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Jean Little
Apr 13, 2007
Jean Little, 64, of Valdosta died Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Kirkwood, Missouri on December 29, 1942 and was raised and educated in Minneapolis where she attended the University of Minnesota. As an adult, Jean moved to St. Louis, Missouri and later to the Denver, Colorado area. In 1996, she moved to...
Frances Howell Garland
Apr 13, 2007
Frances Howell Garland, 87, of Valdosta died Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born in 1919 in Valdosta to the late Wesley Carlos and Susan Frances Coppage Howell and had lived in Selma, Alabama before returning to Valdosta. Mrs. Garland attended the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and was a member of the...
Grace Dasher Waller
Apr 11, 2007
Grace Dasher Waller, 82, of Valdosta, was released from earthly suffering to eternal renewal with her savior on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. Born in Lowndes County in 1924, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Betty Timmerman Dasher. Mrs. Waller was retired from Levi Strauss. She was a member of Forrest Park Church of Christ. Survivors are...
Howard Spells
Apr 10, 2007
Howard Spells, 88, of Valdosta, died Monday, April 9, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Berrien County in 1919 he was the son of the late Charlton and Emma Guthrie Spells. Mr. Spells was an Army Veteran of WWII. He had owned Spells Neon Signs and was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors are his daughters, Donna...
Lila Mae Applegate Schleentz
Apr 10, 2007
Lila Mae Schleentz, 81, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Rahway, New Jersey in 1926, she was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Harriett Morris Applegate. Mrs. Schleentz worked as a dispatcher for Hendrick Brothers Productions. She had made her home in Valdosta for the past 37 years. Survivors are...
Margaret Ann White
Apr 9, 2007
Margaret Ann White, 20, of Atlanta and formerly Valdosta, died on Monday, April 9, 2007. Born in Dublin, GA, to Robert A. White and Susan K. McDonald, she grew up in Valdosta before moving to Atlanta in 2002. The granddaughter of Ernest and Marjorie McDonald of Valdosta and Raney and the late Don White of Cecil and formerly of Valdosta,...
Robert Martin Barrales
Apr 9, 2007
Robert Martin Barrales, 59, of Valdosta died on Monday, April 9, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. He is the son of the late Ramon Martin and Bunnie Louise Blanton Barrales. He was a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church and attended the First Baptist Church of Lake Park. Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, Paul...
Wilma T. Blackmon
Apr 9, 2007
Wilma T. Blackmon, 75, of Hahira, died on Monday, April 9, 2007 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira, to the late Hobson K. and Louise Tomlinson, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Blackmon worked for Queen Carpet Manufacturing Plant in Valdosta and retired there after over 30 years of service. She also...
Dr. Joan W. Futch
Apr 7, 2007
Joan W. Futch, Ed.D., RN, 63 of Valdosta, died Saturday, April 7, 2007. She was born in 1943 in Sparks, to the late Lory & Bessie Williams, and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Dr. Futch was retired from the Valdosta State University College of Nursing and worked for Hospice of South Georgia. Dr. Futch received her Ed.D. from...
Pearl Bennett Dozier
Apr 7, 2007
Pearl Bennett Dozier, 67 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, April 07, 2007 at her residence after a brief illness. Born on January 23, 1940 in Stockton, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Mary Magdalene Lightsey Bennett. Pearl was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.Survivors are her son, Gary Pace of Valdosta; daughter, Kathy Holbert of Valdosta;...
Joseph Adam Mcsween
Apr 6, 2007
Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Adam McSween, 26, of Valdosta, GA, formerly of York, NE, died April 6th from enemy action while conducting combat operations near Kirkuk, Iraq. Adam was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, a highly trained unit who has expertise in identifying explosive materials and rendering them safe. Petty Officer McSween will receive the Bronze...
Richard Earl Dickert
Apr 4, 2007
RICHARD EARL DICKERT, 58 of Pinetta, Florida died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at his home. He was born on April 28, 1948 in Columbia, South Carolina to Margie Boatwright Dickert and the late Earl Meetze Dickert, Jr. He graduated from A. C. Flora High School and Midland Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Dickert enlisted in the United States...
Alphia Jeanette Massey
Apr 3, 2007
Jeanette Massey Obit for Family to proofAlphia Jeanette Massey, 58, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007 in Marietta. Born on July 13, 1948, in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Terrell Edward and Louise Gay Massey. Jeanette was a retired hotel manager and had managed the Big 7 on Highway 84.Survivors are her son and daughter-in-law, Lee...
Floyd Lee Parker
Apr 3, 2007
Floyd Lee Parker, 68, of Adel, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at Memorial Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Irwin County on November 2, 1938 to the late Robert Lonnie and Leila Watson Parker. Mr. Parker owned and operated Valdosta Radio and TV.He is survived by two sons and daughters in law, Cam and Sarah Parker...
Evelyn Fender
Apr 2, 2007
Evelyn Fender, 71, of Lake Park, died on Monday, April 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. Mrs. Fender had lived in this area for 53 years and was formerly of Fitzgerald. Born on June 25, 1935 in Ben Hill County, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Beatrice West Young. She was a...
Teresa Phillips
Apr 1, 2007
Teresa Phillips, 36, of Lake Park, died on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at Lake Haven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Teresa was born on October 18, 1970 in Lowndes County to Joyce McLeod Phillips and the late William R. Phillips. She was a server for Shoney’s and attended the Lake Park Church of God. She is survived by her...
Ray Earl Cumrine
Mar 30, 2007
RAY EARL CUMRINE of Valdosta was born in Danville, Illinois on October 31, 1920, the son of the late Oscar Cumrine and Mildred Reeder Cumrine. He graduated from Danville High School and attended business school. After a period of working as a photographer, operating a photo finishing business and related photographic activities, he joined the Army in June, 1940. He...
Elmer William Gustav Pieplow
Mar 29, 2007
ELMER WILLIAM GUSTAV PIEPLOW, 92, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 29, 2007 at his home. He was born on June 4, 1914 in Elberta, Alabama to the late Charles Frederick and Emma Vollrath Pieplow and had lived in Fairview Park, Ohio before moving to Valdosta in July of 2002. In Ohio he was a Bethel Bible teacher and had been...
William Robert (Bobby) Van Ausdall
Mar 29, 2007
William Robert (Bobby) Van Ausdall, 78, of Twin Lakes, GA, died on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at South Georgia Medical in Valdosta. Born on January 31, 1929 in Dwight, IL, he was the son of the late William Roy and Ina Van Ausdall. His family moved to Twin Lakes in 1936 where Bobby lived the last 72 years of his...
Mollie Layton Lewis
Mar 28, 2007
MOLLIE LAYTON LEWIS, 80, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on February 27, 1927 in Naylor to the late Albert and Bama Wetherington Layton and had lived in San Diego, California before returning to Lowndes County several years ago. Mrs. Lewis was retired from the meat industry and was a Baptist.Survivors...
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