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

Estherleen Grainger Renfroe
May 23, 2007
Estherleen Grainger Renfroe, 83, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 23, 2007, in Nashville, Georgia. Born in Conway, South Carolina, in 1923, she was the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Ruth Lee Graham Grainger. She was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and Woodman of the World. Survivors are her sons and daughters in law, Calvin and Belinda...

Betty Sue Grant Martin
May 23, 2007
Betty Sue Grant Martin, 82, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Holly Hill Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on December 16, 1924 in Lowndes County to the late Wiley Cleveland and Eunice Clyde Davis Grant. Mrs. Martin was a retired homemaker and a charter member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church and the Christian...

James Lewis Bramblett
May 22, 2007
JAMES LEWIS BRAMBLETT, 76, of Morven died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. He was born in Gordon County, Georgia to the late Willie Andrew and Earl Dean Bramblett and had lived in Brooks County for many years. Mr. Bramblett was a Methodist and owned and operated Bramblett Land Clearing and Pond...

Betty Hamby
May 22, 2007
Betty Hamby, 84, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Fellowship Home in Brooks County after a long illness. Born in Sandersville, GA in 1922, she was the daughter of the late Fuller and Ada Jones Morris. Mrs. Hamby was a homemaker and a member of the Kinderlou Church of God.She was preceded in death on Saturday, May...

Avalene Teems
May 21, 2007
Avalene Teems, 79 of Lake Park, died on Monday, May 21, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in 1928 in Bartow County, she was the daughter of the late Clark and Clara Bell Bennett Towe. She was a seamstress having worked for Taylors Clothing, Trippingers Clothiers and later from her home. She loved to work...

Ferrell O. Hamby
May 19, 2007
Ferrell O. Hamby, 91, of Hahira, died on Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Fellowship Home in Brooks County after a long illness. Born in Boaz, Alabama in 1915, he was the son of the late William Calvin “Callie”, Sr. and Martha Louella Vann Hamby. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. For many years...

Jack Norman Martin
May 19, 2007
Jack N. Martin, 55, of Hahira, died Saturday, May 19, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. He was born on December 8, 1951 in Hahira to the late Homer and Alma Martin. Jack was a construction worker.He is survived by four sons, Jack Steven Martin of Ferndale, Washington, Jack Keith Martin of Reidsville, NC, Abraham Martin and Wade...

Nona Hunter Wright
May 16, 2007
Nona Hunter Wright, 87, formerly of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at Spalding Regional Hospital in Griffin. Born in 1919, in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Hansel and Cornelia Ethel Williams Albritton. She retired from what was formerly known as First Union Bank as an accounting clerk and was a member of Park...

Doris Hewitt Budd
May 15, 2007
Doris Hewitt Budd of Valdosta, died on May 15, 2007 at the age of 85 in Athens, Georgia after a lengthy illness. She was born September 28, 1921 in Lake Butler, Florida. She was preceded in death by her parents Tom and Henrietta Hewitt, of Valdosta, her sister and brother-in-law Evelyn and Duval Larus of Naylor, and her husband Roger...

Corinna Griffin Phillips
May 15, 2007
Corinna Griffin Phillips, 91, of Valdosta died suddenly on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at the Memorial Convalescent Home in Adel. She was born on July 3, 1915 in Coolidge to the late Stephen and Lena Green Griffin and had lived in Valdosta since 1988. Mrs. Phillips was a former resident of College Park, Georgia where she worked as buyer for...

Sue Harrell
May 14, 2007
Sue Harrell, 78, of Lakeland, died on Monday, May 14, 2007, at Smith Northview Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Fitzgerald in 1928, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Polly Louise Tucker Kilcrease. Mrs. Harrell was associated with Tupperware for many years. She attended Lake Park Church of God. Survivors are her husband, Dred Harrell of...

Hubert "Buddy" Taylor
May 11, 2007
Hubert “Buddy” Taylor, 77, died Saturday, May 11, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Lynchburg, VA in 1929 to the late Robert and Elizabeth Taylor and had lived in Valdosta since 1981. Mr. Taylor retired from a career in the US Air Force and had served during the Korean Conflict and Viet-Nam Era. He was a...

Myrtle Lee Arnold
May 10, 2007
MYRTLE LEE ARNOLD, 82, of Valdosta died Thursday, May 10, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in 1924 in Plant City, Florida to the late Elias and Effie Rowell Ray and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mrs. Arnold retired as a nurses aide from South Georgia Medical Center and enjoyed sewing. She was a...

Lionel Lafoye Pipkin
May 9, 2007
Lionel LaFoye Pipkin, 71, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at his home. He was born in 1935 in Tifton to the late Oscar and Evelyn Evers Pipkin and had lived in Valdosta since January of 1973. Mr. Pipkin retired in 1998 from Marketing Specialist. He was a member of the Forrest Street Church of God and his...

Lillie Fowler Smith Glisson
May 9, 2007
Lillie Fowler Smith Glisson, 81, of Quitman, died on Wednesday, May 09, 2007, at Lake Haven Nursing Home in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. She was born on October 6, 1925 in Wedowee, Alabama to the late William & Lina Fowler. Later in 1961 she moved to Valdosta, Georgia. While in Valdosta she worked with Harvey’s Supermarket for 30 plus...

Myrtle F. Williams
May 8, 2007
Myrtle F. Williams, 73, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville. Born in 1933 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Robert F. and Lillie Bradley Faircloth. Myrtle was a legal secretary and of the Baptist faith.Survivors are her husband, Jack Williams of Valdosta; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy Green...

Betty Smith Parker
May 7, 2007
OBITUARY FOR BETTY SMITH PARKERBetty Smith Parker, 83, of Quitman, died Monday, May 7, 2007, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman following her beloved Jack by six weeks. Born in Chattanooga, TN in 1923 to the late Julius Edward Smith, Sr., and Grace Coker Smith, she had lived in Quitman for the past six years and was formerly of Punta...

James E. Hayden
May 7, 2007
James E. Hayden, Sr., of Madison, FL died at the Suwannee Valley Nursing Home in Jasper, FL on Monday, May 7, 2007 after a lengthy illness. A private family memorial service will be held at Carson McLane Funeral Home at a later date. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online to the family at www.mclanefuneralhome.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home....

Ethel Supp
May 5, 2007
Ethel Supp, 87, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at her residence, after a brief illness. Born in Philadelphia to the late John and Ethel Lutz Tomlinson, she had lived here for the past 29 years. Mrs. Supp was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist church. She and her husband Pete served for many years on...

E. West Goldwire
May 3, 2007
E. West Goldwire, 72, of Dixie, died Thursday, May 3, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. He was born on May 25, 1934 in Jacksonville, FL to the late James Ashley Goldwire, Sr. and Jennie Fowler Goldwire. Mr. Goldwire was retired from the United States Army after serving 22 years.He is survived by his wife, LaVerne Goldwire of...