OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Alfred Jackson King

Alfred Jackson King

Jan 19, 2010

Alfred Jackson King, 54, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 14, 1955 in Valdosta to the late Alfred Jackson King and Oralee Everett King. Mr. King worked in the construction business and attended New Season Church of God.He is survived by one son, Matthew Jackson King (Dixie Trotter) of...

Sonya Joy Goff

Sonya Joy Goff

Jan 18, 2010

Sonya Joy Goff, 45, of Hahira died Monday, January 18, 2010 at the Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on May 18, 1964 in Hahira to the late Chester and Mary Eunice Goff and was a lifelong resident of this area. She was a Christian who loved music and reading. Survivors include her daughter, Jessica Weldon of Valdosta, her son,...

Robert  Genon Bennett

Robert Genon Bennett

Jan 18, 2010

Robert Genon Bennett, 46, of Valdosta died on Monday, January 18, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. A private family service will be held at a later date in Fayetteville, Georgia. No local services are scheduled. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the Bennett family locally. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com....

Edward A. Casteloes

Edward A. Casteloes

Jan 16, 2010

Edward A. Casteloes, 71, of Valdosta died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Smith Northview Hospital. He was born on August 15, 1938 in Moultrie to the late Joseph B and Huldah Williams Casteloes and had lived in Valdosta for twenty seven years. Mr. Casteloes was a retired salesman with Lipton Foods Inc. and a member of St. John the Evangelist...

John William(Bill) Simpson, Jr.

John William(Bill) Simpson, Jr.

Jan 15, 2010

JOHN WILLIAM (BILL) SIMPSON, JR., 84, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, January 15, 2010, at his home with his family by his side. He was born February 22, 1925 in Tunnelton, W.V., a son of the late John William and Pearl Anderson Simpson. He was a graduate of Preston County High School, Tunnelton, WV. He served in the United States...

Joan  Donohoo

Joan Donohoo

Jan 15, 2010

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

Helen Tomberlin Millirons

Helen Tomberlin Millirons

Jan 15, 2010

Helen Tomberlin Millirons, 80, of Hahira died Friday, January 15, 2010 at Heritage Healthcare at Lakehaven. She was born on August 9, 1929 in Nashville to the late Bernice and Susie Brantley Tomberlin and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Millirons was a member of the Shiloh United Methodist Church and retired as the office manager for Ameri-Gas...

Yuri Voldman

Yuri Voldman

Jan 15, 2010

Yuri Voldman, 83, of Valdosta died Friday, January 15, 2010. He was born on January 13, 1927 in Bendery Moldova to the late Yakov Voldman and Ester Malamud Voldman. Mr. Voldman was a retired attorney and a member of Temple Israel. Survivors include his wife, Sofia Voldman of Valdosta, his son and daughter in law, Yakov and Lioudmila Woldman of...

Ava Nell Riggs

Ava Nell Riggs

Jan 13, 2010

AVA NELL RIGGS, 70, of Griffin, formerly of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at the Christian Ministries Hospice, Griffin, after a lengthy illness.Ava Nell was born March 22, 1939 in Remerton, a daughter of the late Corley John and Sallie Jane DeLoach Brantley. She was employed at SAFT for twenty-three years, retiring in 1997 from quality control, and...

Gladys Inez Taylor

Gladys Inez Taylor

Jan 12, 2010

Gladys Taylor, 82, of Hahira, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. She was born in Cook County on June 26, 1927 to the late Dan and Bessie Kelley. Mrs. Taylor was a homemaker and a member of the Hahira Church of God.She is survived by one daughter and son in law, Jo Beth and Ronald...

Ellen   Harris  Anderson

Ellen Harris Anderson

Jan 12, 2010

Ellen Harris Anderson, 90, of Valdosta, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, at the home of her son on January 12, 2010. Born September 4, 1919 she was the daughter of Henry Grady and Mary Ada Harris of Thomaston, Georgia. Ellen moved to Valdosta in 1939 with her husband Harry and they had 7 children. She returned to school when...

Lois Nichols Henley

Lois Nichols Henley

Jan 12, 2010

Lois Nichols Henley, 95, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2010, in Atlanta, GA. Lois was born on October 17, 1914, in Belle Plaine, Iowa, to Fredrick and Mayme Cerny. She attended High School in Davenport, Iowa. On September 9, 1936, she married Donald Eugene Nichols at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport. They had first met as teens in...

Alice Bullard Carter

Alice Bullard Carter

Jan 11, 2010

Alice Bullard Carter, 86, of Valdosta died Monday, January 11, 2010 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on April 10, 1923 in White Springs, Florida to the late Cauley Carl and Katherine Carter Bullard. Mrs. Carter was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Joy/Fidelis Sunday School Class. She was actively involved...

Linda Stalvey Plaire

Linda Stalvey Plaire

Jan 11, 2010

Linda Stalvey Plaire, 65, of Valdosta, passed away at home on Monday, January 11, 2010, after a long illness arising from ovarian cancer. She had been a faithful member of Morningside Baptist Church since 1975. She practiced public accounting for forty-five years, beginning with Carl Sessions Accounting firm in 1963 and in 1979 she began her own practice which she...

Miriam  Felts Jackson

Miriam Felts Jackson

Jan 10, 2010

Miriam Felts Jackson, 90, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, January 10, 2010, at Heritage Health Care in Moultrie. Born in Roberta, Georgia, on July 24, 1919, Miriam was the daughter of the late John Allen and Beulah Harris Felts. She was the widow of the late Dr. Robert Fanning Jackson. A member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church, Mrs....

Stuart  Lindsay  Mason, Jr.

Stuart Lindsay Mason, Jr.

Jan 8, 2010

Stuart Lindsay Mason, Jr., 79, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Friday, January 8, 2010, at Langdale Hospice House after a long illness. Born in Valdosta on December 17, 1930, he was the son of the late S.L. Mason, Sr. and Ethel Mildred Holmes Mason. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a medic. Mr. Mason taught for 32...

Dott Hammer

Dott Hammer

Jan 8, 2010

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

Margaret Dick Arnold

Margaret Dick Arnold

Jan 7, 2010

Margaret Dick Arnold, 96, of Valdosta died suddenly Thursday, January 7, 2010 at the home of her daughter, Jeanne Fisher. She was born in Pickerington, Ohio on August 16, 1913 to the late William M. and Inez Koons Dick and had lived in Valdosta for the past two years. Mrs. Arnold was a member of the Worthington Christian Church in...

Monty Stratton Griffin

Monty Stratton Griffin

Jan 7, 2010

Monty Stratton Griffin, 59, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at his residence following a fight with cancer. He was born on May 9, 1950 in Adel and has lived in Valdosta area for the past 20 years. He was the Assistant Director for Landscape and Grounds for Valdosta State University where his talents and creativity produced much...

Kenneth  Gunn  Macleod

Kenneth Gunn Macleod

Jan 6, 2010

�Chief� Kenneth Gunn MacLeod, CMSGT USAF, Retired, of Hahira, died January 6, 2010, in Gainesville, Florida, after a brief illness. Born March 14, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Annie MacDonald MacLeod. Although born in the United States, �Chief� was raised in Stornoway on the Isle-of-Lewis, Scotland. He entered into the British Army...