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Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
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...
Loretta Bruce Ring
Jul 8, 2008
Loretta Bruce Ring, 86, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at Heritage House Nursing Home. Born on November 12, 1921 in Dixie, she was the daughter of the late Will and Eula Bruce. Mrs. Ring was retired from ITT Metal Products after working in production for 35 years. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived...
Lt. Col. Arthur R. Ramsey (Usaf, Ret.)
Jul 5, 2008
Lt. Col. Arthur R. Ramsey (USAF Ret), 85 of Valdosta died Saturday, July 5, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after short illness. He was born in Zelienople, Pennsylvania on March 27, 1923 to the late Arthur G. and Laura May Stauffer Ramsey and had lived in Valdosta for the past three years. Mr. Ramsey was a Presbyterian. Survivors include...
Robert Samuel Archibald Killgore
Jul 2, 2008
Robert Samuel Archibald Killgore, 91, of Valdosta, died after a short illness at his residence on Wednesday July 2, 2008. Born on October 13, 1917 in Tallapoosa, GA, and was a resident of Valdosta for 85 years, he was the son of the late Florence and Ike Killgore, Sr. Mr. Killgore served in the Georgia National Guard from 1934 until...
Cecilia Maria Hancock
Jul 1, 2008
Cecilia Maria Hancock, 66, of Valdosta died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 23, 1942 to the late Andrew and Cecilia Anne Faupel Langon and had lived in Valdosta since 1965. Mrs. Hancock was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and had worked as a...
Thorpe E. (T.E.) Weeks
Jun 28, 2008
Thorpe E. (T.E.) Weeks, 85, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Cool Springs, Ga. to the late George and Ella Hall Weeks he retired as general manager of Spells Sign Company and was a member of the Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witness.Survivors include his wife, Jewell C. Weeks of Valdosta, whom he met...
Laura Mae Stalvey
Jun 27, 2008
Laura Mae Waller Stalvey, 84, of Hahira, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2008 at Emory University Hospital in Decatur, GA after a short illness. She was born in Cecil, GA on September 25, 1923 to the late Hugh Waller and Irene Waller (Durley). Mrs. Stalvey was a homemaker, a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, a member of the Senior...
Virginia Hart Rykard
Jun 26, 2008
Virginia Hart Rykard, 87, of Hahira, died Thursday, June 26, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Waycross, GA on September 27, 1920 to the late Leslie Lee and Florence Hazel West Hart. Mrs. Rykard was retired from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph, a member of First Baptist Church where she served as church hostess, worked at...
Patricia Weekley Ash
Jun 25, 2008
Patricia Weekley Ash, 58, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice after a short illness. She was born on December 4, 1949 in Arcadia, Florida and had lived in Valdosta for the past thirty three years. Mrs. Ash was a member of New Covenant Church. She loved plants, flowers, antiques and auctions. Her greatest joy in...
Edsel Ford Hensley
Jun 24, 2008
Edsel Ford Hensley, 77, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on January 17, 1931 in Tanksley, Kentucky to the late William Henry and Nancy E. Davidson Hensley. Mr. Hensley was retired from the United States Air Force and Civil Service. He was a member of Morningside Baptist Church.Mr. Hensley is survived by...
Edna Marjorie Hillis
Jun 24, 2008
Edna Marjorie Parsley Hillis, 73, of Lake Park, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on January 24, 1935 in Selwyn, West Virginia to the late Harlin Parsley, Jr. and Pricy Brewer Parsley. Mrs. Hillis was a homemaker, a member of the Lake Park Church of God, the wife of the late Reverend John A....
Doris Carroll Mills
Jun 23, 2008
Doris Carroll Mills, 84, of Valdosta, died after a long illness on Monday, June 23, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on May 5, 1924, in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late W. W. and Irby Peterson Carroll. Mrs. Mills was associated with Carroll Packing Company and Heaney & Mills Real Estate. She was a member...
Helen Marie Porter
Jun 23, 2008
Helen Marie McMillian Porter, 63, of Valdosta died Monday, June 23, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on March 21, 1945 in Union, Mississippi to the late Lewis and Hazel Marie Wilkerson McMillian and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Porter was a member of the Clyattville First Baptist Church and retired from Winn-Dixie. She...
Helen C. Blanton
Jun 17, 2008
HELEN C. BLANTON, 86, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at Holly Hill Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington, D.C. a daughter of the late George and Effie Moore Collins. Mrs. Blanton was a member of Westside Baptist Church, the Woodmen of the World, and the Eastern Star. She enjoyed fishing, and working in...
Trudie Smith Thornton
Jun 17, 2008
TRUDIE SMITH THORNTON, 62, of Hahira died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at her home. She was born in Waycross on August 15, 1945 to the late Carl Clifford Smith, Sr. and Alrethea Hayward Smith and had lived in Hahira for the past eight years. Mrs. Thornton was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear and was currently employed...
Robert Eugene (Bobby) Downing, Sr.
Jun 17, 2008
ROBERT EUGENE (BOBBY) DOWNING, SR., 74, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at Lake City Veterans Administration Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lowndes County on June 29, 1933, a son of the late Alexander Downing and Carrie Lee Youmans Downing. Bobby was a Navy veteran and had retired from Crackin Good Bakery. He loved farming,...
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