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

Carl S. Brinson
Jul 20, 2016
Carl S. Brinson, Jr., 84, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016. He was born in Valdosta to the late Slater and Annie Brinson. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955. Carl worked in the building supplies business for most of his life and owned and...

K.V. Gibson
Jul 19, 2016
K.V. Gibson, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Langdale Place after a period of declining health.He was born June 28, 1924, in Paradise, KY, a son of the late Jessie and Earing May Young Gibson. K. V. honorably served in the U.S. Army-Air Force during World War II, and had retired from General Motors as an...

K.V. Gibson
Jul 19, 2016
K.V. Gibson, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Langdale Place after a period of declining health.He was born June 28, 1924, in Paradise, KY, a son of the late Jessie and Earmy May Young Gibson. K. V. honorably served in the U.S. Army-Air Force during World War II, and had retired from General Motors as an...

Walter Arthur Lawry
Jul 19, 2016
Walter Arthur Lawry, 90 of Evans, Georgia and formerly of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at his residence in Evans, Georgia. He was born in Valdosta on April 20, 1926 to the late Dr. Arthur A. and Jeanette Everett Lawry. He graduated from Gordon Military School and served in the United States Navy during WWII. Following his discharge...

Johnny G. Stalvey
Jul 19, 2016
Johnny G. Stalvey, 75, of Fort Walton Beach, FL and formerly of Hahira, GA died Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at his home. He was born in Hahira on August 2, 1940 to the late Bryant and Louise Rountree Stalvey and had lived in Hahira all of his life until moving to Ft. Walton Beach in November 2015. Mr. Stalvey was...
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...