OBITUARIES

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

Joseph H.  Lorence

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

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

Rhonda Merrick Gill

Jun 25, 2010

Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

James  Gordon Corbett

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

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

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

William Braswell

Jun 23, 2010

Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Justin Paul Clark

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...

Geraldine  Smith  Arnold

Geraldine Smith Arnold

Jun 22, 2010

Geraldine Smith Arnold, 62, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Born in Pickens County, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Don and Virginia Smith of Morganton. Survivors are her husband, Wayne Arnold of Valdosta; daughters and their spouses, Mischa "Missy" and Mitch Fontenot, Elisa Rae and Derkde Groot of Raleigh, North...

Earl Wallace Sharpe

Earl Wallace Sharpe

Jun 22, 2010

Earl Wallace Sharpe, 87, of Hahira, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. He was born on July 8, 1922 in Lowndes County to the late Robert Emmett Sharpe and Avie Lou Wetherington Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe was a retired farmer and a United States Army veteran.He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Sharpe of Hahira, one...

John  Carl  Funderburk, Jr.

John Carl Funderburk, Jr.

Jun 21, 2010

John Carl Funderburk, Jr. passed away in Tallahassee, FL on Monday, June 21, 2010, with his beloved children (John Funderburk and Amy Henderson) and his minister at his side. He was preceded in death by Frances Hammond Funderburk, his loving wife of 54 years. Carl was born on September 10, 1923 in Flovilla, GA to parents John Carl Funderburk, Sr....

Randy Wallace

Randy Wallace

Jun 20, 2010

Randy Wallace, 56, of St. George died on Sunday, June 20, 2010 following a sudden illness in St. George, GA. He was born on Sept. 18, 1954 in Valdosta to the late Nelson Wallace and Elizabeth Cone Wallace. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a member of the New Life Baptist Church in St. George.Survivors...

Jeffrey Thomas Strawder

Jeffrey Thomas Strawder

Jun 19, 2010

Jeffrey Thomas Strawder, 42, of Ray City died Saturday, June 19, 2010 of an apparent heart attack while farming. He was born on July 27, 1967 in Hahira to June and LaDon Godwin Strawder. Jeffrey helped his father with the family farm working on it from the time he could start driving a tractor. He enjoyed fishing, farming, NASCAR and...

James Eugene  Dennis

James Eugene Dennis

Jun 17, 2010

James Eugene "BoBo" Dennis, 74, of Lake Park, passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010, at his home after a lengthy illness.He was born September 19, 1935 in Valdosta, a son of the late George Roe Dennis and Remmie Mae Terrell Dennis. Mr. Dennis had served in the U.S. Army and for several years he worked as a Boiler Mechanic at...

Rex M. Bowen

Rex M. Bowen

Jun 16, 2010

Rex M. Bowen, 59, of Valdosta died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on August 4, 1950 in Valparaiso, Indiana to Leah Allen Bowen and the late Bernard Bowen and had lived in Valdosta for thirty seven years. Mr. Bowen was a member of the Faith Baptist Church.Survivors include his...

Mandi Alisha Corbett

Mandi Alisha Corbett

Jun 15, 2010

Mandi Alisha Corbett, 24, of Lake Park died in an automobile accident on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 in Lowndes County near Lake Park. She was born on February 13, 1986 in Valdosta to Mark and Brenda Corbett of Lake Park. Mandi was a Hope Scholar, cheerleader and member of the softball, track and golf teams and graduated as an honor...

Ida Jane Steen Wolfson

Ida Jane Steen Wolfson

Jun 15, 2010

Ida Jane Steen Wolfson, 79, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Wolfson was born in Buffalo, NY to the late Lue Pearl Steen and Mary Emily Rainey Steen. She was a Registered Nurse and worked at several hospitals including Deaconess Hospital in Cincinatti, Ohio. She was a devoted and...

Gladys Talbert Tew

Gladys Talbert Tew

Jun 14, 2010

Gladys Talbert Tew, 80, of Fayetteville, North Carolina died Monday, June 14, 2010 in Hahira at the home of her son and daughter in law, David and Tammy. She was born in Robbins, North Carolina on June 10, 1930 to the late Alexander Joseph Talbert and Claudie Mae Moore Talbert. Mrs. Tew retired from the Cumberland County North Carolina School...

Elizabeth  Sikes

Elizabeth Sikes

Jun 14, 2010

Mrs. Elizabeth "Lib" Sikes, 89, of Valdosta and Albany, died on Monday, June 14, 2010, at Lee County Healthcare in Leesburg. Daughter of the late Sim and Lama Parrish Wisenbaker, she was born in Valdosta on April 2, 1921. Mrs. Sikes was a homemaker and a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her...

Faith Campbell

Faith Campbell

Jun 14, 2010

Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602