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Dr. Sarah Bartholomew
Jul 28, 2024
Dr. Sarah Bartholomew
1956-2024
It is with profound sadness that the family of Dr. Sarah Bartholomew aged 68, announces her passing at her home on July 28th, 2024. Sarah was a long-time Valdosta resident, a graduate of VSU, Mercer University Law School, the University of Georgia Law School, a respected attorney, and a retired associate professor in the Department of Political Science...
Frank C. King
Jul 28, 2024
Frank C. King passed away on July 28, 2024, at his home in Thomaston surrounded by his family following health complications. He was just shy of celebrating his 82nd birthday but had spent the first half of this last year of life doing many of the activities he enjoyed in his community, church, among friends, sporting events, and of course,...
Shawn Patrick Costello
Jul 24, 2024
Shawn Patrick Costello, an Army Veteran, cigar aficionado, rock hound, fisherman, grillmaster, and man who never met a stranger, passed away at Hospice of South Georgia in Valdosta, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Born on January 4th, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Shawn is predeceased by his father and mentor, Patrick John Costello (formerly of Nashville, Georgia) and survived by his...
Dr. Richard Moore
Jul 24, 2024
Dr. Richard Lawrence "Larry" Moore (Professor Emeritus), 79, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House following a period of declining health. He was born on May 8, 1945, in Jackson. Mississippi to the late Bick and Joyce Worchester Moore. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University and his doctorate in education from...
Freddie (Fred) Gordon Smith
Jul 23, 2024
Freddie Gordon (Fred) Smith, 57, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 9, 1966, at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta to the late Fred Earl Smith and Luella Brady Smith. Fred was the owner/operator of Hahira Automotive and was an ASE certified world class...
E.J. "Jimmy" Bennett
Jul 23, 2024
E. J. "Jimmy" Bennett, 89, of Valdosta, GA, passed away peacefully at Langdale Hospice House on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, after a period of declining health. He was born in Cook County on March 1st, 1935, to the late Ollie & Evie Bennett. After working on the farm with his father, he joined the US Army and served for 4...
Keith Douglas Blythe
Jul 19, 2024
Keith Douglas Blythe, 79, passed away Friday, July 19, 2024, at Haven Hospice House in Lake City, Florida, following a period of declining health. Mr. Blythe was born October 5, 1944, in Coral Gables, FL, to the late Douglas D. and Dorothy Delmage Blythe. He was a former schoolteacher in the Lowndes County School system; an active member of Providence...
Frank D. Harrison
Jul 17, 2024
Frank D. Harrison passed away peacefully holding his wife’s hand on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Frank was born to Charles Horatio Harrison and Agnes Krazit Harrison on August 13, 1948, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a veteran having enlisted in the Air Force in 1969 and retiring in 1995. Frank was truly a good man with a loving and giving...
James (Buddy) Bumgarner
Jul 17, 2024
James (Buddy) Bumgarner, 71, of Hahira, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on February 17, 1953, in Fort Belvoir, VA, to the late James Sr., and Elsie Paquette Bumgarner. Buddy was a Leadership Lowndes Alumni 1989, and a Leadership Georgia Graduate in 1991. Buddy retired from Valdosta State University in 1994 where he...
David Louis Branch III
Jul 15, 2024
Mr. David Louis Branch, III, aged 68, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 18, 1955, in Augusta, GA, to the late Dr. David Louis Branch, Jr., and Barbara Ann Sheffield Branch. Mr. Branch dedicated many years of service as a school psychologist for Valdosta City Schools, as...
Carolyn Bowen Christian
Jul 15, 2024
Carolyn Bowen Christian of Valdosta died July 15, 2024 at her home. Born in Register, Georgia on May 2, 1927, she was the daughter of Jasper Reid and Sara Jane Rushing Bowen. After graduating from Statesboro High School, she attended Georgia State Women’s College (now Valdosta State University), graduating in 1948. It was there that she met her husband Frank...
Thomas Woods, Sr.
Jul 15, 2024
On July 15th of 2024, Thomas (Tommy) Franklin Woods, Sr. climbed the last few steps to heaven. Tommy was born in Odum, Georgia on October 18, 1942 and grew up in Jesup, Georgia. As a young man he moved to St. Marys, Georgia for most of his life to work at Gilman Paper Company.
Tommy loved to fish and hunt any...
Reta Bayless Griffin
Jul 14, 2024
Reta Bayless Griffin, 85, passed away on July 14, 2024, at Fellowship Home Brookside. Born on May 8, 1939, to the late David E. Bayless and Jimmie Lee Oliver Bayless in Mississippi, she graduated from Ruleville High School. As the daughter of sharecroppers, she spent most of her youth working in cotton fields on the Macabee Plantation. Following high school,...
Barry Lee Robinson
Jul 14, 2024
Barry Lee Robinson, 69, of Hahira, died on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House following a period of declining health. He was born on May 26, 1955, in Rome, Georgia to the late Olin and Betty Sansom Robinson. Mr. Robinson was retired from the grocery retail business having last served as Vice-President of Harvey’s Supermarkets. He later became...
William "Al" Rawlings
Jul 9, 2024
William “Al” Rawlings, III, 53, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Al was born to the late William Alton Rawlings, Jr. & Song Hui “Annie” Rawlings, in Dublin GA, and grew up there, Graduating from Dublin High School in 1989. He then went to Valdosta State University, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. He went...
Lavelle Smith Wisenbaker
Jul 9, 2024
Lavelle Smith Wisenbaker, passed away peacefully at home on July 9, 2024, after a short illness.
Lavelle was born to Annie Lillian Long Smith and William Smith on September 4, 1935, in Ludowici, Georgia, and graduated from Clyattville High School where she was a varsity basketball player. She attended Valdosta State College. She worked at Southern Bell, now Bell South, from...
Phil Hall
Jul 6, 2024
Phil Hall, 84, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on April 20, 1940, in Smut Eye, Alabama, to the late Robert and Irene Phillips Hall. Mr. Hall was a veteran of the United States Army and had retired from Trus Joist where he worked as a computer programmer.
Mr. Hall is survived...
Wallace Kerry "K.O." Oliver
Jul 6, 2024
Wallace Kerry Oliver (67), of Valdosta, GA suffered a heart attack and passed away on July 6th, 2024. Kerry, fondly known as “K.O.”, was born to William (Bill) and Jeanette Oliver on October 8, 1956, in Macon, GA.
Kerry graduated from Valdosta High School and was a true Wild Cat through and through. As owner of his own business, Oliver Plumbing...
Judy Carol Cornelius
Jul 4, 2024
Judy Carol Cornelius, 72, of Hahira, died at her home on July 4, 2024, after a lengthy illness. Born in Cook County, Georgia, on April 1, 1952, Judy was the daughter of Clara Jean Vickers Radney, and the late Woodell Parrish. She had worked in medical records at Smith Northview Hospital. Judy was of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed camping,...
Lenelle C. Shierling
Jul 4, 2024
Lenelle C. Shierling, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2024 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 20, 1935 in Morven, GA, to the late James Ellis Cooper and Mable West Cooper. Mrs. Shierling had worked as a secretary for many different companies over the years, most recently at Astro Extermination. She had a servant’s...
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