OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Marvel Collins Crown
Jun 15, 2016
Marvel Collins Crown, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 15, 2016. She was born on July 17, 1929 in Barberville, FL to the late Reverend B. C. Collins and Maggie Collins. Mrs. Crown was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and was church secretary.Mrs. Crown is survived by her two...
Richard (Dick) Roscoe Clark (Ret Col. Usaf)
Jun 14, 2016
Richard (Dick) Roscoe Clark (Col, USAF, Retired), died on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at his residence. He was born on May 19, 1931 in Lincoln, Nebraska to the late Roscoe Armond and Alice Louise Roscow Clark. Col Clark graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1955 with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and a commission in the United States...
Richard Allen Hubbard
Jun 12, 2016
Richard Allen (Richie) Hubbard, 44, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born on September 22, 1971 in Valdosta and has been a resident his whole life. He was a truck driver with Batt Enterprise and was a member of Francis Lake Baptist Church. Richard was a proud...
Leila Bussey Sale
Jun 10, 2016
Leila Bussey Sale, 90, of Valdosta died Friday, June 10, 2016 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Lowndes County on March 22, 1926 to the late Lee Roy and Laura Belle Herring Bussey and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Sale was a member of the Benevolence Baptist Church. She was a retired bookkeeper with Strickland Cotton...
Carolyn Walker Mixon
Jun 9, 2016
Carolyn Walker Mixon, 62, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL.She was born January 4, 1954 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late Adam and Irene Thornton Walker. Carolyn had attended New Life Community Church, Lake Park.She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Chriss L. Mixon of Valdosta; one son, Michael Mixon of Valdosta;...
Michael Shea Cowger
Jun 8, 2016
Michael Shea Cowger, 22, of Hahira, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.He was born July 31, 1993, in Fort Wainwright, AK, a son of Josh Cowger and the late Crystal Morrison Cowger. Michael was a member and trumpet player of the Georgia Bridgemen, graduating from Lowndes High School with the Class...

Charles Daniel "Dan" Stevens, Jr.
Jun 7, 2016
Charles Daniel "Dan" Stevens, Jr. 61, of Valdosta died Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on March 17, 1955 to Charles Daniel Stevens, Sr. and the late Norma Jean Gentry Stevens. Mr. Stevens was a member of the Quitman Church of Christ and a retired teacher/coach with the Thomasville City School...

Aubrey Saunders
Jun 4, 2016
Aubrey Saunders of Valdosta, GA passed from this life on Saturday, June 4, 2016. He was born on May 3, 1921 in Statenville, GA and was 95 years of age. Mr. Saunders was a WWII Army Veteran having served in the Po Valley in Italy and earning a Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars. He told his family that one...

Robert Edward (Biggen') Abbott
May 31, 2016
Robert Edward (Biggen') Abbott, 54, of Lake Park, GA died Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at his home. He was born in Quitman, GA on April 14, 1962 to Karen Westerman Abbott and the late Robert Edward Abbott, Sr. He was a truck driver. Biggen' enjoyed reading, loved his family and friends and making people laugh. He was a big man...

Jean Jenelle Bellflowers Ganas
May 29, 2016
Jean Jenelle Bellflowers Ganas, 78, of Hahira died Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Jean Jenelle Bellflowers Ganas
May 29, 2016
Jean Jenelle Bellflowers Ganas, 78, of Hahira died Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born in Hahira on September 26, 1937 to the late Roy, Sr. and Ella Mae Warren Bellflowers. Mrs. Ganas was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church and a retired hairdresser with J. C. Penney. She loved spending time with...
Dr. William (Bill) White Broadfoot
May 26, 2016
Dr. William (Bill) White Broadfoot, 72, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at his home. Born in Sheffield, Alabama on September 3, 1943, he was the son of the late William White Broadfoot, Sr. and Annie Mae Haddock Broadfoot. Bill grew up in Florence, Alabama, where his father was an electrical contractor. From a very young age,...

Doug Rooney
May 25, 2016
Doug Rooney, 68, of Jennings, Florida, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at South Georgia Medical Center, after a short illness.He was born June 20, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of the late John D. "Jack" and Eraine Hughes Rooney. Doug was a dedicated Registered Nurse for forty-three years, retiring from the VA Medical Center in Lake...
Silas Eugene "Gene" Brimmage
May 24, 2016
Silas Eugene Brimmage, 90, of Hahira, known as Gene to family and friends, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at the Fellowship Home.He was born Dec. 27, 1925 in Bunker, MO, to David and Nettie Brimmage, and was the second of six children. The family moved around for several years, finally settling in Florida. On March 22, 1944 he joined...
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...