OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Edris Marie Phillips Becton
Aug 3, 2009
EDRIS MARIE PHILLIPS BECTON, 82, of Valdosta, passed away Monday, August 3, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House after a long illness.She was born April 4, 1927 in Echols County, a daughter of the late Clarence and Donna Peterson Phillips. As a teenager she moved to Lowndes County, and on November 10, 1944 she was united in marriage with James Dorsey...

Luis Miguel Gomez
Aug 2, 2009
Luis Miguel Gomez, 2 year old son of Dominga Gomez, died on Sunday, August 2, 2009. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2009 in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home with Father Dan O'Connell officiating. The burial will follow in the McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6-9...

Paul Ernest Freeman
Aug 1, 2009
Paul Ernest Freeman, 79, of Lake Park, Georgia died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at his home. He was born in Mt. Ida, Arkansas on May 11, 1930 to the late James Irvin and Minerva Watkins Freeman and had lived in Lake Park for the past eighteen years. Mr. Freeman was a member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church and...

Todd Pittman
Aug 1, 2009
Todd Pittman, 38, of Hahira died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 18, 1971 in Valdosta and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Pittman was a member of Cornerstone Ministries and was actively involved the work of the church. He was a sales engineer with Alltel.Survivors include his wife, Suzanne...

J. W. Willis
Aug 1, 2009
J. W. Willis, 84, of Lake Park died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born on January 30, 1925 in Brooks County to the late Henry and Helen Wheelis Willis and had lived in this area all of his life. Mr. Willis was a Baptist, a retired truck driver and had worked with the railroad....
Tina Dixon
Jul 31, 2009
Tina Dixon, 43, of Florida, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009, in Lake City. Tina was born January 22, 1966, in Valdosta. Tina is survived by her daughters, Heather Kristine Dixon and Haley Victoria Dixon; her parents, Tom and Anita Murphy; brother and sister in law, Robert C. III and Tracy Simpson; sister and brother in law, Kristina and Bryan...
Patsy Pitts
Jul 31, 2009
Patsy Pitts, 66, of Valdosta died Friday, July 31, 2009 at her home. She was born on December 4, 1942 in Berrien County to the late Lucious Henry and Mae Tomlinson Smith and had lived in this area most of her life. Mrs. Pitts attended the Northside Baptist Church and was a retired graduate studies administrative assistant at Valdosta State...
Robert L. Nichols
Jul 29, 2009
Robert L. “Bobby” Nichols, 64, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Tifton on September 21, 1944 to the late Thomas and Erline Kitchen Nichols. Mr. Nichols was a veteran of the United States Marines and a Methodist. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Crawford Nichols of Valdosta, daughters and sons in...
Ramona Denmark Jenkins
Jul 28, 2009
Ramona Denmark Jenkins, 77, of Quitman died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Niceville, Florida on March 22, 1932 to the late Hutch A. and Edna Rodgers Denmark and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Jenkins was retired from Harry B. Anderson's Western Auto as the credit manager and a...

Melvin Thomas Ray
Jul 28, 2009
Melvin Thomas Ray, 89, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 28, 2009at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. He was born in Liberty County on November 30, 1919 to the late Benjamin F. and Rosa Mobley Ray and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Ray was a member of Charity Baptist Church.Survivors include a brother, Benny Ray of...

Lucine D. (Del) Garrett
Jul 27, 2009
Lucine D. (Del) Garrett, 73, of Hahira, died on Monday, July 27, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Macon, Georgia on May 5, 1936 to the late Clyde and Nettie Brantley Garrett. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years of service. He worked as an aircraft mechanic and served in Vietnam. Upon retirement...

Scott David Fairchilds
Jul 26, 2009
Scott David Fairchilds, 42, died Sunday, July 26, 2009, at the Langdale Hospice House following a long illness. He was born in Valdosta, but traveled the country and Europe extensively following his love of singing and working in the culinary field.Scott is survived by his mother, Alta Knowles of Lake Park; sisters and brother-in-laws, Leslie and Rich Carlson of Durango,...

Letha M. Godwin Blocker
Jul 26, 2009
Letha M. Godwin Blocker, 85, of Valdosta, died at home on Sunday, July 26, 2009 after a long illness. Born on July 27, 1923 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Kelly and Mae Belle Moore Godwin. She died one day before her 86th birthday. Mrs. Blocker was associated with Nolan's Grocery for 31 years. She loved...

Richard Colan Parham
Jul 25, 2009
Richard C. Parham, 79, of Hahira, died Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta, after a long illness with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Lowndes County on April 16, 1930 to the late Thomas Edward and Armetta Duggan Parham. Mr. Parham proudly graduated from Hahira High School in 1947. He served in the United States Army...

Robert (Bob) Lewis Brunston, Sr.
Jul 23, 2009
Robert (Bob) Lewis Brunston, Sr., 66, of Hahira died on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. A memorial mass will be held at 12:10 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. The committal will follow in the Sunset Hill Cemetery. A prayer service will be held on Sunday evening at 6...

Charles P. Norton
Jul 21, 2009
Charles P. Norton, 73, of Lakeland, died on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 following an illness at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Lowndes County on July 12, 1936 to the late Lyman C. and Lucile Monk Norton. He was an educator in the Lanier County School System as a teacher and coach and was retired from the Clinch...

Marilynn C. Phillips
Jul 21, 2009
Marilynn Phillips, 81, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Fellowship Home. She was born in Olar, South Carolina on April 10, 1928 to the late Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Crowder, Sr. and had lived in Valdosta since 1958. She was a graduate of Elmore County High School in Eclectic, Alabama, attended Judson College and was a...
Thomas Alan Rogers
Jul 20, 2009
Thomas Alan Rogers, 55, of Hahira died Monday, July 20, 2009 at his home. He was born in Hahira on January 7, 1954 to Hattie Ann Hodge Rogers and the late Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Jr. Mr. Rogers was an oil driller and a Baptist. Survivors include a son, Chad Rogers of Savannah, his mother, Hattie Rogers of Hahira, sister and...

Darrell Lee Bussey
Jul 19, 2009
DARRELL LEE BUSSEY, 65, of Hahira, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, July 19, 2009. Darrell was born July 14, 1944 in Valdosta, a son of the late Vascoe Bussey and the late Lawanna Deloach Parramore. He grew up in the Valdosta area and served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1964. In 1962 he was united...
Remer Glenn Highsmith
Jul 19, 2009
Remer Glenn Highsmith, 52, of Ellabell, died in Savannah on Sunday, July 19, 2009 after a short illness. Born in Pearson, Georgia, on May 17, 1957, he was the son of the late Edsel Highsmith and Latrell White Schochler. Mr. Highsmith was employed with Dillon Transport. Survivors are his wife, Ann Price Highsmith of Ellabell; daughters and son in law,...