OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Barbara Lee Woodcock
Apr 16, 2012
Barbara Lee Woodcock, 74, of Valdosta, died at her home on Monday, April 16, 2012. Born in Franklin, North Carolina on June 18, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Hugh M. and Barbara Basben Smith. Mrs. Woodcock was a retired sales representative for K-Mart. She was of the Church of Christ Faith and attended Redland Church of Christ....

Betty Holcomb Browning
Apr 16, 2012
Betty Holcomb Browning, 67, of Lake Park, Georgia died Monday, April 16, 2012 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. She was born on August 30, 1944 in Quitman and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Browning was a member of the Francis Lake Baptist Church. She enjoyed travelling, fishing, feeding the birds, growing her flowers and cooking....

Rachel Black
Apr 16, 2012
Rachel Black, 45, of Valdosta died on Monday, April 16, 2012 at the South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born in Hahira on August 31, 1966 to the late William, Sr. and Veda Staten Dozier and has been a lifetime resident of this area. She was a homemaker and was of the Sabbath Day faith.Survivors include...

Robert Wayne Clouston
Apr 15, 2012
Robert Wayne Clouston, 57, of Valdosta died on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the South Georgia Medical Center following years of declining health. He was born on June 10, 1954 in Huntington, New York to the late John Robert Clouston and Winifred Edith Johnston Clouston. He was retired lineman for the Southern Bell Company and was of the Episcopal faith....

Dorothy Adams Stone
Apr 13, 2012
Dorothy Adams Stone, 73, of Hahira, died Friday, April 13, 2012 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on October 10, 1938 in Quitman, GA to the late David Martin Adams and Mary Adams. Mrs. Stone was a retired telephone operator from Southern Bell, attended Hahira Church of God and graduated from Hahira High School.She is survived by her son...
Catherine Louise Riggle
Apr 12, 2012
Catherine Louise Bunyard Riggle was born in Morrilton, AR on October 10, 1921 to Edna Cleo Wallace Bunyard and George Washington Bunyard. She was the second child of 7 children. She graduated Acorn High School as valedictorian. Her mother died unexpectedly when Catherine was 18. Soon after, she married her sweetheart and neighbor, Benjamin Bertrand Riggle, in Mena, AR. They...

Ophelia Raines Bailey
Apr 10, 2012
Ophelia Raines Bailey, 92, of Hahira died Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at her residence. She was born on January 23, 1920 in Blythewood, South Carolina to the late Henry William and Liddie Leona Williams Raines. Mrs. Bailey was a homemaker and of the Nazarene faith.On July 11, 2006 she was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Chester...
Donald R. Kindley (Smgt Ret.)
Apr 8, 2012
Donald Rockett Kindley, 80, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 8, 2012. He was born on October 25, 1931 in High Point, North Carolina to the late Arthur Lowe and Ruby Rockett Kindley, and grew up and attended high school in Miami, Florida. After graduation, He served 23 years in the United States Air Force and retired as a Senior...
James F. Grace, Usaf Msgt. (Ret.)
Apr 8, 2012
James F. Grace, USAF MSgt. (Ret.), 74, of Lake Park, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, after a long, courageous battle with Lymphoma. He was born May 18, 1937, in Shorterville, Alabama, a son of the late Frank and Stacia Chance Grace. Mr. Grace retied from Moody Air Force Base after...
Dilipkumar Kantibhai Patel
Apr 7, 2012
Dilipkumar Kantibhai Patel, 66, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at South Georgia Medical Center.Mr. Patel was born May 7, 1945 in Bakrol, India, a son of Kantibhai and Vimlaben Patel. He was a retired store manager.He is survived by his wife, Indira Patel of Valdosta; one son and daughter-in-law, Julin and Falguni Patel of Mcclenny,...

