OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
William Lem "Bill" Rowe
May 23, 2016
William Lem "Bill" Rowe, 78, of Barney, GA died Monday, May 23, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta, GA on December 7, 1937 to the late William Lem Rowe, Sr. and Melissa Ann Vickers Rowe. Mr. Bill Rowe served in the United States Army, was a farmer and an acoustical ceiling contractor. He was a member of...
Keith Emory Yeomans
May 23, 2016
Keith Emory Yeomans, 46, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, suddenly after a lengthy illness.He was born June 23, 1969 in Valdosta. Keith was of the Church of God faith, and had graduated from Lowndes High School with the Class of 1990. He loved computer games, television and his numerous animals.He is...
Alden Ray Brown, Jr.
May 22, 2016
Alden Ray Brown, Jr., 64 of Valdosta died Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 28, 1952 to Alden Ray Brown, Sr. and the late Anna Margaret Skaggs Brown and had lived in Valdosta since 1979. He was a member of New Covenant Church-Valdosta and a veteran of the United States...
Paul Norman Yale, Jr
May 21, 2016
Paul Norman Yale, Jr., 55, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina after a short Illness. He was born February 12, 2961 in Valdosta, Georgia and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1979. He attended the youth programs at Central Avenue Church of Christ taught by Mr. Dan Dozier. Paul was baptized...

Odessa Herndon Jordan
May 21, 2016
Odessa Herndon Jordan, 87, of Valdosta passed away May 20, 2016, at the Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy battle of declining health. Born in Echols County November 2, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Linnie Pearl Lightsey Herndon and Albert M. Herndon. Her first job was working as an operator for Southern Bell. She soon started work...

Bealie James Harrison
May 21, 2016
Bealie James Harrison, 94, of Grove Hill, Al. died May 21, 2016 at Fellowship Home in Valdosta, Ga. He was born in Grove Hill on December 9, 1921. He was the son of Levi & Bessie Walton Harrison and lived on the family farm his whole life except for his military service. He served his country in World War Il...
Xander Christian Barrentine
May 20, 2016
Xander Christian Barrentine, infant son of Jonathan Barrentine and Kimberly Young, died on Friday, May 20, 2016 at Bacon County Hospital in Alma, Georgia.In addition to his parents, Xander is survived by two brothers, Gage Young of Valdosta and Tristan Barrentine of West Palm, Florida; his grandparents, Wendy Robinette and Gabriel Boon, and Harold Robinette, Jr. and Jeannie Swinson, and...

Dorothy Hodges
May 20, 2016
Dorothy Hodges, 86, of Valdosta died on Friday, May 20, 2016 at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Hahira, Georgia on June 3, 1929 to the late Wylie and Jewel Lee Jones Harris and has been a resident of Lowndes County all her life. She was a care-giver and homemaker who loved to fish,...

James R. Mueller, Sr.
May 19, 2016
James R. Mueller, Sr., 79, of Valdosta, died at 3:23 P.M. on May 19, 2016 . Born in Freeborn County, Minnesota, on December 18, 1936, Jim was the son of the late, George Safron Mueller and Eunice Margaret Lester Mueller. He was raised in Austin, Minnesota, on his family's farm with thirteen brothers and sisters. In 1953, at the age...

Freddy Norris
May 19, 2016
Freddy Norris, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016 from a trucking accident. He was born April 18, 1952 in Adel, GA to the late Fred and Ruth Norris. Freddy lived in Valdosta most of his life. He was a 1970 graduate of Valdosta High School and a proud member of the Marching Cats. Freddy graduated from...

Freddy Norris
May 19, 2016
Services for Mr. Norris are incomplete and will be announced. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Debbie Ruth Starling
May 18, 2016
Debbie Ruth Starling, 55, of Lake Park died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on July 6, 1960 to the late Elwood and Ruth Brown Starling. Miss Starling was a member of the Lake Park Church of Christ. She had worked for Crackin Good Bakery for many years prior to their closing...

Karen Lucille Kiefer Maynard
May 17, 2016
Karen Lucille Kiefer Maynard, 65, of Valdosta died Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Columbus, OH on January 27, 1951 to Emory L. Kiefer and the late Doris Ann Andrews Kiefer. Karen was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Lake Park.She is survived by her son, John Cowell of Valdosta, her...

James Edward Herndon
May 16, 2016
James Edward Herndon, 78, of Valdosta died Monday, May 16, 2016 at his home. He was born in Valdosta on September 21, 1937 to the late Thomas E. and Merle Burnham Herndon and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Herndon was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He enjoyed fishing, baseball and hunting. Mr. Herndon...
Arlene E. Hay
May 16, 2016
Arlene E. Hay, 92, of Valdosta died Monday, May 16, 2016 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Allentown, PA on August 5, 1923 to the late William Skinner and Bertha Rienhart Skinner. Mrs. Hay was a retired Pentecostal minister.She is survived by four daughters and three sons in law, Asceneth and James Tichinel of Lake Park, Connie Sue...

Felton Wesley Holland
May 15, 2016
Felton Wesley Holland, 72, of Jennings, FL, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at Clinch County Nursing Home.He was born July 30, 1943 in Lake Park, a son of the late Robert T. and Missouri H. Smith Holland, and was a lifelong resident of Jennings, FL.Felton is survived by his siblings and their spouses, Mary Wilson of Marietta, Roy...

Howard N. Broomberg
May 15, 2016
Howard N. Broomberg, 76, of Jefferson, GA and formerly of Valdosta died Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Athens Regional Hospital in Athens, GA. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 19, 1939 to the late Jack and Ida Vidro Broomberg and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to Jefferson thirty years ago. Mr. Broomberg was a...
Jefferson (Jeff) Wier Hunt
May 14, 2016
Jefferson (Jeff) Wier Hunt, 87, of Valdosta, peacefully passed away Saturday morning, May 14, 2016 at home after a short illness. He was born on August 6, 1928 in Macon, Georgia to the late Jefferson Brooks Hunt and Lucia Wier Hunt. At an early age his family moved to Valdosta, where he lived the majority of his life. Jeff attended...
Lillian Chitty Manganaro
May 10, 2016
Lillian Chitty Manganaro, 92, of Valdosta died Tuesday, May 10, 2106 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on July 22, 1923 to the late Stephen A. and Kizzie Harris Chitty and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Manganaro was a member of the Northside Baptist Church. She retired from the Office of Business and Finance...

Evelyn Young Gombas
May 9, 2016
Evelyn Young Gombas, 80, of Orange Park, FL and formerly of Valdosta died Monday, May 9, 2016 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, FL. Mrs. Gombas was born in Quitman on March 30, 1936 to the late Lacy and Cora Lee Hiers Young and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to Orange Park eight years ago. Mrs....