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Thomas (Tom) Alton Culpepper
Mar 10, 2011
Thomas (Tom) Alton Culpepper, 74, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida after a brief illness. He was born on December 26, 1936 in Echols County to the late James Gordon and Flossie Corbett Culpepper and was a lifelong resident of Echols and Lowndes Counties. Mr. Culpepper was a member of the Westside...
Joe Terry (Spooky) Sims
Mar 9, 2011
Joe Terry (Spooky) Sims, 58, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on November 3, 1952 in Valdosta to the late Joe Terrell and Myrtle Ruth Stephens Sims and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Sims was currently a forty year employee at Sears as a lead service...
William (Bill) Campbell
Mar 9, 2011
William �Bill� Campbell, 72, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center.Bill was born November 22, 1938 in Valdosta, son of the late William B. and Amorette C. Dugger Campbell. He grew up in Valdosta and operated Campbell Electric Co., a business which was started by his father. For fifteen years Bill was...
Crystal Diane Cross
Mar 9, 2011
Crystal Diane Cross, 28, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on June 12, 1982 in Alexandria, Louisiana to Alexander and Janice Brazier. Crystal was a loan officer with Southeastern Federal Credit Union and volunteered at Hopes and Dreams in Quitman.She is survived by her husband, Jeremy Cross of Valdosta, her dogs,...
Katherine Sims Hunter
Mar 8, 2011
Katherine Sims Hunter, age 60, of Lake Park, GA passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, surrounded by her family, after losing her battle with cancer.She was born in Lowndes County on December 2, 1950 and was the daughter of Thomas and Katherine Sims. She is survived by her daughter, Tari Leigh (Edward) Kinateder of...
Alex Ledford Baldwin
Mar 7, 2011
Alex Ledford Baldwin, 83, of Valdosta, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at his residence. Alex Baldwin was born September 23, 1927 in Naylor, to Camilus and I.V. Baldwin. He graduated from Valdosta High School and Mercer University Law School before serving in the U.S. Navy Air Corps. Mr. Baldwin lived in Valdosta for most of his adult life, working for...
Hazel Mae Pollard
Mar 6, 2011
Hazel Mae Pollard, 89, of Valdosta died on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. She was born in Valdosta on May 18, 1921 to the late Andrew J. and Mary Anne Driscoll Pollard and has been a resident of this area her entire life. She attended the Valdosta City Schools and was a...
Charles F. (Bobo) Southwell
Mar 5, 2011
Charles F. (Bobo) Southwell, 75, of Lake Park died at his daughter's residence on Saturday, March 5, 2011 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on January 8, 1936 to the late Wallace Gordon and Clara S. Nagle Southwell and has been a resident of Lowndes County all his life. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1954....
John T. Holcombe, Jr.
Mar 5, 2011
John T. Holcombe, Jr., 53, of Valdosta passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2011 after a lengthy illness. John was born October 23, 1957 to John, Sr. and Ximena Redmond Holcombe. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Valdosta, was a loving father, son and brother. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle. John...
Tony Morley
Mar 3, 2011
Tony Morley, 70, of Valdosta, Georgia died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 15, 1940 in Hove, England to the late Herbert Benjamin and Stella Irene Kensley Morley. Mr. Morley was an aeronautical engineer with Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida for seventeen years and had served as a consultant for many...
Tootsie Allen Grant
Mar 2, 2011
Conneal "Tootsie" Allen Grant, 77, of Naylor died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 18, 1934 in Naylor to the late Benjamin Brooks and Flonnie Dell Stone Allen and was a lifelong resident of Naylor. Mrs. Grant was retired from the Naylor Post Office and had worked...
Jason Allan Delk
Mar 2, 2011
Jason Allan Delk, 28, of Lake Park, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.Jason was born September 12, 1982 in Hahira, a son of James E. Delk, Sr. and Vickie Boyd Delk. He was a member of New Life Community Church, and was a loving husband, father, son and brother. He enjoyed fishing, NASCAR and the Atlanta Falcons. When...
Ruth Davis Recenello
Feb 27, 2011
Ruth Davis Recenello, 82, of Valdosta died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born in Coffee County to the late Elzie M. and Mary Sweat Davis and had lived in Valdosta for the past fifty five years. Mrs. Recenello was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah�s Witness. Ruth was a...
Virginia Brown Turner
Feb 26, 2011
Virginia Brown Turner, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011, at her home after a lengthy illness.She was born December 11, 1921 in Lowndes County, a daughter of the late R.I. Brown, Sr. and Uldene Husbands Brown. Mrs. Turner was formerly a member of First United Methodist Church and Central Church of Christ. She is survived by a...
Henrietta Barnes
Feb 26, 2011
Henrietta “Hank” Barnes, 89, of Valdosta, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 29, 1922 in Dalton, Georgia to the late Benjamin Fred Foster and Mamie Bryant Foster. Mrs. Barnes was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, a member of the Little Red Hen’s Red Hat Club, a member of the Lowndes...
Gloria Mederer Coleman
Feb 25, 2011
The life of Gloria Jean Mederer Coleman sadly ended Friday, February 25th 2011 following a courageous 4½ year battle with ovarian cancer. Gloria was born to Leonard John Mederer and Bertha Margaret Bitzer on the 27th of June, 1940. She was raised by Leonard John and Hyta Plowden Mederer, and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta, Georgia, graduating from Valdosta...
Mildred Madeline Mcdonald
Feb 24, 2011
Mildred Madeline McDonald, 95, of Valdosta died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 16, 1915 in Windsor, Ontario to the late Ralph and Edwina Grandmasion Tourangeau and had lived in Dearborn, Michigan from 1946 until 1981 then moving to Valdosta. Mrs. McDonald was a member of St....
Roy Eugene Sculley
Feb 23, 2011
Roy Eugene Sculley, 71, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on December 1, 1939 to the late Walter and Estelle Allen Sculley and had lived in Valdosta since 1992. Mr. Sculley was retired from Kennedy Trucking Lines and a veteran of the United States Marines. He was a member of...
William Anderson
Feb 23, 2011
William "Jack" Anderson, USAF CMSgt. (Ret.), 74, of Ray City, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Smith Northview Hospital.He was born September 8, 1936 in Trout Dale, VA, and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1985 at Moody Air Force Base, after thirty years of passionate and dedicated service to his country in Air Traffic Control. Jack...
Donald Earl Pitts
Feb 23, 2011
Donald Earl Pitts, 92, of Valdosta, died at his home on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, after a brief period of declining health. Born in Marietta, Ohio on August 30, 1918, he was the son of the late Clyde and Nellie Bowers Pitts. Following the death of his mother, he moved to the Washington County Children's Home in Marietta. He also...
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