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

Franklin Ronald Parr
Jul 30, 2010
Ronald Parr, 75, of Valdosta, died Friday, July 30, 2010 at Smith Northview Hospital. He was born in Berrien County, GA on August 26, 1934 to the late William A. and Ona Mae Johnson Parr. Mr. Parr was a night auditor at Days Inn in Lake Park, was a United States Army veteran and a member of New Harvest United...
Boyd Christie
Jul 29, 2010
Boyd Christie, 72, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at his home. Born on June 7, 1938, in Statenville, Boyd was a son of the late Judson Claude Christie and Lula Mae Fletcher Christie. He joined the Army at the age of 17 and served for 20 years attaining the rank of E7 Master Sergeant. He was a...
William C. (Bill) Smith
Jul 29, 2010
Reverend William C. "Bill" SmithWilliam Charleton "Bill" Smith, age 73, retired minister, went to be with his Lord Thursday, July 29, 2010 after a lengthy illness and the tremendous care of the nurses and staff at The Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta, Georgia. He was born to William Smith and Annie Lillian Long Smith of Valdosta, Georgia on June 21,...
Betty Frances Moseley
Jul 29, 2010
Betty Frances Moseley, 60, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on October 22, 1949, she was the daughter of Ava Nell Brown Fletcher Becton and the late Frank Fletcher. Mrs. Moseley worked as a waitress for Waffle House. She was a member of Sardis Baptist Church and the Red Hat Society....

Charles Bland
Jul 28, 2010
Charles Bland, 68, of Lake Park died on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on November 8, 1941 in Lowndes County to the late Charles Reuben and Zona Mae Gaston Bland. Mr. Bland was a graduate from Clyattville High School. He was employed as a Newspaper Routeman and also was a...
Horace Warren Bates
Jul 28, 2010
Horace Warren Bates, 62, of Jennings, FL, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville, after a short illness.Horace was born May 31, 1948 in Jennings, FL, a son of the late Ben Bates, Sr. and Mary Edna Scaff Bates. He was a lifelong Jennings resident and operated the Bates family farm with his...

W.A. (Bill) Mayne
Jul 27, 2010
W.A. (Bill) Mayne, USAF SSgt. (Ret.), 77, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness.Bill was born August 29, 1932 in Valdosta, a son of the late Arthur Mayne and the late Willie Mae Patten. He graduated from Valdosta High School with the Class of 1949 and attended Valdosta State College...

Bobby D. Simmons, Sr.
Jul 27, 2010
Bobby D. Simmons, Sr., 74, of Hahira, died Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Whiteville, North Carolina on December 24, 1935 to the late Oscar Devon Simmons and Rosa Lee Hooks Simmons. Mr. Simmons was a retired Supervisor for Scruggs Asphalt and then retired from Summers Concrete. He was...

James Allen Wisenbaker, Sr.
Jul 25, 2010
Buddy Wisenbaker, 62, of Ray City died on Sunday, July 25, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on June 4, 1948, he was the son of the late Roy, Jr. and Evelyn Mae Mizell Wisenbaker. Mr. Wisenbaker attended Valdosta High School before joining the Navy in 1968. After his military service he joined the Valdosta Fire Department...

Katherine Weldon
Jul 25, 2010
Katherine Weldon, 85, of Hahira, died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at home. She was born in Anderson, South Carolina on August 23, 1924 to the late George Washington Landers and Lilie Busby Landers. Mrs. Weldon was a homemaker.She is survived by two daughters and one son in law, Carolyn Taylor of Hahira, Ann and Gary Graves of Leesburg, GA, five...
Brad Guthrie
Jul 25, 2010
Brad Guthrie, 47, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 28, 1963 in Valdosta to the late Herman K. and Mary Jane Brooks Guthrie and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Brad was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his brother and sister in law, Gary and...

Egar Romero
Jul 23, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Ruby Louise Taylor
Jul 23, 2010
Louise Crump Taylor, 86, of Hahira, died Friday, July 23, 2010 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. She was born in Lowndes County on November 14, 1923 to the late John Henry Crump and Beulah Mae Register Crump. Mrs. Taylor was retired from Smith Hospital after thirty seven years as Dietary Manager. She was a member of the Hahira First...
Oneeda Hobbs Carter
Jul 22, 2010
Mildred Oneeda Hobbs Carter, 84, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, July 22, 2010, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Williamsburg, Kentucky on July 2, 1926, she was the daughter of the late William Zion and Ada Anderson Hobbs. She was a homemaker and hairdresser at Elite Beauty Salon for many years. Mrs. Carter was a...
Berry Patrick (Pat) Leggett
Jul 21, 2010
Berry Patrick (Pat) Leggett, 58, of Hahira died Monday, June 21, 2010 at the Memorial Hospital in Adel. He was born in Waycross on March 15, 1952 to the late George W. and Jeline Smith Leggett and had lived in Hahira for the past seven years. Mr. Leggett was a member of the Beulah Holiness Baptist Church in Adel. He...
Lyn Deal
Jul 21, 2010
Lyn Deal, 52, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2010, after a lengthy illness.She was born June 23, 1958 in Sylvania, a daughter of the late James Keller and Mary Hillis Deal. Lyn attended special education classes in Jenkins County and later training classes in Toombs County. Lyn moved from Vidalia to Valdosta in 2002 to live with her...
William A. (Bill) Sims
Jul 21, 2010
William A. (Bill) Sims, 86, of Lake Park died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta. He was born in Lowndes County on August 10, 1923 and was the son of the late Lucile Sullivan Carter and Fred Carter. Mr. Sims was a member of the Forrest Street United Methodist Church and a retired farmer and...
Jeffrey Adrian Moritz
Jul 21, 2010
Jeffrey Adrian (Jeff) Moritz, 68, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 28, 1941, he was the son of the late Carl Huibert and Hilda Johnson Moritz. Dr. Moritz graduated from Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida. He attended the University of Florida where he was a member...
Herbert A. (Herb) Schroer
Jul 20, 2010
Herbert A. (Herb) Schroer, 92, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at the Langdale Hospice House. Born in Columbia County, Florida to the late Frederick William and Julia Schroer, he had been a life-long resident of this area. Mr. Schroer attended Valdosta High School and then graduated from Riverside High School in Gainesville before attending the University of...

Ralph Cleveland Moore, Sr.
Jul 19, 2010
Ralph Cleveland Moore, Sr., 77, of Valdosta, died Monday, July 19, 2010 after a long illness. He was born February 17, 1933 in Douglas, Georgia. Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his wife, Gay Dollar Moore of Grady County, Georgia and his parents, Rosse and Virda Moore, two sisters, Wilma Harrell and Hazel Fletcher of Moultrie. He is survived...