OBITUARIES
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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
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...
Frank C. Newbern
Nov 6, 2009
Frank C. Newbern passed away Friday, November 6, 2009, at St. Francis Medical Center Hospice, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born May 2, 1926 in Valdosta, to the late James F. and Cora Herndon Newbern. He was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Metairie, Louisiana. Mr. Newbern was a graduate of the University of Georgia and he had served...
Jack C. Barfield
Nov 6, 2009
JACK C. BARFIELD, 80, of Statenville, passed away Friday, November 6, 2009, at Smith Northview Hospital after a short illness.Jack was born March 25, 1929 in Moultrie, a son of David Barfield, Sr. and Mattie Rutland Barfield. He had worked at Strickland Cotton Mill for 32 years, until it's closing, and then for Statenville Water System for nearly 20 years....
Hoke Smith Vaughn, Jr.
Nov 4, 2009
Hoke Vaughn, 56, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Born in Orlando, Florida, on May 4, 1953, he had made his home in Valdosta since 1960. A 1971 graduate of Valdosta High School, he began operating the family business, Vaughn Battery and Alternator Co., following his father's death in 1979. Mr. Vaughn was meticulous in operating his...
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