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

Barbara F. Schleusner
Jul 19, 2010
Barbara F. Schleusner, 68, of Valdosta died on Monday, July 19, 2010 at her residence following a short illness. She was born on April 2, 1942 in Pocahontas, Virginia to the late Thomas and Lana Honaker French. She has been a resident of Valdosta since 1985 and retired from the South Georgia Medical Center where she served as head of...

Anna Marion Johnson
Jul 18, 2010
Anna Marion Johnson, 75, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 18, 2010. A Valdosta native, Mrs. Johnson was born on July 1, 1935 the daughter of the late Clyde W. and Catherine Adair Lankford Meacham. She was the widow of the late George R. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was retired from Valdosta Technical College where she taught for many years. While...
Inez Copeland Williams
Jul 18, 2010
Inez Copeland Williams, 94, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Lowndes County on June 22, 1916, she was a daughter of the late John Joseph and Bessie Lee Hunter Copeland. She was married to the late W. D. (Bill) Williams for 51 years. A homemaker, Mrs. Williams was associated with Copeland's Grocery...

Janet Tuttle Perry
Jul 18, 2010
Janet Tuttle Perry, 76, of Lake Park, died at her home on Sunday, July 18, 2010 after a short illness. Born in Wooster, Ohio, on November 9, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Merle J. and Easter Webb Tuttle. Mrs. Perry was a homemaker and had lived in Lake Park for the past 7 years. Survivors include her...

Lavon Hughes
Jul 17, 2010
Lavon Hughes, 68, of Leesburg, died on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Born on January 9, 1942 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late L.A. and Effie Vann Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a member of the Alpha Baptist Church in Leesburg where he served as a Deacon and sang with the gospel...

Havard Alfred Blanton
Jul 16, 2010
Havard Alfred Blanton, 80, of Valdosta, died at his home on Friday, July 16, 2010. Born in Valdosta on February 12, 1930, he was the son of the late Henry Alfred Blanton and Rena Smith Blanton. Mr. Blanton was a farmer and was retired from the retail grocery business. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was...
Mary Cone Wallace
Jul 16, 2010
Mary Cone Wallace, 75, of Ray City, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 27, 1935 in Ray City to the late Dewey Lesley and Velma Sowell Cone. She was a member of Ray City Methodist Church.Survivors include four sons and two daughters-in-law, Robert and Debbie Wallace of Jacksonville,...
Nina Drew
Jul 14, 2010
Nina Drew, 74, of Hahira passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on August 12, 1935 in Dade County, Florida to the late Huron Wilson and Trudy Bryant Barfield and had lived in Hahira most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty seven years, Kenneth...

Marion Beverly Smith Sikes
Jul 14, 2010
Marion Beverly Sikes, 71, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at her home. Born on November 20, 1938, in Albany, Georgia she was the daughter of the late Clyde Duron Smith and Lorraine Smith and sister to the late Lynn D. Moss of Alpharetta, Georgia, and Charlene Gray of Valdosta, Georgia. She was a devoted wife, loving...
Joshua Wade Dykes
Jul 14, 2010
JOSHUA WADE DYKES, 29, of Macon, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010 from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born April 29, 1981 in Valdosta, a son of James (J.D.) and Sara Curnutt Dykes. Joshua graduated from Lowndes High School with the Class of 1999, from Valdosta State University in 2006 with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration,...

James F. (Jim) Roberts
Jul 13, 2010
James F. (Jim) Roberts, 82, of Niceville, Florida died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in Niceville, Florida. He was born on July 17, 1927 in Tampa, Florida to the late Clyde Edwin Roberts, Sr. and Lena Mae Fletcher Roberts. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps. After discharge he was employed by the Southern...

Jerry Mack Peace, Sr.
Jul 13, 2010
Jerry "Mack" Peace, Sr., 69, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on November 4, 1940 to the late Benjamin Claude and Annie Elizabeth Crosby Peace. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and served in the National Guard. He retired from Langdale Forest Products as...

James Leslie (Les) Watson
Jul 13, 2010
James Leslie (Les) Watson, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born on October 30, 1921 in Tifton to the late Samuel Guy and Ina McMurray Watson and had lived in Valdosta for the past thirty two years. Mr. Watson was a member of the First United Methodist...
Fitzhugh Huston Oliver
Jul 11, 2010
Fitzhugh Huston Oliver, 94, of Valdosta died on Friday, July 9, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Born in Newton, Alabama, on October 30, 1915, Mr. Oliver was the son of the late James Franklin and Ida Bell Brown Oliver. He spent his childhood in Ocoee, Florida, near Orlando, and played football as a receiver and defensive back for Ocoee High...

Nellie Vickers Parker
Jul 11, 2010
Nellie Vickers Parker, 87, of Hahira, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Lowndes County on May 26, 1923 to the late Henry D. Vickers and Lilly Pauline Webb Vickers. Mrs. Parker was a homemaker, a member of Hahira First Baptist Church and the WMU.She is survived by four daughters and sons in law, Joyce...

Gerald Walls
Jul 10, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Faye Cherry (Touchton) Newton
Jul 10, 2010
Faye Cherry (Touchton) Newton, 60, of Valdosta died on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on July 13, 1949 to the late Jessie Cherry and Jessie Bohannan Cherry Hubbard and lived most of her life here. She was retired from Heritage Community Bank and was a member of Bethany Baptist...

Joseph Riley (Jr) Tyler, Jr.
Jul 9, 2010
Joseph Riley ( JR ) Tyler Jr., 76, of Lakeland, Florida, died on Friday, July 09, 2010 after a sudden illness. Born in Hahira to the late Joseph Riley Tyler Sr. and Jessie Wingate Tyler McCray Smith. He was married 52 years to the late Frances Ollie Crane. Mr. Tyler moved to Lakeland in 1969. He retired from the construction...

Jasper Miller
Jul 6, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Mary (Sissy) Mull Tillman
Jul 6, 2010
Mary "Sissy" Mull Tillman, 83, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 6, 2010. She was born in Rome, Georgia on December 4, 1926 to the Joseph Harrison Mull, M.D. and Sarah Veal Mull. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty nine years, H. Harrison Tillman, Sr. and one brother, Joseph Harrison Mull, Jr., who was lost while serving his country...