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

Raymond D. Robbins, Jr.
Jul 28, 2008
Raymond D. Robbins, Jr. (Ret. MSgt. USAF), 64, of Lake Park died Monday, July 28, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on September 15, 1943 in Bloomington, Illinois to the late Raymond D., Sr. and Dorothy Carr Robbins and had lived in Lowndes County for the past twenty six years. Mr. Robbins enjoyed fishing and camping. He...

Charles "Pops" Crosby
Jul 27, 2008
Charles "Pops" Crosby, 64, of Valdosta, died at home on Sunday, July 27, 2008. Born on August 13, 1943 in Tampa, FL, he was the son of the late John and Matilda Corbin Crosby. He was a retired meat cutter for Blanton's Meats and Kountry Meats Outlet. He was baptized at the Lake Park Church of God.He is survived by...

Emmitt Paul (E.P. Buck) Cowart, Jr.
Jul 27, 2008
Emmitt Paul (E.P. Buck) Cowart, Jr. 93, of Valdosta died on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 13, 1915 in Emanuel County Georgia to the late Emmitt Paul, Sr. and Alley Waller Cowart and was retired from the city of Valdosta. He was a WWII veteran having served with the Army Air...

Mary Dowdy
Jul 26, 2008
Mary P. "Polly" Dowdy, 84, of Lake Park, died Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on January 6, 1924 in Crisp County she was the daughter of the late Paul and Nora Stephens Ray. She had resided in Lake Park for the past 50 years. Mrs. Dowdy and her husband, Edward R. Dowdy owned and operated a...

Mark A. Nitschke
Jul 26, 2008
Mark Nitschke, 43, of Lee, FL, died on Saturday, July 26, 2008. Born on June 25, 1965 in Valdosta, he had moved to Lee, FL 6 years ago. Mark worked for several years in the grocery business. He was an avid hunter and loved to fish. Mark was of the Church of God faith.Survivors include his wife, Brenda Nitschke of...

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...