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

Navie Lee Godwin
Oct 18, 2008
Navie Lee Suber Godwin, 86, of Valdosta, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on October 7, 1922 in Maryville, GA to the late Glenn and Eva Mae Luke Suber. Mrs. Godwin retired as a seamstress from Levi's after working there thirty years and four months. She was a Baptist...

Mildred Baumann
Oct 18, 2008
Mildred Baumann, 88, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Smith Northview Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on September 17, 1920 to the late Harley and Irene Vanwicking Shafer. She was a homemaker and a member of United Pentecostal Church.Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Kay Bowman and Charles Lokey of Valdosta; grandchildren, Carla...

Cordie Culpepper Register
Oct 16, 2008
CORDIE CULPEPPER REGISTER, 97, of Echols County died Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House after a period of declining health. She was born in Echols County on August 3, 1911 to the late Isaac and Nan Browning Culpepper. Mrs. Register was the oldest living resident in Echols County at the time of her death. She was a...

Era Belle Clanton
Oct 15, 2008
Era Belle Clanton, 85, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Perrine, FL on August 1, 1923 to the late Bruce A. and Fannie Brantley Hendley. Mrs. Clanton was a homemaker and a member of the Holiness Baptist faith.She is survived by two daughters and one...

Edwin Lee Dorminey
Oct 14, 2008
Edwin Lee Dorminey, 81, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lakeland, Georgia on May 9, 1927 to the late Walt and Ruby Theodora Vegenrol Carter. She was a homemaker and had attended the Azalea City Church of God.Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Michelle Dorminey...

Mieczyslaw Ostapski
Oct 14, 2008
Mieczyslaw Ostapski, 85, of Beverly Hills, FL, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on September 6, 1923, in Ostromeczyn, Poland, he was the son of the late Stanislaw and Jadwiga Wawaryniak Ostapski. He was a cadet in the Polish Army. Mr. Ostapski also worked as a metalworker on the Statue of Liberty and in the...

Mickie R. Batalo
Oct 13, 2008
Mickie R. Batalo, age 83, passed away on Monday, October 13, 2008, in Roanoke, Virginia, where she lived for 3 years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Steve Batalo, who retired at Moody Air Force Base and with whom she lived in Hahira, Georgia, for more than 40 years. After settling in Hahira, Mickie resumed...

Marzee Wiseman Speck
Oct 13, 2008
MARZEE WISEMAN SPECK, 95, of Valdosta, died Monday, October 13, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born October 23, 1912 in Pontotoc, MS a daughter of the late Thomas Jackson and Etta Marzee Powell Wiseman.Early, she was a member of the Sherman Baptist Church in MS and continued in the Baptist faith for the remainder...

Ruby Lane (Ruby Red) Corbett
Oct 12, 2008
Ruby Lane (Ruby Red) Corbett, 66, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Kindred Hospital in Green Cove Springs, FL. Born on October 23, 1941 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of Edward Comer, Sr. and Ruby Hutchinson Lane. She graduated from Valdosta State University with a Business degree. She loved motorcycles and was an original member of...

Lucian Mitchell Johnson
Oct 12, 2008
LUCIAN MITCHELL JOHNSON, Lt. COL., USAF RET., 89, of Valdosta, died Sunday, October 12, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House after a long illness. He was born November 25, 1918 in Wauchula, Hardee County, FL, a son of the late Bethel Curtis and Ruby Ethel Thurmond Johnson. Having lost his mother early in his childhood, he, along with his siblings, were...

Joseph Albert Llobet
Oct 11, 2008
JOSEPH ALBERT LLOBET, 74, of Lake Park, died Saturday, October 11, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center from complications of sugar diabetes. He was born October 1, 1934 in Santruce, Puerto Rico, a son of Jose Ramon and Josefina Gimenez Llobet. Joe was a U.S. Air Force veteran, and retired from Miami-Dade County after 25 years of service. He was...

Malcolm (Mike) Pittman, Jr.
Oct 11, 2008
MALCOLM LEE (MIKE) PITTMAN, JR., 38, of Valdosta and more recently of Macon, passed away Thursday, October 9, 2008, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia at Macon from injuries received in an automobile accident. Mike's family made organ donations to numerous recipients.Mike was born May 22, 1970 in Valdosta, and was a professional painter and landscaper. He was of...

Robert L. Yale, Sr.
Oct 10, 2008
Robert L. Yale, Sr. 81, of Valdosta died Friday, October 10, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Valdosta on January 1, 1927 and was a son of the late Arthur T. Yale, Sr. and Mae Elizabeth Simpson Yale Woodruff. Mr. Yale was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ and retired from CSX Transporation. He...

Howard S. Hall, Jr.
Oct 9, 2008
Howard S. Hall, Jr., 84, of Valdosta died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on August 24, 1924 in Valdosta to the late Howard, Sr. and Sula T. Hall and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Hall was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church. He retired from...

Harvey Box
Oct 8, 2008
HARVEY BOX, 68, of Valdosta, died peacefully in his sleep at South Georgia Medical Center on Wednesday, October 8, 2008. He was born in Waycross on October 12, 1939, a son of the late Remo and Stella Taylor Box.He leaves behind a son and daughter-in-law, Bo and Peggy Box of Valdosta; three grandchildren, Chris and wife Kristy Box of Sparks,...

Dolores Cribb
Oct 7, 2008
DOLORES CRIBB, 78, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Atkinson County on July 30, 1930, a daughter of the late Yancy and Evelyn James Sears. She was a member of Lake Park United Methodist Church.Dolores is survived by her husband, Jimmy D. Cribb of Valdosta; three daughters, Dale Cofield and...

Ronnie L. Futch
Oct 6, 2008
Ronnie L. Futch, 55, of Valdosta died on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Lakeland, Georgia on February 19, 1953 and was the son of the late Leroy and Sylvia McCorvey Futch. Mr. Futch was associated with Publix grocery store for several years where he worked as a baker...

Burtis (Buddy) Wright, Jr.
Oct 4, 2008
Mr. Burtis "Buddy" Wright Jr., 69, of Lowndes County, passed away suddenly on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center.Buddy was born on May 4th, 1939 and grew up in Albany, Georgia. He served in the United States Air Force and was a Vietnam War veteran. He retired from the Air Force as a Tech Sergeant after 20+...

William Robert Childs Sr.
Oct 4, 2008
William Robert Childs, Sr., 88, of Cumming, Georgia, formerly of Lowndes County, died Saturday October 4, 2008 at Northside-Forsyth Hospital in Cumming. Born in Berrien County to the late Robert Lee and Ruthie Sealey Childs, Mr. Childs was a retired electrician. He was a World War II Veteran receiving the Purple Heart, and a member of Azalea Masonic Lodge No...

John Lucius Coursey, Iii
Oct 2, 2008
John Lucius Coursey, III, 64, died on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at Holly Hill Nursing Home. A private memorial service will be held at a later date in Jacksonville, Florida. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602