OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Kenneth Drew
May 10, 2008
KENNETH DREW, 76, of Hahira died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on March 2, 1932 in Hahira to the late Whiteford T. and Bessie Turbeville Drew. Mr. Drew was a member of the Hahira First Baptist Church and a farmer. His favorite saying to his daughter was, "I don't know if I'm a...
Vonne Prine
May 8, 2008
VONNE PRINE, 72, of Valdosta, died Thursday, May 8, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Statenville on December 26, 1935 to the late Gerald and Cleo Pennington Prine. Mr. Prine was self-employed in the retail sales industry, retiring after 30 years. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, St. John the...
Jewel M. Jones
May 7, 2008
Jewel M. Jones, 84, of Lake Park, died Wednesday, May 7th, 2008. She passed away while being tenderly cared for at the Lake Haven Nursing Home. She was born on January 2, 1924 in Lawty, FL. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Litha Viola Morgan. She was retired as a Registered Nurse and was a member of...
Mary Kate Cooper Bennett
May 6, 2008
MARY KATE COOPER BENNETT, 83, of Valdosta passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 19, 1925 in Brooks County to the late Ray and Ollie Brantley Cooper and had lived in Valdosta most of her life. Mrs. Bennett attended school in Barwick and graduated from Morven High School and worked...
Raymond L. (Bud) Carter
May 6, 2008
RAYMOND L. (BUD) CARTER, 78, of Naylor died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 6, 1930 in Echols County to the late Lawton W. and Letha Hughes Carter and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Carter was a retired glass foreman with Valdosta Glass Company and American Glass Company and...
Bonnie Sherman Norwood
May 5, 2008
BONNIE SHERMAN NORWOOD, 60, of Valdosta, died Monday, May 5, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born in Middletown, NY on February 29, 1948 to Mary Truex Sherman and the late George Sherman. She moved to Valdosta in 1980 from Denver, CO. Survivors include her husband, Joel Norwood of Valdosta, her mother, Mary Sherman...
Jewell D. Courson
May 4, 2008
Jewell D. Courson, 86, of Valdosta, died at home after a very short illness on Sunday, May 4, 2008. Born on May 27, 1921 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late J. Calvin and Betty Timmerman Dasher. Mrs. Courson worked at the Strickland Mills for many years. She loved to work in her yard and go fishing...
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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...






