OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Earl T. (Tommy) Mayo, Jr.
Feb 23, 2011
Earl Thomas (Tommy) Mayo, Jr. 71, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Tommy was born in Thomasville on March 25, 1939 to the late Earl Thomas and Mary Livingston Adams Mayo, Sr. A 1957 graduate of Boston High School in Boston, GA. He attended Reinhardt College and...

Dorothy Jones
Feb 20, 2011
Dorothy Sangster Jones, 77, of Buford died on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville following a short illness. She was born on September 18, 1933 in Irwinville, to the late James L. and Mary Elizabeth Jones Sangster. She was retired from the Social Security Administration as a Customer Service Representative and was of the Baptist Faith.Survivors...

Margaret Barrett Guess
Feb 18, 2011
Margaret Barrett Guess, 75, of Valdosta died on Friday, February 18, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on March 28, 1935 to the late Frank Payne and Fannie Shiver Barrett and has been a lifelong resident of Valdosta and Lowndes County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lake...
Jimmy L. Veal
Feb 16, 2011
Jimmy L. Veal, 73, of Valdosta, died at his home on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Born in Anderson, South Carolina on December 30, 1937, he was the son of the late Herman and Bernice Veal. He spent his youth in Bowman, Georgia before joining the U.S. Army. Mr. Veal was a graduate of the McAllister Institute of Mortuary Science. He...
Louise Ashley Warner
Feb 15, 2011
Louise Ashley Warner, 81, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at her daughter�s residence in Dasher. Born on January 17, 1930, in Fitzgerald, Georgia and had lived most of her life in Lowndes County. She was the daughter of the late Robert Harold Ashley and Gladys Grantham Ashley of Hahira. She was a graduate of Hahira High School...

Leila Rachel Sharpe Gaston
Feb 14, 2011
Leila Rachel Sharpe Gaston, 105, of Jasper, Florida and formerly of Lowndes County died Monday, February 14, 2011 at Suwannee Valley Nursing Home in Jasper, Florida. She was born in Hahira on January 12, 1906 to the late John W. and Edith Elizabeth Roundtree Sharpe. Mrs. Gaston was a member of the Francis Lake Baptist Church and was retired as...

Emma Sapp Weldon
Feb 13, 2011
Emma Sapp Weldon, 85 of Live Oak, Florida died Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Suwannee Healthcare Center in Live Oak. She was born in Valdosta on September 27, 1925 to the late Jim and Emma Ruis Sapp and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Weldon was a Pentecostal.Survivors include two daughters and sons in law, Margie and...

Gloria Lilyea Shay
Feb 13, 2011
Gloria Lilyea Shay, 69 years of age, of Valdosta, died peacefully Sunday, February 13, 2011 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Gloria was the fourth of five children, born at home on the banks of Seneca Lake, New York, on October 17, 1941 to parents Louise and Roy Lilyea. She is predeceased by her parents and her brothers Carl...

Floyd Felton Corbett
Feb 13, 2011
Floyd Felton (Bash) Corbett, 69, of Lake Park passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Echols County on August 6, 1941 to the late Warren Randall (Tobe) and Carrie Pearl Swilley Corbett. He worked as a farmer and until his illness as a bus driver for the...
Kathleen Peeples Mcghin
Feb 12, 2011
Kathleen Peeples McGhinKathleen P. McGhin, 84, of Valdosta passed away on February 12, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. Mrs. McGhin was born on November 25, 1926 in Hamilton County, Florida to the late Leslie and Lillian Peeples. She was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and the co-owner of Learning Tree Educational Resources, Inc. She graduated from...
G. Robert Carter, Jr.
Feb 12, 2011
G. Robert Carter, Jr., 86, of Clyattville, died on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at his home after a brief illness.He was born July 8, 1924 in Taylor County, FL, a son of the late G. Robert Carter, Sr. and Nancy Walker Carter. Mr. Carter, an Army veteran of World War II, enjoyed farming, and his positions as Policeman, Sheriff and...

Dewey Madison Carlisle, Sr.
Feb 12, 2011
Dewey Madison Carlisle, Sr., 90, of Valdosta and formerly of Alexandria, Louisiana passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta. Mr. Carlisle was a United States Navy veteran of both World War II and the Korean Conflict. During his working life, he was a Funeral Director with Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Alexandria, Louisiana retiring...

Louis Richard Vincent, Jr.
Feb 11, 2011
Louis Richard Vincent, Jr., 68, of Valdosta died on Friday, February 11, 2011, at Smith Northview Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Cumberland, Maryland he was the son of the late Louis and Emma Staggs Vincent. Mr. Vincent was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He had lived in Valdosta for the past 13 years and was retired from...

Wilburn Harold Wright, Sr.
Feb 10, 2011
Wilburn Harold Wright, Sr., 76, of Valdosta died Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare at Crestwood Nursing Home. He was born on July 24, 1934 in Brooks County to the late John Henry and Fannie Lou Smith Wright and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Wright had been a resident of the Ashley House for the past thirteen...
Mildred Allen Powell
Feb 10, 2011
Mildred Allen Powell, 91, of Valdosta went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Echols County on July 5, 1919 to the late Youley Fred and Lillian Dedge Allen. Mrs. Powell had lived in Homerville from 1959-1994 then she moved to Valdosta. She was a...

Sandra Kay Roberts
Feb 10, 2011
Sandra Kay Roberts, 70, of Valdosta died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on June 20, 1940 in Durango, Colorado and was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Roberts was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She obtained in Bachelors Degree from the University of Mexico, a Master's Degree in elementary education from...

Eddie Farmer
Feb 9, 2011
Eddie FarmerEddie Farmer, 66, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on January 11, 1945 in Valdosta to the late Jim Frank and Mytrice Wyolene Farmer. Eddie was employed with LARC.Eddie is survived by his brother and sister in law, Joseph Eugene and Marion Farmer and...

Mary Love Field
Feb 9, 2011
Mary Love Field, 91, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born on November 16, 1919 in Bemiss, Georgia to the late Joel R. Peters, Sr. and Marie Knight Peters. Mrs. Field enjoyed golf, travel, and visiting with relatives. She was a member of Bemiss United Methodist Church. Mrs. Field was preceded...

Mildred M. Ford
Feb 9, 2011
Mildred M. Ford, 96, of Fayetteville, died on February 9, 2011 at Southland Nursing and Rehabilitation Home in Peachtree City. Born in Crisp County, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Bessie McGlamry. Mrs. Ford was a homemaker and had lived in Valdosta from 1946 until 1975. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Fayetteville....
Doris Crawford Blanton
Feb 7, 2011
Doris C. Blanton, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011, at Heritage House Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.She was born December 16, 1924 in Waycross, a daughter of the late Elvie W. and Mary Broughton Crawford. Ms. Blanton was a member of Northside Baptist Church., enjoyed sewing and yard work, and loved taking care of her...