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

Leonard S. Mcdonald
Apr 19, 2009
Leonard S. McDonald, 88, of Hahira, died Sunday, April 19, 2009 at Memorial Hospital of Adel. He was born in Lowndes County on December 15, 1920 to the late John Perry and Rosa Lee Alcorn McDonald. Mr. McDonald was a retired farmer and was retired from Langdale Lumber. He was a World War II Navy veteran having served from 1941...

Eva Mcneal Lewis
Apr 17, 2009
Eva M. Lewis, 87, of the Presbyterian Home, Quitman, Georgia passed away on Friday, April 17, 2009. Mrs. Lewis was born on April 23, 1921 in Atkinson County, Georgia to the late Ivey Lee McNeal and Maude Eva Harrelson McNeal. She was a former bank teller in Valdosta and Columbus, Georgia, and for a number of years, a homemaker in...
Opie Anderson Taylor
Apr 17, 2009
Opie A. Taylor, 90, of Valdosta, died Friday, April 17, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Walton, West Virginia on June 20, 1918 to the late Ezra and Nora Vineyard Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a retired furniture salesman with Pugh Furniture Company in Charleston, West Virginia, was a United States Army veteran having served from 1942 to 1945...
Harriet Goodson Saunders
Apr 16, 2009
Harriet Goodson Saunders, 88, of Valdosta entered in to her eternal home on April 16, 2009 following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Saunders was born in Valdosta on July 7, 1920 to the late Doc L. and Flossie Carruthers Goodson. She was a devoted and active member of Northside Baptist Church, until her illness prevented her from attending. She taught Sunday...

Lewis H. Calamita
Apr 16, 2009
Lewis H. Calamita, 89, of Valdosta, Georgia and former resident of Louisville, Kentucky, died on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Crestwood Nursing Home in Valdosta. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on April, 14, 1921 to the late Harry and Mae Calamita. He was retired from Trans America Insurance Company having served as Vice-President for the Midwest zone. He...

L. Inman Grimsley, Jr.
Apr 15, 2009
L. Inman Grimsley, Jr. 66, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida after a short illness. He was born November 9, 1942 in Albany to the late Loran, Sr. and Aline Whittington Grimsley and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Grimsley was a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church. He retired from...
Lana Jo May Dorminey
Apr 15, 2009
Lana Jo May Dorminey, 62, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at her home after a sudden illness. She was born on September 21, 1946 in Bainbridge to the late Robert Frank, Sr. and Zadie Glyn Shiver May and had lived in Valdosta since 1964. Mrs. Dorminey was a member of the Bemiss Road Baptist Church where she had...

Charles Neal Parrish
Apr 13, 2009
Reverend Charles Parrish, 76, of Lake City, FL died Monday, April 13, 2009 in an automobile accident. He was born in Lowndes County, GA on December 21, 1932 to the late Carson Elton and Jewel Katherine Bennett Parrish. Reverend Parrish was a retired Free Will Baptist Minister and longtime Pastor in North Carolina and Georgia. He was retired from the...

Haylee Breanne Proveauex
Apr 13, 2009
Haylee Breanne Proveauex, infant daughter of Richard Proveauex and Jessica Clark, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2009 at Cartersville Medical Center in Cartersville, Georgia. All services for Haylee Breanne Proveauex will be private. She will be interred in the McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane. Funeral Home: Carson McLane...

Ollie Frances Tyler
Apr 13, 2009
Ollie "Frances" Tyler, 72, of Lakeland, Florida, died on Monday, April 13, 2009. Mrs. Tyler was born in Jasper, Alabama. She was a homemaker and attended Haven Assembly of God in Lakeland. Survivors are her husband of 52 years, J.R. Tyler of Lakeland; children, Linda Fry of Indianapolis, Indiana, Joseph R. Tyler, III, of Tampa, Florida, and Debby Manwarren of...
Kenneth P. Johnson
Apr 12, 2009
KENNETH P. JOHNSON, 54, of Valdosta, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 12, 2009.Ken was born July 14, 1954 in Alameda, CA, a son of the late Gilbert Wilson Johnson and Lillian May Arnold Johnson. He was very proud of his service in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1972 to 1975. Ken was employed at Jacuzzi and was a member...

Noellene Johnson Moore
Apr 12, 2009
Noellene Johnson Moore, 94, of Oxford died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at her home. She was born in Thomasville, Alabama on April 24, 1914 to the late Noel B. and Tallulah Tompkins Johnson and had lived in Valdosta before moving to Oxford many years ago. Mrs. Moore was a member of the First Baptist Church in Covington and a retired...
Rev. Robbins E. (Bob Dorsey
Apr 10, 2009
Rev. Robbins E. (Bob) Dorsey, 80, of Valdosta died Friday, April 10, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House. He is the son of Elmer Ezekiel (Cap) and Velma Dorsey of Nashville Georgia. Rev. Dorsey served 41 years in the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. He served as secretary of Town & Country commission, District Secretary of Board...

Ruth Ann Miley Edmondson
Apr 9, 2009
Ruth Ann Miley Edmondson, 66, of Hahira died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at the Brooks County Hospital. She was born in Brooks County on September 16, 1942 to the late Virgil Raymond, Sr. and Margaret Sutton Miley and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Edmondson was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse and a member of the Friendship...
Katie Ruth Carter
Apr 9, 2009
Katie Ruth Carter, 85, of Clyattville, died on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at her home after a lengthy illness. Born in Crisp County, Georgia, on March 31, 1924, daughter of the late William "Will" Sego and Mary Jane Faircloth Sego, Mrs. Carter was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. She was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and...

Frank Willard Wilson
Apr 7, 2009
Frank Willard Wilson, 89, of Quitman and formerly of Hahira died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the Brooks County Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Franklin County, Georgia on October 18, 1919 to the late Sam and Flora Mitchell Wilson and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Wilson was a driver for the Dodge...

John T. Friis
Apr 6, 2009
JOHN T. FRIIS, 88, of Lake Park, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009, at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He was born October 14, 1920, in Elsinore, Denmark, son of the late Hans G. and Klara G. Friis. Eschewing an engineer's life, John went to sea in 1935, at the age of 15. Eventually he served on the famed...
Dr. Robert Ashley Hull, Jr., Phd.
Apr 6, 2009
Dr. Robert A. Hull, Jr., PhD., 61, of Valdosta died Monday, April 6, 2009 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on April 14, 1947 to the late Robert A., Sr. and Helen Sweeney Hull and had lived in Valdosta since 1986. Dr. Hull had served as a Professor at Valdosta State University for...
Mildred (Mema) Corbett Mclane
Apr 5, 2009
Mildred (Mema) Corbett McLane, 90, lifelong resident of Lake Park, died on Sunday, April 5, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House following a long illness. Daughter of the late Guy D. and Dora Augusta Watts Corbett, she was born in Lake Park on November 23, 1918. Mildred barely survived after being born prematurely weighing only 2 � pounds. But the Lord...
Floyd Goldman, Jr.
Apr 5, 2009
Floyd Goldman, Jr., 77, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 5, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Mobile, Alabama on November 20, 1931, he was the son of the late Floyd and Beatrice Bozeman Goldman. Floyd was a hairstylist. He was the former owner of the Hair Clinic and Floyd’s Country Manor. A veteran...