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Ruby Halterman Smrcina
Jan 1, 2012
Mrs. Ruby Halterman Smrcina, 89, passed away January 1, 2012 at home in Concord, NC., with family at her side.A funeral service will be held 3:30 PM Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at All Saints Episcopal Church, in Concord, officiated by Rev. Nancy Cox and Rev. Jay Burkhardt, Wilkinson Funeral Home of Concord, in charge of arrangements. The family will receive...
Eldon Dean (Jeff) Jefferson
Dec 31, 2011
Eldon D. (Jeff) Jefferson, 76, of Valdosta, formerly of Dothan, Al died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on July 15, 1935 to the late Joe B. and Mary Hemmings Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity of Dothan Al. He was...
Shirley Ann O'Roark
Dec 31, 2011
Shirley Ann O'Roark, 68, of Savannah died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center in Biloxi, MS. She was born on July 11, 1943 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to the late Frederick and Margaret Dovichin Chatlos. Mrs. O'Roark was a homemaker and a Roman Catholic.She is survived by her husband, John A. (Jack) O'Roark of Savannah, one daughter and...
Carol Lee Sheridan
Dec 31, 2011
Devoted Mother/Talented Musician/Victim AdvocateCarol Lee Moulton Sheridan, 78, of Valdosta, Georgia passed away on December 31, 2011 at Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness.Carol was born on March 11, 1933 in Jackson, Michigan to the late Charles and Olive (Bachelder) Moulton. She graduated from Jackson High School and attended Michigan State University, studying music. Moving to Florida in the...
Robert Albert Plummer
Dec 29, 2011
Robert Albert Plummer, 80 of Valdosta died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at his home. He was born in Grove Hill, Alabama on December 26, 1931 to the late Ralph H. and Carrie Riggan Plummer and had lived in Valdosta for the past ten years. Mr. Plummer was a 1955 graduate of Auburn University and the owner of a heavy equipment...
Melba D. Jones
Dec 28, 2011
Melba D. Jones, 96, of Ormond Beach, Florida, died on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Ormond Memorial Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida. Born in Squires, Missouri, on September 24, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Claude Lyngarr Dameron and Lula Brazeal Dameron. Mrs. Jones graduated from Lowndes High School in 1933. In later years she earned an Associates...
Waldo Rogers
Dec 27, 2011
Waldo Rogers, 82, of Jasper, Florida died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 26, 1929 in Berrien County to the late Ed and Irene Floyd Rogers. Mr. Rogers was of the Baptist Faith and he was a self employed building contractor. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Rogers of...
John Calvin Dennis
Dec 27, 2011
John Calvin Dennis, 55, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at home after a short illness. He was born in Hahira on July 17, 1956 to the late Gene D. and Odessa Pearlie Mae Moore Dennis and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Dennis was a Baptist and employed by Morris Properties. He enjoyed playing the drums,...
John Robert Wiggins, Jr.
Dec 26, 2011
John R. Wiggins, 84, of Valdosta, went to be with his Lord on December 26, 2011 after a short illness. He was born in Atlanta on January 11, 1927 and was the son of the late John Robert Wiggins, Sr. and Edith Mathis Wiggins Mixson. As a young boy John moved to Valdosta where his grandfather's family had established Mathis...
Kendra Lifsey Burns
Dec 23, 2011
Kendra Lifsey Burns, 56, of Clarkesville, GA died at her home on Friday, December 23, 2011. She was born on September 28, 1955 in Macon, GA to the late Kenneth C. and Margie Lifsey. Kendra is survived by her son, Justin Burns of Clarkesville, one sister and brother in law, Ginger and Freddie Taylor of Hahira, five nephews, Matt Taylor,...
Jack Hampton Rouse
Dec 22, 2011
Jack H. Rouse, 80, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 10, 1931 in Sycamore, GA to the late Isaac Carlton Rouse and Willie Irene Abernathy Rouse. Mr. Rouse was a member of the Valdosta First Church of the Nazarene.Mr. Rouse is preceded in death by his parents and his...
Ivory Ann Johnson
Dec 20, 2011
Ivory Ann Johnson was born and passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She is survived by her mother, Charlie Johnson, her father, Michael Porter, her maternal grandparents, Sibyl and Lowell Dillon and John Johnson, aunts and uncles, Tabatha McDowell, Wesley (Bubba) Johnson all of Valdosta, Donny and Amanda Robertson of North Carolina, Seth Dillon of...
John Levy Bennett
Dec 19, 2011
John Levy "J.L." Bennett, 76, of Lake Park died Monday, December 19, 2011 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Adel on October 9, 1935 to the late Benjamin Roy and Myrtice Whittle Bennett and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Bennett was a member of the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church and enjoyed being...
John Cranford Mcmullen
Dec 19, 2011
John Cranford McMullen, Sr., 83, of Valdosta died on Monday, December 19, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center following years of declining health. He was born on August 30, 1928 to the late Joseph, Sr. and Fannie Mae Wisenbaker McMullen and has been a resident of Valdosta all his life. He was a farmer and a self-employed residential painter and...
I.J. (Buddy) Cargile, Jr.
Dec 18, 2011
I.J. "Buddy" Cargile, Jr., 85, of Clyattville, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at the Presbyterian Home, Quitman.He was born November 18, 1926 in Douglas, a son of the late I.J. and Rosa Belle Lupo Cargile. Buddy was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, and retired as Maintenance Supervisor at Owens-Illinois Paper Mill after thirty years. He was of...
Barbara Jean Smith Haney
Dec 17, 2011
Barbara Jean "BJ" Smith Haney, 56, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 17, 2011 at her home after a short illness. She was born in Valdosta on August 8, 1955 to the late A. C., Sr. and May Lane Smith. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God. Survivors include her husband, Terry Haney of Valdosta,...
Salley E. Anderson
Dec 16, 2011
Salley E. Anderson, 81, of Valdosta died Friday, December 16, 2011 at home. She was born on February 2, 1930 in Manhattan, Kansas and was the daughter of the late Myron L. Swanson and Mary Margaret Tobias Swanson. She was preceded in death by her stepfather, Lawrence Endacott. Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church...
Montine Bass Abildgaard
Dec 15, 2011
Montine Bass Abildgaard, 90, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011, at her home.She was born on May 15, 1921 in Kinderlou, a daughter of the late Shennie and Martha Townsend Bass. For fourteen years she was an Office Manager with W.T. Grant Co., and later was employed at Georgia Power Co. for thirty years.Mrs. Abildgaard was a member...
Judith Ann Edwards
Dec 15, 2011
Judith Ann Edwards, 62, of Valdosta departed on Thursday, December 15, 2011 after a six month illness. She was truly an angel on earth and is now in heaven. She was born on June 27, 1949 in Homerville to the late Irvin Bennett and Katie Alderman Bennett and was their only daughter. Mrs. Edwards attended Cross Pointe Church and was...
Robert Lee (Bobby) Taylor
Dec 14, 2011
Robert Lee (Bobby) Taylor, 57, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at home. He was born in Valdosta on September 30, 1954 to Margaret Lanell Wright Taylor and the late Burle Brinson Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a twenty three year proud employee of the Scruggs Company and a Baptist. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and...
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