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Russell Lowell Tucker
Apr 9, 2008
Russell Lowell Tucker, 55, of Lake Park died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Select Care Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee. He was born on September 18, 1952 in Ocilla to the late Lowell Tucker and Alba Simpson Tucker and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Tucker enjoyed fishing and riding motorcycles and was a former employee of Union...
Edward Elisha (Po Ed) Guess
Apr 8, 2008
Edward Elisha (Po Ed) GuessOn April 8, 2008 the world lost a wonderful, one of a kind man. Edward Elisha (Po Ed) Guess, 75, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Affectionately known by all as Po Ed, he was a constant source of fun, laughs, wisdom and above all love. A loyal friend, devoted...
Bobby Louis Wisenbaker
Apr 8, 2008
Bobby Louis Wisenbaker, 78, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Lowndes County on August 31, 1929 to the late Lewis Byrd and Cuba Carter Wisenbaker. Mr. Wisenbaker was a retired farmer and a member of the Redland Church of Christ. He was a veteran of the United States Army having...
Ethel B. Ganas
Apr 6, 2008
Ethel B. Ganas, 83, of Valdosta died at Langdale Hospice House on April 6, 2008. Born on January 1, 1925 in Lanier County, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Alice Woods Brantley. She was a homemaker and member of Greenwood Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Diane and W.G. Walker of Valdosta; son and daughter-in-law,...
Joy Annette Smith Wallace
Apr 4, 2008
Joy Annette Smith Wallace, 70, of Valdosta died Friday, April 4, 2008 at Louis Smith Hospital in Lakeland. She was born on August 1, 1930 in Bartow County, Georgia to the late Dexter Charles and Sarah Katherine Butler Smith. Mrs. Wallace was a Baptist. Survivors include a daughter and son in law, Mary K. Hull Bullock and Rex Bullock of...
Kathy Butts
Apr 4, 2008
Kathy Butts, 52, of Lake Park, died on Friday, April 4, 2008 after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on January 3, 1956, as a child she and her family moved to Thomasville for several years. She moved back to the Valdosta area twenty-two years ago. Mrs. Butts loved cross-stitch and needlepoint. She loved looking for and collecting antiques, she...
Rhonda Earline Colwell
Apr 3, 2008
Rhonda Colwell, 46, of Valdosta, died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born on December 11, 1961 in Selma, Alabama to the late Leslie and Vivian Callie Graham Thacker. She was a homemaker.Mrs. Colwell is survived by her husband, Jeff Colwell of Valdosta, her daughter and son in law, Sheree and Jared Crosby of Valdosta, her...
Dale Smith Phillips
Apr 2, 2008
Dale Smith Phillips, 85, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in Atlanta, GA on February 21, 1923 to the late Norman Earl and Jeannette Guthrie Smith. Mrs. Phillips was a school teacher for over thirty years, most recently with the Valdosta City School System. She was a charter member...
Mary Lois Dewar
Apr 2, 2008
Mary Lois Pafford Dewar, daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, teacher, gardener, business woman, church woman, musician, and friend to many, died on Wednesday April 2, 2008 in her home. She was born January 17, 1918 the youngest daughter of the late Fannie Smith and J. Levin Pafford and sister of the late Leo Pafford and Doris Pafford Shaw all...
Patrick S. Meagher
Apr 1, 2008
PATRICK S. MEAGHER, 97, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on October 22, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Thomas Francis and Margaret Gillem Meagher and had lived in Valdosta for the past ten years. Mr. Meagher was veteran of the United States Air Force having served in World War...
Mildred Newberry
Apr 1, 2008
Mildred Newberry, 80, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 25, 1927 in Caseyville, Illinois to the late John and Minnie Baldus. Mrs. Newberry was a homemaker. She is survived by two daughters and sons in law, Kathleen and Mickey Corbett of Lake Park, Beth and Russell Bland of Valdosta,...
Walter H. (Bud) Zorn
Apr 1, 2008
WALTER H. (BUD) ZORN, 90, of Valdosta died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on September 21, 1917 in Shorterville, Alabama to the late Adolphus H. and Annie Lou Zorn. He was baptized at the Bainbridge Christian Church in 1957. He played the fiddle for eighty-two years after starting at...
Betty Kate Deas
Mar 31, 2008
Betty Kate Deas, 70, lifelong resident of Lake Park, died suddenly in her sleep after a period of declining health, on Monday, March 31, 2008 in Pensacola, Florida. Born in Pearson, on November 1, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Lawton and Betsy P. Haskins. Mrs. Deas was a homemaker and had worked for Owens Illinois for 8...
John Louis Carter
Mar 30, 2008
Mr. John Louis Carter, 69, of Homerville, died suddenly on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta to late Louis and Mitt Kuykendall Carter on November 11, 1938 and was a farmer. He loved to travel and was a devoted father, grandfather and friend. Farming was not only his occupation, but it was...
Lawrence Edward Zipperer, Sr.
Mar 29, 2008
LAWRENCE EDWARD ZIPPERER, SR., 93, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at his home. He was born in Lowndes County on December 11, 1914 to the late Charles Edward and Lucy Roberts Zipperer and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Zipperer was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and a veteran of the United...
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...
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