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

Debra June Durham
Sep 21, 2009
Debra June Durham, 51, of Valdosta died Monday, September 21, 2009 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on September 27, 1957 to Bonnie June Hutchinson and the late Albert Ray Hutchinson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Ms. Durham was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ and an Administrative Assistant with Valdosta Technical...

Charles Arnold Hennly
Sep 20, 2009
Charles A. "Chuck" HennlyGod called home his son Charles Arnold "Chuck" Hennly, 66, of Valdosta, on Sunday, September 20, 2009 after a long and brave battle with cancer. Chuck was a Christian and a member of First United Methodist Church of Valdosta.He was born on October 17, 1942 in Rome, GA to the late James R. Hennly Sr. and Cleo...

Irene Mobley Brown
Sep 19, 2009
Irene Mobley Brown, 65, of Valdosta died at her residence on Saturday, September 19, 2009 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lowndes County on September 14, 1944 to the late Charlie and Carrie Sadler Mobley. She had worked with Holly Hill and Crestwood nursing homes as a private nurse and had also been a cook for Old South...

Marian B. Ellis
Sep 19, 2009
Marian B. Ellis, 94, formerly of Syracuse, New York and recently of Langdale Place, Valdosta, Georgia, died at Langdale Hospice House on Saturday, September 19, 2009 after a brief illness. Born in Bristol, Ontario County, New York, Mrs. Ellis resided most of her life in the Westvale area of Syracuse, New York. She has resided in Douglas and Valdosta, Georgia,...
Reverend Dawes B. Thomson
Sep 18, 2009
Dawes Buckley "Buck" Thomson, 65, of Valdosta, died suddenly at his home on Friday, September 18, 2009. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, on November 3, 1943, he was the son of the late C. Dawes Thomson and Iris Opal Buckley Thomson. Buck graduated with his masters of divinity degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was a Presbyterian Minister...

Emily Lee Hughes
Sep 17, 2009
Emily Lee Hughes, 81, of Valdosta, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Lowndes County on April 9, 1928 to the late Barney Mark and Hattie Mizell Deloach Seymour. Mrs. Hughes was a retired machine operator from Levi Strauss Company and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. She is survived by one...

Edward Newsom Cooper
Sep 15, 2009
Edward Newsom Cooper, 96, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House following a short illess. He was born in Athens, Georgia on August 27, 1913 to the late Warner Rowe and Sarah Lou Newsom Cooper. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Georgia. He worked in the US...
Letha Aline Blankenship
Sep 14, 2009
Aline Blankenship, 85, of Valdosta, died Monday, September 14, 2009 at her residence. She was born on December 26, 1923 in Scottsboro, AL to the late James Henry and Mary Marilda Austin Jones. Mrs. Blankenship was a homemaker and a member of Lake Park Church of God.She is survived by her children and their spouses, Jackie and David Noble, David...
Lawrence Zipperer, Jr.
Sep 13, 2009
Lawrence Zipperer, Jr., 61, of Valdosta passed away after a lengthy illness on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at home with family and friends. Larry was born in Valdosta on January 16, 1948 and was the son of Allie Inez Butler Zipperer and the late Lawrence Edward Zipperer, Sr. of Valdosta. He graduated from Lowndes High School in 1966 and Abraham...

Violet Pitchen Carson
Sep 13, 2009
Violet Pitchen Carson, 89, died of Sunday, September 13, 2009. Mrs. Carson was a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was a retired WWII Army Nurse and is preceded in death by her husband, Colonel Russell V. Carson. Mrs. Carson had lived in Valdosta for more than thirty years before moving to the Atlanta area with her daughters. Survivors include her...
Linda G. Bryant
Sep 12, 2009
LINDA G. BRYANT, 56, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center. Linda was born March 31, 1953 in Atlanta, a daughter of Bessie Adams King and the late Early M. Hunt, Jr. She was a member of Ousley Baptist Church, a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother, she loved spending time with...

Louelle C. Rhoden
Sep 11, 2009
Louelle C. Rhoden, 91, of Valdosta, died on Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born on September 2, 1917 in Lanier County, she was the daughter of the late A.D., Sr. and Clifford Rudd Crosby. She was a cloth inspector for Strickland Mills and was of the Church of God faith.She is survived by her son,...

Jewell Rogers Moon
Sep 9, 2009
Jewell Rogers Moon, 83, of Valdosta died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Collins, Georgia on December 30, 1925 to the late Ward and Annie Mae Holland Rogers and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Moon was a Baptist.Survivors include two daughters and sons in law, Dianne...

Emey Lee Swilley
Sep 8, 2009
Emey Lee Swilley, 91, of Valdosta, died at home on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Born on October 14, 1917 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late William Madison and Florence Emma Radney Christie. Mrs. Swilley was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church.She is survived by her children and their spouses, Lavon and Sharon Swilley,...
Clark D. Payne
Sep 7, 2009
CLARK D. PAYNE, 92, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness.He was born September 30, 1916 in Tifton, a son of the late Walter and Macy Hannon Payne. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corp with the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group, Unit L-22, in Palestine, Egypt, Libya,...

Mrs. Tom J. (Geneva) Moore
Sep 7, 2009
Mrs. Tom J. (Geneva) Moore, 89, of Valdosta died Monday, September 7, 2009 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on August 4, 1920 in Clinch County to the late Richmond Wallace and Pearlie Smith McLean. Mrs. Moore was a member of the Naylor Methodist Church where she loved to attend as long as her health permitted....

Gladys J. Garren
Sep 6, 2009
GLADYS J. GARREN, 76, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center, after a brief illness.She was born April 16, 1933 in Blountstown, FL, a daughter of the late Abbie and Sara Pipin McKinney. Mrs. Garren lived throughout the world with her husband, Chic, while he served in the U.S. Air Force, and came to...
Juanita T. Powell
Sep 5, 2009
Juanita Tomlinson Powell, 94, of Valdosta--a good woman who led a good life--died at Langdale Hospice House Saturday, September 5, 2009. She was married for 54 years to the late Franklin Benjamin Powell Jr. and for 65 years lived in the same house on East Park Avenue where they reared four daughters. They were committed to ensuring that their daughters...

Myrtle Godshalk
Sep 3, 2009
Myrtle Godshalk, 92, of Hahira, died Thursday, September 3, 2009. She was born in Bremen, Indiana on July 15, 1917 to the late Jessee and Nellie Senff. Mrs. Godshalk was a seamstress.She is survived by two sons and daughters in law, Bill and Margie Godshalk and Keith and Mary Jo Godshalk of Orlando, FL, two daughters, Sharon McDonald and Nancy...
Trampus John Bailey
Sep 2, 2009
Trampus John Bailey, 29, of Hahira, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009. He was born on August 12, 1980. Trampus was a carpenter, property manager of Hahira Contractors and Tricon Development, was a firefighter with the Hahira Fire Department, was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, graduated from Lowndes High School in 1999 and Valdosta Technical College in 2003.He is survived...