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Betty Sue Cranford Hawkins
Jun 8, 2007
Betty Sue Cranford Hawkins, 73, of Valdosta, died on Friday, June 8, 2007, at Heritage House Nursing Home. Born on September 13, 1934, in New York, New York, she was the daughter of the late Col. Tom G. and Catherine Pendleton Cranford. Mrs. Hawkins was an LPN in the 1960’s and was working on her RN Degree when she suffered...
Eunice Wade Williams
Jun 8, 2007
Eunice Wade Williams, 86, of Valdosta died Friday, June 8, 2007 at Fellowship Home. She was born on February 9, 1921 in Lake Park to the late William Hannibal and Estelle Carter Wade and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Williams was a member of the First Christian Church and retired from sales at Sears.Survivors include her son...
Russell Wayne Neesmith
Jun 8, 2007
RUSSELL WAYNE NeeSMITH, 55, of Hahira died Friday, June 8, 2007 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He was born on August 23, 1951 in Lyons, Georgia to Joyce Inez Tomlin NeeSmith and the late Edward Russell NeeSmith and had lived in Hahira since 1995. Mr. NeeSmith was a GEO Surveyor and veteran of the United States Air...
Gilberto Leon
Jun 6, 2007
GILBERTO LEON, 57, of Lake Park died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 3pm, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 in the chapel of McLane Lakewood Funeral Home in Lake Park with interment to follow in the Lake Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 2pm until service time at the...
John Allen Byrd
Jun 6, 2007
John Allen Byrd, 87, of Valdosta died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at home. He was born on July 20, 1919 in New Brockton, Alabama to the late James B. and Elizabeth Lamons Byrd. Mr. Byrd was retired from Owens-Illinois, a member of the Redland Baptist Church and a member of St. John the Baptist Masonic Lodge #184. During the World...
Gilberto Leon
Jun 6, 2007
GILBERTO LEON, 57, of Lake Park died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 3pm, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 in the chapel of McLane Lakewood Funeral Home in Lake Park with interment to follow in the Lake Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 2pm until service time at the...
Robert Allen Tillman
Jun 3, 2007
Robert Allen Tillman, 53, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, June 3, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Adel to the late Homer and Madis Asbell Tillman he was formerly of Moultrie and had made his home in Lowndes County for the past 12 years. Mr. Tillman worked for Rountree Construction and was a truck...
Albert Thornton
Jun 3, 2007
Albert Thornton, Sr., 73, of Lake Park, died at his home on Sunday, June 3, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born in 1933 he was the son of the late Oscar and Annie Mathis Thornton. Mr. Thornton was a retired Logger. He was a member of Statenville Church of God. Survivors are his wife, Clair Thornton, son and daughter in...
Robert Milton O'Connor, Jr.
Jun 3, 2007
Robert Milton O’Connor, Jr., 75 of Valdosta and formerly of Oxon Hill, Maryland passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Bob was born on August 28, 1931 in Washington, DC to the late Robert Milton, Sr. and Alice Mae Brown O’Connor. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean...
Bobby Futch
Jun 3, 2007
Bobby Futch, 60, of Valdosta, died Sunday, June 3, 2007, at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Live Oak, Florida, the son of the late Jacob and Vera Futch. Formerly of Hinesville, Mr. Futch had worked for several years at Gold Kist and then Trus-Joist, West Hill Bait & Tackle as well as Shans Bait &...
Coma Leona Walker
Jun 1, 2007
Coma Leona Walker, 90, of Sugar Land, TX passed away Friday, June 1, 2007 at the Houston Hospice Care Center in Houston, TX after a brief illness. She was born in Hahira, GA to the late Lude Lehman and Lena Cribbs Lehman. Mrs Walker was formerly of Valdosta, GA. A loving homemaker and a woman of strong faith. She was...
Deborah Anne Bruck
May 30, 2007
Deborah Anne “Debbie” Bruck, 47, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Miss Bruck was born in Valdosta and was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Survivors are her mother, Rosemary Bruck of Valdosta and an aunt and uncle, Pat and Barbara O’Leary of Romeoville, Illinois. Services will be held on...
Kennon Carroll Stephens
May 30, 2007
Kennon Carroll Stephens, 77, of Lowndes County died Sunday, May 27, 2007 at home. He was born in Lowndes County in 1929 to the late Fred Herbert and Lorene Blanche Hooker Stephens and was lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Stephens was a Baptist, loved catching and eating fish and being with his family.Survivors include two sons and a daughter...
Janice Lovoll
May 29, 2007
Janice Lovoll, 65, of Valdosta and formerly of Michigan, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in 1941 in Lansing, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elanora Main. Mrs. Lovoll was a homemaker and a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Survivors are her husband,...
Ginger Parr Johnson
May 28, 2007
Ginger Parr Johnson, 50, of Nashville, died suddenly on Monday, May 28, 2007, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. Mrs. Johnson was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1957, the daughter of the late Ruby Gladys Keen and Virgil H. Parr, Jr. She had made her home in Berrien County for the past 30 years. She was a homemaker and a...
Al Slocum
May 28, 2007
Al Slocum, 73, of Milledgeville, died on Monday, May 28, 2007, at Ocoee Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida in 1933 he was the son of the late Loyd and McRay Slocum. Mr. Slocum served with the U. S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He loved to fish. Survivors are a special friend, Sara...
Louis Nathey
May 26, 2007
The good Lord called the light of our life, Louis Nathey, 54, of Ray City home Saturday May 26, 2007. Louis was the most wonderful and considerate best friend, husband, and dad that anyone on this earth would or could ever ask for. With a lifetime of love, bondment, two hearts joined to one that will remain in wife and...
Betty Lorraine Griffin
May 25, 2007
BETTY L. GRIFFIN, 68, of Morven died Friday, May 25, 2007 at the Triad Nursing Home in Lumber City. She was born in 1938 in Tilsonburg, Ontario Canada to the late George, Sr. and Gladys Gould and had lived in Brooks County for many years. Mrs. Griffin was a member of the Morven Church of God.Survivors include a daughter, Linda...
Shanna Marie Fesler
May 24, 2007
Shanna Marie Fesler, 20, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 24, 2007 at her residence. She was born in 1986 in Adel. Shanna came into this world with a very challenging life, but always seemed to enjoy her own quality of life. She was surrounded with love by her family and nurses. She was a strong fighter and very determined....
Clinton Noah Guest
May 23, 2007
Clinton Noah Guest, 45, of Hahira, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in Delray Beach, FL. He was born on July 27, 1961 in Hahira to the late Noah Guest Jr. and Dorothy Simpson Guest. Mr. Guest was a truck driver.He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Simpson Guest of Hahira, two daughters, Maranda Guest of Hahira and Dottie Guest of...
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