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

Phyllis Bennett Harbuck Friesen
Feb 3, 2008
Phyllis Bennett Harbuck Friesen, 58, of Valdosta, died after a short illness on Sunday, February 3, 2008. Born in Adel, Georgia, on February 17, 1949 she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Roy and Myrtice Whittle Bennett. Mrs. Friesen was a Baptist. Survivors are her son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Ronda Harbuck of Ray City; grandchildren, Jerrod Thompson and...

Holly Wiggins
Feb 3, 2008
Obit on Holly Lynn WigginsHolly Lynn Wiggins, 29, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, February 3, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Grand Forks, ND on August 25, 1978. Holly was a homemaker and was of the Episcopal faith.Survivors include her husband, Lawrence Wiggins; three children, Stephen Cannady, Jaromey Cannady, and Jackson Wiggins all of Valdosta; her parents, Ronald...
Jennifer Paige Stone
Feb 3, 2008
JENNIFER PAIGE STONE, 19, of Hahira died Sunday, February 3, 2008 as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born on June 20, 1988 in Valdosta and was a lifelong resident of this area. Jennifer was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and loved life, water skiing, sports and being with her family...

Evelyn Sewell Ricketts
Feb 2, 2008
Evelyn Sewell Ricketts, 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born in Lockhart, Alabama on January 1, 1921 to the late D. R. and Luanna Rogers Sewell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Ricketts was a member of the Northside Baptist Church where she...
Charlotte Coppage Wasson
Feb 2, 2008
Charlotte Coppage Wasson, 69, of Hahira, died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on January 31, 1939 to the late Slater L. and Udelle Fletcher Coppage. Mrs. Wasson graduated from Fitzgerald High School, attended Valdosta State University and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. She received an associates degree...

John Rowland Brownlee, Jr.
Feb 1, 2008
JOHN ROWLAND BROWNLEE, JR., 76, of Valdosta died Friday, February 1, 2008 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 27, 1931 in Shamrock, Florida to the late John Rowland, Jr. and Gussie Baughman Brownlee and had lived in Valdosta most of his life. He was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ and...

Lester Frank Canady
Feb 1, 2008
LESTER FRANK CANADY, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, February 1, 2008 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville after a lengthy illness. He was born in Colquitt County to the late Robert L. and Mattie Bell Harrell Canady and had lived in Valdosta for twenty nine years. Mr. Canady was retired from the United States Coast Guard and a...

Joseph (Joe) Alvin Gore
Feb 1, 2008
Dr. Joseph Alvin Gore, 72, of Valdosta, Georgia died Friday, February 1, 2008 in Atlanta, aboard a plane that was to take him and his wife Jane to another ski adventure in Montana. Joe Gore was born in Huntington, West Virginia on August 29, 1935 to the late Edgar and Neva Gore. He enjoyed his youth in Evansville, Indiana, where...

Amanda Boyette Love
Jan 27, 2008
Amanda Boyette Love, longtime resident of Lowndes County, died at the age of ninety-one on January 27, 2008. Mrs. Love was well known and active with many civic and church organizations in the area. Born on April 5th, 1916, to the late Leona Crum Boyette and Jesse Thomas Boyette, she grew up on farm in northern Lowndes County with four...

Anna Groover Carr
Jan 27, 2008
Anna Groover Carr, 92, of Holly Hill, Florida died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the New Smyrna Beach Hospice House in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Mrs. Carr was the daughter of the late Benjamin H. and Mary Alice Smith Groover and the widow of Willard Wade Carr. She is survived by her nieces, nephews and cousins and their families. Graveside...

Laverne Wayne Lane
Jan 27, 2008
LaVerne Wayne Lane, 65, of Valdosta, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 30, 1942 in Eau Claire, WI, he was the son of States Henry and Violet McNair Lane. He was a retired Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force and served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. He was a lifetime...

Annie Wetherington Stalvey
Jan 27, 2008
Mrs. Annie Wetherington Stalvey, 90, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2008, at Louis Smith Hospital in Lakeland. Born in Colquitt County, Georgia, on March 28, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Leffy and Nancy Rentz Wetherington. Mrs. Stalvey was a homemaker and a member of Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She had lived in the...

Jackie Daniel Davis, Sr.
Jan 26, 2008
Jackie Daniel Davis, Sr., 64, of Nashville died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at his residence. Born on February 9, 1943 in Greer, SC, he was the son of the late Hoyt and Ruby Freeman. He served in the Navy for 4 years and then 32 more years in the Army and the National Guard, having participated in Desert Storm. He...

William Palmer "Bill" Cohen
Jan 25, 2008
William Palmer “Bill” Cohen, 59, of Black Mountain, NC, died Friday, January 25, 2008 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC after a lengthy illness. He was born in Miami, FL on August 9, 1948 and was an automobile sales representative.Mr. Cohen is survived by his parents, Eugene E. and Lee Cohen of Miami, FL, two sisters and brothers in law,...

Rose Marie Turner
Jan 24, 2008
Rose Marie Turner, 93, of Valdosta, died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. She was born on October 9, 1914 in Echols County to the late Remer and Effie Rewis Burch. Mrs. Turner was a homemaker and attended West End Presbyterian Church.She is survived by one son and daughter in law, Willie Mack (Bill) Turner and Runette...

Celia Ilene Cothron
Jan 23, 2008
Celia Ilene Cothron, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born in Lowndes County on June 20, 1921 to the late George Mitchell and Alice Knight Cothron. Miss Cothron was a nurse at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio for forty years and returned to live in Lowndes County in 1983....

Angalee S. Benavides
Jan 23, 2008
Angalee S. Benavides, 42, of Valdosta, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Hahira on October 10, 1966. Angalee was the bookkeeper for A&B Home Repair. She was of the Baptist faith.She is survived by her husband, Ben Benavides; son, Benjamin Lee Benavides; daughters, Subrina Nicole Benavides and Kaytie Michelle Benavides all of Valdosta.Other survivors...

Caroline Stump Butler
Jan 21, 2008
Caroline Howell Stump Butler, 86, of Valdosta died Monday, January 21, 2008 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on January 20, 1922, in Valdosta she was the daughter of the late Joseph Harry and Marion Wilkinson Stump. She served in the Red Cross during WWII and was retired as a social worker for DFACS. She was a member of First United...

Debbie Scharton
Jan 21, 2008
Debbie Scharton, 51, of Valdosta, died at Smith Northview Hospital on Monday, January 21, 2008. Born in Key West, Florida on October 10, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Sarah Symonette Scharton. Miss Scharton had attended the LARC Training Center in the past. Survivors are her sister and brother in law, Carolyn and Roger Mays of...

Wyolene King
Jan 21, 2008
Wyolene King, 66, of Valdosta died at her home on Monday, January 21, 2008. Born in Valdosta on November 12, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Hollis and Iwilda Horton Wheelis. She was a homemaker and a member of Azalea City Church of God. The Choir Eternal has gained a new alto. The Director welcomed her with open...