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

Levy Burnice (L.B.) Hiers
Dec 14, 2007
Levy Burnice (L.B.) Hiers, 84, died Friday, December 14, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on August 14, 1923 in Ellenton, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Levy Burnice and Gwendolyn Hiers Beard. Mr. Hiers retired as a supervisor at Valdosta Plywood for 21 years and also owned and operated L.B.’s Lounge & Package Store in...

Thelma R. Marshall
Dec 13, 2007
Thelma R. Marshall, 90, of Valdosta, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on April 15, 1917 in Bemiss, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Lydia Williams Raines. She loved to garden and fish with her family and also loved to shop and spend time with her family. She loved going to garage sales....

Annie Laurie Webb (Grandma Mc) Mcgrogan
Dec 13, 2007
Annie Laurie Webb McGrogan (Grandma Mc), of Valdosta, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend passed away peacefully after a long illness at her daughter's home in Covington, Louisiana, surrounded by her family. Annie, a Catholic, was 76.Annie was born in Valdosta Georgia and graduated from Valdosta High School. After graduating Valdosta High, Annie studied and became a dietitian supervisor...

Tommy Herring
Dec 13, 2007
Tommy Herring, 66, of Valdosta, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at the Langdale Hospice House. He was born in Valdosta on October 20, 1941 to Remer Lawson and Fannie Zerrah Rouse Herring. Mr. Herring was assistant cure manager of Wetherington Farms, was in the United States Navy Reserves and the National Guard. He served on the USS Kennebec.Mr. Herring is...

Annie Belle Arnold
Dec 12, 2007
ANNIE BELLE ARNOLD, 95, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born in Malvern, Arkansas on August 20, 1912 to the late William and Annie Morrison Collie and had lived in Malvern until moving to this area five years ago. Mrs. Arnold was an active member and worker of the First United...
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...