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Robert Gary Nixon
Jun 18, 2011
Robert Gary Nixon, 65, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2011, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.He was born June 24, 1945 in Philadelphia, PA, a son of the late Earl and Mildred DiDotti Nixon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a retired Chef.He is survived by his wife Katherine Ann Diggs...
Russell Griffin Mcrae
Jun 17, 2011
Russell Griffin McRae, 88, of Thomasville, passed away on Friday, June 17, 2011 at Plantation Manor.Russell was born May 17, 1923 in Morven, son of the late Buford Wickliff, Sr. and Nora Griffin McRae. He was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and participated in 33 missions as a tail gunner in a B-24 in the...
G.M. (Mike) Baker
Jun 16, 2011
G.M. "Mike" Baker, 60, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer.Mike was employed by Veolia Environmental Services as a Diesel Mechanic for over twenty-five years. He was a member of the Ellenton Baptist Church, loved spending time with his family and enjoyed fishing.He is survived by his wife of twenty-eight...
Sarah Helen Fisher
Jun 16, 2011
Sarah Helen Fisher, 84, of Valdosta died Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Lakeland Villas Convalescent Center. She was born in Madisonville, Kentucky on May 6, 1927 to the late Walter and Rebecca Mae Moore Mangum and had lived in Valdosta for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samie Franklin Fisher and a son, Steven Fisher.Survivors...
Elmer Robert Byrd
Jun 16, 2011
Elmer Robert Byrd, 100, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness.He was born March 5, 1911 in New Brockton, AL, a son of the late James Robert and Elizabeth Lammons Byrd. For twenty-five years he was employed as a Welder at Owens Illinois, retiring in 1976. He loved fishing and...
Violet Stewardson Mathis
Jun 15, 2011
Violet Stewardson Mathis, 87, of Naylor, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born on February 7, 1924 in Richmond, Virginia to the late Harry Folsom and Mary Elizabeth Childress Stewardson and had lived in Miami, Florida for many years before moving to Lowndes County in 1995. Mrs. Mathis was a member of...
Dr. Donald F. Blair, Sr.
Jun 13, 2011
Dr. Donald Ferguson Blair, Sr., Captain, Retired USN, 86 of Valdosta died Monday, June 13, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on October 27, 1924 in Palo Alto, California to the late John Edward and Lorraine Ferguson Blair. Dr. Blair was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He graduated from the Columbia University, College of Physicians...
Charles Winter Giddings
Jun 13, 2011
Charles Winter Giddings, 83, of Valdosta, died Monday, June 13, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare at Lakehaven Nursing Home. He was born on March 10, 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida, to the late Glenn Green and Margaret Winter Giddings. Winter was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Valdosta and in Athens, GA. He attended the University of Florida where he was...
Barry L. Hall
Jun 12, 2011
Barry L. Hall, 61, of Hahira, died on Sunday, June 12, 2011, at Langdale Hospice House after a courageous 3 ½ year battle with cancer. Born on June 28, 1949 in Charleston, South Carolina, he was formerly of Guntersville and Huntsville, Alabama. Barry was employed with the Valdosta Police Department for 27 years from where he was retired as a...
Kathryn Shaw Brady
Jun 11, 2011
Kathryn Shaw Brady, 89, of Valdosta died on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born in Valdosta on January 17, 1922 to the late Brodie and Louella Kirk Shaw and has been a resident here her entire life. She was retired from AT&T as an Assistant Chief Operator and was a...
Robert (Bob) L. Buchheit
Jun 11, 2011
Robert (Bob) L. Buchheit, 73, of Valdosta died on Saturday, June 11, 2011 after a sudden illness. He was born in Huntington, Indiana and had lived in Valdosta since 1973. Bob was retired from the United State Air Force and was a Vietnam Veteran. He was also retired from the United States Postal Service. Mr. Buchheit was a member of...
Raymond Logan Brown
Jun 10, 2011
Raymond L. Brown, 82, of Valdosta, died Friday, June 10, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Cleveland, TN on May 17, 1929 to the late William Oscar and Nora Lee Carden Brown. Mr. Brown was a retired heavy equipment operator with Reames and Son Construction Company, was a United States Army veteran and a member of the Church...
Myrtle Graham Spencer
Jun 9, 2011
Myrtle Graham Spencer, 91, of Sumter, SC, died Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Valdosta, GA. She was born July 4, 1919 to the late Samuel Gary and Plasseda Graham of Pinewood, SC.A homemaker, Myrtle is known for love of church, family and friends. She enjoyed working in her yard, was an avid reader and participated in many community and civic...
Euclide Wayland (E.W.) Haddock
Jun 7, 2011
Euclide Wayland (E. W.) Haddock, Jr., Air Force Retired, 89, of Oxford, GA and formerly of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Newton Medical Center in Covington, GA. Mr. Haddock was born on February 6, 1922 in Lauderdale County, Alabama to the late Euclide Wayland, Sr. and Emma Haddock of Florence, Alabama and was a longtime resident of...
Inell H. Cain
Jun 6, 2011
Inell H. Cain, 97, of Hahira, died Monday, June 6, 2011 at Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park, FL. She was born in Hahira on December 25, 1913 and was the last surviving child of the late W. W. and Zoe Taylor Hall. Mrs. Cain was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.She is survived by her...
Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett
Jun 3, 2011
Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett, 90 of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday June 3, 2011 at the Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, GA. Funeral service will be held 10:00 AM EST Monday at Ladonia Baptist Church in Phenix City with Rev. David Howle officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 PM EST at McLane's Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta, GA....
Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett
Jun 3, 2011
Edna Dennis Hasty Corbett, 90 of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday June 3, 2011 at the Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, GA. Funeral service will be held 10:00 AM EST Monday at Ladonia Baptist Church in Phenix City with Rev. David Howle officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 PM EST at McLane's Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta, GA....
Henry Clower Snow
Jun 1, 2011
Henry Clower Snow, 89, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Heritage House Nursing Home after a short illness.He was born August 2, 1921 in Quitman, a son of the late James Henry and Essie Folsom Snow. For many years he co-owned and operated Snow Motors, Valdosta, with his twin brother, James Calvin Snow, Sr. After retiring from...
Vela Conner Dean
May 30, 2011
Vela Conner Dean, 92, of Marietta, and former long time resident of Valdosta, passed away on May 30, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, after a brief illness. Born in Ravens Ford, North Carolina, on September 29, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Horace Newell Conner and Fannie Jane Nations Conner. Mrs. Dean was raised in the...
Martha Mcleod Simmons
May 30, 2011
Martha McLeod Simmons, 63, of Valdosta died on Monday, May 30, 2011, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A Valdosta native she was born on June 12, 1947. Mrs. Simmons was retired from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office where she had worked as a Custodian. Survivors are her husband, Walter Simmons of Valdosta, her mother, Annie Jewel...
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