OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Linwood C. (Butch) Pippen
Jun 22, 2015
USAF TSGT (Ret) Linwood C. (Butch) Pippen, 65, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.He was born June 6, 1950, in Wilmington, NC. Mr. Pippen was a member of Perimeter Road Baptist Church, he was known to be a fighter. He loved life, he loved his family and they loved...
William R. "Bill" Bland
Jun 22, 2015
William R. "Bill" Bland, 85, of Clyattville died Monday, June 22, 2015 at Fellowship Home. Born on September 26, 1929 to the late David Luther Bland and Edith Johns Bland, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. After graduating from Clyattville High School in the mid 1940's, Mr. Bland joined the U.S. Army. Having fought in the Korean...

Charles Allen Schultz
Jun 21, 2015
Charles Allen Schultz, 66, of Lake Park passed away June 21, 2015 at his residence. He was born April 15, 1949 in Knoxville, TN to the late Charles Wilbur and Betty June Robinson Schultz. After serving in the United States Army he embarked on a 38 year career as a truck driver with Roadway and upon retirement he went back...
Judy (Mimi) Kay Sapp Cofield
Jun 20, 2015
Judy Kay Sapp Cofield (Mimi), 64, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 7, 1951 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late John Henry and Kathryn Everett Sapp and has been a Valdosta resident her whole life. She was a homemaker and attended Crosspointe Church. Mimi's heart and...
William L. Srygley, Sr.
Jun 19, 2015
William L. Srygley, Sr., 74, of Jennings, Florida died Friday, June 19, 2015 at Suwanee Valley Care Center, Haven Hospice in Lake City, Florida. He was born on January 13, 1941 in Guys, Tennessee to the late William Troy Srygley and Dora Allene Mullins Srygley. Mr. Srygley was retired from the Memphis, TN Police Department and Roadway Express. He was...

Vicki H. Lauckhardt
Jun 18, 2015
Vicki H. Lauckhardt, 42, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Long Island, New York on September 23, 1973 and has been a resident for half her life her locally. She was a homemaker and of the Episcopal faith.Survivors include her husband of 20 plus years, William Ken...
Samuel "Sam" Dean Donaldson
Jun 16, 2015
Samuel "Sam" Dean Donaldson, 58, of Valdosta passed away at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in February 1, 1957 in McRae, GA to the late Samuel Dean Donaldson and Audrey Purvis Todd. In his younger years he spent a time at the Georgia Sheriffs' Boys Ranch in Hahira and became an alumni of the program. For...
Daniel "Danny" Price Winters
Jun 16, 2015
Daniel "Danny" Price Winters, 53, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Daytona Beach, Florida. A Valdosta native, Danny was born on August 23, 1961, the son of Jeannie Shiver Winters and William Winters. He was the owner of Security Sales and a member of Azalea City Church of God. An avid fisherman, Danny loved to fish at...
Ray Poole
Jun 15, 2015
Ronald Ray Poole, 54, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on July 3, 1960, Ray was the son of the late Pearl McLendon and Raymond Dallas Poole. He was a graduate of the 1978 Class of Valdosta High School and was employed as a fabricator at Fabtronics. Ronald was...

Peggy W. Herring
Jun 15, 2015
Peggy W. Herring, 76, of Valdosta died on Monday, June 15, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born on September 25, 1938 in Valdosta to the late Tally C. and Pearl Luke Wisenbaker and has been a lifelong resident of Valdosta. She graduated from Georgia Christian School and played on the basketball team where her...
Wanda Bius Greene
Jun 14, 2015
Wanda Bius Greene, 75, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Southern Senior Living Community in Adel, GA. Mrs. Greene was born in Moultrie, GA to the late Vernon W. Bius and Merle Sikes Bius. A 1957 graduate of Doerun High School in Doerun, GA, she married Wallace James Greene on September 29 of the same year. A...
Wynell (Katie) Corbett
Jun 14, 2015
Wynell "Katie" Corbett passed away June 14th, 2015 at her parents' home in Jennings, FL. She was born and raised in Orlando, FL and a beloved mother, daughter, sister and aunt to all of her family. In her life she was known by all as a great friend with a passion for poetry, travel, and strong faith in God, with...
Nancy Rutledge Wainer Parrott
Jun 14, 2015
Nancy Rutledge Wainer Parrott, 80, of Hahira, GA, widow of Jesse Lyle Parrott, MD, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at her home surrounded by her two sons and her "daughters-in-love."Nancy is survived by Jonathan Rutledge Parrott, MD and his wife, Katie, of Valdosta, and Stephen Price Parrott and his wife, Karen, of Spartanburg, SC. She was blessed...
Parker Zane Bledsoe
Jun 12, 2015
Parker Zane Bledsoe, 2, of Brooks County died Friday, June 12, 2015 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Thomasville on May 24, 2013.Survivors include his parents, Samantha and Sean Bledsoe; his brother, Jonathan Bledsoe; Grandma, Sue Warren; Memaw and Papa, Tracy and Mike Bledsoe; honorary grandfather, Joey Moore; great grandparents, Linda and Virgil Miley; aunts and...
Jeweldine Arnold Black
Jun 11, 2015
Jeweldine Arnold Black, 75, of Valdosta passed away on June 11, 2015. She was born in Valdosta on February 21, 1940 to the late Grover Cleveland and Clarice Anna Brown Arnold. Mrs. Black was a lifelong resident of Valdosta and a member of the Valdosta High School class of 1960. For 42 years she was the co-owner, along with her...
James Haywood Vaughan, Sr. (Ret Major Usaf
Jun 11, 2015
James Haywood Vaughan, Sr. (Ret. Major USAF), 80, of Valdosta died Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Fellowship Home at Brookside. He was born on August 9, 1934 in Ashland, Virginia to the late Henry Guy and Vivian Cherry Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, retired from the United States Air Force and as a salesman...
Hunter Kye Hendricks
Jun 11, 2015
Hunter Kye Hendricks, age 19, of Bossier City, Louisiana passed away on June 11, 2015. Visitation will be held at Martin McLane Funeral Home in Hahira on Friday, June 26th, at 6:00 p.m. A Memorial Service will follow in the chapel at 7:00 p.m.Hunter was born in Bossier City, LA, at Barksdale AFB to Lee and Cassie Hendricks on March...
Wayne Morris Smith
Jun 11, 2015
Morris Smith, 87, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. Ms. Smith was born in Valdosta to the late Mitchell Jones Smith, Sr. & Elsie Morris Smith, and had lived most of her life here. A graduate of Valdosta High School, Ms. Smith held degrees from Valdosta State College as well as Tulane University....
James Edward Stalvey, Sr.
Jun 10, 2015
James Edward Stalvey, Sr., 80, of Hahira died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Smith Northview Hospital. He was born on March 21, 1935 in Hahira to the late Wiley D. and Fannie Mae Rountree Stalvey. Mr. Stalvey was a member of the Salem Methodist Church and veteran of the United States Army. He was a farmer and enjoyed spending time...
Mark Aaron Yeomans
Jun 10, 2015
Mark Aaron Yeomans, 53, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Heritage House Nursing Home, suddenly after a lengthy illness.He was born January 2, 1962 in Valdosta. Mark was of the Church of God faith, had very strong faith, and loved Gospel music. He never had a bad word to say; he loved people, big trucks, and NASCAR....