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

Danny J. Watson
Jul 25, 2008
USAF (Ret) MSgt. Danny J. Watson, 56, of Hahira, died Friday, July 25, 2008 at his residence after a short illness. He was born on July 21, 1952 in Douglas, GA to the late Jack and Carolyn Watson. MSgt. Watson was retired from the United States Air Force as an ammunition specialist where he served for twenty four years. He...

Walter Franklin Player
Jul 25, 2008
Walter F. Player, 81, of Hahira, GA died Friday, July 25, 2008 at the Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, GA. He was born in Hahira on April 16, 1927. Mr. Player was retired from Toledo Scales in Dayton, Ohio, was of the Baptist faith and loved horses and loved to ride them with his good friend, the late George M....

Robert Kuhfeldt
Jul 24, 2008
Robert Kuhfeldt, 75, of Valdosta died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, July 24, 2008. Born on September 2, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of the late Albert and Vera Kuhfeldt. He was an instructor in the United States Air Force and retired as a Master Sgt. after serving more than 20 years. Mr. Kuhfeldt also...

Alice Margaret Sims Thompson
Jul 24, 2008
Alice Margaret Sims Thompson, 92, of Valdosta, died at her residence after a lengthy illness on Thursday, July 24, 2008. Born on August 3, 1915 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Corinne Lineberger Sims. She attended UGA where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and later received her degree...

Melvin Daniel Peters
Jul 23, 2008
MELVIN DANIEL PETERS, 70, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Smith Northview Hospital. He was born in Naylor a son of the late Irvin H. and Mary Frances Wilson Peters.Following his mother's death, he was raised by his aunt, the late Charity Peters Cowart, while his father served in World War II. He graduated from Florida State University...

Albert Kenneth Monk
Jul 22, 2008
Albert Kenneth Monk, 93, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Naylor on October 9, 1914, he was the son of the late Albert and Lizzie Sellars Monk. Mr. Monk owned and operated Monks Grocery before his retirement. He was a WWII Army Veteran and was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church....

Annie Laura Siegel
Jul 18, 2008
ANNIE L. SIEGEL, 69, of Dasher, died Friday, July 18, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House after a long illness. She was born in Lowndes County a daughter of the late Foy Hodges, Sr. and Annie Hesters Hodges. Mrs. Siegel had provided child care from her former home in Valdosta for 20 years. Survivors include her husband, Joseph R. Siegel of...

John Clinton Harris
Jul 18, 2008
Clint Harris, 54, of Valdosta, died suddenly Friday, July 18, 2008. He was born on December 30, 1953 in Miami, FL to Virgil C. Harris, Sr. and the late Ruth Johnson Harris. Mr. Harris was materials management director at South Georgia Medical Center, a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of First United Methodist Church. He...

James M. (Jim) Howard
Jul 17, 2008
James M. (Jim) Howard, 26, of Valdosta, died at his residence on Thursday, July 17, 2008. He was born on December 23, 1981 in San Antonio, TX. Jim was an artist and musician.He is survived by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. William R. Howard of Valdosta; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Jessica Howard of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Tom and Jessica...

Nancy Clare Johnson
Jul 17, 2008
Nancy Clare Peters Johnson, 77, of Valdosta, died at home after a lengthy illness on Thursday, July 17, 2008. She was born in Washington, D.C. on December 12, 1930. She was the fourth child of Melville F. Peters and Clare Hindle Peters of Beltsville, Maryland. At the age of sixteen, Nancy moved to Georgia to attend Brenau College. That is...

Robert Daniel Schreffler
Jul 16, 2008
Robert D. Schreffler, affectionately known as "Mr. Bob", 75, of Hahira, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. He was born in Herndon, Pennsylvania on June 16, 1933 to the late David Raymond and Florence Witmer Schreffler. Mr. Bob was retired from Coca Cola, a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Beauford Doyle Bone
Jul 14, 2008
Beauford Doyle Bone, 51, of Lake Park died on Monday, July 14, 2008 in Gainesville, Fl. at Shands at the University of Florida. Born on September 1, 1956 in Tampa, FL. to the late Henry and Jeneta Lumbley Bone, he was the owner of Han-Dee-Man Pallets and had been a resident of Lake Park for 18 years.Survivors include a son...

Paul Richard Eicker
Jul 14, 2008
Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Willa Dean Deacon Lineberger
Jul 14, 2008
Willa Dean Deacon Lineberger, 81, of Valdosta died on Monday, July 14, 2008, at Hospice House in Valdosta. Born in Mayday on March 19, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John Wright Pierce and Margaret Tomlinson Pierce. Mrs. Lineberger was a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church. She was a home care provider and she loved dancing,...

Mike A. Huff
Jul 14, 2008
Mike A. Huff, 89, of Valdosta, died Monday, July 14, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. Born on March 19, 1919 in Chula, he was the son of the late Paul and Mary Lightfoot Huff. He was in the United States Air Force and served in World War II. Mr. Huff was self-employed as a building and painting contractor and...

Richard Bryce Fine
Jul 14, 2008
Richard Bryce "Dick" Fine, 85, of Valdosta, passed away July 14, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Fine was born July 13, 1923 in Bellflower, MO, and was the son of the late Henry C. and Ida Pearl (Whitley) Fine. He was educated in the Auxvasse and Mexico, MO schools, and worked for...

Evelyn Arnold Dasher
Jul 11, 2008
Evelyn Arnold Dasher, 87, of Valdosta, died on Friday, July 11, 2008 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Lowndes County on July 27, 1920 to the late Grover Cleveland Arnold, Sr. and Minnie Lee Wisenbaker Arnold, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Dasher was a homemaker and was very active at her church, Central...

Carolyn Steptoe Jones
Jul 10, 2008
Carolyn Steptoe Jones, 67, of Quitman, died on Thursday, July 10, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center from a sudden illness. Born on November 3, 1940, in Soperton, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Luke and Bessie Steptoe. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker, who loved her grandchildren and loved needlework such as embroidery and crosstitch. She attended Wayfare...

Diane Hughes Meeks
Jul 10, 2008
Diane Hughes Meeks, 54, of Lake Park, died Thursday, July 10, 2008 at her home. She was born in Hahira on August 2, 1953. Mrs. Meeks was a school teacher. She taught at Lowndes Middle School, St. Jerome Catholic School in Hyattsville, Maryland and St. John Catholic School of Valdosta. Mrs. Meeks is a member of Frances Lake Baptist Church.She...

Gordon Lamar Crozier
Jul 9, 2008
Lamar Crozier, 82, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Atlanta, GA on January 19, 1926 to the late Dr. Gordon Turner and Edith Fannin Crozier. Mr. Crozier was a retired district manager of Gulf Life Insurance Company. He was a United States Army veteran, a member and past commander of...