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Evelyn L. Price
Nov 9, 2011
Evelyn L. Price, 87, formerly of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at the Lakeland Villas following a lengthy illness. She was born on November 12, 1923 in Lake City, Florida to the late John and Annie Landrum Little and has been a resident of this area for the past 50 years. She was employed for a time with...
Judy Johnson Strayhorn
Nov 9, 2011
Judy Johnson Strayhorn, 76, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at her home after a short illness.She was born October 29, 1935 in Irwinville, a daughter of the late George H. and Gladys E. Dudley Wallace. After graduating from Valdosta State College in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History she substitute taught at Valdosta High...
Maedell Palmer Duncan
Nov 9, 2011
Maedell Palmer Duncan, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 10, 1922 in Mitchell County, GA to the late Elijah Owen and Mary Cobb Palmer. Mrs. Duncan was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. In June 1943 she married Francis Duncan and lived in Thomasville until moving to...
Sam G. (Bo) Pittman
Nov 8, 2011
Sam G. (Bo) Pittman, 78, of Lake Park died on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Twin Lakes on February 11, 1933 to the late Henry and Maude Moore Pittman and has been a resident of this area all his life. He was a veteran of the United States Army and...
Jay Wesley Kohr, Jr.
Nov 7, 2011
Jay W. Kohr, 62, of Lake Park, Georgia, died on Monday, November 7, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 8, 1948, he was the son of the late Jay and Betty Minnich Kohr. He had made his home in South Georgia for the past twenty years. Mr. Kohr had served...
Howard Rudolph Gay
Nov 7, 2011
Howard R. Gay, 77, of Barney, died Monday, November 7, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. He was born in Colquitt County, GA on April 25, 1934 to the late Simp and Ruth Blalock Gay. Mr. Gay was retired from the United States Air Force, was a retired Brooks County school bus driver and was a member of...
Jean Roberts Price
Nov 7, 2011
Jean Roberts Price, 74, of Valdosta passed away with her family by her side on Monday, November 7, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born February 14, 1937, the eldest daughter of the late Elijah and Ruby Roberts. She had retired from a long and distinguished civil service career working for the Army, Navy and Air...
Jennifer Ann Mattox Allen
Nov 6, 2011
Jennifer Ann Mattox Allen, 27, of Jennings, Florida died Sunday, November 6, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a courageous battle with Lupus. She was born on April 13, 1984 in Reidsville and had lived in this area for several years. Jennifer was a member of House of Joy where she was active in the children's ministry. She enjoyed...
Harry P. Joiner
Nov 4, 2011
Harry P. Joiner, 82, of Valdosta, was reunited in heaven with his wife, Robbie, on Friday, November 4, 2011. Born in Valdosta on April 1, 1929, he was the son of the late Julian and Luel Joiner. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and Southern College of Pharmacy, now known as Mercer School of Pharmacy, in Atlanta. Mr....
James M. (Jim) Mathis
Nov 3, 2011
James M. “Jim” Mathis, SMSgt. USAF (Ret.), 76, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, November 3, 2011, under the wonderful care of Bethany Hospice, after a long battle with COPD, RA and Osteoporosis.Jim was born February 27, 1935 in Fitzgerald, a son of the late James M. and Nell Peterson Mathis. He honorably served in the USAF...
James F. (Jim) Cannon
Nov 3, 2011
Jim F. Cannon, 77, of Valdosta and formerly of Warner Robins, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011, at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born May 5, 1934 in Eastman.Jim is survived by his wife of thirty years, Gail M. Cannon of Valdosta; one daughter and son-in-law, Angela Cannon Hicks and Rodney Hicks of Warner Robins; one son, Jimmy Cannon...
Benjamin James Herron
Oct 31, 2011
Benjamin James Herron, 22, of Valdosta died Monday, October 31, 2011. He was born in Seoul, Korea and had lived in Valdosta most of his life. Ben was a 2007 graduate of Lowndes High School where he played on the 2005 State Championship Football Team. He had attended Valdosta State University and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity....
Hildegard Gant
Oct 31, 2011
Hildegard Gant, 85, of Lake Park, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, October 31, 2011.She was born March 16, 1926 in Lottin, Germany, a daughter of the late Albert and Emma Fuhlbrugge Boese. In 1958 she married James Thomas Gant, a U.S. Army service member, and moved to the United States. The couple made their home in Columbus where...
George Oliver Hayes
Oct 30, 2011
George Oliver Hayes, 53, of Valdosta died on Sunday, October 30, 2011, at Langdale Hospice House. A memorial service will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at 2:00 o’clock in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Reverend Lonnie Graham will officiate. Survivors are his mother, Ellener Bishop Hayes of Valdosta, and sisters, Alveena Statum of Valdosta and...
Sydney Hartnig
Oct 29, 2011
Sydney Hartnig, 92, born September 20, 1919 to Sol and Gertrude Hartnig in Bridgeport, Connecticut, died Saturday, October 29, 2011 in Valdosta, GA. The dapper marine met his bride of 66 years, Lottie, in Jacksonville, NC while stationed at Camp Lejune. Lottie and Sydney started their family in Fairfield, CT and then moved to Cordele, GA, West Point, GA and...
Perry Leland Clanton, Jr.
Oct 28, 2011
Perry Leland Clanton, Jr., 82, of Hahira died Friday, October 28, 2011 at the Langdale Hospice House after a long courageous battle with leukemia. He was born on April 5, 1929 in Hahira to the late Perry Leland Clanton, Sr. and Hattie Coppage Clanton. Leland lived most of his life in Hahira and the surrounding area. After graduating from high...
J. C. Cowart
Oct 27, 2011
J C Cowart, 83, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, October 27, 2011, after a short illness. Born in Hahira, on March 30, 1928, he was a building contractor and land developer. Mr. Cowart was a veteran of the United States Army. He was promoter and owner of Thunderbowl Speedway. Mr. Cowart was inducted into the...
Dorothy Hopkins Eager
Oct 27, 2011
Dorothy Hopkins Eager died on October 27, 2011, at her daughter's home in Atlanta, GA, of natural causes. A resident of Valdosta for over fifty-five years, she was active in numerous community organizations.She was born in Baltimore, MD on July 8, 1920, the daughter of Roger Brooke Hopkins and Josefa Matilda Noel Crosby Hopkins. She was a collateral descendant of...
Paul Newton White
Oct 27, 2011
Paul Newton White, 85, of Valdosta died Thursday, October 27, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after suffering a stroke earlier in the day. He was born on June 25, 1926 in Lovette, FL to the late James Cullen White and Ruby Rebecca Sellars White. Mr. White served three years during World War II in the United States Army and...
James Emmitt Barger, Sr.
Oct 24, 2011
James Emmitt Barger, Sr., 85, of Hahira died Monday, October 24, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on April 25, 1926 in Loudon, Tennessee to the late Joseph J. and Louise Watkins Barger and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mr. Barger was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps serving from 1943-1946, United States...
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