Paul Gene Bentley
Apr 7, 2012
Paul Gene Bentley, 70, of Hahira died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Memorial Hospital of Adel. He was born on November 19, 1941 in Dorton, Kentucky to the late Ermon, Sr. and Mabel Belcher Bentley and had lived in Hahira for most of his life. Mr. Bentley was a member of the Adel Church of Christ and a 1962 graduate...
Terry Lee Lokey, Sr.
Apr 7, 2012
Terry Lee Lokey, Sr., 68, of Valdosta passed Saturday, April 7, 2012 at his home. He was born on February 9, 1944 in Albany to the late Felton Marion and Mary Ellen Hill Lokey and had lived in Remerton and Valdosta for many years. Mr. Lokey was a member of Faith Baptist Church. His career began at the Strickland Cotton...
Daniel A. (Danny) Dunnam, Sr.
Apr 6, 2012
Daniel A. (Danny) Dunnam, Sr., 82, of Echols County died on Friday, April 6, 2012 in West Palm Beach, FL, suddenly, after a period of declining health. Born in Five Points, AL to the late Arnold Hawthorne Dunnam and Mildred Faine Bellcher Dunnam, Mr. Dunnam moved with his family at an early age to South Florida. A graduate of Palm...
Faud (Fred) Mousa Bajalia
Apr 5, 2012
Fred Mousa Bajalia, 83, passed away on April 5, 2012. His wife and children were by his side. Fred, the eldest of nine children of Mousa and Jameleh Bajalia was born on December 20, 1928 in Ramallah, Palestine. He came to the United States from Palestine in 1948. While in the Middle East, he attended the American University of Beirut....
Susan Duff May
Apr 4, 2012
Susan Duff May, 54, of Ray City, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.She was born September 20, 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the Richard Arlen Hagan, Sr. and Peggy Lee Duvall Hagan. Susan was an Anesthesia Tech at South Georgia Medical Center.She was a member of Ray...
George B. Eager
Apr 3, 2012
George B. Eager"A life well-lived"George Bruce Eager, 90 years old, was born to Mr. and Mrs. William G. Eager in Valdosta on April 4, 1921. He died on April 3, 2012 in time to celebrate his 91st birthday with his Savior and his precious wife of nearly 68 years.His goal in life was to be well-pleasing to his Lord and...
Mary Agnes Hayes Sixeas
Apr 2, 2012
Mary Agnes Hayes Sixeas, 89, departed this life on Monday, April 2, 2012.She was born on January 29, 1923, in Hagerstown, Maryland, to Alice Grace Carty Hayes and Francis Leo Hayes. She was the widow of William Carl Sixeas. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kimberley and Harold Phillips of Waycross, Georgia; grandchildren, Keri Phillips of Waycross, Georgia,...
Mildred S. Lupinek
Apr 1, 2012
Mildred S. Lupinek, 91, of Valdosta, Georgia, graduated into glory on April 1, 2012. Her legacy of life in Jesus is left to her children, Bob (Nancy) Lupinek, Lorraine (Bill) Craven, Thomas Lupinek, Peter (Patsy) Lupinek, Daniel (Ginny) Lupinek, James (Karen) Lupinek, Lewis (Dawn) Lupinek; two step children, Eddie (Audrey) Lupinek, Helen (Frank) Ferrari; eighteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren....

Marian S. Conrad
Mar 31, 2012
Marian S. Conrad, beloved wife of the late Steven F. Conrad, mother, grandmother and great grandmother died on March 31, 2012 in Valdosta, Georgia. She was 87 years old. She was born on July 25, 1924 in Pilger Nebraska and lived throughout the Midwest and Los Angeles California until she married. She was in radio broadcasting starting in Green Bay...
Velma Mccullough Mills
Mar 30, 2012
Velma McCullough Mills, 94, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 30, 2012 at Magnolia Manor of Columbus West in Columbus, GA. She was born on October 28, 1917 in Stringer, Jasper County, Mississippi to the late James Albert McCullough and Lela Mauldin McCullough. Mrs. Mills was a bookkeeper for the Mail Box Club and was a member of Grace Bible Church.She...