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

Romie Croft Hart
Jun 26, 2007
Romie Croft Hart, 81, of Valdosta died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on November 19, 1925, in Miami, FL to the late Ira and Josephine Griffin Croft. Mrs. Hart was a member of Faith Chapel in Jasper, FL. She was a dedicated wife, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.She is survived by two...

Jackie Joe Cecil
Jun 25, 2007
Jackie Joe (Jack) Cecil, 58, of Valdosta, died on Monday, June 25, 2007 at his residence. Born in Orlando, Florida, on May 3, 1949 he was a Registered Nurse and had worked with Valdosta Correctional Institute and Greenleaf. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran and was a recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was a member of New Life...

Stephen Thomas Orr
Jun 23, 2007
Stephen Thomas Orr, (Oreskovic) 94 years old, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Saturday, June 23, 2007, after a period of declining health. He was the oldest son of Martin and Mary Oreskovic; born in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin. His wife, Verna Irene Orr preceded him in death in 1999. Affectionately known as Gramps by his family and friends, Mr. Orr had...

Lillian Hill Paulk
Jun 22, 2007
Lillian Hill Paulk, 83, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 22, 2007, at her home. Born in Chula, Georgia on December 9, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Ross and Jessie Irene Hill. Mrs. Paulk was a telephone operator and was retired from Southern Bell Telephone Company. She was a member of Brushy Creek Baptist Church in...

James Daniel (Dan) Salter
Jun 21, 2007
JAMES DANIEL (DAN) SALTER, 53, of Brooks County, Georgia died Thursday, June 21, 2007. He was a lifelong resident of this area and a Baptist. Mr. Salter enjoyed fishing and playing golf.Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Salter of Brooks County, a son, Richard Hubbard, Sr. of Lake Park, a grandson, Richard Hubbard of Thomaston, his parents, Louis and Evelyn...
Mary Kathryn King
Jun 21, 2007
Mary Kathryn Randall King, 80, of Statenville, Georgia died at 6:30 a.m. on June 21, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta. She was born on March 28, 1927, in Ottumwa, Iowa to Elmer Ernest and Adella May Laughhead Randall. She married Max E. King on July 18, 1946, in Ottumwa, Iowa. They were married for 36 years before his...

Dorothy "Dot" Lloyd
Jun 21, 2007
Dorothy “Dot” Lloyd, 83, of Valdosta died at Lakehaven Nursing Home on Thursday, June 21, 2007. Born in 1924, in Quitman, she was the daughter of the late Rachel Nobles and Ronald Houston Greene.She had made her home in Valdosta for the past 53 years and was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. Survivors are her daughter...

J. T. Southall
Jun 21, 2007
J. T. “Brother” Southall, Jr. of Valdosta, died on Thursday, June 21, 2007, at his home after a lengthy illness. Son of the late J.T. Sr, and Mary Willis Southall he was born in Lowndes County on February 19, 1938. Mr. Southall was a farmer. Survivors are his wife, Carolyn M. Southall of Valdosta, a daughter, Pam Southall of Hahira,...

Lanny Henderson
Jun 20, 2007
Lanny Henderson, 66, of Valdosta died at his home on Wednesday, June 20, 2007. A memorial service will be held on Friday June 22, 2007, at 2 p.m. at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Joseph Gombas, Jr.
Jun 18, 2007
Joseph Gombas, Jr., 77, of Valdosta died Monday, June 18, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Linden, New Jersey to the late Joseph and Judith Gombas and was a graduate of Linden High School in Linden, NJ. He was preceded in death by his brother, Martin Gombas and his sister, Rose Gombas....

Donald Lee Nestler
Jun 17, 2007
DONALD LEE NESTLER, 81, of Hahira died Sunday, June 17, 2007 at the Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville after a sudden illness. He was born in 1926 in MaComb, Illinois to the late Paul and Marguerite Setterdahl Nestler. Mr. Nestler was a supervisor with the Veterans Administration and a Lutheran. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Gary Wayne Davis
Jun 17, 2007
Gary Wayne Davis, 41, of Northport, Alabama, died on June 17, 2007. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007, in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Reverend Wayne Robertson will officiate. Burial will follow at Cat Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 1 p.m....

George E. Dallas
Jun 16, 2007
George E. Dallas, 89, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, June 16, 2007, at his residence following a lengthy illness. Born in Manchester, NH to the late Gus George and Astasia Badalas. Mr. Dallas grew up in Clearwater Beach, FL before moving with his family to High Point, NC where he attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina and...

Carolyn Ingram Teate
Jun 15, 2007
Carolyn Ingram Teate, 72, of Valdosta died Friday, June 15, 2007 at Lakehaven Nursing home after an extended illness. She was born in Brooks County on November 1, 1934 to the late Eugene L. & Julia Ellenberg Jordan. She was a member of Providence United Methodist Church. She was a loving wife and mother and also worked as a home...

Wayne Wesley Webb
Jun 14, 2007
Wayne Webb, 70, of Hahira, died Thursday, June 14, 2007. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, June 18, 2007 at eleven a. m. at Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation will be from four until six p. m. Sunday at the Martin McLane Funeral Home in Hahira. Condolences may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Martin McLane Funeral Home Funeral Home: Martin/McLane Funeral...

Charles Evan Hall
Jun 13, 2007
CHARLES EVAN HALL, 63, of Hahira died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Lake City, Florida. He was born in Lenox, Georgia on June 24, 1943 to the late Harvey Jordan and Ruth Virginia McCall Hall and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Hall was a building materials salesman and a veteran of the...

Reva Elliott Dowling
Jun 11, 2007
REVA ELLIOTT DOWLING, 79, of Barney died Monday, June 11, 2007 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Dowling was born on November 27, 1927 in Morven, Georgia to the late James Edward and Willie Alice Joyce Elliott. She was a member of the Campground Methodist Church in Morven and retired from Valdosta Hardware as the bookkeeper. Mrs....

Shuckie Overton Acton
Jun 11, 2007
Shuckie Jane Overton Acton, 59, of Valdosta, died June 11, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Cherokee, OK to the late Marion & Phoebe Overton. She was raised in Altus, Ok, where she graduated from Altus High School. Mrs. Acton received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts...

Alexis Nichole Lucero
Jun 10, 2007
Alexis Nichole Lucero, infant daughter of Michael & Allison Cockerham Lucero of Valdosta, died June 10, 2007 at Smith Northview Hospital. Funeral service is scheduled for Friday, June 15, 2007 at 2 p.m. in the Heritage Room of Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences can be conveyed to the family on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home Funeral...

Ada C. Godfrey
Jun 9, 2007
Ada C. Godfrey, 86, of Valdosta, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at her residence after a short illness.She was born in Greenville County, SC to the late Enoch & Ada Cooley Cothran. Mrs. Godfrey was a member of the Bemiss Road Baptist Church. She partnered in ministry with her husband who started seven churches in South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia...