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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...
Wanda Jeanette Ellis
Aug 15, 2013
Wanda Jeanette Ellis, 69, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 4, 1943 in Sunman, Indiana to the late Shiloh and Margaret Davidson Back. She was a retired bus driver for the Lowndes County School System. Mrs. Ellis was an active member and worker with First Baptist Church of Lake...
Sherman B. Votaw
Aug 14, 2013
Sherman B Votaw, 86, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at VA Hospital in Lake City, Florida following an lengthy illness. He was born in Washington County KY, October 29, 1926 to the late Frank Votaw and Ada Sims Votaw. He was a retired United States Airforce Veteran with over 25 years of service and member of Bemiss Road...
Elizabeth L. Poole Davis
Aug 14, 2013
Elizabeth L. Poole Davis, 86, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Lakehaven Nursing Home.She was born July 27, 1927, a daughter of Jessie and Maeomie Harnage Loyless. For many years she provided child care in her home, and had a great love for children. Mrs. Davis was a member of Victory Baptist Church, she loved her family...
Jerry Emeary Dennis
Aug 13, 2013
Jerry Emeary Dennis, 68, of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at his home. Born August 6, 1945 in Valdosta, GA, he was raised and lived in San Diego, CA until he returned to Valdosta in the 1980's. He went to work at Home Depot, where he was known for his friendly disposition, jewelry, and red socks! He later...
Christopher John Pelkowski
Aug 10, 2013
"The best portion of a good man's life is in his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love." William WordsworthIt is in this, that we know we celebrate a good man's life as we mourn the loss of Christopher J. Pelkowski. Chris, age 44, of Valdosta, passed away surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, August 10th, after a...
Jon Karl Tanner
Aug 9, 2013
Jon Karl Tanner, MSgt USAF (Ret.), 62, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013, at the Langdale Hospice House.He was born March 26, 1951 in Seattle, WA, a son of the Archie Tanner and Donna Loosen Tanner. Jon, a Gulf War Veteran, had honorably served in the U.S. Air Force for twenty-four years, retiring at Hill Air Force Base,...
Arveta Carter Pitts
Aug 9, 2013
Arveta Carter Pitts, 94, of Jasper, Florida and formerly of Valdosta died Friday, August 9, 2013 at Suwannee Valley Nursing Center in Jasper, Florida. She was born in Lake Park, Georgia on February 20, 1919 to the late Ivey Oliver and Lillie Mae Thomas Carter. Mrs. Pitts was a member of the former Lee Street Baptist Church now Crossroads Baptist...
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