OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Kathryn  Morris  Hamby

Kathryn Morris Hamby

Oct 2, 2008

Kathryn Morris Hamby, 90, of Clyattville, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Clinch County, GA on April 21, 1918 to the late Mortimer Lee Morris and Marion Lee Parker Morris. Mrs. Hamby was a retired manager for Parker Mathis Lunchroom and a member of the First Church of God.She is survived by...

Ronald G.(Ronnie) Cowart, Jr.

Ronald G.(Ronnie) Cowart, Jr.

Oct 1, 2008

Ronald G. (Ronnie) Cowart, Jr., 42, of Memphis, TN and formerly of Hahira, GA, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born on November 15, 1965 in Leesburg, FL and had lived in Hahira most of his life. Ronnie was a school teacher with the Shelby County School System in Bartlett, TN.He is...

Rita Theresa Mahlstadt

Rita Theresa Mahlstadt

Sep 28, 2008

Rita Theresa Mahlstadt, 45, of Valdosta, died Sunday, September 28, 2008 in Lake City, FL. She was born on September 22, 1963 in Waverly, New York to Gilbert and Linda Mahlstadt. Rita was a waitress and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Bainbridge.She is survived by two sons, Nicholas and Jacob Fry of Beavercreek, Ohio, her mother, Linda...

Talmadge  Hendley

Talmadge Hendley

Sep 21, 2008

Talmadge Hendley, 86, of Valdosta, died Sunday, September 21, 2008, around 10 p.m. at Tift Medical Center Nursing Home. He was born in Berrien County to Elizabeth and Reverend Archie Hilton Hendley on March 31, 1922. After graduating from High School, he completed his training class with highest honors and served with the U.S. Navy on the USS Richmond as...

George R. Bell

George R. Bell

Sep 20, 2008

George R. Bell, 80, of Valdosta, died suddenly on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a period of declining health. Born in Lee County, AL to the late Bowden Edward and Lurleen Avant Bell, and formerly of Salem, AL, Mr. Bell had lived here for the past two years. Mr. Bell grew up in and around...

Roy Lennis Bennett

Roy Lennis Bennett

Sep 20, 2008

Roy Lennis Bennett, 67, of Valdosta died suddenly Saturday, September 20, 2008. Born on September 21, 1940 in Adel, he was the son of the late Benjamin Roy and Myrtice Whittle Bennett. Mr. Bennett was an over the road truck driver for 50 years and was currently employed with 5 State Trucking Company. He was of the Baptist faith.He is...

Oveda Drucilla Johnson

Oveda Drucilla Johnson

Sep 18, 2008

Oveda Drucilla Johnson, 93, of Statenville, died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the Suwanee Valley Nursing Home in Jasper, FL. She was born on May 2, 1915 in Statenville to the late Emory and Ludie Pearl Smith Covington. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker, an active member of Statenville United Methodist Church and an active member of the Statenville Senior Citizens.She...

Nelle S.  Wilkes

Nelle S. Wilkes

Sep 12, 2008

Nelle S. Wilkes, 88, of Valdosta died Friday, September 12, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born on April 16, 1920 in Jefferson, Georgia to the late L. C. and Missouri Maude Cheek Skelton and had lived in Valdosta since 1941. Mrs. Wilkes was a charter member of the Northside Baptist Church and...

Lucia Gough Bankston

Lucia Gough Bankston

Sep 11, 2008

Lucia Gough Bankston, 82, of Valdosta died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on December 16, 1925 in Vicksburg, Mississippi to the late Preston and Zelda Henry Gough and had lived in Valdosta for the past fifty years. Mrs. Bankston was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church. Survivors...

Stephen (Steve) A. Chitty, Iii

Stephen (Steve) A. Chitty, Iii

Sep 11, 2008

Stephen (Steve) A. Chitty, III, 69, of Valdosta died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on Feburary 20, 1939 in Valdosta to the late Stephen A., Jr. and Mittie Hayes Chitty and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Chitty was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was a 1957 graduate of...

