OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Elsie Shaw
Apr 12, 2013
Elsie Louise Shaw, 94, of Tampa, Florida and formerly of Valdosta died on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Sun Coast Hospice House in Palm Harbor, Florida. She was born on January 1, 1919 in Phenix City, Alabama to the late Irby and Alice Trimble Moore. She moved to Valdosta from Columbus, Georgia in 1973 and was a Valdosta resident...

Edna Eyleen Lawson
Apr 10, 2013
Edna Eyleen Lawson, 88, of Adel and formerly of Hahira, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on July 4, 1924 in Morven, Brooks County, GA to the late Richard Ashley Lawson and Mdlle McGauley Lawson. Miss Lawson was a member of New Covenant Church in Valdosta.She is survived by two nieces, Peggy Armstrong of...
Richard A. Williams
Apr 10, 2013
Richard A. Williams, 75, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Pastor Bill Blanchard and Pastor Bob Willis will officiate. Burial will follow at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the...
Dr. Joseph Samuel Houston
Apr 9, 2013
Dr. Joseph Samuel Houston, M.D., 87, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at his home. He was born on September 2, 1925 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida to the late William Herbert and Annie Jim Turner Houston. Dr. Houston practiced Psychiatry for many years and served as Chief of Psychiatry at Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville for many years....

George Alton Sowell
Apr 9, 2013
George Alton Sowell, 74, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at his home. He was born in Madison, Florida on November 15, 1938 to the late Woodrow Wilson Sowell and Toinette Youmans Sowell. Mr. Sowell was a surveyor with National Geodetic Surveying.Survivors include his wife, Sharon Gearhart Sowell of Bluefield, WVA, his daughter and son in law, Stacie and...

Sue (Sunny) Stover
Apr 7, 2013
Sue "Sunny" Stover, 63, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at her home after a sudden illness. She was born in Kendallville, Indiana, and had lived in Valdosta for the past six months.Survivors include her two sons, Robert and wife Stephanie Ferry of Riverview, FL, Richard Ferry and fiancé Michelle Maldonado of Haymarket, VA; her mother, Patricia Hollander of...

Joseph Duffy Mccartney
Apr 6, 2013
Joseph Duffy McCartney passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Joe was born on March 21, 1941 in Newark, NJ to William Michael and Rita Duffy McCartney. A Jersey boy through and through, Joe grew up in Lyndhurst and later lived in Midland Park, NJ before retiring in 2005 to Lake Park, GA. He is survived by his loving wife...
Robert John (Bob) Maturi
Apr 5, 2013
Robert John (Bob) Maturi, 91, of Valdosta died Friday, April 5, 2013 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born December 20, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Anthony and Jennie Segni Maturi and had lived in Valdosta since 1964. Mr. Maturi was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and a veteran...
David Kelly, Sr.
Apr 5, 2013
David Kelly, Sr., 62, of Nashville, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 5, 2013, at his home.He was born September 13, 1950 in Sunny South, Alabama. David honorably served in Viet Nam with the United States Marine Corps, and for many years had been employed at Winnersville Roofing.He is survived by his wife, Penny Kelly of Nashville; six daughters, Christina...
Betty Lovett Bailey
Apr 5, 2013
Betty Lovett Bailey, 83, of Valdosta died Friday, April 5, 2013 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Bailey was born in Lenox on April 11, 1929 to the late Lonnie and Mary Mims Lovett and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Bailey was a Baptist and retired from ITT Industries Metal Products...

Wayne Lee Stover
Apr 4, 2013
Wayne Lee Stover, 74, of Valdosta died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Findlay, Ohio to the late Claude Montgomery Stover and Gertrude Alice Snyder Stover and had lived in Valdosta for the past six months. Mr. Stover was a retired supervisor with Arlington Trolley Company and an active...
Marie Wood Eason Bailey
Apr 4, 2013
Marie Wood Eason Bailey, 93, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, at 1:30 a.m. at Langdale Hospice House of natural causes. She was born in Quincy, Florida and lived most of her adult life in Lake Park, Georgia. She was a member of the Unity Sabbath Day Church of God. Marie was preceded in death by her children, Vernon Eason and...
Matilda Dasher Mathis
Apr 2, 2013
Matilda "Tilly" Dasher Mathis, age 90, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2013, at the home of her son, Harris Mathis, Jr., in Wellington, Florida. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on January 9, 1923, to the late Rollin Eldridge Dasher and Eunice Rahn Dasher. Her husband, Harris, Sr., predeceased her in 2002. She is survived by her sons Harris,...

Larue Shaw
Apr 2, 2013
LaRue Shaw, 70, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Adel on March 13, 1943 to the late Lacy Newton and Margaret Sizemore Shaw and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Shaw owned and operated Shaw Construction Company for many years. Survivors include his son and daughter in law,...
Brenda Grace Smith Lehman
Mar 31, 2013
Brenda Grace Smith Lehman, 64, of Valdosta, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Archibold Medical Center, Thomasville, after a long illness.She was born November 29, 1948 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late Douglas H. and Grace Bradley Smith. Brenda graduated from Valdosta High School with the Class of 1966. She...
Raymond Andrew Childs, Sr.
Mar 31, 2013
Raymond Andrew Childs, Sr., 55, of Clyattville died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born September 27, 1957 in Albany, NY to the late Robert and Joyce Pregent Childs. Mr. Childs worked at TM Polyfilm and retired from the Clyattville Volunteer Fire Department as Assistant Chief.He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Debbie...
Steven Wade (Steve) Brogdon
Mar 30, 2013
Steven Wade (Steve) Brogdon, Sr., 55, of Valdosta, died at his residence on Saturday, March 30, 2013. Born in Valdosta to the late George Wesley & Patsy Brogdon, he was a lifelong resident of this area, and a graduate of Valdosta High School. Earlier in life, Steve was an active member of the Valdosta Jaycees and more recently was a...
Harold Dean Hagan
Mar 29, 2013
Harold Dean Hagan, 78, of Lake Park, Georgia died on Friday, March 29, 2013 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 13, 1934 in Tallahassee, Florida to the late Rufford Merrill and Grace Hartsfield Hagan. Mr. Hagan was the owner/operator of Bay Meadow Corporation and was a residential and general contractor for the states of...

Charles Howard Davis
Mar 29, 2013
Charles Howard Davis, 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born August 24, 1933, in Fitzgerald, GA, a son of the late Edward and Ruby Goff Davis. He was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force.He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Kim...
Mary Margaret Winningham
Mar 28, 2013
Mary Margaret Winningham, 64, of Naylor, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born October 8, 1948, in Nashville, GA, a daughter of the late Ralph Lamar and Edith Mathis Lindsay. She was a member of Mt Zion United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star.She is survived by her husband, James R. Winningham, a...