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Thomas Simpson
Oct 15, 2010
Thomas Simpson 78 of Valdosta died Friday, October 15, 2010 at his residence following a short illness. He was born on June 14, 1932, in Brooks County, to the late Artice Burton Simpson, and Ruby Cannon Simpson. Mr. Simpson was a member of St. Augustine Road Church of Christ, a retired US Air Force veteran having served during the Korean...
Irene Eleanor Wakefield
Oct 15, 2010
Irene Eleanor Wakefield, 95, of Valdosta, died on Friday, October 15, 2010 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born in Centerview, KS, to the late Edward and Mary Boyd and formerly of Stratford, TX, she had lived in this area for the past 23 years. While in Stratford, Mrs. Wakefield was active with the 4 H club as a sponsor of...
Louise Rogers
Oct 15, 2010
Louise Rogers, 92, of Valdosta died Friday, October 15, 2010 at the Presbyterian Home. She was born in Cogdell, Georgia on September 18, 1918 to the late David L. and Polly Ann Corbitt Geiger and had lived in Valdosta since 1937. Mrs. Rogers was a member of the Northside Baptist Church that she loved very much. She worked for many...
Beverly Sinskey Levin
Oct 14, 2010
Beverly Sinskey Levin, 89, of Sunrise, FL died Thursday, October 14, 2010. She was born November 4, 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Meyer and Bessie Friedlander Sinskey. Mrs. Levin was a homemaker, an active volunteer in the Nashville, GA area and a volunteer dental assistant. She was the founder of the Pink Ladies Auxillary for the Berrien County...
Sue Carol Gramling
Oct 14, 2010
Sue Carol Gramling, 79, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010. She was born on March 8, 1931 in Cook County to the late Erin and Bertha Wetherington Griffin of Cecil, GA. Mrs. Gramling was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She held Bible School in her home and was a Children's Church and Sunday School teacher for...
Benny Cooper Peace
Oct 13, 2010
Benny Cooper Peace, 77, of Valdosta died Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on January 15, 1933 to the late Elmer and Rita Cooper Peace and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Peace was a Baptist, a veteran of the United States Army and a mechanic with Reames Concrete. He...
Margaret Harvey Miller
Oct 13, 2010
Margaret Harvey Miller of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Langdale Place in Valdosta. Born in Waycross on March 26, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Archie Columbus Harvey, Sr. and Amy Strickland Harvey. She was a long time member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Waycross. For the past few years Mrs. Miller was a...
Alice W. Johnson
Oct 11, 2010
Alice W. Johnson, 55, of Valdosta died on Monday, October 11, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington D.C. on December 21, 1954 to the late Harry Bowman and Patricia Parker. She was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was of the Church of Christ faith. She was employed...
John M. Nitschke, Sr.
Oct 11, 2010
John M. Nitschke, Sr., 76, of Valdosta died Monday, October 11, 2010 at his home. He was born in Valdosta on October 5, 1934 to the late John Henry and Jessie Harnage Nitschke and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Nitschke was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and retired from Bell South after thirty two years...
Lewis G. Russell
Oct 11, 2010
Lewis G. Russell, 88, of Valdosta died Monday, October 11, 2010 at Shand's Hospital in Gainesville, FL. He was born on November 9, 1921 in Bibb County to the late Rufus and Ola Mae Phillips Russell. Mr. Russell was retired from Southern Bell after 35 years of service. He was a World War II Army veteran and was awarded the...
Cash Stephenson
Oct 10, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Jack Dixon Smith
Oct 9, 2010
Jack Dixon Smith, 86, of Blairsville, GA and formerly of Tallahassee, FL and Valdosta died Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville. He was born on May 23, 1924 in Homerville, GA to the late Herbert and Mary Taylor Smith. Mr. Smith was retired from NASA and a veteran of the Naval Reserve.Survivors include his wife, Clara...
Marion Lehmar Coombs
Oct 8, 2010
Marion Lehmar Coombs, 83, of Valdosta died Friday, October 8, 2010 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on April 25, 1927 in Hahira to the late Jesse and Mittie Jean Williams Coombs and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Coombs was a member of the West End Presbyterian Church and retired from ITT Metal...
Bryce Bobbitt
Oct 8, 2010
Bryce Bobbitt, 10, of Lake Park, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Friday, October 8, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center. Bryce was born on December 2, 1999 in Macon. Bryce always had a beautiful smile. He had a beautiful spirit that was uplifting, a positive outlook, and he was always happy. Bryce touched and impacted everyone around...
Thomas W. Smoot
Oct 6, 2010
Dr. Thomas W. Smoot, 77, of Valdosta, died October 6 of traumatic aorta rupture. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5, 1933. He graduated from Walnut Hills High School, a nationally recognized public college preparatory school. He received his undergraduate degrees from Miami University, and his PhD in clay mineralogy from the University of Illinois. He married Frances Lee...
Mary Emily Cooper Howard
Oct 5, 2010
Mary Emily Cooper Howard, 93, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at her home. She was born August 15, 1917 in Jacksonville, FL, a daughter of the late Ralph Joseph and Ruby Inez Williams Cooper. She went on to marry Lt. Col. John Waco Howard, Sr., a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and to raise a family...
William Lott
Oct 4, 2010
William �Bill� Lott, 59, of Valdosta, died of a sudden illness on Monday, October 4, 2010. He was born in Douglas on May 20, 1951. Mr. Lott was formerly a U.S. Postal employee. He was an Eagle Scout and a disabled Veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a member of Eastern Heights Baptist Church. Survivors are his...
Eugene E. (Gene) Cohen
Oct 2, 2010
Eugene E. (Gene) Cohen, passed away on October 2, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta, Georgia. He was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on November 1, 1917. He is survived by his daughters, Marghy (Joe) Smothers, Anne (Larry) Morts of Valdosta, grandchildren, Justin (Lee Mayhew) Smothers of Valdosta and Lee W. Smothers of Savannah, a brother, Don (Jean) Cohen of...
John Emerson Witherspoon
Oct 2, 2010
John Emerson Witherspoon, 83, of Valdosta died on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Lowndes County on December 7, 1926 to the late Darrell Emerson and Ora Mae Dasher Witherspoon. He was the owner and operator of Witherspoon Machine Shop and attended the Swilley Hill Church of God.Survivors include his wife...
Lawrence G. (Larry) Kraus
Sep 30, 2010
Lawrence G. (Larry) Kraus, 48, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 30, 2010.He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather (opa), son, brother and friend. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Carson McLane Funeral Home from 4-6 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box...
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