OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Connie Renee Roy
Nov 5, 2007
Connie Renee Roy, 36, of Sparks died Monday, November 5, 2007 at her residence. She was born on October 6, 1971 in Live Oak to Ronald Hewiett and Judie Hildreth Terrell. Connie attended North Valdosta Church of God.Survivors include her daughters, Brittany Williams of Sparks and Brianna Williams of Adel; father and stepmother, Ronald and Mary Hewiett of Live Oak,...
John I. Moses
Nov 4, 2007
John I. Moses, 77, of Panama City, Florida, died at Heritage House in Valdosta on Sunday, November 4, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Valdosta on April 12, 1931, he was the son of the late Ralph George and Temina George Moses. Mr. Moses was a Catholic. He loved his country and he served in the Georgia and Florida...
Willie Mae Folsom
Nov 3, 2007
Willie Mae “Bill” Folsom, 82, of Hahira, died Saturday, November 3, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Cook County, GA on June 30, 1925 to the late O. T. and Bertha Moore Sirmans. Mrs. Folsom was a homemaker and a member of Hahira First Baptist Church. She is survived by three daughters, Dorothy Faye Martin and Diane Giddens...
Michelle Crawford
Nov 3, 2007
Michelle Crawford, 41, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, November 3, 2007 following a lengthy illness. Born in Pensacola, FL and formerly of Waycross, she had lived here for the past 9 years. Michelle had worked at the Wal-Mart on Perimeter Road for the past 9 years, most recently as a Department Manager. She was very strong willed and has fought...
Marguerite Griffin
Nov 2, 2007
Marguerite Griffin, 85, of Barney, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. She was born on November 10, 1921 in Colquitt County to the late James and Elizabeth Guest Gay. Mrs. Griffin was a retired data operator for Independent Life Insurance Company and a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived by her husband,...
Laura Helen Parkos
Nov 1, 2007
Laura H. Parkos, 74, of Valdosta, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Faribault, Minnesota on April 23, 1933 to the late Christian and Lydia Growth Jensen. Mrs. Parkos was a homemaker and of the catholic faith. She is survived by three daughters and one son in law, Patricia Ann Hall of Sonora,...
Tracy Lynn Barrett
Oct 30, 2007
Tracy Lynn Barrett, 38, of Quitman, died on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born to the late Vicky Rhames Carter and James William Barrett, Jr. in Hahira on November 2, 1968, she was a homemaker and had attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Survivors are her daughter, Cegee Bennett, her son, Bryan Brown, her grandchildren,...
Ressie Willene Clanton
Oct 30, 2007
RESSIE WILLENE CLANTON, 87, of Valdosta died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 12, 1919 in Porterdale, Georgia to the late Uyel and Lena Guthrie Whittle and had lived in Valdosta for the past sixty six years. Mrs. Clanton was a member of the Empire Primitive Baptist Church and retired from Strickland...
Terry Dean Blanton
Oct 29, 2007
Terry D. Blanton, 51, of Valdosta, died Monday, October 29, 2007 at his residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born in Valdosta on November 16, 1955 to Jack and Sarah Catherine Sutton Blanton. Terry was a truck driver and also attended West End Presbyterian Church. He loved fishing and driving his yellow Camaro.Survivors include his mother Sarah...
Jerry Woodard Brown
Oct 29, 2007
Jerry Woodard Brown, Sr., 88, of Valdosta, died Monday, October 29, 2007 at Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on April 4, 1919 in Lowndes county, the son of R. I. and Uldene Brown. He graduated from Clyattville High School, was a World War II veteran serving with the Georgia National Guard and the Army Air...
Edwina Hood Burgsteiner
Oct 29, 2007
Edwina Hood Burgsteiner, 84, of Valdosta, died at Langdale Hospice House on Monday, October 29, 2007 following a lengthy illness. Born in Valdosta to the late Andrew & Tessie Hotchkiss Hood, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. She opened and operated Azalea City Florist in downtown Valdosta for several years before becoming the office manager and secretary...
John Lamar (J, L,) Sellars
Oct 28, 2007
John Lamar (J.L.) Sellars, 82, of Nashville, died on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on October 28, 1925, he was the son of the late J. L. Sr., and Sallie Mae Byrd Sellars. Mr. Sellars was a logger. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII and a member of Hope Baptist Church...
Frederick Harold Stowell Jr.
Oct 28, 2007
Frederick Harold Stowell, Jr., 76, died at his home in Valdosta on Sunday, October 28, 2007, after a brief illness. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 18, 1931, he was the son of the late Frederick H., Sr. and Victoria Ruth Boyle Stowell. Mr. Stowell had been retired for ten years. He was a Catholic and a veteran of the...
Frank F. Crane, Sr.
Oct 27, 2007
FRANK F. CRANE, SR., 90, of Valdosta died Saturday, October 27, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Crane had made his peace with his Lord Jesus and was prepared for his death when his Lord God Jehovah called him home to heaven. Born in Athens, GA on October 5, 1917, in his parent’s home. He...
Mary Florence Bullock Fredenberger
Oct 24, 2007
Mary Florence Bullock Fredenberger, 93, of Valdosta died Wednesday, October 24, 2007. She was born to Susie Millicent Yager Bullock and Henry Pindell Bullock on March 18, 1914 in Louisville, KY. She was married to the late Henry William Fredenberger on October 24, 1934 until his passing on October 28, 1991. They resided in Louisville KY until 1946 when they...
Julian Thomas Weeks, Sr.
Oct 22, 2007
Julian Thomas Weeks, Sr., 83, of Lake Park, Georgia, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Monday, October 22, 2007. Born in Doerun, Georgia on September 13, 1924, he was the son of the late David Barton and Eula Essie Turner Weeks. He had served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II with the U.S. Navy. Mr. Weeks was...
Joseph Marvin Byrd
Oct 20, 2007
Mr. Joseph Marvin Byrd, age 74, of Villa Rica, died Saturday, October 20, 2007, in Haralson County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Byrd was born October 19, 1922, in Lowndes County, the son of the late Joseph Michael and Kathleen Julia Waters Byrd. He worked for a number of years as a Custodian for the Lowndes County School System. Mr....
Helen Kirk Grizzell
Oct 20, 2007
Helen Kirk Grizzell, 85, of Valdosta died Saturday, October 20, 2007 at her home. She was born on June 10, 1922 in Valdosta to the late James Edward, Sr. and Mary Speight Prince Kirk and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Grizzell was a member of the First Baptist Church and a retired sales clerk with W. T. Grant...
Mary E. Stalvey Hambrick
Oct 20, 2007
Mary E. “Betty” Stalvey Hambrick, 78, of Hahira, passed away peacefully at her home in the presence of her family following a brief illness, on Saturday, October 20, 2007. Mrs. Hambrick was born in Cook County to the late Thomas Eason Stalvey and Annie Bell Futch Stalvey and had been a resident of this area all her life. She and...
Madrie W. Selph
Oct 18, 2007
Madrie W. Selph, 80, of Birmingham, Alabama and formerly of Valdosta died Thursday, October 18, 2007 at her home. She was born on February 25, 1927 in Pearson, Georgia to the late Coleman and Birta Keaton Wall. Mrs. Selph was a member of the Valleydale Baptist Church in Birmingham and a former member of the Northside Baptist Church in Valdosta....






