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

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...

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...