OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Audrey Helen Grimes Haire
Jan 30, 2015
Audrey Helen Grimes Haire, 87, of Barney died Friday, January 30, 2015 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born on July 22, 1927 in Dooly County, GA to the late Robert A. and Bernice Vada Grimes. Mrs. Haire was a retired homemaker and worked at the Valdosta Boys and Girls Club for twenty five years.She is survived by her...

Margarita Loret De Mola Aguero
Jan 29, 2015
Margarita Aguero, 82, of Tavernier, Florida and Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Langdale Hospice House surrounded by her immediate family. Born in Cuba on June 18, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Francisco Loret de Mola and Margot Sanches Loret de Mola. Mrs. Aguero was the widow of the late Dr. Oscar Aguero, Sr. She...
Juanita Pattillo
Jan 28, 2015
Juanita Pattillo, 76, of Lake Park died on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 23, 1938 in Nashville, Georgia to the late Clarence and Brunell Chadwick Moore and has lived in this area most of her life. She was an excellent seamstress and cook. She loved children and would often...
Doris Rust
Jan 27, 2015
Doris Rust, 90, of Lake Park died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Fellowship Home. She was born in Pana, Illinois on September 8, 1924 to the late Eugene and Florence Leeker Gardell. Mrs. Rust was a loving mother and homemaker and a member of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church. She was a golfer at Francis Lake Golf Course and...

Peter Clark Quarterman Jr.
Jan 25, 2015
Peter Clark Quarterman Jr., 91, of Valdosta passed away January 25, 2015 at Brooks County Hospital. He was born April 4, 1923 in Valdosta, GA to the late Dr. Peter Clark, Sr. and Kathryne Staten Quarterman. Mr. Quarterman was a veteran of WWII where he was a B-25 top turret gunner for the United States Army Air Corps. After the...
Henry F. Griffin
Jan 24, 2015
Henry F. Griffin, 93, of Barney died Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Norman Park, GA on November 4, 1921 to the late Joshua and Lilly Bell Smith Griffin. Mr. Griffin retired from the Jacksonville, FL Transportation Authority and was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. Survivors include his daughter, Phyllis Marguerite Griffin of...
Iris Hooker Webb
Jan 23, 2015
Iris Hooker Webb, 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 23, 2015. Born in White Springs, Florida she lived in Valdosta, Georgia most of her life. She committed her life to our Lord Jesus when she was a child. In 1955, she united with Northside Baptist Church here in Valdosta, Georgia immediately becoming an...

James William Pike
Jan 23, 2015
James William Pike born May 23, 1932 to Dessa Clifton Pike and John Pike, passed away on January 23, 2015 after a lengthy illness. A Korean war veteran, he enjoyed hunting and fishing throughout his life. He was a cotton mill worker and commercial fisherman during his later years. His survivors include his children: James Michael Pike of Little Rock,...

Susan Johnson Jamieson
Jan 22, 2015
Susan Johnson Jamieson, 53, of Hahira died Thursday, January 22, 2015 at her home. She was born in Waycross, Georgia on August 8, 1961 to the late John Henry and Doris Cato Johnson and had lived in Hahira for several years. Mrs. Jamieson was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and was extremely proud to be a grandmother. She...
Joyce C. Powell
Jan 21, 2015
Joyce C. Powell, 83, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 surrounded by her family at South Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Powell was born in Lewiston, NY on October 22, 1931 to the late Victor Eugene & Annella Wilkes Chittenden. The family moved to Brunswick, GA in the early 40's and she attended and graduated from Glynn Academy...

Ellen Mcleod Brockway
Jan 20, 2015
Rose Ellen Evans McLeod Brockway, 77, of Lucedale, MS and Valdosta, passed away January 20, 2015 at St. Vincent's Riverside Center in Jacksonville, FL after a brief illness. She was born January 2, 1938 in Waycross, GA to the late Lawrence and Lizzie Cason Evans. Known to most as Ellen, Mrs. Brockway had attended Airport Church of Christ and was...
Joan Francis
Jan 19, 2015
Joan Francis, 75, of Valdosta, went home to be with God on Monday, January 19, 2015, after a brief illness.She was born September 25, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of the late Thomas D. and Catherine E. Krumenacker Doran. Joan loved her children, grandchildren and great-granddaughter, and was very loved by her family. She was a strong, very giving...

Louise Sandifer Ford
Jan 18, 2015
Louise Sandifer Ford, 96, of Valdosta died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late William and Beryl Seals Sandifer. Mrs. Ford was a member of the First Assembly of God in Valdosta.Survivors include her church family and other relatives.Graveside services will be held at 3pm, Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the...
Frances Sumner Copeland
Jan 18, 2015
Frances Sumner Copeland, 82, of Valdosta died Sunday, January 18, 2015 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. She was born on September 25, 1932 in Adel, GA to the late George Ivey Sumner and Minnie Turner Sumner. Mrs. Copeland graduated from Sparks-Adel High School with honors as the Salutatorian. Soon after high school she met and married the late Albert Dewey...
Edward Eugene (Gene) Landon
Jan 17, 2015
Edward Eugene (Gene) Landon, 80, of Valdosta died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Crestwood Nursing Home. He was born on November 27, 1934 to the late Edward Felix and Thelma Christine Landon in Rockmart, GA. Gene went to school in Rockmart, GA and Griffin, GA. He loved playing golf, working in the yard and listening to gospel music. Gene served...

Evelyn Brooks May
Jan 16, 2015
Evelyn Brooks May, 99, of Valdosta died Friday, January 16, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 5, 1915 to the late Thomas Perry Brooks and Elsie Williams Brooks. Mrs. May was a member of the First United Methodist Church where she was active in the Christian Homebuilders Sunday School Class. She was...
Marie George Beam
Jan 13, 2015
On January 13, 2015, our sweet, wonderful mother, Marie George Beam was eagerly welcomed into heaven to be with her Lord by her beloved husband, Kent Lee Beam, Sr., her parents Carlo and Sadie Mansour George, her sister Clementine and our darling Shayna along with numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and brother and sister-in-laws that she so dearly loved. Marie...

James Earl Zeigler
Jan 13, 2015
James Earl Zeigler, 61, of Adel died Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at his residence. He was born on August 23, 1953 in Hahira to the late Ezra Lee Zeigler and his mother who survives him, Alice Cordelia King Zeigler. Mr. Zeigler was owner and operator of Adel Starter and Alternator. He was a United States Air Force veteran and attended...
Placido Thomas Benavides
Jan 12, 2015
Placido T. Benavides, 76, of Valdosta, died on Monday, January 12, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Conception, TX to the late Isidro, Sr. & Josepha Perez Benavides. At an early age, Mr. Benavides joined the U. S. Air Force and while he was stationed at Moody Air Force Base in the late 1950's, he met...

Billy Earl Downing
Jan 12, 2015
Billy Earl Downing, 70, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Monday, January 12, 2015 after a brief illness. He was born in Wellborn, Florida on October 7, 1944 to the late J.V. and Merle Downing. Mr. Downing lived and farmed most of his life in the Ousley community of Lowndes County. He graduated from Lowndes County High School in 1962...