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

Betty Jean Moss
Nov 24, 2008
Betty Jean Moss, 76, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 24, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on February 10, 1932 to the late James Elmer and Clarissa Lanora Harris. She was retired from South Georgia Medical Center after 31 years of working as a nurses aide in the newborn nursery. She was a...

Michael Earl Patterson
Nov 22, 2008
Michael Earl Patterson, 47, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 22, 2008 at the Brooks County Hospital. He was born in Cook County on March 20, 1961 to Kathleen Brown Patterson and the late Earl P. Patterson and was a lifelong resident of this area and had worked as a sheet metal craftsman. Mr. Patterson was associated with the Lowndes County...

James Robert Hendrix
Nov 22, 2008
JAMES ROBERT HENDRIX, 38, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 22, 2008. He was born on November 17, 1970 in Lowndes County to James Edward and the late Patricia Ann Fountain Hendrix Beck. Mr. Hendrix was a self employed contractor. Survivors include his sister, Lynn Hendrix Dinkins of Valdosta, his brother, DeWayne Taylor of Ft. Hood, TX., step-brother, James Beck, Ft...
John Richard Coleman
Nov 21, 2008
John Richard Coleman, 85, of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 21, 2008 after a short illness. He was born September 10, 1923 in Coconut Grove (Dade County) FL to Otis Howard and Bessie Brinson Coleman of Moultrie. He served twenty-one years in the US Navy. A few of the many ships that John served on were; USS Salem, USS Porter,...

Charles Alan Thomas
Nov 21, 2008
CHARLES ALAN THOMAS, 46, of Echols County died Friday, November 21, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on February 21, 1962 in Melbourne, Florida and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Thomas was a Lab Technician at Union Camp and a Baptist.Survivors include his three children, Jillian Thomas, Erika Thomas and Cameron Thomas all...

S. Louis Mchargue
Nov 21, 2008
S. LOUIS McHARGUE, 90, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, November 21, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1918 in Clyattville, son of the late Boyd McHargue and Ethel Cook McHargue Kemp. Mr. McHargue retired from the U.S. Army, where he saw action in World War II and Korea. During his enlistment, he was with...

Lamar Tumlin
Nov 21, 2008
LAMAR TUMLIN, 86, of Lake Park died Friday, November 21, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on October 6, 1922 in Doerun to the late John and Minda Tucker Tumlin and had lived in this area for thirty five years. He left home and spent thirty years serving in the United States Air...

Brenda J. Dean
Nov 19, 2008
BRENDA J. DEAN, 56, of Lake Park, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at home from natural causes. She was born on April 4, 1952 in Clanton, AL, a daughter of the late Morris V. and Dollie Smith Burnett. Mrs. Dean attended Lake Park Church of God. In addition to her husband, Paul R. Dean, she is survived...

Ronnie M. Terry
Nov 18, 2008
RONNIE M. TERRY, 59, of Ray City, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Smith Northview Hospital after a long illness. He was born on May 17, 1949 in Valdosta. Ronnie loved his grandchildren and enjoyed life. He is survived by two daughters, Lisa Airheart of Jasper, FL, and Dena Bamburg and her husband Michael of Valdosta; five grandchildren,...

Mary Elizabeth Lobaugh Bruch
Nov 17, 2008
MARY ELIZABETH LOBAUGH BRUCH, 81, of Valdosta died Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on November 23, 1926 in Las Animas, Colorado to the late Ray and Dorothy Keele Lobaugh and had lived in Valdosta for several years. Mrs. Bruch was a registered nurse and a member of the Northside Baptist Church. She...

Mary Evelyn Pettijohn
Nov 17, 2008
Mary Evelyn Pettijohn, 86, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 17, 2008 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. Born on October 31, 1922 in Moultrie, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Russ Martin. Mrs. Pettijohn was retired from J.C. Penney as a saleswoman and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband...

Lisa Prince
Nov 17, 2008
Lisa Prince, 47, of Lake Park, died on Monday, November 17, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her loving mother Imo Virginia Westberry Prince, who left us nine days earlier to prepare Lisa's heavenly place. Lisa will be laid to rest on her mother's birthday.Lisa was born on August 8, 1961 in Valdosta. She...

James Harding Colyer
Nov 16, 2008
James H. Colyer, 79, of Valdosta, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. He was born on April 7, 1929 in Valdosta to the late Milford Hayes and Zollie Ramsey Colyer. Mr. Colyer has been the owner and operator of Colyer's Jewelers since 1981. Prior to opening his own business he worked at Horace Stephenson Jewelers...

Faye Jordan Voigt
Nov 16, 2008
Faye Jordan Voigt, 91, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, November 16, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief period of declining health. Mrs. Voigt was born in LaGrange, Georgia on April 23, 1917, the daughter of the late Thomas Watts and Ada Elizabeth Jordan. In 1946 she and her husband George, co-founded Voigt Sheet Metal. She was an...

Robert R. (Bobby) Johnson
Nov 15, 2008
Robert R. (Bobby) Johnson, 75, of Valdosta, died at Langdale Hospice House on Saturday, November 15, 2008, after a lengthy illness. Born in Stockton, Georgia on February 13, 1933, Mr. Johnson was the son of the late Leon and Eva Mae Timmerman Johnson. He was an Air Force Veteran and was of the Baptist faith.Surviving are his wife, Marjorie Johnson...

Peter P. Medrano, M.D.
Nov 15, 2008
Peter P. Medrano, M.D., 77, of Valdosta died on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his residence following a brief illness. He was born on September 4, 1931 in Iquique, Chile to the late Peter P. and Ofelia Zavala Medrano. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 19 and lived the American Dream by working his way through...

Ken Hardy
Nov 15, 2008
Ken Hardy, 72, of Valdosta died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Concord Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenox. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. Flowers will be...

John T. Courson
Nov 14, 2008
John T. Courson, 89, of Valdosta died Friday, November 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Hahira on July 25, 1919 to the late Henry Manning and Lula Shierling Courson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Courson was a retried District Manager for Costal States Life Insurance Company and...

Theresa Faith Frier
Nov 14, 2008
Theresa Faith Frier, 47, of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 18, 1961 in Landstuhl, Germany, she was the daughter of Thomas F. and Betty V. Green Harper. She was a bookkeeper for GT's Wrecker Service and was a member of Azalea City Church of God.She is survived by her husband,...

Charles Blunt
Nov 12, 2008
Charles Blunt, 48, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at his residence. He was born on July 15, 1960 in Quitman to Nancy Lee Wollett Blunt and the late Thurston Howard Blunt. Charles is survived by one daughter, Cassandra Leigh Walker of South Carolina, his mother, Nancy Blunt of Valdosta, two brothers and one sister in law, Michael Blunt...