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Mary S. Taylor
Mar 29, 2008
MARY S. TAYLOR, 86, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 26, 1921 in Roan County, West Virginia to the late Espel and Flossie Edith Kiser Starcher and had lived in Valdosta for many years. She was retired from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and a member of...
Joanne Rutland
Mar 29, 2008
JoAnne Rutland, 62, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Born in Thomasville, on January 8, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Birdie Foskey. Mrs. Rutland was a Licensed Practical Nurse at South Georgia Medical Center, Tift Regional and Lowndes Correctional Institute. She served as a Lake Park...
B. Lannis (L.B.) Hall
Mar 28, 2008
B. LANNIS (L.B.) HALL, 80, of Morven died Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. He was born on November 2, 1927 in Brooks County and was the son of the late Clifford Roy Hall and Jewell Hart Hall Fletcher. Mr. Hall was a member of the Morven United Methodist Church. He was retired...
Lt. Col.(Ret.Usaf) Donald Allen Wilson
Mar 26, 2008
LT. COL. (RET. USAF), DONALD ALLEN WILSON, 86, of Ray City died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at his home. He was born on April 26, 1921 in Rochester, New York to the late Sidney Clinton and Adriene Baldwin Wilson and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Ray City United Methodist Church...
Norman H.C. Weeks
Mar 24, 2008
Mr. Norman H.C. Weeks, 72, of Barney died on Monday, March 24, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mr. Weeks was born on February 13, 1936 in Lowndes County to the late Joe and Dollie Byrd Woodard Weeks. He was a retired farmer and salesman and attended Pleasant Way Baptist Church.Mr. Weeks is survived by his...
Sherie Lynn Dennis Carruthers
Mar 24, 2008
SHERIE LYNN DENNIS CARRUTHERS, 40, of Valdosta died Monday, March 24, 2008 at her home due to complications associated with diabetes. She was born on April 16, 1967 in Goldsboro, North Carolina and had lived in Valdosta since August of 1974. Mrs. Carruthers was a graduate of Lowndes High School where she was a member of the Georgia Bridgeman. She...
Robert Perry Lloyd, Jr.
Mar 23, 2008
Robert Perry Lloyd, Jr., 53, of Valdosta passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008. Born on October 23, 1954, in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Robert P., Sr. and Dorothy "Dot" Greene Lloyd. He was a police officer with the Sparks Police Department. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Lloyd was a member of the...
Marcia Lee Criswell
Mar 22, 2008
MARCIA LEE CRISWELL, 76, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 12, 1932 in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Eugene and Catherine Haggerty and had lived in Valdosta for many years. She was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Neal Criswell of Valdosta,...
William G. (Bill) Wright
Mar 22, 2008
William G. (Bill) Wright, 71, of Valdosta, died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on October 15, 1936 in Blakely, Georgia to the late Homer Jackson and Margaret Ellen Herring Wright. Mr. Wright retired with the rank of Chief Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force in...
Logan Wayne Thackrey
Mar 21, 2008
Logan Wayne Thackrey, 88, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 21, following a lengthy illness. He was born at Mount Ayr, Iowa on June 26, 1919, the son of the late Logan Henry and Frankie May Mumford Thackrey. He retired as daylight Foreman, Kansas City Air Mail Facility, Kansas City, MO in 1974. He honorably served the United States of America...
Jairus L. Cowart
Mar 20, 2008
Jairus L. Cowart, 93, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on July 11, 1914 in Cook County to the late Thomas and Lula Mae Allen Cowart and had lived in this area most of his life. He was the oldest member of the Morningside Baptist Church and was a veteran of...
Herbert Calvin Trice
Mar 20, 2008
Herbert Calvin Trice, 67, of Lake Park, died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 20, 1940 in Barnesville, GA to the late Emory and Lucille English Trice. Mr. Trice was retired from Norfolk Southern Railway and was a United States Air Force veteran.He is survived by his wife, Ann Crosby-Trice of Lake...
Herbert A. (Lonnie) Abel
Mar 19, 2008
Herbert A. (Lonnie) Abel, 84, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Lake City, Florida. He was born in Enigma, Georgia on September 5, 1923 to the late Lowell Dawson and Nelsie Pickard Abell. He was a retired auto mechanic and a veteran of the U. S. Army having served in the European Theatre...
Emily Teasley
Mar 17, 2008
Emily Teasley, 88, of Valdosta died March 17, 2008 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born on January 26, 1920 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Julian Edward and Jesse Cannafax Tudor. Mrs. Teasley was a homemaker and a member of Christ Episcopal Church.She is survived by her daughter, Hunt Southerland of Tampa, FL; sons and daughter-in-law, Tim...
Norman Edwin Kirkland
Mar 17, 2008
Norman Edwin Kirkland, 86, of Valdosta died March 17, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born May 22, 1921 in Pearson. Mr. Kirkland was a World War II Veteran and retired from Carmichaels Part Service.He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Evelyn McDonald Kirkland; six sons and daughters-in-law, Ben and Jackie Kirkland, Larry and Debra Kirkland,...
Johnny Alton (Beetle) Bailey
Mar 13, 2008
JOHNNY ALTON (BEETLE) BAILEY, 75, of Lake Park died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on November 20, 1932 in Berrien County to the late Billy and Pearl Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a member of the Corinth Baptist Church and a retired engineer with Southern Railway. He was a veteran of the U. S....
Bradley Alexander Hodge
Mar 12, 2008
Bradley Alexander Hodge, 56, of Hahira died Wednesday, March 12, 2008. He was born in Warren, Ohio on March 26, 1951 and had lived in this area most of his life. Mr. Hodge was a Lutheran and a veteran of the United States Army serving as a Green Beret in Vietnam. He was a steel building erector and an avid...
Lucille Cave Bloodworth
Mar 10, 2008
Lucille Cave Bloodworth, 84, of Valdosta died at her residence on Monday, March 10, 2008. Born on August 28, 1923 in Stonewall County, Texas, she was the daughter of the late William and Ora Brittain Cave. Mrs. Bloodworth was retired as a nurse at South Georgia Medical Center and was a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived by her...
John Michael Ligethy
Mar 7, 2008
John Michael Ligethy, 88, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 7, 2008 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. A family memorial service will be held in California at a later date. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602...
Leona Strickland Hudson
Mar 6, 2008
Leona Strickland Hudson, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Mrs. Hudson was born May 2, 1920 at her home at 1006 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia. She was the daughter of William Roberts Strickland and Rosa Hill Strickland. Her first seven grades of school were at the "Training School" of Georgia State Women's...
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