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

Randall Carlos Griffin
May 11, 2009
Randall Carlos Griffin, 65, of Morven, died on Monday, May 11, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Born in Pavo, Thomas County, Georgia, on November 29, 1943, he was the son of the late John L. and Viola Willis Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a heavy equipment mechanic with Ruben Construction Company. He loved to tinker, listen to Country...

Maureen Teresa Petty
May 11, 2009
Maureen Teresa Petty, 59, of Valdosta, died Monday, May 11, 2009. She was born on September 29, 1949 in Marquette, Michigan to Melvin Lawrence Joseph Morin, Sr. and Margaret Virginia Humphreys Morin. Maureen was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.She is survived by her mother, Margaret Virginia Wright of Valdosta, three daughters and one son in law, Babette and...
Frances Mae Stringer
May 10, 2009
FRANCES MAE STRINGER, 83, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born March 5, 1926 in Roanoke, VA, a daughter of the late Charles and Grace Bowman Cox. Mrs. Stringer was a member of New Harvest United Methodist Church. She loved to bowl, play BINGO, and square dancing,...

Blanche Nasrallah Dennis
May 10, 2009
Blanche Nasrallah Dennis, 83, of Valdosta died on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 11, 1926 to the late Habeeb and Frangia Nasrallah and has been a resident of Valdosta since 1949. She worked with her late husband, Abraham Dennis, many years in the family...
Don Crum
May 9, 2009
Don Crum, 54, of Valdosta died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 23, 1954 in Valdosta to the late C. A. and Stella Rouse Crum and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Crum was a member of the Corinth Baptist Church and employed with the Department of Corrections State Prison. He...

Raymond Richard Faber
May 8, 2009
RAYMOND RICHARD FABER, 79, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, May 8, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born November 16, 1929 in Charleston, WV, a son of the late Raymond Rockford and Bessie Whetherholt Faber. He graduated from Dunbar High School, WV, and received his Bachelors Degree in Mathematics from West Virginia State University. During the Korean Conflict he...
Raymond Richard Faber
May 8, 2009
RAYMOND RICHARD FABER, 79, of Valdosta, passed away Friday, May 8, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center.He was born November 16, 1929 in Charleston, WV, a son of the late Raymond Rockford and Bessie Whetherholt Faber. He graduated from Dunbar High School, WV, and received his Bachelors Degree in Mathematics from West Virginia State University. During the Korean Conflict he...
Marlene Pennington Terrell
May 8, 2009
Marlene Pennington Terrell, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, May 8, 2009 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on May 29, 1933 in Augusta to the late Alton L. and Virginia Chitty Pennington and had lived in Valdosta most of her life. She loved to bowl, play the piano and spend time with her grandchildren. Mrs. Terrell was a resident...
Larry Mack Johnson
May 6, 2009
Larry Mack Johnson, 57, of Lake Park died Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Fla. He was born in Hahira on September 14, 1951 to the late Marvin and Hazel Hancock Johnson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Johnson was veteran of the United States Navy. His daughter, Abbie Johnson...
Pauline Joiner
May 5, 2009
PAULINE JOINER, lovingly known by her family as “Mama” and “Granny”, 91, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born June 20, 1917 in Mitchell County, a daughter of the late Jim and Leela Viola Shiver Hatcher. Mrs. Joiner had been employed as an LPN at Little Griffin Hospital and Pineview...
Abbie Carlene Johnson
May 4, 2009
Abbie Carlene Johnson, 26, of Lake Park, died on Monday, May 4, 2009 following a sudden illness in Atlanta. She was born on June 25, 1982 in Valdosta to Debi S. Johnson and the late Larry Mack Johnson.Survivors include her mother Debi S. Johnson of Lake Park; a sister, Monique Minchew Tedesco of Orlando, Florida; an aunt, Linda Sue Wilson...
Prudence Bell
May 4, 2009
Prudence Bell, 88, of Valdosta died Monday, May 4, 2009 at the Fellowship Home. She was born on August 7, 1920 in Hahira to the late Thomas and Hattie Watson Redding and had lived in this area all of her life. Mrs. Bell was a seamstress at Levi's for twenty years and a member of the Eastern Heights Baptist Church....
Hardy Bruce Barwick, Sr.
May 2, 2009
Mr. Hardy Bruce Barwick, Sr., 95, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at his residence following a short illness. He was born on April 15, 1914 in Camilla, Georgia to the late Hardy Buford and Rebecca Rigsby Barwick. He was a Church of Christ minister for 50 years and was an owner of a cabinet business. He was...
Christopher Paul Stephens
May 2, 2009
Christopher Paul Stephens, 30, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Saturday, May 2, 2009. He was born on March 23, 1979 in Panama City, FL. He was a construction worker and worked for Southeast Environmental Contracting. Christopher was of the Baptist faith.He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Virginia and Bobby Fletcher of Valdosta; father and stepmother, Randy and Kathy...
Nancy Cargile
May 1, 2009
Nancy Cargile, 77, of Lake Park, died on Friday, May 1, 2009 at the Fellowship Home. Born on February 9, 1932 in Live Oak, FL, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Eugene and Bertha Mae Willis Bray. She was of the Christian faith.Nancy, better known as “Nanny”, was a devoted and loving wife to her husband Bill Cargile...

Alice T. Alderman
Apr 30, 2009
Alice T. Alderman, 99, of Valdosta, died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on September 26, 1909 in Cook County, GA to the late Alva and Ressie McCranie Tyson. Mrs. Alderman was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdosta.She is survived by one daughter and son in law, Mary...

John Kyle Zipperer, Jr.
Apr 30, 2009
John Kyle Zipperer, Jr., 64, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta, on September 20, 1944, Mr. Zipperer was a lifelong resident of this area. He was a veteran of the US Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War. Mr. Zipperer was a farmer, having farmed land that has been...

Jessie Kinsey
Apr 30, 2009
JESSIE KINSEY, 94, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Augusta Hills Nursing Home, Augusta, after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 13, 1915 in Lowndes County, a daughter of the late Thomas and Valeria Wisenbaker McLeod. Mrs. Kinsey was a lifelong and faithful member of the Church of Christ, most recently a member of Mt....

Belva Moseley Mann
Apr 29, 2009
Belva Moseley Mann, 102, of Hahira, died on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at the Heritage House Nursing Home. Born on August 22, 1906 in Meridian, Mississippi to the late Oliver Wesley Wilkins and Minnie Lee Goodgame Wilkins, and was formerly of Pascagoula MS. and Stanton VA., she had lived in Hahira since 1992. Mrs. Mann was a member of the...

Craig Lee Henderson
Apr 27, 2009
Craig Lee Henderson, 39, of Valdosta, died Monday, April 27, 2009. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at four p. m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602 Visitation: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602