OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Eldon Rudolph Crosby

Eldon Rudolph Crosby

Jun 17, 2009

Eldon Rudolph Crosby, 74, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his residence. He was born on July 9, 1934 in Adel to the late Robert Etheridge and Bennie Ruth Smith Crosby. Mr. Crosby was retired from the United States Air Force having served from 1952 until 1972. He was a purple heart recipient, a veteran of the Korean...

Jean  Lovell Davis

Jean Lovell Davis

Jun 16, 2009

Jean Lovell Davis was born November 21, 1921, in Worcester, Massachusetts and died June 16, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House, Valdosta, Georgia after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Felton Davis, Jr. of Valdosta, her sister Rebecca Lovell Roskowski of Grand Junction, Colorado, her parents Dorothy and Russell Lovell of Worcester. Mother...

Ann Marie Bosch Mcturk

Ann Marie Bosch Mcturk

Jun 13, 2009

Ann Marie Bosch McTurk, 75, of Valdosta died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at home. She was born in Belize, British Honduras on September 28, 1933 to the late Juan Bartolomew Bosch and Enid Bianca Blakely Bosch. She was a member of St John the Evangelist Catholic Church and was a devoted Christian. She and her late husband lived in many...

Jerry  Dean Ferrell

Jerry Dean Ferrell

Jun 13, 2009

Jerry Ferrell, 70, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Langdale Hospice. She was born on February 18, 1939 in Cairo, to the late Paul and Floy Miller Hurst. Mrs. Ferrell was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Valdosta.Survivors include her husband, Ken Ferrell; daughter, Jill Ferrell,...

John Henry (Jack) Wilbers

John Henry (Jack) Wilbers

Jun 13, 2009

JOHN HENRY (JACK) WILBERS, 79, of Lake Park, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009, at his residence in Lake Park after a long illness. He was born in, Jefferson City, MO., March 6, 1930, to the late Aloys B. and Pearlee Mary Schlangenstein Wilbers.Mr. Wilbers was of the Catholic faith. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Elizabeth Joann Shealy Brooks

Elizabeth Joann Shealy Brooks

Jun 12, 2009

Elizabeth Joann Shealy Brooks, 61, of Valdosta died Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. Elizabeth was born on September 20, 1947 in Tifton. She was the daughter of Bonnie Faye Ireland McCaffery of Albany and the late Huel Shealy. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Albany. After graduating from Darton College in...

Martha Julia Davis

Martha Julia Davis

Jun 11, 2009

Martha Julia Talley Davis, 93, of Carrollton, GA died Thursday, June 11, 2009 at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. She was born in Zebulon, GA on March 26, 1916 to the late Martin Lee and Minnie Lee Fuller Talley. Mrs. Davis was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church, a member of WSCS/UMW and historian at Forrest Street United...

Martha Julia Talley Davis

Martha Julia Talley Davis

Jun 11, 2009

MARTHA JULIA TALLEY DAVIS, 93, of Carrollton, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at Tanner Medical Center. Graveside Services will be held at 11 am, Monday, June 15, 2009 at Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the Carson McLane Funeral Home on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at...

Jo Karon Cox

Jo Karon Cox

Jun 11, 2009

Jo Karon Cox, 57, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at her residence. Born in Vienna, GA to Karleen and the late Joe Bryant Lane. Jo Karon graduated from Lowndes High School in 1970, and was the Valedictorian of her class. She went on to graduate from Valdosta Technical College with a Radiology Technology Degree and then worked...

James (Jim) Millidge Anderson

James (Jim) Millidge Anderson

Jun 11, 2009

James (Jim) Anderson, 95, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at the Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. He was born on January 28, 1914 in Lowndes County to the late Bill and Kate Slate Anderson. Mr. Anderson was retired from Strickland Cotton Mills and was a member of New Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in Hahira. He is survived...

