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Myra S. Wright
Nov 4, 2014
Myra S. Wright, 93, formerly of Valdosta, GA, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday November 4, 2014 at her home. She was born June 13, 1921 in Valdosta, GA to the late John Newton and Sarah (Mathis) Swindell. Mrs. Wright graduated from Florida State College for Women in 1942 where she studied music. She was employed by her...
Johnny Wheeler
Nov 2, 2014
Johnny Earl Wheeler, 60, of Valdosta passed away November 2, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. A lifelong resident, he was born in Valdosta, December 13, 1953 to Alma Jean Sumner and the late Johnny Earl Wheeler, Sr. He was a Lowndes High School graduate with the Class of 1973. Mr. Wheeler loved his family and...
John S. Dewitt
Nov 1, 2014
John S. DeWitt, 76, of Barney died Saturday, November 1, 2014. He was born on August 26, 1938 in Loris, South Carolina to the late Gary and Ada DeWitt and had lived in Barney for many years. Mr. DeWitt was a farmer that enjoyed riding and viewing the fields. He loved playing cards, bird hunting, racing and feeding his ducks....
Mary L. Mathis
Nov 1, 2014
Mary L. Mathis, 84, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Fellowship Home.She was born June 24, 1930 in Cairo, a daughter of the late Pless L. and Jewel H. Watson Truluck. Mrs. Mathis was a member of Northside Baptist Church; and for nearly forty years had been employed at C & S Bank, lastly as an Installment...
Geraldine Castleberry Carroll
Nov 1, 2014
Geraldine Castleberry Carroll, 86, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Lakehaven Nursing Home.She was born August 31, 1928 in Thomaston, a daughter of the late Grady P. Castleberry, Sr. and Lola Lona Garrett Castleberry. Mrs. Carroll had been a Secretary with Rhone-Poulence in Atlanta, and had moved to Lake Park in 2000 from Lithia Springs to...
Hannalore (Hanna) Corbett
Oct 29, 2014
Hannalore "Hanna" Corbett, 75, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Crailsheim, Germany during World War II to Herr & Frau Kammerer, on March 12, 1939. Her father was in the German Wehrmacht (army) and was killed on the Russian front soon after her birth. Mrs. Corbett was raised by Frau...
Bobby Ray Sapp
Oct 29, 2014
Bobby Ray Sapp, 64, of Hahira died Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at his home. He was born on January 17, 1950 in Valdosta to the late John Henry and Kathryn Everett Sapp and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Sapp was a retired mechanic with Georgia Power Company for thirty seven years. He loved to fish, watch football...
Mary C. Crane
Oct 28, 2014
Mary C. Crane, 88, of Valdosta died at her home on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska on her father's 40th birthday, Mary Catherine, was the youngest of five children born to Charles and Hazel Covington. Formerly of Newport Beach and Santa Ana, California, Mrs. Crane was an active member of the Santa Ana Junior Assistants League and...
Steven Caldwell Mangum
Oct 28, 2014
Steven Caldwell Mangum, 63, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on August 23, 1951 to the late George W. and Marilyn Caldwell Mangum and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Mangum was a devoted member and worker at Mission Point Church in Valdosta. Survivors include his brother, Sam...
Patricia S. Estes
Oct 27, 2014
Patricia S. Estes, 86, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014 at the Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born in Chillicothe, OH on September 12, 1928 to the late Frederick and Ola Seigler Schriner. Mrs. Estes grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Girls High School class of 1947. She loved to travel with her family and...
Ouida Holt Lefiles
Oct 26, 2014
Ouida Holt LeFiles, 85, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born March 24, 1929, in Rochelle, GA, a daughter of the late Ophelia and Sarah Gibbs Holt. Mrs. LeFiles was Head Teller at First Federal Savings and Loan for many years before becoming Assistant Superior Court Clerk for Lowndes County, retiring...
Horst Bernard (Hank) Brohm
Oct 25, 2014
Horst Bernard (Hank) Brohm, 79, of Valdosta died on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Wurzburg, Germany on April 1, 1935 to the late Ludwig Ramig and Antonia Kneitz Brohm. At age 18 he, along with his mother and sisters, immigrated to the United States and arrived in...
Dorothy Harris Batten
Oct 24, 2014
Dorothy Harris Batten, 63, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, October 23, 2014 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on March 5, 1951 to the late Thomas J. and Dorothy Mims Harris. She was a homemaker and of the Holiness faith. Dorothy loved to cook and would often take plates of food she had prepared to family, friends...
Phyllis Louise Temple
Oct 23, 2014
Phyllis Louise Temple, 56, of Lake Park died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at her residence. She was born on November 1, 1957 in Jacksonville, FL to the late Gilbert Ronald Macomber and Cora Lee Geohagen Macomber. Mrs. Temple is survived by her husband, Andy Temple of Lake Park, five children, Sabrina Holton (Richard) of Lake Park, Rose Roberts (Jim) of...
Owen Franklin Lindsey
Oct 23, 2014
Owen Lindsey, 67, of Valdosta died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at his residence. He was born on November 7, 1946 in Hahira to the late Mathew Robert Lindsey, Sr. and Nellie Mae Weldon Lindsey. Owen was retired from the United States Air Force and served from 1965 until 1987. He was a Baptist.He was a devoted husband to his wife,...
Saundra (Sandy) Avila
Oct 22, 2014
Saundra (Sandy) Avila, 69, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in New Albany, Indiana on March 7, 1945. Sandy was the operator of Central Floral and a member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church.She is survived by her husband, Ralph Avila of Valdosta, her daughter and son in law, Alesha...
Betty Jo Phillips
Oct 21, 2014
Betty Jo Phillips, 85, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her daughter's residence in Moultrie. She was born on July 10, 1929 in Brooks County to the late Edgar Elisha Simpson and Wilma Rebecca Bishop Simpson. Mrs. Phillips was retired from Southern Stationery. She was a member of Redland Baptist Church. Mrs. Phillips enjoyed gardening, her grandchildren and...
Glynn Thomas Ellis, Sr.
Oct 21, 2014
Glynn Thomas Ellis, Sr. 90, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. He was born on March 9, 1924 in Forsyth, Georgia to the late Charles, Sr. and Ruth McGhee Ellis and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Ellis is a member of Westside Baptist Church. He retired as an electrical engineer from Georgia...
Charles Edward (Trey) Kageler Iii
Oct 21, 2014
Charles Edward (Trey) Kageler III, 56, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on July 7, 1958 to the late Charles Edward Kageler Jr. and Joan Lowery Bolen. He was a self-employed hair dresser and pastry chef. Trey loved life and lived it to the fullest. He...
Dorothy H. Nelson
Oct 20, 2014
Dorothy H. Nelson, 89, of Hahira died Monday, October 20, 2014 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Quitman on March 1, 1925 to the late Charles L. and Eula Williams Uhl and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Nelson owned and operated the B&N Restaurant in Hahira for many years and was...
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