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Enid Ennis
Jan 3, 2015
Enid Ennis, 95, of Hahira died Saturday, January 3, 2015 at her residence. She was born on March 11, 1919 in Portage Lake, Maine to the late Charles Sewell Brown and Arilla Southerland Brown. She owned and operated a dry cleaning business.Mrs. Ennis is survived by her six children and their spouses, Donald and Marlene McHatten of Sanger, California, Timothy...
Thomas B. (Tom) Stevens
Jan 3, 2015
Thomas B. (Tom) Stevens, 64, of Valdosta died on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at his residence following a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on March 21, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Harvey and Lydia Burch Stevens and has been a resident of Valdosta for the past 18 years. He graduated from the University of Georgia...
Victoria Pennington
Jan 2, 2015
Pennington, Victoria Lee Paynter, passed away in Valdosta on January 2, 2015. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she resided in Valdosta since 1990. She was a retired Associate Professor Emeritus of Valdosta State University, where she was a member of the Theatre faculty. In addition, she served as Production Supervisor of the Jekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival from 1990 through 1999....
Marjorie Webb Dees
Jan 2, 2015
Marjorie Webb Dees, 85, of Valdosta, died suddenly at her residence on Friday, January 2, 2015. Born in Berrien County to the late Hamer W. and Addie Blanton Webb, the family soon moved to town where she attended Valdosta City Schools and graduated as an honor graduate from Valdosta High School in 1946. In the 1950's, Mrs. Dees worked for...
Willis Morris Thomson
Jan 1, 2015
Willis Morris Thomson (USAF, Ret.), 82, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 6, 1932 in San Diego, California to the late Colonel Earl F. and Catherine Morris Thomson and spent his early childhood moving to numerous Army posts with his family. He later graduated from H.H. Arnold High...
Myrtle Mae Williams Mcdonald
Dec 31, 2014
Myrtle Mae Williams McDonald, 99 years old, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Holly Hill Nursing Home in Valdosta, GA where she has been a resident since January. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Jennings, FL and had a great love for God.She was born July 16, 1915 in Quitman, Ga to Joseph...
Mary Colleen Hanna Moore
Dec 31, 2014
Mary Colleen Hanna Moore, 101, passed away on December 31, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband and "love of her life", the Reverend William E. "Billy" Moore, and her son, the Reverend Douglas V. Moore, of Ocala. Colleen grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where she graduated from Indiana University. There she met Billy who was the minister...
Margaret Anderson
Dec 30, 2014
Margaret Anderson, 95, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a recent illness. She was born on September 6, 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Samuel Harding Cook and Ladie R. Warren. She was a homemaker and during WWII worked on B25 aircraft at Morrison Field in West Palm Beach, Florida. She...
Shelton Herbert Croft
Dec 30, 2014
Shelton Herbert Croft, 92, of Nashville, GA and formerly of Fargo, GA died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, GA. He was born on July 10, 1922 in Suwanee County, FL to the late William Eugene Croft and Lillie Mae Touchton Croft. Mr. Croft was a United States Army World War II veteran and served...
Leonard Yeomans
Dec 30, 2014
Mr. Leonard Yeomans went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 and departed this life at his residence in Barney surrounded by his wife and children. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Martin-McLane Funeral Home in Hahira. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Colquitt County. The...
Ernestine Griffin Akridge
Dec 29, 2014
Ernestine Griffin Akridge, 91, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness.She was born October 18, 1923 in Morven, a daughter of James Edward and Mildred Mattox Griffin. She graduated from Georgia Southern College and had taught school in Morven and Nashville, before working with the FBI at the beginning of...
Eugene L. (Gene) Minter
Dec 28, 2014
Eugene L. (Gene) Minter, Sr., 78, of Valdosta died on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 9, 1936 in Wilkinson County, Georgia to the late Thomas and Eurabell Booth Minter and has been a resident of this area since 1960. He was retired from Lowndes County Public Works...
Wilma Yeomans Morrison
Dec 28, 2014
Wilma Yeomans Morrison, 77, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center.She was born January 7, 1937 in Valdosta. She was a wonderful mother; she loved her family, especially her grandchildren, and she loved her church. She was a member of Church of God of Prophecy.Mrs. Morrison is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Gregory...
Jeannette Snellgrove Evans
Dec 28, 2014
Jeannette S. Evans, 91, longtime resident of Valdosta departed this life on Sunday, December 28, 2014. She was born the second of eight children to the late Walter Mallie and Ruby King Snellgrove in Albany, Georgia on March 12, 1923. She was saved and baptized at an early age at First Baptist Church, Moultrie, Georgia and had many fond memories...
Mick Wofford
Dec 27, 2014
Mick Wofford, 66, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at his residence. Born in Valdosta on November 29, 1948 to the late Paul T. & Jeannette Townsend Wofford, he was a lifelong resident of this area. A graduate of Lowndes High School where he played football, Mr. Wofford has always enjoyed talking about sports and football with his...
Freda Gibson
Dec 27, 2014
Freda Gibson, 80, of Valdosta, died at Lakehaven Nursing Home on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Born in Paris, Arkansas on October 30, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Fred Lafayette Minyard and Nina Ailene Tucker Minyard. Freda worked in sales at various stores including RevCo and Fred's. Formerly of Russellville, Arkansas she had made her home in Valdosta...
Andrew (Andy) Rumker
Dec 26, 2014
Andrew (Andy) Rumker, 91, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014, at his home after a short illness.He was born August 19, 1923 in Conway, Arkansas, a son of the late John J. and Mary Hegeman Rumker, and had honorably served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, including the invasion of the Philippines,...
Dr. Jerry G. Purvis, Sr.
Dec 25, 2014
Dr. Jerry G. Purvis, Sr., 79, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Adel, Cook County, Georgia on October 4, 1935 to the late Guy Purvis and Ethel Gaskins Purvis. He was a member of Christ the King Episcopal Church and served in the United States Air Force as a Captain...
Billy Shiver
Dec 23, 2014
Billy Shiver, 74, of Hahira died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born in Valdosta on May 27, 1940, he was the son of the late Zeno Shiver and Rosa Lee Hembree Shiver Watley. Mr. Shiver was a veteran of the United States Army and loved people. Survivors include a son and daughter in law,...
Ann Lahood Joseph
Dec 23, 2014
Ann LaHood Joseph, 89, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at her home. Born in Valdosta on May 9, 1925, she was the daughter of the late John George LaHood Sr. & Mary Hanna LaHood. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Joseph. She was a treasured wife, devoted mother & grandmother, and a dear friend...
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