OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Helen  Smith  Purdy

Helen Smith Purdy

Dec 9, 2010

Helen Smith Purdy, 89, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 9, 2010, at Smith Northview Hospital. Born and raised in Valdosta Mrs. Purdy was a true Southern Belle. Her mother died when Helen was young and she was raised by her father, the late Oscar Marvin Smith Jr., with whom she loved to play golf, and her grandmother, the late...

Charles W.  Johnson

Charles W. Johnson

Dec 9, 2010

Charles W. Johnson, 83, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. He was born on July 7, 1927 in Tifton to the late Oliver and Hattie Barnes Johnson. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps having served during WWII and was retired from the security industry. He was a...

Jeanne Keeler Ryan

Jeanne Keeler Ryan

Dec 7, 2010

Jeanne Keeler Ryan, 83, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 7, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Jeanne was born on August 4, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Henry W. Keeler, Sr. and Sadie Peeples Keeler. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Tyler, Sr. and Clarence E. Ryan, Sr., a son, Robert (Bobby) Tyler, Jr. and a...

Carolyn J. Blanchard

Carolyn J. Blanchard

Dec 6, 2010

Carolyn J. Blanchard, 65, of Valdosta died Monday, December 6, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Valdosta on October 10, 1945 to the late Roy and Eldora Padgette Sauls. Mrs. Blanchard was a homemaker and a member of Bemiss Road Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Jimmy Blanchard of Valdosta, one son, Carroll Blanchard of Valdosta, one...

Albert Lee Kelley

Albert Lee Kelley

Dec 6, 2010

Albert Lee Kelley, 85, of Valdosta died on Monday, December 06, 2010 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman following a lengthy illness. He was born on August 24, 1925 to the late John Wesley and Birdie Taylor Kelley in Baker County Florida. He was self-employed in the logging industry, and was a professional coyote trapper known by many as the...

Don  Gray Lineberger

Don Gray Lineberger

Dec 5, 2010

Don Gray Lineberger, 71, of Valdosta died suddenly on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 25, 1939 in Tennessee to the late Albert G. and Eugenia McGriff Lineberger. He was a retired musician having played with the Bill Monroe Band.He is survived by several friends, Leigh and Charlie Stewart of Dasher,...

Marcella  Clara  English

Marcella Clara English

Dec 2, 2010

Marcella “Lou” Clara English, 49, of Valdosta, passed away at her home on Thursday, December 2, 2010, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.She was born September 22, 1961 in Tampa, FL, a daughter of the late Morris William and Frances Lee Tyson Keene. She moved to Valdosta with her parents while she was in the sixth grade. Lou had...

Infant Mason Nathaniel Moore

Infant Mason Nathaniel Moore

Nov 30, 2010

Infant Mason Nathaniel Moore, 1 day old son of Robert Donald, Jr. and Nicolette Rae Ballew Moore died on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. In addition to his parents, other survivors include grandparents, Robert, Sr. and Brenda Moore of Nashville, JoAnn Ballew of Livingston, TX., great grandparents, Cecil and Betty Ballew of Inman, SC. and Connie...

Hoyt E. Coppage

Hoyt E. Coppage

Nov 30, 2010

Hoyt E. Coppage, 83, of Hahira, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Hahira, GA on January 25, 1927 to the late Gordon Lee and Willie Ozella Cowart Coppage. Mr. Coppage was the retired owner and operator of Valdosta Hardware and Mill Supply and worked at Martin McLane Funeral Home in Hahira. He...

Milton  Connell

Milton Connell

Nov 29, 2010

Milton "Pugh" Connell, 83, a resident of Good Hope Road South in Naylor died suddenly on Monday, November 29, 2010 at home of cardiac arrest. He was born in Naylor on February 16, 1927 to the late Clyde Eugene Connell, Sr. and Eula Lee Peters Connell. He had a wonderful childhood in Naylor where he attended public school and graduated...

Charlotte  Lowe Parramore

Charlotte Lowe Parramore

Nov 28, 2010

Charlotte Lowe Parramore, 95, of Valdosta, died Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Langdale Place. Born in Wellborn, Florida on May 10, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Maxie William Lowe and Jessie Grigsby Lowe. Formerly of Greensboro, North Carolina she had made her home in Valdosta since 1994. She was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist...

Frederick William Blake

Frederick William Blake

Nov 26, 2010

Frederick William Blake, 76, of Valdosta died on Friday, November 26, 2010 following a short illness. He was born on March 19, 1934 in Mt Clemens, Michigan. Mr. Blake has been a resident of Valdosta for over 30 years and was retired from the United States Air Force. He was of the Methodist faith.Survivors include his wife, Margaret Blake of...

Stanley Zipperer

Stanley Zipperer

Nov 26, 2010

Stanley Zipperer, 91, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 26, 2010 in Adel. Mr. Zipperer was born on January 18, 1919, the son of the late Charlie and Lucy Roberts Zippperer. He graduated from Clyattville High School and attended ABAC before serving in the Pacific during WWII with the U.S. Army Military Police. After his time in the...

Mary  Elizabeth  Webb

Mary Elizabeth Webb

Nov 25, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Webb, 84, of Valdosta died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 28, 1926 in Bainbridge, the daughter of the late Claude Henry and Mary Eula Ingram Murray. She had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Webb served faithfully with her husband, the late William Milton Webb, retired...

Andre Marcel Moirano

Andre Marcel Moirano

Nov 25, 2010

André Marcel Moirano, 57, unexpectedly passed away at his residence on the morning of November 25, 2010. André Moirano was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. He has left behind his beloved wife Cataline Moirano with 37 years of marriage, and his two children, Maite Marie Moirano and Massimo André Moirano. For the last 21 years of André...

Barbara  Schmidt Williamson

Barbara Schmidt Williamson

Nov 24, 2010

Barbara Schmidt Williamson, 69, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Moultrie, GA on February 28, 1941 to the late David and Mattie Rutland Barfield. Mrs. Williamson was a homemaker and a member of Azalea City Church of God.She is survived by her children and their spouses, Janet S. and Bryan Strickland...

Jonathan Felix Asbell, Jr.

Jonathan Felix Asbell, Jr.

Nov 24, 2010

Jonathan Felix Abell, Jr., 19, of Valdosta died suddenly on Wednesday, November 24, 2010. He was born in Adel on June 20, 1991 to Jonathan Sr., and Melissa Tomlinson Asbell. He was a graduate of Georgia Christian School where he played several sports. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church but also attended Dasher Church of Christ as well...

Earlene  Sutton  Allen

Earlene Sutton Allen

Nov 24, 2010

Earlene Sutton Allen, 81, of Valdosta died at her home on Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Born in Hahira on August 29, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Will Sutton. Mrs. Allen was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors are her daughters and son in law, Deborah Allen Lee and Billy Lee of Quitman, Brenda Allen...

Dr. John M.  Miller

Dr. John M. Miller

Nov 23, 2010

Dr. John M. Miller, 82, formerly of Valdosta passed away Tuesday morning, November 23, 2010, at his Lakeland residence. Following a long illness, he died in the dwelling where he was born in 1928, the youngest son of Lint and Lena Lee Miller. Dr. Miller received his high school diploma from Emory University Academy in 1946 and earned his junior...

Wilbur Gene Copeland

Wilbur Gene Copeland

Nov 23, 2010

Wilbur Gene Copeland, 76, of Dasher died on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on April 10, 1934 in Alachua, Florida to the late Johnnie and Geneva Scruggs Copeland and has been a resident of this area since 1950. He is a graduate of Georgia Christian School and he attended both Florida...