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

Essie Mae Wilson
Nov 17, 2009
ESSIE MAE WILSON, 73, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at the home of her daughter, after a short illness.Essie was born April 24, 1936 in Georgetown, SC, a daughter of Alf and Anna Cooper. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.She is survived by three children, Debbie Tomlinson...

Mary Ann K. Lasseter
Nov 16, 2009
Mary Ann Lasseter, 82, of Valdosta, died Monday, November 16, 2009 after a brief illness. She was born July 11, 1927 in Madison, FL, the youngest daughter of James Thomas and Lillian Mae Tanner Killingsworth. Mrs. Lasseter was a homemaker and a faithful member of Northside Baptist Church for fifty three years, in the Joymakers Senior Adult Group and was...
Sandra Laureen Howell Dasher
Nov 16, 2009
Sandra Laureen Howell Dasher, beloved mother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on November 15, 2009, at the age of 61 after a short, sudden illness. She was born August 15, 1948, to Ardell Howell and Ada Maude McLeod Howell. Sandra attended Lake Park High School in Lowndes County and Georgia Christian School. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant...
James L. Austin
Nov 15, 2009
JAMES L. AUSTIN, 90, of Lake Park, went to be with the Lord after a short illness on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at his home. He was born October 27, 1919 in Winder, a son of John Rich and Lillie Helton Austin. He had worked at Bell Aircraft Corp, near Atlanta, before entering the U.S. Marine Corps., serving at Parris...
Albert H. Rogers
Nov 15, 2009
Albert H. Rogers, 60, died on Sunday, November 15, 2009, at his home in Lake Park. Born in Valdosta, on November 13, 1949, he was the son of the late Claudius Haygood Rogers and Esther Eloy Peterson Rogers. Mr. Rogers was a graduate of Lowndes High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked as a mechanic for...

Elmo D. Cook
Nov 15, 2009
Elmo D. Cook, 73, of Valdosta, died at his home on Sunday, November 15, 2009. Born November 13, 1936, he was the son of the late F.L. and Gladys Simmons Cook. Mr. Cook worked at and retired from Levi Struass after 26 years of service. He was an avid motorcyclist and won many trophies. He is preceded in death by...

Honora Duvall
Nov 15, 2009
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Weyman Perrian Chandler
Nov 12, 2009
Weyman Perrian Chandler, 68, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, November 12, 2009 in Pike County Illinois. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 2, 1941 to the late Dewey H. and Ila Belle Peppers Chandler. He was the co-owner of Automotive Transfers and was a Vietnam veteran having served in the United States Air Force. He was of the...
Donald O. Culpepper
Nov 11, 2009
Donald O. “Buck” Culpepper, 79, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Heritage House Nursing Home. He was born in Brooks County, Georgia on October 14, 1930 to the late Obbie and Willie Mae Crosby Culpepper. Mr. Culpepper served in the United States Army from 1951 until his retirement in 1973. He was a member of the VFW, the...

Martha Alday
Nov 10, 2009
Martha Alday, 72, of Raleigh, North Carolina and formerly of Valdosta, Georgia died at her residence in Raleigh on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 21, 1937 to the late Raymond Collins and Juanita Sauls Collins. She retired from the law firm of Dover, Miller, Stone, and Karras as a legal secretary, and...

Emory Merle Parrish
Nov 10, 2009
Emory M. Parrish, 77, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on October 23, 1932 in Cook County, GA to the late Arlie G. and Carrie H. Parrish. Mr. Parrish was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church and was a long time active deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was a lay...

Rebecca Beck
Nov 10, 2009
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Lowell M. Upchurch
Nov 9, 2009
Lowell M. Upchurch, 72, of Clyattville, died on Monday, November 9, 2009, at his home after a short illness. Born in Clyattville on August 4, 1937, he was the son of the late Lebus and Willa Taylor Upchurch. Mr. Upchurch was a graduate of Clyattville High School and had attended Valdosta State University. He was a member of Clyattville United...
John R. Shytle
Nov 8, 2009
John Rufus Shytle, 76, of Madison, Georgia and formerly of Valdosta died Saturday, November 8, 2009 at Athens Regional Hospital. He was born on March 7, 1933 in Forrest City, North Carolina to the late Kenneth and Mattie Davis Shytle. Mr. Shytle retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after thirty three years of service and served four years in the United...

Thomas David Clark
Nov 7, 2009
Thomas David Clark (SMSGT. Ret), 67, of Valdosta died on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born in Livingston, Tennessee on June 20, 1942 to the late John T. and Olene Johnson Clark. He retired from the United States Air Force and has been a resident of this area for twenty...
Edwin G. Johnson
Nov 7, 2009
Edwin G. Johnson, 74, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 4, 1935 in Lincolnton, North Carolina to the late S.J. and Mary Stamay Johnson had lived in Valdosta for the past eight years. He was a member of the Westside Baptist Church. Survivors include his...

Henry Clayton Sharpe, Sr.
Nov 7, 2009
Henry Clayton Sharpe, Sr., 82, of Hahira died Saturday, November 7, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Hahira on September 13, 1927 to the late Daniel Talbot, Sr. and Essie Mae Turner Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church and a veteran of the United States Navy....
Sumner L. Cowan
Nov 7, 2009
SUMNER L. COWAN, SrA (Ret.), 27, of Valdosta, GA, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2009. Sumner was born September 29, 1982 in Fayetteville, AR. He graduated from Schaumburg High School, Schaumburg, IL, with the Class of 2001, and attended Harper College in Palatine, IL, before entering the U.S. Air Force. During his enlistment he had served in Balad and Kirkuk,...

Jonathan Bilger
Nov 6, 2009
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Philip Edgar Hiers
Nov 6, 2009
Philip Edgar Hiers, 84, of Valdosta died Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Fellowship Home. He was born on April 16, 1925 in Jennings, Florida to the late Philip Edgar, Sr. and Fannie Ophelia Alderman Hiers and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Hiers was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and retired from Southern...