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Charlie William "Bill" Harris
Mar 9, 2009
Charlie William "Bill" Harris, 82, of Hahira died Monday, March 9, 2009 at his home. He was born in Hahira on August 4, 1926 to the late Dewey and Sadie Millirons Harris and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mr. Harris was a farmer and a veteran of the United States Navy. Survivors include a brother, Nathan "Bud" Harris of...
Mary Corrales
Mar 7, 2009
Mary Corrales, 81, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Langdale Hospice House. A native of McKenzie, Alabama, she was born on October 19, 1927, the daughter of the late G. D. and Lilly Viola Coleman Booker. Mrs. Corrales was a very active member of First United Methodist Church where she sang in the Chancel Choir and served...
Clarence Claude Luke
Mar 7, 2009
Clarence Claude (C.C.) Luke, 87, of Valdosta died on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Heritage House Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Nashville, Georgia to the late Walter and Ellie Nash Luke on September 9, 1921. He was retired from O & I as a maintenance technician and was a member of Charity Baptist Church...
Damon Raines Stone
Mar 7, 2009
Damon Raines "Bill" Stone, Sr., 71, of Hahira, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Smith Northview Hospital. He was born on January 8, 1938 in Nashville, GA to the late Benjamin Riley and Novella Sturdevant Stone. Mr. Stone was retired from the United States Navy and attended the Hahira Church of God.He is survived by his wife, Dorothy A. Stone,...
Carolyn H. Brinson
Mar 6, 2009
Carolyn H. Brinson, 74, of Valdosta, died on Friday, March 06, 2009 at the Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born in Adel, Georgia on April 3, 1934 to the late Charlie and Myrtice Flowers Howell. She worked with the Cadillac/Pontiac dealership here in Valdosta for 27 years as office manager and recently retired from the Southeastern...
Vernon Sidney Tanner
Mar 6, 2009
Vernon Sidney Tanner, 76, of Valdosta died on Friday, March 06, 2009 at Heritage House Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. He was born in West Green, Georgia on April 22, 1932 and is the son of the late Charles and Julia Taylor Cowart. He was a retired carpenter and was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Pearl Tanner.Survivors...
Amorette Carruthers Campbell
Mar 6, 2009
Amorette Campbell, 94, a lifelong resident of Valdosta died on Friday, March 6, 2009 at Louis Smith Hospital in Lakeland following a short illness. She was born in Valdosta on December 15, 1914 to the late Leonard and Myrtice Carruthers Dugger. She and her late husband, William Barnes Campbell, Sr., owned and operated Campbell Electric Company and she was the...
Otis Lee Simmons
Mar 6, 2009
Otis Lee Simmons, 68, of Quitman, died Friday, March 6, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 12, 1940 in Booneville, MS to the late John Adam and Ora Kyle Strickland Simmons. Mr. Simmons was a retired self employed automobile mechanic/auto body worker. He leaves to cherish his love and memory a wife, Sharon Simmons of...
Courtland Winn (Cody) Smith
Mar 5, 2009
COURTLAND WINN (CODY) SMITH, 81, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at the Heritage House Nursing Home. He was born in Atlanta on March 24, 1927, to the late James Robert and Frances Winn Smith.He attended Darlington School in Rome and Boys High in Atlanta. During World War II he served with the U.S. Navy in the...
Lillie Cowart
Mar 5, 2009
Lillie (Sissy) Cowart, 72, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Smith Northview Hospital. Born on May 30, 1936 in Eastman, she was the daughter of the late W. L. (Doc) & Lillian May. She was a textile worker and a member of Abundant Life Church of God. She is survived by her husband, Jodell Cowart of Valdosta;...
Mary Jean Holland
Mar 4, 2009
MARY JEAN HOLLANDMary Jean Holland departed this life on March 4, 2009 after a lengthy illness. Born on December 22, 1934 in Troy, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late L.E. Whaley and Elizabeth Whaley McGarity. Ms. Holland was a member of the First Baptist Church of Valdosta since moving to Valdosta in 1963 where she taught Sunday school...
Dr. Emory Fowler Thompson
Mar 4, 2009
Dr. Emory Fowler Thompson, 82, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in West Virginia on December 28, 1926, he moved to Valdosta at a young age when his father established a medical practice in Valdosta. Emory received his elementary and high school education in the Valdosta school system. He was a graduate...
Undine Dickman Haddock
Mar 4, 2009
Undine Dickman Haddock, 84, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta on July 8, 1924 to the late Otto Frederick and Reba Ozella Jacob Dickman. Mrs. Haddock was a retired supervisor from Dowling Bag Company after 42 and ½ years of service. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church.Mrs....
Dorothy Stalvey Avera
Mar 3, 2009
Dorothy Stalvey Avera, 76, of The Villages, FL, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at The Villages Regional Medical Center in Lady Lake, FL. She was born on June 8, 1932 in Lowndes County, GA to the late E. J. and Clara Louise Newton Stalvey. Mrs. Avera was a retired bank teller and a member of First Baptist Church of Leesburg,...
Sharla Jill Chambers Freytag
Mar 2, 2009
Jill Chambers Freytag, 58, of Americus and formerly of Valdosta, died at home on Monday, March 2, 2009. Born in Valdosta, on July 18, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Yates and Mary Johnson Chambers. She was employed with Behavioral Health Services in Valdosta. Mrs. Freytag was a Baptist. Survivors are her daughter and son in law, Amy...
George Wesley Brogdon
Feb 28, 2009
George Wesley Brogdon, 82, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at his home. He was born in Lanier County on July 4, 1926 to the late John Dave and Lessie Gorganas Brogdon. Mr. Brogdon owned and operated Brogdon Realty Company in Valdosta for many years and was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church. He was a...
Charles James George, Jr.
Feb 28, 2009
CHARLES JAMES GEORGE, JR., 67, of Lake Park, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 28, 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 18, 1941 in Lowndes County, the son of the late C.J. George, Sr. and Ollie Carter George.Charles was a lifelong farmer and had served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Antioch...
Emilio Sarabia
Feb 28, 2009
Emilio Sarabia, 37, of Valdosta, died from injuries sustained in an accident on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Born in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico on April 5, 1971, he had been a resident of this area for the past 20 years. Emilio loved life and loved to play soccer on Sunday mornings with his many friends.Survivors include two sons, Juan Carlos...
Tyler Britton & Skylar Christian Plummer
Feb 26, 2009
Tyler Britton Plummer and Skylar Christian Plummer, twins, died on Thursday, February 26. 2009, at South Georgia Medical Center. The twins are survived by their father and mother, Christopher and Kristi Faircloth Plummer of Valdosta; maternal grandparents, Billy and Becky Faircloth of Lake Park; paternal grandparents, Bobby and Mary Lou Plummer of Lamar, South Carolina; great grandparents, Geraldine Fischer of...
Joel R. Peters Iii
Feb 25, 2009
JOEL R. PETERS III, 59, of Valdosta, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, after complications from surgery. He was born on June 20, 1949 in Valdosta, the son of Joel R. Peters, Jr. and the late Audrey Elizabeth Jones Peters.Joel graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Animal Science, and for over...
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