21, 1941, he was the son of the late, LeRoy Lewis Gilbert, Sr. and Henrietta Pincus Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert served in the U.S. Navy and retired from construction. He was a member...
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