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

Dorothy Elizabeth Pinholster Belote
May 29, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Pinholster Belote, 82, died in her sleep on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at her home in Macon. Mrs. Belote was born in Lowndes County, Georgia, September 22, 1925. She was preceded in death by her mother; Elizabeth Parker Pinholster, her father, James Henry Pinholster, her former husband, W. F. Belote, her brothers, Cecil Pinholster, Dan Pinholster, Wade...

Frances Fender Blanton
May 28, 2008
Frances Blanton, 84, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Born in Nashville, GA she is preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Lola Prescott Fender. Mrs. Blanton was a homemaker and worked for Levi Strauss for many years. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Blanton is survived by two daughters, two sons and numerous grandchildren and...

Vivian Virginia Carter
May 27, 2008
Vivian Virginia Carter, 85, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. Born in Hamilton County, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Chester A. and Essie Bullard Sweat. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors are her daughters and son-in-law, Patricia Carter Oettmeier of...

Deloris Mildred Stewart
May 27, 2008
Deloris Mildred Stewart, 72, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at the home of her daughter. Born in Hamilton County, Florida, on July 11, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Ovida Cox Hunter. Mrs. Stewart was a retired medical records clerk. She was the widow of the late Burie O'Neal Stewart and she was...

William Loyd Starling
May 26, 2008
William Loyd Starling, 68, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 25, 2008. He was born on February 27, 1940 in Brooks County to the late John Harris Starling, Sr. and Annie Lou Shierling Starling. Mr. Starling was a United States Air Force veteran having served from 1959 until 1962. He was a retired millwright from Georgia Power and was a member...

Marian F. Rountree
May 26, 2008
Marian F. Rountree, 82, of Valdosta, died on Monday, May 26, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, on February 4, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John Wendell and Maude Richerson Mallery Finkell. Mrs. Rountree was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church in Valdosta and Union United Methodist Church...

Sara Slocum
May 26, 2008
Sara Slocum, 85, of Valdosta, died at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida on Monday, May 26, 2008. Born in Lowndes County on December 4, 1922, she was the daughter of the late J. O. V. and Lou Dees Lineberger. Mrs. Slocum and her husband, Gene owned and operated Gene's Galleries for many years. She was a member of...

Elias Jessie Moore, Jr.
May 25, 2008
Elias Jessie Moore, Jr., 74, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Born in Lowndes County on July 3, 1933, he was the son of the late Elias Jessie Moore and Katie Bell Moore. A U. S. Navy Veteran, Mr. Moore was retired from BellSouth. He was a Baptist. Survivors are his...

Billy Albert Corbett
May 25, 2008
Billy Albert Corbett, 67, lifelong resident of Echols County, died suddenly on Sunday, May 25, 2008. Mr. Corbett was the son of the late Oswald Aaron and Jessie Mae Sandlin Corbett. He was employed with PCA at Clyattville and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. A faithful member of Sardis Baptist Church, Mr. Corbett served as Head Deacon and...

Thomas Edwin Weaver
May 25, 2008
Thomas Edwin Weaver, TSgt USAF (Ret.), 72, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Rimersburg, PA on December 15, 1935 a son of Harry J. and Lottie B. Sybert Weaver. Following his marriage to Beverly A. Pollock he enlisted in the US Air Force, serving as an Aircraft Instrument Technician and...

James E. Morgan, Sr.
May 25, 2008
James E. Morgan, Sr., 84, of Valdosta, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. He was born in Danbury, CT on July 2, 1923 a son of the late James I. and Georgia Morgan. Mr. Morgan and his wife Linda Alberta moved to Valdosta twenty years ago. Mr. Morgan was a self-employed builder in...

Eugenia Fletcher Lewis
May 25, 2008
Eugenia Fletcher Lewis of Valdosta, went to be with God and her beloved husband, Remer L. Lewis, Sunday morning, May 25, 2008. She was a native of Lowndes County for 86 years. A member of Adel Church of Christ, she had of late moved her membership to Forrest Park Church of Christ. Mrs. Lewis was a resident of Langdale Place...

David Lee (Bubba) Coody, Jr.
May 25, 2008
David Lee (Bubba) Coody, Jr., 34, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Echols County. Born in Valdosta, on June 29, 1973 he was a graduate of Lowndes High School and Valdosta Technical College. and was employed as an electrician with Langboard. David was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. He was an avid runner and...

Mathel Jr. (Pete) Phillips
May 25, 2008
Mathel Jr. (Pete) Phillips, 62, of Valdosta, died on Sunday May 25, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Valdosta to the late Barney Maxwell and Rudell Knox Phillips, he was a retired self-employed truck driver and had served in the U.S. Army. He was a Viet Nam veteran and had attended church at both...

Richard W. Dennis
May 23, 2008
Richard W. Dennis, 70, of Lake Park, died on Friday, May 23, 2008, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Born on April 22, 1938, he was the son of the late George Roe and Remmie Terrell Dennis. Mr. Dennis retired in 1993 from the Jacksonville Ship Yard where he had worked for 27 years as a marine pipe fitter....

Charles Richard Priest
May 23, 2008
Charles Richard Priest, 77, of Valdosta, GA, passedaway on May 23, 2008 near Gatlinburg, TN whiletraveling with his wife. He was born on August 16,1930 in Jacksonville Florida. As a member of the 101stAirborne, he served his country in the Korean War. Healso served the Valdosta business and educationcommunity for 31 years as the owner of AlliedDuplicating Products. He was...

Janie Rambo Phillips
May 21, 2008
Janie Rambo Phillips, 100, of Holly Hill Nursing Home died on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Born in Lowndes County on June 5, 1907, she was the daughter of the late William Archie and Janie Becton Rambo. She was a homemaker and member of Ochlawilla Baptist Church in Brooks County. She was preceded in death by a son, two grandchildren and...

V. J. Hendry
May 21, 2008
V. J. Hendry, 80, of Hahira, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Adel. He was born on October 20, 1927 in Berrien County to the late John and Henrietta Dupree Hendry. Mr. Hendry was a retired farmer, served in the United States Army and served six years in the Merchant Marines. He was a Baptist.Mr. Hendry is survived by his...

Cynthia Corrales Peters
May 21, 2008
Cynthia Darlene Corrales Peters, 56, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at Shand's University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville, FL. She was born on May 23, 1951 in Mobile, AL to the late Edward Dolbear and Mary Kathryn Booker Corrales. Mrs. Peters was a homemaker, a member of New Life Community Church and worked for several years at...

Linda Elizabeth Durgin
May 20, 2008
Linda Durgin, 54, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on May 20, 1954 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Aubrey and "E" Stump. A lifelong resident of Lowndes County, Mrs. Durgin was a homemaker. Survivors are her daughters, Stacy Barrett of Lake Park and Rachel Durgin of Valdosta; grandchildren,...