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

Harley Langdale, Jr.
Feb 10, 2013
Harley Langdale, Jr., 98, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 10, 2013. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on September 8, 1914 the oldest of four children to Harley and Thalia Lee Langdale. After graduating from Valdosta High School, he attended the Citadel before transferring to the University of Georgia to study Forestry. He was the first person from Lowndes...
Spc James A. Beck
Feb 9, 2013
SPC James A. Beck, of The 1st Battalion, 35th Armor of Ft Bliss in El Paso Texas, passed away at the age of 29, on Saturday February 9, 2013 in a fatal car accident. James served 2 tours in Iraq. He was born in Okinawa, Japan on 11th of September 1983 and he grew up in Lakeland Georgia. He was...
Earl C. Wetherington, Jr.
Feb 7, 2013
Earl C. Wetherington, Jr., 87, of Valdosta died on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on September 29, 1925 and was the son of the late Earl C. Wetherington Sr., and Frances Keel Wetherington Hatfield. He lived a full and rich life and contributed so much to the...
Richard Ernest Nicholas
Feb 7, 2013
Richard Ernest Nicholas, 98, of Valdosta died on Thursday, February 07, 2013 at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born on December 2, 1914 in Camden, New Jersey to the late Ernest and Lucille Robinson Nicholas. From an early age his interest was in flying and that became his career for 47 years. He was already...
Wayne Thornton
Feb 7, 2013
Wayne Thornton, 63, of Valdosta, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 7, 2013. He has gone home to be with his first love, Linda C. Thornton.He was born April 2, 1949 in Valdosta, a son of the late Marcus and Lois Hughes Thornton. Mr. Thornton was a hard working Christian man, loved the Lord and his family. He...
Charles Akridge Edwards
Feb 5, 2013
Charles Akridge Edwards, 70, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born on November 6, 1942 in Columbus, Georgia to the late George and Helen Hethcox Edwards. He was retired from Harvey's Supermarket as a manager after 43 years of dedicated service. He was a lifetime member of...

Mary Helen Mcdonald
Feb 5, 2013
Mary Helen McDonald, 84, of Hahira died on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at her home. She was born on June 13, 1928 to the late Etheridge and Corine Futch Fielding and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. McDonald was a homemaker and helped her husband farm. She was a member of the Shiloh United Methodist Church. Survivors include...
Jennie Ann Hall Vickers
Feb 5, 2013
Jennie Ann Hall Vickers, 65, of Hahira died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Hahira on December 1, 1947 to the late James T. and Celestine Webb Hall. Ms. Vickers lived in Pompano Beach, Florida for many years before returning to Hahira three years ago. She was a member of the Shiloh United...
Claudia Lunsford
Feb 5, 2013
Claudia Lunsford, 87, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House.She was born September 18, 1925, in Red Level, AL, a daughter of the late John Oliver and Vera Mae Nichols Morris. Mrs. Lunsford, a licensed Electrologist and Cosmetologist, owned and operated Claudia's French Salon, and later taught Cosmetology at Valdosta Beauty School. She...

Teresa "Terry" Herndon
Feb 5, 2013
Teresa "Terry" Herndon, 52, of Valdosta died recently at her residence. She was born in Valdosta on August 15, 1960 to Billy Harold Herndon, Sr. and Georgia Ruth Gill Herndon. Terry was the owner of Herndon Ventures and was the manager of Eagles Roost RV Resort and Flea Market. She was a member of Wright's Chapel United Methodist Church.Terry is...

Nancy Lou Johansen
Feb 5, 2013
Nancy Lou Johansen, 62, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on May 13, 1950 in Valdosta to the late Lewis Jackson Anderson and Beatrice Dozier Anderson. Nancy was a seamstress with Hunter Marine in Alachua, FL.She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Tracy and Chris Bousquet of Valdosta,...
Sherry Wadsworth
Feb 3, 2013
Sherry Wadsworth, 68, of Quitman, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013, at the Langdale Hospice House, Valdosta, after a lengthy illness.She was born January 15, 1945 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late Jasper Arthur and Clara Roach Bass. She graduated from Brooks County High School and retired from Ameris Bank, Quitman, after thirty-eight years. Mrs. Wadsworth was a member...

Bonnie Bell Carter
Feb 2, 2013
Bonnie Bell Carter, 92, of Lake Park died on Saturday, February 02, 2013 at the Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born on March 23, 1920 in Echols County to the late Arthur Herbert and Lula Lightsey Hughes. She was a homemaker and a member of Sardis Baptist Church.Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Felton...
Jack L. Bennett
Jan 31, 2013
Jack L. Bennett, 61, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 31, 2013, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 2, 1951, Jack was the son of the late Collis Levy Bennett and Selma Mae Clark Bennett. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and served as a Medic in the United States Air Force. Jack worked...

Rodney Eugene Fain
Jan 31, 2013
Rodney Eugene Fain, 77, of Valdosta died on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. He was born on August 5, 1935 in Ochlocknee, Georgia to the late David Eugene and Vergie Mae Castleberry Fain. After graduating from Georgia Southern with a degree in Education, he coached and taught in Valdosta and...
Percy Allen Baskin
Jan 30, 2013
Percy Allen (Al) Baskin , 86, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center following a recent illness. He was born in Meridian, Mississippi to the late Dalton and Emma Avant Baskin and had lived in Valdosta since meeting and marrying his wife of 64 years. Mr. Baskin retired from the United States Postal Service...
Nadine Tucker Justice
Jan 30, 2013
Nadine Tucker Justice, 90, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on June 12, 1922 in Moultrie to the late Wright William Tucker and Ruby Marie Strickland Tucker. Mrs. Justice worked at Strickland Cotton Mills as a textile worker, was a member of Azalea City Church of God, was a seamstress, a...

Clarence Mathews Paine, Sr.
Jan 29, 2013
Clarence Mathews Paine, Sr., a veteran of World War II who served in Europe, died on Tuesday, January 29, at Fellowship Home. Clarence was 87.Born in Valdosta, GA on February 16, 1925, son of Mitchell Jones and Emma Lou Paine, Clarence served in World War II with the 627th Engineer Light Equipment Company, 1st Army, European theater. At the war's...

Jack Curtis Norman, Sr.
Jan 29, 2013
Jack Curtis Norman, Sr., 80, of Hahira died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on June 19, 1932 to the late Joseph Curtis and Ruth Prosser Norman and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Norman was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church and retired from Owens Illinois after forty...
Jewel Mathis Swanson
Jan 28, 2013
Jewel Mathis Swanson, of Valdosta, passed away at her home on her 85th birthday, Monday, January 28, 2013.She was born January 28, 1928 in Howe, Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Atlas A. and Ada Levada Edwards Mathis. Mrs. Swanson was a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ.She is survived by six sons, William A. and wife Shirley McCormick...