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

Linda B. Peeples
Jul 6, 2010
Linda B. Peeples, 69, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center in Lakeland, GA. She was born on September 24, 1940 in Reidsville, NC to the late C. D. and Edna Barker. Mrs. Peeples was a homemaker and a member of Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church. She worked at Valdosta State University and was a secretary...

Raymond Earl Babcock
Jul 5, 2010
Raymond Earl Babcock, 48, of Naylor, departed this world peacefully on July 5, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 9, 1961 to the late Raymond Wayne and Margaret Ann Raney Babcock. Ray grew up in Platte County Missouri and was a professional lead guitarist all his life. He played...

Thomas William (Bill) Guy
Jul 4, 2010
Thomas William (Bill) Guy, 57, of Lake Park, husband of Linda Howell Guy died Friday evening July 2, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. Graveside services were held at 3pm, Sunday, July 4, 2010 at the Sylvester Cemetery in Cook County with Rev. Rick Hofmeister officiating. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home....
Elizabeth Marie Pitts
Jul 1, 2010
Elizabeth Marie Pitts was born Friday, November 26, 1999 in Valdosta, Georgia. She returned to her Heavenly Father from her family's loving arms at home on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Elizabeth was the precious daughter of Benjamin and Melanie Pitts and an amazing older sister to Madeline Grace Pitts. She leaves to grieve many friends and family members around the...
Richard Earl Lamon
Jul 1, 2010
Richard Earl Lamon, 55, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at his home. He was born on September 23, 1954 in Valdosta and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Lamon was a graduate of Lowndes High School and the University of Georgia. He was currently serving as City Executive for BB&T Bank and a member of the...

Lester Ribling
Jul 1, 2010
Lester Ribling, USAF SMSgt. (Ret.), 91, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2010, at Smith-Northview Hospital.He was born April 5, 1919 in Minneapolis, MN, a son of the late John Earl and Georgette Lydia Peterson Ribling. Lester grew up in Beardstown, IL, entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and trained in Houston, TX as an Instructor in...
Kathleen Wade Patterson
Jul 1, 2010
Kathleen Wade Patterson, 86, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Born in Oklahoma City to the late Malcolm Bryan Henry and Edna Madden Henry, she had lived in this area for the past 57 years. Mrs. Patterson grew up in Oklahoma where she loved to go fishing with her Dad and was a real 'tomboy'. She studied at...

Lula Wilson Potts
Jul 1, 2010
Lula Wilson Potts, 56, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at her home. She was born on June 4, 1954 in Pensacola, Florida to the late Sherman and Frances Ross Wilson and had lived in Valdosta for the past three years. Mrs. Potts was a Methodist and a social worker with Grace Hospice. Survivors include a daughter, Christina Potts...
Charles Steve Estes
Jul 1, 2010
Charles Stephen (Steve) Estes, 54, of Valdosta and Hoover, Alabama died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Brookwood Medical Center in Homewood, Alabama. He was born on July 10, 1955 in Rome, Georgia to Mary Jane Brown Estes and the late Billy Thomas Estes and had lived in Valdosta for several years before moving to Hoover, Alabama. He was a member...

Martha Ellen Hatcher Grudzien
Jul 1, 2010
Martha Ellen Hatcher Grudzien, 83, of Valdosta died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Headland, Alabama on November 22, 1926 to the late Thomas E. and Hettie Kirkland Hatcher. Mrs. Grudzien was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and retired from J. C. Penney's as a sales...

Christopher Ryan Kohler
Jun 30, 2010
Christopher Ryan Kohler, 24, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on August 2, 1985 in Jacksonville, Florida and had lived in Valdosta for the past eighteen years. Mr. Kohler was a billboard installer with R&B Signs. Survivors include his mother, Connie Spivey of Melbourne, FL., his father, Chris Kohler...

Terry Owen Lowe
Jun 26, 2010
Dr. Terry Owen Lowe, 69, of Valdosta, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at his residence. He was born in San Francisco, CA on August 15, 1940 to Thomas O. Lowe and Betty Jo Woods Lowe. Dr. Lowe graduated from Murray State University where he received a Bachelor and Master's degree. He graduated from Indiana University where he received an Ed....

Joseph H. Lorence
Jun 26, 2010
Joseph H. Lorence, 66, of Valdosta died on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House following a short illness. He was born on August 15, 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late Harold and Lorraine Rassmussen Lorence. He was a real estate broker and a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.Survivors include his wife of 48...
Charles Carlton Conway
Jun 25, 2010
Charles Carlton Conway, 78, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Langdale Hospice House following a brief illness. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on August 8, 1931 to the late Emmett G. and Minnie Lavinia Tucker Conway. Mr. Conway was a United States Marine Corps veteran serving for three years. While in the Corps, he was...

Rhonda Merrick Gill
Jun 25, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
James Gordon Corbett
Jun 25, 2010
James Corbett, 92, of Lake Park, died on Friday June 25, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. Mr. Corbett was born in Lake Park to the late Ewell & Sarah Hiers Corbett. He lived in Lake Park until he joined the Navy during WWII. In the Navy, Mr. Corbett served on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and was on the ship...

Katherine Oglesby Mixson
Jun 24, 2010
Katherine Oglesby Mixson, 99, passed away June 24, 2010 at her home in Valdosta. She was born in Quitman, Georgia, on July 28, 1910, to Juanita Bullard and Zeane Wise Oglesby. Mrs. Mixson was educated in the public schools of Quitman, Georgia and attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years,...

Robert F. Oliver
Jun 23, 2010
Robert F. Oliver, 82, of Valdosta, passed away June 23, 2010. He is survived by his daughter, Melody Oliver of Lawrenceville, GA and preceded in death by his wife, Martha Jo Moore Oliver and parents, Thomas W. and Irma F. Oliver. Mr. Oliver served in the U.S. Army and was an Elementary and Middle school music teacher in Lowndes County....

William Braswell
Jun 23, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Justin Paul Clark
Jun 22, 2010
Justin Paul Clark, 26, beloved son, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at his home in Valdosta after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born September 29, 1983 in Murray, Utah.He graduated from the University of Maryland, Germany Campus in 2006 with a B.A. in Business. Justin had resided with his parents in California, North Carolina, Alaska, Germany...