Sallie Touchton Boyette

Sallie Touchton Boyette

Jun 9, 2009

Sallie Touchton Boyette died peacefully on June 9, 2009, at home with her family. She was born on March 8, 1912, the only daughter of the late Ott and Lila Cooper Touchton of the New Bethel Community in Lowndes County. Her husband was the late Isaac Harmon Boyette. They were married for sixty-seven years. Her daughter, Sallie Ann, and her...

Cinderella Mildred Roberts Lewis

Cinderella Mildred Roberts Lewis

Jun 7, 2009

Cinderella Mildred Roberts Lewis passed away on June 7, 2009. Beloved mother of John Hampden Roland Lewis, Margaret Lynn Lewis Robison, the late Southerner Meriwether, Jr., Cynthia Anne, and George Spencer Roberts Lewis. Grandmother of Southerner Meriwether Lewis, III, Justin J., Jonathan A., and Joseph D. Robison, George Washington Lewis, and Katherine Lillian Margaret Lynn Lewis. Great-grandmother of Sierra Marie,...

Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Jr.

Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Jr.

Jun 6, 2009

Thomas Rogers, 75, of Barney died Saturday, June 6, 2009 at his home. He was born on June 15, 1933 in Brooks County to Vivian Lewis Rogers and the late Wilbur Thomas Rogers, Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Brooks County. Mr. Rogers was an inspector with the Federal and State Government and a surveyor. He enjoyed working his...

Conner Logan Bailey

Conner Logan Bailey

Jun 5, 2009

Conner Logan Bailey, 2 day old son of Logan Mitchell Bailey and Joy Elizabeth Bailey of Lake Park died Friday, June 5, 2009 at Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Graveside services will be held at 11am, Monday, June 8, 2009 at Riverview Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House. Condolences...

Seward Edwin  Herring

Seward Edwin Herring

Jun 4, 2009

Seward Edwin (Ed) Herring, 75, of Hahira died Thursday, June 4, 2009 at his home. He was born in Alma, Georgia on September 15, 1933 to the late Joseph S. and Addie Lee Stewart Herring and had lived in this area for many years and lived in Panama City Beach, Florida from 1998 until returning to this area last year....

Linda Darnell Cone

Linda Darnell Cone

Jun 3, 2009

LINDA DARNELL CONE, 59, of Valdosta, went to be with her Lord and Savior after a short illness on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. Linda was born February 14, 1950 in Annapolis, MD, a daughter of Robert J. Moore, Sr. and Helen Agnes Hefner Moore. In 1986, she and her husband, Billy I. Cone, Sr., moved...

Elizabeth  Thomas

Elizabeth Thomas

Jun 1, 2009

Elizabeth (Libby) Thomas, 87, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 1, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on February 14, 1922, the daughter of the late James B. and Benita Tomlinson Fender. Libby was a charter member of Northside Baptist Church. She worked as a civil service employee at Moody Air Force Base before...

Betty Brewen  Lamontagne

Betty Brewen Lamontagne

May 31, 2009

Mrs. Betty Brewen LaMontagne, 85, longtime resident of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009. Betty was born on June 18, 1923 in Krebs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Cheney and Alice Dale Brewen. Betty married her �WW II pilot� Arthur H. LaMontagne in 1944 and began her lifetime journey as a wife, homemaker and mother. Betty was involved...

Woe  Pi Ku

Woe Pi Ku

May 30, 2009

Woe Pi Ku, 77, of Valdosta, died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in South Korea on November 3, 1931 to the late Chae Pong Kim and Kwi Chom Kim. Mrs. Ku was a homemaker and a member of the Korean Presbyterian Church.She is survived by three daughters and sons in law, Ok Cha...

Barbara Ann Perdue

Barbara Ann Perdue

May 29, 2009

Barbara Ann Toler Perdue, 66, of Valdosta, died Friday, May 29, 2009 at Langdale Hospice. She was born on August 11, 1942 in Kopperston, West Virginia to the late Hugh Ellis and Juanita Lilly Stewart Toler. Mrs. Perdue was Commissary Manager at Moody Air Force Base, was of the Baptist faith and was a member of the Valdosta Womens Bowling...