OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Barney Lee Lumley, Sr.

Barney Lee Lumley, Sr.

May 3, 2008

Barney Lee Lumley, Sr., 75, of Valdosta, died at his residence on Saturday, May 03, 2008 after a short illness. Born in Swainsboro, Ga. to the late Albert and Maybelle Lumley, he was a U. S. Army veteran and was a retired truck driver for Roadway. He attended the Azalea City Church of God.Mr. Lumley is survived by his sons...

Richard H. "Andy" Andrew

Richard H. "Andy" Andrew

Apr 28, 2008

Richard H Andrew, "Andy", passed away Monday, April 28 after a glorious 87 years. He was born October 5, 1920 in Omak, Washington to the late Frank Andrew and Victoria Coghill Andrew. Andy grew up on a homesteaded apple ranch, where his father was a pioneer in the industry. Leaving college at Washington State Univ, he worked the Portland shipyards...

William Franklin (Bill) Johnson, Jr.

William Franklin (Bill) Johnson, Jr.

Apr 27, 2008

William Franklin (Bill) Johnson, Jr. 79, died suddenly Sunday, April 27, 2008 at his home in Cotton, Georgia. He was born on May 30, 1928 in Valdosta to the late William F., Sr. and Luana Roberts Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a 1946 graduate of Valdosta High School where he played football for the Valdosta Wildcats under Coach Buck Thomas and...

Kenneth Isaac (Ken) Boyette

Kenneth Isaac (Ken) Boyette

Apr 26, 2008

Our beloved husband and father, Kenneth (Ken) Isaac Boyette was born on September 10, 1929 at home in Hahira to the late Noah A. and Armetta Johnson Boyette. He graduated from Hahira High School and attended Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee for two years, where he met his wife Grace Virginia Kercher. They married on June 30, 1952 in...

Margaret Smith

Margaret Smith

Apr 26, 2008

Margaret Smith, 80, of Valdosta, died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on July 16, 1927 in Lawrence, MI, she was the daughter of Harold and Dorothy VanBuckle Mumaugh. A graveside service will be held this morning at 11 a.m. at Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at...

Ralph Larue (Buddy) Smith, Jr.

Ralph Larue (Buddy) Smith, Jr.

Apr 25, 2008

Ralph Larue (Buddy) Smith, Jr., 58, of Hahira, died Friday, April 25, 2008 at his residence. He was born on May 7, 1949 in Nashville, GA to the late Ralph Larue Smith, Sr. and Bernice Coombs Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired steel worker and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.He is survived by his wife, Juanita Nichols Smith of...

Ruth (Mother Ruth) Rampey Joyce Duehring

Ruth (Mother Ruth) Rampey Joyce Duehring

Apr 24, 2008

RUTH (MOTHER RUTH) RAMPEY JOYCE DUEHRING, 96. of Valdosta died Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on August 30, 1911 in Lakeland, Georgia to the late William Cator and Addie Smith Rampey. Mrs. Duehring was a member of the Azalea City Church of God, the Eastern Star, a Shriner's widow and the Amaranzt. She...

Willie Frank Barrett, Sr.

Willie Frank Barrett, Sr.

Apr 23, 2008

WILLIE FRANK BARRETT, SR., 70, of Lake Park died Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at his home. He was born in Lowndes County on June 7, 1937 to the late Frank Payne and Fannie Alma Shiver Barrett. Mr. Barrett was a member of the Antioch Church in Echols County, retired from the construction industry and a veteran of the United States...

Janice P. Wheeler

Janice P. Wheeler

Apr 22, 2008

JANICE P. WHEELER, 56, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Valdosta on April 5, 1952 to Faye Speer Phillips and the late Clarence Phillips, Jr. Mrs. Wheeler was a member of Westside Baptist Church and had been a nurse at South Georgia Medical Center for the past thirty six years....

Aiden Robert Tutt

Aiden Robert Tutt

Apr 22, 2008

Aiden Robert Tutt, infant son of John Tutt and Andrea Gray of Valdosta, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 25, 2008 at Riverview Memorial Gardens with Rev. Alton Hardee officiating. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service at Carson McLane Funeral...

