OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Robert (Bob) L. Buchheit
Jun 11, 2011
Robert (Bob) L. Buchheit, 73, of Valdosta died on Saturday, June 11, 2011 after a sudden illness. He was born in Huntington, Indiana and had lived in Valdosta since 1973. Bob was retired from the United State Air Force and was a Vietnam Veteran. He was also retired from the United States Postal Service. Mr. Buchheit was a member of...

Raymond Logan Brown
Jun 10, 2011
Raymond L. Brown, 82, of Valdosta, died Friday, June 10, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Cleveland, TN on May 17, 1929 to the late William Oscar and Nora Lee Carden Brown. Mr. Brown was a retired heavy equipment operator with Reames and Son Construction Company, was a United States Army veteran and a member of the Church...

Myrtle Graham Spencer
Jun 9, 2011
Myrtle Graham Spencer, 91, of Sumter, SC, died Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Valdosta, GA. She was born July 4, 1919 to the late Samuel Gary and Plasseda Graham of Pinewood, SC.A homemaker, Myrtle is known for love of church, family and friends. She enjoyed working in her yard, was an avid reader and participated in many community and civic...

Euclide Wayland (E.W.) Haddock
Jun 7, 2011
Euclide Wayland (E. W.) Haddock, Jr., Air Force Retired, 89, of Oxford, GA and formerly of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Newton Medical Center in Covington, GA. Mr. Haddock was born on February 6, 1922 in Lauderdale County, Alabama to the late Euclide Wayland, Sr. and Emma Haddock of Florence, Alabama and was a longtime resident of...

Inell H. Cain
Jun 6, 2011
Inell H. Cain, 97, of Hahira, died Monday, June 6, 2011 at Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park, FL. She was born in Hahira on December 25, 1913 and was the last surviving child of the late W. W. and Zoe Taylor Hall. Mrs. Cain was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.She is survived by her...

Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett
Jun 3, 2011
Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett, 90 of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday June 3, 2011 at the Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, GA. Funeral service will be held 10:00 AM EST Monday at Ladonia Baptist Church in Phenix City with Rev. David Howle officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 PM EST at McLane's Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta, GA....

Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett
Jun 3, 2011
Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett, 90 of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday June 3, 2011 at the Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, GA. Funeral service will be held 10:00 AM EST Monday at Ladonia Baptist Church in Phenix City with Rev. David Howle officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 PM EST at McLane's Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta, GA....
Henry Clower Snow
Jun 1, 2011
Henry Clower Snow, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Heritage House Nursing Home after a short illness.He was born August 2, 1921 in Quitman, a son of the late James Henry and Essie Folsom Snow. For many years he co-owned and operated Snow Motors, Valdosta, with his twin brother, James Calvin Snow, Sr. After retiring from...
Vela Conner Dean
May 30, 2011
Vela Conner Dean, 92, of Marietta, and former long time resident of Valdosta, passed away on May 30, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, after a brief illness. Born in Ravens Ford, North Carolina, on September 29, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Horace Newell Conner and Fannie Jane Nations Conner. Mrs. Dean was raised in the...

Martha Mcleod Simmons
May 30, 2011
Martha McLeod Simmons, 63, of Valdosta died on Monday, May 30, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A Valdosta native she was born on June 12, 1947. Mrs. Simmons was retired from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office where she had worked as a Custodian. Survivors are her husband, Walter Simmons of Valdosta, her mother, Annie Jewel...

Mary Jo Hendrix
May 28, 2011
Mary Jo Hendrix, 49, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on July 15, 1961 to the late William R. Browning and Christelle Stalvey Browning and has been a resident of Lowndes County her entire life. She was employed as an office administrator with Closson, Bass & Tomberlin law firm.Survivors...

Jackson Morgan Wells
May 27, 2011
Jackson M. Wells, 81, of Quitman, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center, after a brief illness.The Celebration of Life for Mr. Wells will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 30, 2011, at Grace Bible Church, Valdosta, with Rev. Rick Hofmeister and Rev. Madelien Pope officiating. Private interment will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery,...

Russell Wayne Long
May 26, 2011
Russell Wayne Long, 57, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Quitman on January 3, 1954, he was the son of the late Russell Janon Long and Doris Merty Spell Long. Mr. Long and his family had moved to Tampa, Florida, living there briefly before returning to Lowndes County....

Judy S. Mcgauley
May 26, 2011
Judy S. McGauley, 66, of Lake Park died on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 24, 1944 in Hamilton County, Florida to the late J.W. and Doris Morgan Skeen. She was retired from Gold Kist and was a faithful member of Jennings Missionary Baptist Church in Jennings, Florida....

Michael Kent Wakefield
May 26, 2011
Michael Kent Wakefield, 56, of Valdosta died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 1, 1954 in Manhattan, Kansas, was insurance sales agent and had lived in Marietta, Georgia from 1984-2007. Mr. Wakefield was a member of the First Christian Church, was an accomplished musician and loved playing in the band. He was...

Henry Edward Mathis, Jr.
May 26, 2011
Henry Edward (Buddy) Mathis, Jr., 71, of Hahira died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Fellowship Home. He was born in Lowndes County, GA on January 25, 1940 to Henry Edward Mathis, Sr. and Willa Mae Newmans Mathis. Mr. Mathis was a tool and dye maker, was a cabinet maker with Fields Custom Cabinets, served in the United States Navy and...
Lynette Rogers Griffin Farran
May 23, 2011
Lynette Rogers Griffin Farran, 81, of Barefoot Bay, Florida and formerly of Valdosta, died May 23, 2011 at William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay, Florida. She was born in Brooks County a daughter of the late Carlos B. and Fannie L. Hiers Rogers. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree from Valdosta State University. Mrs. Farran was a member of the...
Mary Frances Harp Todd
May 23, 2011
Mary Frances Harp Todd, 76, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born on September 19, 1934 in Valdosta to the late Carl, Sr. and Annie Culpepper Harp and has been a resident of Valdosta all her life. She was a graduate of Valdosta High School where she was...

Olin M. Mason, Sr.
May 21, 2011
Olin M. Mason, Sr., 94, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born on June 11, 1916 in Furman, South Carolina to the late Thomas Allen, Sr. and Cora Evelyn Hewitt Mason and had lived in Valdosta since 1956. Mr. Mason served in the United States Army during World War II...

Bryce Alan Conway
May 20, 2011
Bryce Alan Conway, 54, of Valdosta, left this Earth May 20, 2011 after a long illness. Born February 22, 1957, he was raised by two loving parents, Dorothy Smith (Huguley) Conway and the late Mavis Lindon (M.L.) Conway. He graduated Valdosta High School in 1975, then faithfully served his country in the National Guard and Army, from which he received...