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

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...

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....