Ruby Elizabeth Hay Holland

Ruby Elizabeth Hay Holland

Apr 21, 2008

RUBY ELIZABETH HAY HOLLAND, 94, longtime resident of Valdosta and South Georgia died on April 21, 2008 at the Brooks County Hospital in Quitman from an extended illness. Mrs. Holland, the oldest of eleven children, born on December 29, 1913 in Crisp County to the late John Melton and Emma Roberta Barber Hay, was a mother and homemaker married to...

Shelby Jean Atkins

Shelby Jean Atkins

Apr 21, 2008

Shelby Jean Atkins, 70, of Valdosta, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at her residence. She was born on October 9, 1937 in Aberdeen, North Carolina to the late David Newton and Cleonus Bowling Jones. Mrs. Atkins was a homemaker and a member of Bemiss Road Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband, Sammie S. Atkins of Lakeland, one son, Sammy...

Bertie E. Davis

Bertie E. Davis

Apr 20, 2008

Bertie E. Davis, 93, of Douglas, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Born on November 28, 1914 in Douglas, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Lucy Minix Stone. She was a lifelong resident of Statenville and was retired from O&I Bag Plant after working for 25 years. She lived her...

Clarice Sims Bonner Yates

Clarice Sims Bonner Yates

Apr 20, 2008

Clarice Sims Bonner Yates, 94, of Valdosta, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, April 19, 2008. She was the first born child of the late Murray and Mollie Sims; born January 18, 1914 at home in Jackson County. Her family lived in Atlanta, Miami, FL and Malabar before moving to Valdosta in 1929. Her father was the...

Rev. Willie Joe Coody

Rev. Willie Joe Coody

Apr 20, 2008

Rev. Willie Joe Coody, 80, of Valdosta, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus. Born on January 5, 1928 in Clyattville, he was the son of the late Richard A. and Mattie Zipperer Coody. He was a graduate of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) and a veteran of the United States Army having served in World...

Lee Edmundson Cohen

Lee Edmundson Cohen

Apr 18, 2008

Lee Edmundson Cohen of Miami, Florida passed away on April 18, 2008 in the presence of her devoted husband, Gene, and her daughter Marghy. She was 84. She was born in Wilson, North Carolina and attended Atlantic Christian College. She and Gene spent 64 happy years together. In addition to Marghy (Joe) Smothers of Valdosta, she is survived by another...

Carroll (A.C.) Peace

Carroll (A.C.) Peace

Apr 18, 2008

Carroll (A.C.) Peace, 85, of Clyattville, died on Friday, April 18, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta after a brief illness. Born in Kinderlou, on October 21, 1922 he was the son of the late Benjamin and Carrie Ragan Peace. Mr. Peace had served with the U.S. Army during WWII. A lifelong member of Redland Baptist Church, Mr. Peace...

John B. Cook, Jr.

John B. Cook, Jr.

Apr 18, 2008

John B. Cook, Jr., of Lake Park, passed away April 18, 2008 at Shand's Hospital in Gainesville, Florida following a sudden illness. He was born September 3, 1928 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late John Bunyan and Gladys Templeton Cook. He and his father owned and managed Cook's Motel for many years. One of his favorite hobbies was gardening and...

Daniel Douglas Bollin, Ii

Daniel Douglas Bollin, Ii

Apr 16, 2008

Daniel D. Bollin, II, 60, of Valdosta died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born in West Point, New York to Florence Miller Bollin and the late Daniel Douglas Bollin and had lived in Valdosta since 1971. Mr. Bollin was retired as a Master Sargeant with the United States Air Force having served in Vietnam...

Mae Tomlinson Smith

Mae Tomlinson Smith

Apr 16, 2008

Mae Tomlinson Smith, 91, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Cook County on November 22, 1916 to the late Joseph Sirmans Tomlinson and Augusta Georgia Mathis Tomlinson. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived by three daughters and two sons in law, Patsy Smith Pitts...