OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Joann J. Dixon

Joann J. Dixon

Dec 25, 2010

JoAnn J. Dixon, 75, of Lake Park, died Saturday, December 25, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on August 14, 1935 in Valdosta to the late Earl W. and Pauline Peters Johnson. Mrs. Dixon was a bookkeeper and homemaker and was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 55...

William  Thomas  Mason, Jr.

William Thomas Mason, Jr.

Dec 20, 2010

William Thomas Mason, Jr., 73, of Valdosta, died on Monday, December 20, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Born in Annapolis, Maryland on July 28, 1937, he was the son of the late Helen and William T., Mason, Sr. Mr. Mason was retired from the U.S. Air Force. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of the American...

Sylvester  Yarbrough

Sylvester Yarbrough

Dec 20, 2010

Sylvester "Buddy" Yarbrough, 88, of Valdosta died on Monday, December 20, 2010, at Holly Hill Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on January 10, 1922, and was the son of the late Thomas and Adline Aultman Yarbrough. Mr. Yarbrough was retired from the U.S. Navy where he served as a deep sea diver. Survivors...

John R. (Bobby) Dugger

John R. (Bobby) Dugger

Dec 18, 2010

John R. (Bobby) Dugger, 91, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 18, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on October 11, 1919 to the late Leonard and Myrtice Carruthers Dugger and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Dugger was a charter member of Crossroads Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Navy...

Joy M. Matthews

Joy M. Matthews

Dec 18, 2010

Joy M. MatthewsJoy Margaret Amos Matthews, 68, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on June 27, 1942 in Stoke Holy Cross, England to the late Stanley James and Ellen Maude Reade Amos and had lived in Valdosta for twenty seven years. Mrs. Matthews was a member of...

Ivey Wisenbaker Prescott

Ivey Wisenbaker Prescott

Dec 16, 2010

Ivey W. Prescott, 92, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away Thursday evening, December 16, 2010. He was a member of the Dasher Church of Christ. He was a dear father, grandfather and friend to all of us. His son Christopher Ivan Prescott and daughter-in-law Danielle Prescott survive him. He is also survived by his grandson and his wife Mr. and Mrs....

Debbie Yvonne Harrington

Debbie Yvonne Harrington

Dec 14, 2010

In Loving Memory of Debbie Yvonne Harrington, 48, of Jacksonville, FL, who passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at her home. She was born September 4, 1962 in Valdosta, a daughter of the late Randel Crawley and Louella Williams Dixon. Debbie was a great wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was always there to help out no...

Verdye Mccullers

Verdye Mccullers

Dec 11, 2010

Verdye McCullers, 97, of Hahira, died Saturday, December 11, 2010 at Parkwood Nursing Home in Snellville, GA. She was born in Lanier County, GA on September 21, 1913 to the late A. B. and Macy Dixon Martin. Mrs. McCullers was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.She is survived by two daughters and one son in law, Janice...

Louise R. Barger

Louise R. Barger

Dec 10, 2010

Louise R. Barger, 82, of Hahira, died Friday, December 10, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. She was born on June 30, 1928 in Clarksville, GA to the late Marla and Rosa Westmoreland Mote. Mrs. Barger was retired from civil service at Moody Air Force Base and was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church.She is survived by her...

Rev. S. G.  Folsom

Rev. S. G. Folsom

Dec 10, 2010

Rev. S. G. FolsomBorn in Valdosta, Georgia on July 24, 1925Departed this life on December 10, 2010Resided in Brooks County, GeorgiaOn Friday, December 10, 2010, Reverend S.G. Folsom, or just simply S.G. as everyone knew him, joined his heavenly father who he had served for more than fifty years. Waiting for him were his father, his mother, his sister, and...

Raymond Malham

Raymond Malham

Dec 9, 2010

Raymond Malham, 77, of Valdosta died Thursday, December 9, 2010 at his home. He was born in Valdosta on August 15, 1933 to the late Joseph J. and Maude Nahre Malham and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Malham was a salesman with Malham’s Department Store and had served in the National Guard. He was a member of St....

Helen  Smith  Purdy

Helen Smith Purdy

Dec 9, 2010

Helen Smith Purdy, 89, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 9, 2010, at Smith Northview Hospital. Born and raised in Valdosta Mrs. Purdy was a true Southern Belle. Her mother died when Helen was young and she was raised by her father, the late Oscar Marvin Smith Jr., with whom she loved to play golf, and her grandmother, the late...

Charles W.  Johnson

Charles W. Johnson

Dec 9, 2010

Charles W. Johnson, 83, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. He was born on July 7, 1927 in Tifton to the late Oliver and Hattie Barnes Johnson. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps having served during WWII and was retired from the security industry. He was a...

Jeanne Keeler Ryan

Jeanne Keeler Ryan

Dec 7, 2010

Jeanne Keeler Ryan, 83, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 7, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Jeanne was born on August 4, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Henry W. Keeler, Sr. and Sadie Peeples Keeler. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Tyler, Sr. and Clarence E. Ryan, Sr., a son, Robert (Bobby) Tyler, Jr. and a...

Carolyn J. Blanchard

Carolyn J. Blanchard

Dec 6, 2010

Carolyn J. Blanchard, 65, of Valdosta died Monday, December 6, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Valdosta on October 10, 1945 to the late Roy and Eldora Padgette Sauls. Mrs. Blanchard was a homemaker and a member of Bemiss Road Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Jimmy Blanchard of Valdosta, one son, Carroll Blanchard of Valdosta, one...

Albert Lee Kelley

Albert Lee Kelley

Dec 6, 2010

Albert Lee Kelley, 85, of Valdosta died on Monday, December 06, 2010 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 24, 1925 to the late John Wesley and Birdie Taylor Kelley in Baker County Florida. He was self-employed in the logging industry, and was a professional coyote trapper known by many as the...

Don  Gray Lineberger

Don Gray Lineberger

Dec 5, 2010

Don Gray Lineberger, 71, of Valdosta died suddenly on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 25, 1939 in Tennessee to the late Albert G. and Eugenia McGriff Lineberger. He was a retired musician having played with the Bill Monroe Band.He is survived by several friends, Leigh and Charlie Stewart of Dasher,...

Marcella  Clara  English

Marcella Clara English

Dec 2, 2010

Marcella “Lou” Clara English, 49, of Valdosta, passed away at her home on Thursday, December 2, 2010, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.She was born September 22, 1961 in Tampa, FL, a daughter of the late Morris William and Frances Lee Tyson Keene. She moved to Valdosta with her parents while she was in the sixth grade. Lou had...

Infant Mason Nathaniel Moore

Infant Mason Nathaniel Moore

Nov 30, 2010

Infant Mason Nathaniel Moore, 1 day old son of Robert Donald, Jr. and Nicolette Rae Ballew Moore died on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. In addition to his parents, other survivors include grandparents, Robert, Sr. and Brenda Moore of Nashville, JoAnn Ballew of Livingston, TX., great grandparents, Cecil and Betty Ballew of Inman, SC. and Connie...

Hoyt E. Coppage

Hoyt E. Coppage

Nov 30, 2010

Hoyt E. Coppage, 83, of Hahira, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Hahira, GA on January 25, 1927 to the late Gordon Lee and Willie Ozella Cowart Coppage. Mr. Coppage was the retired owner and operator of Valdosta Hardware and Mill Supply and worked at Martin McLane Funeral Home in Hahira. He...