OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Roger Dale Sutphin
Dec 12, 2007
ROGER DALE SUTPHIN, 51, of Valdosta and resident of Diversified Enterprises in Tifton died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Tift Regional Hospital in Tifton. He was born on October 26, 1956 in Altus, Oklahoma to the late John Floyd, Jr. and Gladys Evelyn Smith Sutphin. He attended New Covenant Church. Roger Dale loved life, the holidays and western movies. He...
Wendy Turek
Dec 11, 2007
WENDY TUREK, 70, of Valdosta died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on January 16, 1937 in New York City, New York to the late Lynne A. and Denny Underwood Warren and had lived in this area since 1992. Mrs. Turek was an active member of the Grace Bible Church and had served as...

Choma Lastinger Anderson
Dec 10, 2007
Choma Lee (Lastinger) Anderson, 92, of Hahira went home to be with the Lord Monday, December 10, 2007. She was born on February 14, 1915 in Lowndes county to the late Staten and Rhoda Register and was the wife of Earl V. Lastinger for over fifty years until his death in 1990. Mrs. Anderson lived many years as a resident...
Gladys Hathaway
Dec 9, 2007
GLADYS B. HATHAWAY, 78, of Valdosta was carried into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 9, 2007 after an extended illness. She was born on June 12, 1929 in New Brunswick, Canada and later married Donald Hathaway of Gardiner, Maine and moved to Valdosta. She was devoted to the nursery of the Nazarene Church for...
Ethell H. Krieger
Dec 9, 2007
Ethell H. Krieger, 81, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Sunday, December 9, 2007, at Smith Northview Hospital. Born in Nashville on May 5, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Cordelia Roberts Hall. Mrs. Krieger was a homemaker and attended the Assembly of God Church. She loved to shop and work in her yard. She...
James Wetherington
Dec 9, 2007
James Thomas Lawson Wetherington, infant son of Stephanie and Jamie Wetherington of Valdosta, died at home on Sunday, December 9, 2007. Born in Valdosta on November 15, 2007 the baby is also survived by: a brother and a sister, Joe F. Wetherington and Celeste Wetherington; maternal grandparents, Mike and Aurora Linn of Valdosta, paternal grandparents, Joey Wetherington of Valdosta and...

Blanche Estell Garrett
Dec 8, 2007
Blanche Estell Garrett, 70, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Hospice House. No services are planned. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Garrett. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Ina Z. Morris
Dec 8, 2007
Ina Z. Morris, age 90, of Valdosta and the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, Georgia, died Saturday, December 8, 2007. She was born in Lowndes County to Benjamin Oscar and Bessie Davis Zipperer on January 6, 1917. Up until the last 4 months she resided in Lowndes County all of her life. Mrs. Morris was homemaker with a love for her...

Mary Francis Hickman
Dec 8, 2007
Mary Francis Hickman, 68, of Lake Park, died Saturday, December 8, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, following a lengthy illness. Born in Lowndes County, Georgia on February 5, 1939, she was the daughter of the late M.G. and Evelyn H. Kinsey Porter. She had worked as a supervisor for Southern Bell and was a member of Northside...

Christopher Wayne Exum
Dec 7, 2007
Christopher Wayne (Chris) Exum, 18, of Valdosta, died Friday, December 07, 2007, in an automobile accident. He was born in Valdosta, the son of Arthur Wayne and Ruth Ann Hunter Exum. He was a member of First Baptist Church, a student of the Lowndes County School System. He was a kind-hearted boy and outdoorsman that loved to hunt deer and...

Janie Ruth Shiver
Dec 7, 2007
Janie Ruth Shiver, 59, of Valdosta, died on Friday, December 7, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Ware County, Georgia on May 6, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Lester Pittman and Nannie Doris Ruskin Pittman. Mrs. Shiver was a homemaker. Survivors are her husband, Earl Carter; her mother, Nannie Doris Pittman of Waycross; her children,...

Christopher Wayne Exum
Dec 7, 2007
Christopher Wayne (Chris) Exum, 18, of Valdosta, died Friday, December 07, 2007, in an automobile accident. Born in Valdosta on March 16, 1989, he was the son of Arthur Wayne and Ruth Ann Hunter Exum. He was a member of First Baptist Church and was a student in the Lowndes County School System. Chris was a kind-hearted boy. He was...

Mamie L. Daniels
Dec 7, 2007
Mamie L. Daniels, 90, of Quitman, died on Friday, December 7, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Monticello, Florida on April 3, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Lou Kinsey. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Mrs. Daniels is survived by her husband of 69 years, L. S. Daniels also of Quitman; a...

Panzy Ferrell
Dec 5, 2007
Panzy Goforth Ferrell, 71, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hickory, North Carolina on May 5, 1936 to the late Rubin and Frances Huntzinger Ferrell. She was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She is survived by a daughter and son in law, Krystal and Warren Moore of...

H. M. Barfield
Dec 5, 2007
H. M. Barfield, Jr. 85, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at his home in Hahira. H. M. was born in Hahira on March 30, 1922 to the late Hurram Mason (Hum) Barfield and Lillian McNeal Barfield. In 1942 he joined the Army Air Corps and went on to serve his country in the China/India/Burma theatre with 383rd Air...

Ella R. Podds
Dec 4, 2007
Ella R. Podds, 91, of Valdosta, Georgia, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Langdale Hospice House. Born September 10, 1916 in Manhasset, New York, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Gabriella Albrecht Podstupka. She graduated from Manhasset High School in 1934 and the Grand Central School of Art in New York City in 1939. She retired from...

Sarah Estelle Green
Dec 3, 2007
Sarah Estelle Green, 96, of Lake Park died on Monday, December 3, 2007 at her residence following a short illness. She was born in Brooks County to the late John Henry and Emma Hall Guess and has been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a homemaker, a member of Forrest Park Church of Christ, and a devoted loving...

Mary Helen Hensley
Dec 2, 2007
Mary Helen Rountree Hensley, 85, of Hahira, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Hahira on September 23, 1922 to the late Jack and Claudia Lawson Rountree. Mrs. Hensley was a homemaker and worked at Commercial Bank in Hahira for many years. She was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church.Mrs. Hensley is survived by...
James O. Pickles
Dec 2, 2007
“… But the greatest of these is love.” I Corin. 13:13. Our beloved James O. “Pick” Pickles, 82, left his earthly family to join his Heavenly Father and family on Sunday morning, December 2, 2007. He was born on December 4, 1924, in Madison, Florida, to James Avery “Uncle Bud” Pickles and Pearl Beatrice Bass and lived in Madison until...

Roberta Jean Stephenson
Dec 2, 2007
Roberta “Bobbie” Jean Stephenson, 78, of Hahira died at home surrounded by her loving family on December 2, 2007 after a 4 ½ year battle with cancer. Born in Birmingham, AL on March 21, 1929, she was the daughter of Robert and Ruth Turner Smith. She was employed by South Georgia Medical Center as an RN in the newborn nursery...