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

Barbara Jean Line Acuff
Mar 31, 2010
Barbara Jean Line Acuff, 79, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center, after a short illness.She was born March 21, 1931, a daughter of the late Alfred and Ruth Witt Line, in Knoxville, TN, where she graduated from Old Knoxville High School. Barbara was a member of the Lake Park Christian Church and the...
Lois Anderson Fountain
Mar 31, 2010
Lois Anderson Fountain, 82, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Heartwood Nursing Home in Tacoma, WA. She was born in Hahira on May 5, 1927 to the late Bill and Kate Slate Anderson and had lived in this area most of her life before moving from Valdosta in May 2008. Mrs. Fountain was a member of the New...

William Dahl
Mar 30, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

John David Williams, Sr.
Mar 29, 2010
John David Williams, Sr., 55, of Valdosta, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta from complications following a stroke on January 2, 2010 surrounded by his family. He was born on July 9, 1954 in Valdosta. Mr. Williams worked for Reinhart Food Service, was a member and elder at Lakeland Church of Christ, loved fishing, hunting...

Shirley Lieupo
Mar 29, 2010
Shirley Lieupo, 64, of Valdosta, died on Monday, March 29, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Valdosta on August 22, 1945 to the late James W., Sr. and Golla Bell Coody Barrett. She was retired from the Lowndes County School system and was a member of the Pentecostal Deliverance Center. She was...

Brenda Turner Selph
Mar 28, 2010
Brenda Turner Selph, 59, of Lake Park, died at home on Sunday, March 28, 2010. Born in Valdosta on May 1, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Albert J. and Nettie Brady Turner. She was of the Baptist faith.She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Michelle and Ricky Shiver of Lakeland; sisters and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Billy...

Peggy Peden Griffin
Mar 27, 2010
Peggy Peden Griffin of Hahira passed away on Saturday, the 27th of March, 2010 at the age of 80 after a long illness. She was born in Pulaski, Tennessee on December 10, 1929 to the late Ben and Blanche Smith Peden. She attended David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tennessee on scholarship and received her Master’s Degree and Specialist Degree from...

Robert Michael Tyson
Mar 26, 2010
Robert Michael TysonRobert Michael Tyson died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Atlanta Friday evening. He was born in Sparks, Georgia, March 22, 1947 to the late Ila Mae and Sankey Booth Tyson. He attended Sparks Elementary School and graduated from Cook High School in 1965 where he was named friendliest in his class.Mike began his college career...

David Rea
Mar 26, 2010
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Otis Sanders
Mar 23, 2010
Otis Sanders, 84, of Statenville, died on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Dublin, Georgia, on July 28, 1925, he was the son of the late Otis Tolbert and Annie M. Barbour Sanders. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was a member and deacon of Morningside Baptist Church and a former member and...

Buddy (Cherokee) Gunn
Mar 22, 2010
Buddy (Cherokee) Gunn, 84, of Valdosta, died on Monday, March 22, 2010 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Mr. Gunn will be cremated and a private family memorial service will be held for him at a later date and time. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the Gunn family. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com....

Laura B Eager
Mar 22, 2010
Laura B. Eager, 87, of Valdosta, was born to Col. & Mrs. G. S. Brownell on January 10, 1923, at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Laura went to sleep Sunday night, March 21, with her loving husband of nearly 68 years, George B. Eager. She awoke Monday morning in Heaven in the presence of her Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ!She and George...
Claude Dozier Cox
Mar 21, 2010
Claude Dozier Cox, 71, of Statenville died Sunday, March, 21, 2010, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born October 3, 1938, in Edison, Georgia to the late William Erskine Cox and Claudine Hall Cox.Claude graduated from Edison High School in 1956. After attending The University of Texas and The University of Georgia, he was selected for the USAF Aviation...

Gladys Parrish Raulerson
Mar 20, 2010
Gladys Parrish Raulerson, 90, of Echols County, died on March 20, 2010, at Lee County Health Care in Leesburg, Georgia. Born on February 29, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Rosa Lee Parrish and widow of the late Louis Raulerson who she was married to for 60 years. Mrs. Raulerson was a lifelong resident of Echols...
Morris Glenn Hancock
Mar 20, 2010
Morris Glenn Hancock, 62, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at his home. Born in Quitman on April 25, 1947 he was the son of the late James and Mary Hancock. Mr. Hancock was a Fireman with the Valdosta Fire Department for 33 years. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon....
David Carl Watkins, Sr.
Mar 20, 2010
David Carl Watkins, Sr., 95, of Valdosta, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Langdale Hospice House. He was a lifelong resident of Lowndes county. Mr. Watkins enjoyed a long career of farming and serving as produce manager for Harvey�s. He also founded Watkins Music Hall in 1991 and it has been serving Lowndes county for over nineteen years. It gives...

Bernice Jacobs Guess
Mar 19, 2010
Bernice Jacobs Guess, 84, of Valdosta died on Friday, March 19, 2010 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 28, 1925 to the late Lander and Amanda Cooper Jacobs. She was a homemaker and attended the Pentecostal Deliverance Center. Survivors include a daughter, Frances Griffin of Valdosta; son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and LaVern Guess of...
Corriene A. Moore
Mar 18, 2010
Corriene A. Moore, 85, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 18, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on March 5, 1925 in Effingham, Illinois and had lived in Valdosta since 1971. Mrs. Moore owned and operated LaMor's Dress Shop for seventeen years and was a manager for Evelyn's Dress Shop. She was an avid bowler and played in...
Rozell Coombs Russell
Mar 17, 2010
Rozell Coombs Russell, 97, of Cecil, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Cook County on April 30, 1912 to the late William Robert and Ida Eunice Coombs. Mrs. Russell was a homemaker, a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and maintained the cemetery and grounds. She had...

Elizabeth Caroline Rigdon
Mar 16, 2010
Elizabeth C. Rigdon, 95, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Heritage Healthcare. She was born February 17, 1915 in Glen St. Mary, FL to the late James Bright Garrison and Dolly Mae McGhin Garrison. Mrs. Rigdon was a retired nurse from South Georgia Medical Center and was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church.She is survived by her children...