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Harriett Ryan Hester
Sep 2, 2013
Harriett Ryan Hester, 68, of Valdosta died on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House following a long battle with cancer. She was born on April 26, 1945 in Tifton, Georgia to the late Lawrence and Virginia Tolbert Ryan. She lived in Tallahassee, Florida during her youth. She graduated from Florida High School in the class of 1963...
Ursula Doris Waller
Sep 1, 2013
Ursula Doris Waller, 75, of Valdosta, died Sunday, September 1, 2013 at Gentiva Hospice Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was born on December 7, 1937 in Kehl, Germany to the late Arnold and Gertrud Koelmel Mannherz. Mrs. Waller was a retired Para Pro from the Lowndes County School System, a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church where she also...
Marie Helms
Aug 31, 2013
Marie Helms, 88 of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 31, 2013, after a period of declining health. Born on December 6, 1924 in Geneva, AL to the late John Henry & Reba Whitaker, Mrs. Helms grew up in southern Alabama. Following her marriage to the late James (Pete) Helms, her lifelong love, the Helms soon settled in Albany...
Glen David Wheeler
Aug 31, 2013
Glen David Wheeler, 62, of Quitman died Saturday, August 31, 2013 at his special friends residence. He was born on May 27, 1951 in Davy, West Virginia to the late Henry and Violet Chadwell Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a retired security guard.He is survived by his special friends, Jeannie Carte of Valdosta, Charles and Deborah Carte of Quitman, his children,...
Franklin Tilfred Cole, Jr.
Aug 31, 2013
Frank Tilfred Cole, Jr., age 69 died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Methodist Medical Center in Oakridge, TN. He was born March 6, 1944, to Frank T. Cole, Sr., and Ida Mae Fields Cole. Frank graduated from Quitman High School, Quitman, Georgia, before joining the U.S. Air Force. He was passionately proud of...
Viva Southall Joiner
Aug 29, 2013
Viva Southall Joiner, 85, of Valdosta died Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Clyattville on August 24, 1928 to the late Haynes Brinson and Melissa Hutchinson Southall and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Joiner was a member of the Park Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church. She attended Southern Adventist University in...
Lindy Alvin Kinsey
Aug 29, 2013
Lindy Alvin Kinsey, 59, of Lake Park died on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on December 1, 1953 to the late Lindbergh and Nancy Deas Kinsey and has been a resident of this area all his life. He was employed with Langboard Inc. as a tool clerk and was a member of Antioch...
Reverend T. Ross Hudson, Jr.
Aug 28, 2013
Reverend T. Ross Hudson, Jr., 77, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Terrell County, Georgia on January 29, 1936, he was the son of the late Tom Ross ( T.R.) Hudson Sr. and Jessie Almeta Hardy Hudson. Ross began pastoring Naylor Baptist Church in September 1965. Ross was a Pastor, Teacher...
Wendell Bernard Johnson
Aug 27, 2013
Wendell Bernard Johnson, 90, of Quitman and formerly of Valdosta died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at the Presbyterian Home. He was born on September 13, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana, a son of the late Bernard Johnson and the late Hazel Goiens Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and a member of the...
John Robert Howell
Aug 26, 2013
John Robert Howell of Lake Park died Monday, August 26, 2013 on his 84th birthday at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in 1929 in Lowndes County to the late Robert Wilton and Laura Howell. Mr. Howell was an electrician, a farmer and a logger. He served in the National Guard and attended Mount Pleasant Church of Christ.Mr. Howell...
Gladys R. Cary
Aug 25, 2013
Gladys R. Cary, 99, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Robinson, IL to the late Frank Andrew & Nellie Barnett Richart, she had lived in Valdosta for the past 5 years after moving from Robinson, IL, her lifelong home. Mrs. Cary was an excellent cook, well known for her potato salad, handmade...
Alma H. Lazarus
Aug 23, 2013
Alma H. Lazarus, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, August 23, 2013, at the Fellowship Home.She is survived by two daughters, Bonnie Chace of Lakeland and Susan Rogoff of Atlanta; three granddaughters, Jennifer Murray Sublett, Shannon Murray, and Jami Duncan and husband Todd, all of Valdosta; one grandson, Aaron Rogoff of Atlanta; five great-grandchildren, Cameron Conley, Bailey Sublett, Blake Waldron, Caleb...
Arthur Stitt Mixson
Aug 23, 2013
Arthur Stitt Mixson (Joe to all), age 65 of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away on August 23, 2013 at his home. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM with funeral services held at 2:00 PM on Monday, August 26, 2013 at Carson McLane Funeral Home on Patterson Street. Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made...
Aleta Corley
Aug 23, 2013
Aleta Corley, 86, of Valdosta, died on Friday, August 23, 2013, at Heritage House Nursing Home. Aleta was born on July 1, 1927, at Little Griffin Hospital in Valdosta. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Webb Corley and Velma Lawrence Corley. After graduating Valdosta High School in 1944, Aleta joined the Cadet Nurse Corp and studied at Emory...
Marvin Franklin Hodges, Jr.
Aug 21, 2013
Marvin F. Hodges, Jr., 59, of Hahira, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Winter Haven, FL on February 28, 1954 to the late Marvin Franklin Hodges, Sr. and Mildred Robinson Hodges. Mr. Hodges was a grocery broker.He is survived by his son and daughter in law, Mark and Keri Hodges of Hahira,...
Chanchalben A. Patel
Aug 19, 2013
Chanchalben A. Patel, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2013. She was born April 10, 1925 in Karjisan, Guj, India.The Prayer Service for Mrs. Patel will begin at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, August 22, 2013, at the Chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home, 2215 N. Patterson St., Valdosta. Cremation will follow. Condolences may be conveyed to the family...
Michael William Terwilliger, Msgt, (Usaf Ret)
Aug 19, 2013
Michael William Terwilliger, MSGT (USAF Ret.), 51 of Lake Park died Monday, August 19, 2013. He was born on August 15, 1962 in Queens, New York and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Terwilliger was currently serving as the Emergency Preparedness Director for the South Health District and was a member of Christ the King Episcopal Church. He...
Jackie Altman
Aug 18, 2013
Jackie C. Altman, 68, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Atlanta on October 26, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Celeste Codding. A 1965 graduate of Valdosta State University, she received her Master's in English from the University of Georgia with an emphasis...
Gary Dwane Johnson, Sr.
Aug 16, 2013
Gary Dwane Johnson, Sr., 58, of Nashville, died on Friday, August 16, 2013 following a brief illness at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 13, 1955 in Adel, Georgia to the late Troy and Hester Spurlock Johnson. He had worked as an electrical consultant with several local businesses in the South Georgia area and across the United...
Paul Franklin Fennell
Aug 15, 2013
Paul Franklin Fennell, 77, of Jennings, FL died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Shand's Lakeshore Hospital in Lake City, FL. He was born in Valdosta on August 31, 1935 to the late Palmer Theodore Fennell, Sr. and Nellie Mae Johnson Fennell. Mr. Fennell was a retired truck driver from Alex Green Logging Company and served in the United States Navy.He...
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