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Willie Linton Folsom
May 22, 2014
Willie Linton Folsom, MSGT. Ret. USAF, 79, of Brooks County died on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 26, 1935 in Barney, Georgia to the late Roy Alton and Kate Michael Folsom. Mr. Folsom served during the Viet Nam War and retired from the United States Air Force after 20...
Henry Norman Cone
May 22, 2014
Henry Norman Cone, 81, of Valdosta died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at his home on the Madison Highway. He was born on February 8, 1933 to the late Jessie Dallas and Olivia Hampton Cone. Mr. Cone was preceded in death by his high school sweetheart and wife of 48 years, Cassie Morris Cone. He is survived by his two children...
Mary Dicey Smith
May 21, 2014
Mary Dicey Smith went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at around 7:35 AM. Mary was formerly of Valdosta, GA and a resident of Greenback, TN for the past 10 years. She was born April 1, 1932 in Willacoochee, GA. She was a member of the Westview United Methodist Church. Mary was a hairdresser for many...
Eleanor Frances Parker Martin
May 21, 2014
Eleanor Frances Parker Martin Eleanor Martin was born on April 6, 1925 to the late Edward Lucien Parker and the late Bella Ethel Sidman, in Fulton NY. She passed away May 21, 2014 at Holly Hill Nursing Home.Mrs. Martin and her late husband Theordore (Ted Martin) moved to Valdosta in 1955 where she was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time...
Claudia Louelle Bennett
May 20, 2014
Claudia Bennett, 66, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at her residence. She was born on May 12, 1948 in Valdosta to the late Joseph Lee Bennett and Doris Margaret Black Wilson. Claudia was retired from the State of Georgia, enjoyed being a Nanny and was a member of The Gathering.She is survived by her daughter and son in...
Sarah Smith Thomas
May 20, 2014
Sarah Smith Thomas, 81, of Sparks, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Serenity Assisted Living Facility in Sparks. She was born on November 14, 1932 in Houston County Georgia to the late James Hilliard and Jimmie Lou Jackson Smith and has been a resident of the local area for the past 65 years. She was a homemaker and...
Millard (Mill) Norwood Murray
May 20, 2014
Millard (Mill) N. MurrayMill Murray, 91, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Remerton, GA on June 16, 1922 and was the son of the late Omar Millard and Annie Bell Brantley Murray. Mill was a wonderful and caring person. He always had a great sense of humor. Mill leaves...
Hildegard Goerigk Martin
May 19, 2014
Hildegard Goerigk Martin, 77, was born on December 18, 1936 and passed away at theInfant Jesus Clinical Hospital May 19, 2014 in Warsaw, Poland. She was visiting her homeland that she left in 1945 after the end of WWII.Hilde married her husband R.D. On April 16, 1959. She was a wife and homemaker. In 1996 she became involved in the...
Guy Parker Mcghin
May 16, 2014
Parker McGhin, 28, of Valdosta passed away suddenly Friday, May 16, 2014 at his residence. Parker was born February 2, 1986 in Valdosta to Lyle and Annie McGhin. He was a 2004 graduate of Lowndes High School and had recently started working for Turner's Budget Furniture.Parker was an amazing young man. He was a very loving son and brother and...
Shirley Allday Dean Butler
May 16, 2014
Shirley A. Dean Butler, 77, of Quitman, Georgia died Friday, May 16, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Dothan, Alabama on August 5, 1936 to the late Sam and Dovie Lee Kent Allday and had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Butler was a Baptist and attended Hickory Head Baptist Church. She enjoyed...
Patricia (Pat) Williams Futch
May 16, 2014
Patricia Williams FutchPatricia (Pat) Williams Futch, of Lake Park, Georgia, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1pm, Saturday, May 24, at Carson-McLane Funeral Home, 2215 North Patterson, in Valdosta. Dr. Clyde Stokes will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 12 until 1pm at...
James David Wathen
May 15, 2014
James David Wathen, 83, formerly of Bellevue, MI and Port Charlotte, FL passed away May 15, 2014 after a brief illness. He was born July 11, 1930 in Evansville, IN to the late Henry Allen and Lillian Lorraine Wathen. Mr. Wathen received his master's degree from Michigan State University and was a retired teacher with Battle Creek Public Schools. Survivors...
Dr. Glen Willis Herrin
May 15, 2014
Dr. Glen Willis Herrin, 80, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at his residence. Dr. Herrin retired from Albany State University. He had previously served on the faculty of Valdosta State University where he was head of the school of Business Administration for a time and was instrumental in founding what is now the Valdosta Educator's Credit...
Liam Gabriel Varnum Andagan
May 14, 2014
Liam Gabriel Varnum Andagan of Hahira, four month old son of Tara Varnum and Melvin Andagan, went to be with the angels on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Liam was born January 8, 2014 in Valdosta. His parents shared his life with everyone, he enjoyed going to church and had a joyous four months. "For God so loved the world that...
Geneva Casey Hawkins
May 14, 2014
Geneva Casey Hawkins, 76, of Valdosta died on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on October 25, 1937 in Doerun, Georgia to the late Dave and Blanche Phillips Casey. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Assembly of God. She had a giving heart, a gentle and sweet...
Joan Lowery Bolen
May 12, 2014
Joan Lowery Bolen, 75, of Valdosta died Monday, May 12, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 12, 1939 in Valdosta to the late William T. and Louise Wisenbaker Lowery and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Bolen was a member of the Church of Christ. She is a salesperson for Country Cobbler Shoes for...
Marty Allan Hale
May 11, 2014
Marty Allan Hale, 55, of Lake Park died on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born on August 2, 1958 in Fresno, California and has been a resident of the Lake Park area for almost 2 years. He was employed with Brentag Chemical Company for 28 years and worked in the...
Sylvia Deloach Wright
May 10, 2014
Sylvia DeLoach Wright, 53, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at her residence. Born in Dooly County on November 6, 1960, she was the daughter of Connie Woodruff DeLoach and the late Lamar Edmond DeLoach. Sylvia graduated from Valdosta State University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art where she was a member of...
Joan Seever Bailey
May 9, 2014
Ahleida Joan Seever Bailey, 74, of Valdosta, died on May 9, 2014 at her home, following a valiant fight with Parkinson's Disease and cancer. Born March 2, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia to Harold and Ahleida Seever and raised in Florence, South Carolina and Mobile, Alabama, Joanie was a true child of the South. Harold Seever was the prominent pastor of...
Robert Edward (Bobby) Connell, Jr.
May 7, 2014
Robert Edward "Bobby" Connell, Jr., 65, of Lakeland, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Lakeland Villa with his daughter by his side, after a lengthy illness.He was born July 10, 1948 in Apalachicola, FL, a son of the late Agnes Louise M. Connell and Robert Edward Connell, Sr.. Bobby cherished his family and friends. He was an Episcopalian, a...
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