Frances Scott Brydone Worstall

Frances Scott Brydone Worstall

Sep 10, 2008

Frances Scott Brydone Worstall, 100, of Valdosta, died at Presbyterian Home in Quitman on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 after a period of declining health. Mrs. Worstall was born in Milverton, Ontario, Canada to the late John & Robina Dickson Brydone. She graduated from the University of Toronto and later earned her Masters Degree from Columbia University in New York. She...

Dr.Joseph Harrison Brannen

Dr.Joseph Harrison Brannen

Sep 9, 2008

Dr. Joseph Harrison Brannen, 86, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Hospice By The Sea in Boca Raton, Florida. He was born on November 12, 1921 in Moultrie to the late Dr. Clem C. and Anna Warren Clark Brannen and lived in Valdosta since 1953. Dr. Brannen was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a...

Robert Milton Goodwyne, Jr.

Robert Milton Goodwyne, Jr.

Sep 9, 2008

ROBERT MILTON GOODWYNE, JR., 42, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Jacksonville, FL, on November 1, 1965, a son of Robert Milton and Carol Smith Goodwyne.In addition to his parents of Lake Park, he is survived by one brother, Patrick Lee Goodwyne of Valdosta; one sister, Rebekah Lee Goodwyne of...

Wycliffe Williams

Wycliffe Williams

Sep 9, 2008

Wycliffe "Cliff" Williams, 72, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on February 29, 1936 in Berrien County to the late Calvin and Carolyn Aurelia Richardson Williams and had lived in this area all of his life.Survivors include his wife, Betty Crews Williams of Valdosta, son and daughter in law,...

Dorothy Lavel Rykard

Dorothy Lavel Rykard

Sep 8, 2008

Dorothy Lavel Rykard, 70, of Valdosta, died Monday, September 8, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 20, 1938 in Valdosta to the late Edgar H. and Grace B. Rykard. Miss Rykard was a retired civil service employee administrative assistant from Moody Air Force Base and attended Greenwood Baptist Church.She is survived by...

Theresa (Terry) Carroll D'Arcy

Theresa (Terry) Carroll D'Arcy

Sep 6, 2008

Theresa (Terry) Carroll D'Arcy, 84, of West Palm Beach, Florida died on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at the Louredes-Noreen McKeen residence in West Palm Beach. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on November 18, 1923 to the late John and Kate Carroll. She was a homemaker and of the Christian faith.Survivors include a son, Ralph Hamilton of Evanston, Illinois; a...

Bryan Charles Walker

Bryan Charles Walker

Sep 5, 2008

Bryan Charles Walker, 64, of Lake Park died Friday, September 5, 2008. He was born on November 14, 1943 in North Hampton, England and had lived in this area for the past twenty eight years. Mr. Walker was retired automobile mechanic and enjoyed riding his motorcycle. Survivors include his son and daughter in law, Pete and Paula Walker, granddaughter and...

Wilma Allen Stalvey

Wilma Allen Stalvey

Sep 4, 2008

Wilma Allen Stalvey, 73, of Hahira, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at Memorial Hospital of Adel after a long illness. She was born in Texas on April 8, 1935 to the late Lloyd Leslie and Gertrude Evelyn Sweeney Allen. Mrs. Stalvey was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.She is survived by her husband, Grady L. Stalvey...

Richard Lassie Hendricks

Richard Lassie Hendricks

Sep 3, 2008

Richard Lassie Hendricks, 73, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at his home. Born in Titusville, Florida on November 11, 1934, he was the son of the late, Willie Clyde and Irby Storey Hendricks. He was a member of Redland Church of Christ and was a retired electrician from Owens Illinois. Survivors are his wife of 55 years,...

Winona D. Henry

Winona D. Henry

Sep 3, 2008

WINONA D. HENRY, 86, of Valdosta, wife of the late Noel P. Henry, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 after a short illness. She was born on August 3, 1922 in Claxton, a daughter of Alvis I. and Winona Jay Downs. Mrs. Henry had retired from VSU Library after 35 years of service, and was a member of Park Avenue United...