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James Laurel "Dick" Dickson
Jul 28, 2014
USAF CMSgt (Ret) James Laurel "Dick" Dickson, 80, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 28, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born April 4, 1934 in Wister, Oklahoma, a son of the late O.E. and Gertie Green Dickson. Following his graduation from Pine Bluff High School, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1952, he entered the U.S. Air Force....
Fred Harding Walker, Sr.
Jul 27, 2014
Fred Harding Walker, Sr., 93, died Sunday, July 27, 2014 at his residence after a battle with cancer. Mr. Walker was born in Valdosta, Georgia on September 30, 1920 to the late John Arthur and Bessie Walker. Fred graduated from Valdosta High School in 1935 and entered the University of Georgia as a 15 year old freshman. While at the...
Natalie J. Gjertsen
Jul 26, 2014
Natalie J. Gjertsen, 78, of Valdosta, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 26, 2014. Our Gracious LORD gives and He takes away. Natalie's life began on June 3, 1936 in Patterson, NJ. She lived there and in Brooklyn, NY, where she grew up and she went to school and College in NYC. She was a lifelong member...
Albert Phillip Mclane
Jul 25, 2014
Albert Phillip McLaneAugust 26, 1943 – July 25, 2014Albert was born in Valdosta, Georgia, where he spent his childhood with his parents, Carson and Philena McLane and his three siblings. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition at the University of Georgia in Athens, switching his main instrument from oboe to cello. He pursued a Master of...
Bond Carter Crosby
Jul 24, 2014
Bond Carter Crosby, 29, originally from Valdosta, GA, died from complications from a heart attack and following surgery on July 24, 2014 in Atlanta. Born in Valdosta and attending Valdosta City Schools, he graduated from Valdosta High School in 2003. While in high school, Bond played baseball and served as a class officer having served as class president each year....
Brian "Tinker" Peters
Jul 24, 2014
Brian "Tinker" Peters, 69, of Twin Lakes, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at his home.He was born March 16, 1945 in Berwyn, IL, a son of the late Godfrey M. and Louise A. Boyle Peters. Mr. Peters proudly served in the U.S. Air Force and was a Vietnam Veteran. For over thirty years he was an RV...
Marian Ollie (Lovey) Godwin Gulliver
Jul 22, 2014
Marian Ollie "Lovey" Godwin Gulliver, 80, of Twin Lakes, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born October 1, 1933, the daughter of the late Ollie and Thelma Dampier Godwin, in Lowndes County and grew up in Valdosta, and graduated from Valdosta State College with the Class of 1954. She spent four years working in...
Albert Sterling Garnto
Jul 21, 2014
Albert Sterling Garnto, 71, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born July 29, 1942 in Dublin, GA, a son of the late Durell and Emma Nell Sterling Garnto. Mr. Garnto was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved hunting and fishing, and was a longtime member of Azalea City...
Justin Chase Grice
Jul 20, 2014
Justin Chase Grice, 21, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Sunday, July 20, 2014. Born in Valdosta on October 11, 1992, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Chase attended Lowndes High School and had graduated from Avner Bush Academy in Cumming, GA. Previously, he had worked at the Valdosta- Lowndes County Food Bank and currently he was working...
Jeannie Shiver Helton
Jul 19, 2014
Jeannie Shiver Winters Helton, 69, of Valdosta died Saturday, July 19, 2014 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born on August 22, 1944 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Broches Shack and Cleo Haze Shiver. Mrs. Helton was retired from Crackin Good Bakery after 15 years and was the owner of Security Sales of Valdosta. Having lived...
Danny Earl Woodcock
Jul 18, 2014
Danny Earl Woodcock, 76, of Valdosta died Friday, July 18, 2014 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on October 8, 1937 in Burgaw, NC to the late Walter and May Belle Leary Woodcock. Mr. Woodcock served in the United States Navy from 1954 until 1958 and then reenlisted in 1960 and served until 1966. He was retired from the...
Jan Phillips Castleberry
Jul 17, 2014
Jan Phillips Castleberry, 63, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on July 29, 1950 in Bainbridge, Georgia, to the late Robert Hawthorne Phillips and Gwendolyn Dale Phillips, had lived in Valdosta for most of her life. Mrs. Castleberry was of the Methodist faith and was a receptionist...
Kathy Failor
Jul 15, 2014
Kathy Failor, 68, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at the Langdale Hospice House after a long battle with cancer.She was born Kathleen Mary Lantzy in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 1946 to the late Albert Joseph Lantzy and Ruth Gratopp Lantzy. In 1966, Kathy married Dean F. Failor of Monroeville, Ohio and worked at The Ohio State...
Faye Marie Hagan Grice
Jul 14, 2014
Faye Marie Hagan Grice, 75, of Valdosta, died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at her home. She was born in Coolidge, GA on April 3, 1939 to the late James Leslie Hagan and Luna Viola Shepherd Hagan. Mrs. Grice was a mother and homemaker staying very active in 4-H clubs and band for several years. After her kids grew up, she...
Juanita Johnson Mullis
Jul 14, 2014
Mrs. Juanita Johnson Mullis, 89, of Valdosta, died on Monday, July 14, 2014 following an extended illness. Born in Lake Park to the late A.F. and Mammie Townsend Johnson, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Mullis was a homemaker but was also very involved in her community. She worked at the Towel & Tog Shop of...
Mildred Strawder Smith
Jul 13, 2014
Mildred Strawder Smith, 81, of Cocoa, FL and formerly of Hahira/Ray City area died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Wuesthoff Medical Center in Rockledge, FL. She was born on December 22, 1932 in Berrien County, GA to the late Charlie and Cora Bradford Strawder. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker, a member of Clearlake Baptist Church in Cocoa, FL and a...
George D. Boyd Iii
Jul 12, 2014
George D. (Dopey) Boyd III, 76, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the Langdale Hospice House.He was born December 13, 1937, in Augusta, a son of the late George D. Boyd, Jr. and Norma H. Silas Boyd. For over sixty years, Mr. Boyd owned and operated Boyd Floor Finishing. He loved spending time with his granddaughters and...
Dorothy Crosby Dees Findley
Jul 11, 2014
Dorothy Crosby Dees Findley, 85, of Valdosta, died Friday, July 11, 2014, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on October 9, 1928, in Brooks County to the late John G. and Elizabeth Stringer Crosby. She was member of St. Augustine Church of Christ and had retired from J.C Penny after working there 25 years. Dorothy enjoyed cooking, gardening, family...
Barbara G. Yancey
Jul 11, 2014
Barbara G. Yancey formerly of Valdosta died on Friday, July 11, 2014. She was born and raised in the Eastman/Rentz Georgia community and had lived in Valdosta since 1958. She graduated for Mercer College in Macon where she majored in History. While at Mercer she met and married her husband the late Reuben H. Yancey who was studying law and...
Kay Jones Fleming
Jul 8, 2014
Kay Jones Fleming, 75, of Valdosta passed away July 7, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born July 25, 1938 in Albany, GA to the late Oliver and Viola Foster Jones and had lived in Valdosta since 1963. Mrs. Fleming received her education and was an honor graduate of Albany High School, The University of Georgia, and Valdosta...
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