OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

M. Lucille Brashears

M. Lucille Brashears

Dec 12, 2013

M. Lucille Brashears, 92, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Fellowship Home. Born in Chanute, Kansas on May 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Roy Gibson and Ruth Edith Allison Gibson Wilkins. Formerly of Fontana, California, Lucille had made her home in Valdosta since 1974. For more than 50 years she was a member...

Nina Lee Vickers Mott

Nina Lee Vickers Mott

Dec 11, 2013

Nina Lee Vickers Mott, 83, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a brief illness. She was born in Hahira on November 29, 1930 to the late Willie West and Willmina Sharpe Vickers and had lived in Pompano Beach, Florida before moving back to Hahira in 1973. Mrs. Mott was a member of...

Adair Myddelton Nunnally Pizer

Adair Myddelton Nunnally Pizer

Dec 10, 2013

Adair Myddelton Nunnally Pizer, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on October 8, 1927 to the late Archibald Smith and Isma Shepherd Myddelton. Mrs. Pizer was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church. She was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and the Piedmont Hospital...

Penny Louise Smith

Penny Louise Smith

Dec 9, 2013

Penny Smith, 61, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, December 9, 2013, at Langdale Hospice House.She was born February 23, 1952 in Niles, Ohio, a daughter of the late Kenneth Barnes and Patricia Moran Barnes. Penny was very family oriented, she was proud of her sons' honorable service in the U.S. military and she loved her grandkids. She was a very...

Loette Dasher Perry

Loette Dasher Perry

Dec 9, 2013

Loette Dasher Perry, 84, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, December 9, 2013.She was born October 28, 1929 in Adel, a daughter of the late Calvin and Elizabeth Timmerman Dasher. Ms. Perry was a member of Welcome Hill Church of Christ. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, enjoyed cooking, and was an avid Georgia Bulldog fan.She is survived by a...

Proctor William (Bill) Stokes, Jr.

Proctor William (Bill) Stokes, Jr.

Dec 7, 2013

Proctor William (Bill) Stokes, Jr., 89 of Valdosta died on Saturday, December 07, 2013 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 23, 1923 in Lakeland, Georgia to the late Proctor, Sr. and Naomi Stokes. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served in WWII in the Asia/Pacific Theater. He was a retired...

Edwina "Bootsie"  Roberts  Smotherman

Edwina "Bootsie" Roberts Smotherman

Dec 7, 2013

Edwina "Bootsie" Roberts Smotherman died on December 7, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on October 29, 1927, the youngest child of Mary Converse Roberts and John Young Roberts. She will be remembered for her spiritual gifts of generosity, mercy, encouragement, and hospitality, all reflective of her love for the Savior she served faithfully at Westminster...

Roy Phillip Gatlin, Sr.

Roy Phillip Gatlin, Sr.

Dec 6, 2013

Roy Gatlin, 74, of Statenville, died on Friday, December 6, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 3, 1939 in Sasser, Georgia to the late Theodore and Mattie Hollingsworth Gatlin. Mr. Gatlin was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was a retired self-employed truck driver. He was of the...

Donny Owen Shiver

Donny Owen Shiver

Dec 6, 2013

Donny Owen Shiver, 56, of Valdosta, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on September 22, 1956 to the late George William, Sr. and Hilda Laverne Hall Shiver. Mr. Shiver was formerly employed with Norfolk Southern Railway as a Trainman, was a member of Redland Baptist Church and a member of the Rocky Knight's...

Nell P. Ussery

Nell P. Ussery

Dec 6, 2013

Nell P. Ussery, 85, of Valdosta, died on Friday, December 06, 2013 at Presbyterian Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on October 7, 1928 in Lumber City, Georgia to the late L.A. and Fanny Laura Pace. She has been a resident of this area since 1971 and was a homemaker and of the Christian faith. Mrs. Nell was...

Janice K. Hamel

Janice K. Hamel

Dec 5, 2013

Janice K. Hamel 61, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 20 1952, in Grand Forks, ND. Mrs. Hamel was an artist/framer and member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.Mrs. Hamel is survived by her husband, Raymond F. Hamel Jr., of Valdosta: two daughters and one son-in-law, Stephanie (Roger)...

Charles Robert Dickinson

Charles Robert Dickinson

Dec 4, 2013

Charles R. Dickinson, 76, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at his residence. He was born on January 23, 1937 in Berea, KY to the late Otis Melvin Dickinson and Mary Ola Moyers Dickinson and was raised in Orlando, FL. Mr. Dickinson was a retired purchasing specialist from the Florida Department of Corrections, served in the United States Air...

Gerald Harvey Dixon

Gerald Harvey Dixon

Dec 3, 2013

Gerald Harvey Dixon, 68, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 23, 1945 in Brooks County, GA to the late Thomas Harvey Dixon and Lona Myrl Hicks Dixon. Mr. Dixon was a carpenter.He is survived by one daughter and son in law, Dee Dee and Willie Williams of Valdosta, one...

James Robert Patterson, Jr.

James Robert Patterson, Jr.

Dec 1, 2013

James Robert Patterson, Jr., 54, of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 27, 1959 in Upland, Pennsylvania to the late James Robert, Sr. and Stella Marie Kerdowski Patterson. Mr. Patterson retired from the United States Air Force after twenty years of service having served in Desert Storm and...

Martha Jean Grant Copeland

Martha Jean Grant Copeland

Dec 1, 2013

Martha Jean Grant Copeland, 79, of Valdosta died on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on December 27, 1933 in Valdosta to the late Charlie B. and Thelma O'Neal Grant and has been a lifelong resident of this community. She graduated from Valdosta High School and attended Florida Christian and...

Anne W. Bennett

Anne W. Bennett

Dec 1, 2013

Anne W. Bennett, 76, of Lake Park, passed away, Sunday, December 1, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center. A Graveside Service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Staten Cemetery, Echols County. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the McLane Lakewood Funeral Home, Lake Park. Condolences may be conveyed to...

Letha Edward (Junior) Hutchinson, Jr.

Letha Edward (Junior) Hutchinson, Jr.

Nov 30, 2013

Letha Edward (Junior) Hutchinson, Jr., 72, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born April 11, 1941 in Brooks County, a son of the late Letha Edward and Mozelle Monk Hutchinson, and attended Eastside School, Brooks County. Junior was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church, Brooks County. He enjoyed farming, he loved...

Craig Alan Pennington

Craig Alan Pennington

Nov 29, 2013

Craig Alan Pennington, 54, of Valdosta passed away on Friday, November 29, 2013 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Craig was born on June 10, 1959 in Valdosta and was employed as a salesman at Pipkin Motors in Valdosta. His most enjoyable hobby and pastime was riding his motorcycle with his many friends and members of the Outback...

Rev. Franklin D. Butler

Rev. Franklin D. Butler

Nov 29, 2013

Rev. Franklin D. Butler, 79, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, November 29, 2013, at the Presbyterian Home, Quitman. He was born February 6, 1934, in Albertville, Alabama, a son of the late Solomon and Ruby Butler. He grew up in Douglasville, Georgia, and has been a minister of the Gospel since age 15. A graduate of Lee College, Cleveland, Tenn.,...

Broady Lee Williams

Broady Lee Williams

Nov 28, 2013

Broady Lee Williams, infant son of Mikala Nicole Williams was stillborn Thursday, November 28, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at eleven a. m. at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.mclanecares.comCarson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North...