OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Jay Demott

Jay Demott

Feb 11, 2007

Jerry Lyndon (Jay) DeMott, Jr. 40, of Blakely, died on Sunday, February 11, 2007 as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Jay was born November 1, 1966 in Valdosta, and grew up here having graduated from Valdosta High School and Valdosta State University. At VSU he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and following graduation...

Idella Tomlinson North

Idella Tomlinson North

Feb 11, 2007

Idella Tomlinson North, 96, of Hahira, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2007. She was born on February 9, 1911 in Clinch County, GA to the late Louis and Flora Bell Grooms Tomlinson. Mrs. North was a homemaker, a member of Morningside Baptist Church and was active in 4-H. She was married to the late Louie R. North for 67 years.Mrs....

Jo Williams

Jo Williams

Feb 10, 2007

Jo Williams, 71, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at her residence. She was born on September 27, 1935 in Pavo to the late Victor Clarence & Cleo Ernestine Baker Williams. Mrs. Williams is a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church where she was chairperson of the Monday Night Circle. She taught school for seventeen years in Georgia,...

Josephine Pendleton Garwood

Josephine Pendleton Garwood

Feb 10, 2007

Josephine Pendleton Garwood, of Tucker died on Saturday, February 10, 2007 in Atlanta. Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, 2007 in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with Mr. Wade Spooner and the Rev. John Akins officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday at 1:30 until service time....

George G. Murrah, Jr.

George G. Murrah, Jr.

Feb 10, 2007

George G. Murrah, Jr., 89 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Fellowship Nursing Home. Born in Richland, GA to the late George G. & Lurlie Pearce Murrah and formerly of Zanesville, OH, Mr. Murrah is a retired Pharmacist and had lived in this area for the past 22 years. Mr. Murrah graduated from Samford University with his...

Josephine Pendleton Garwood

Josephine Pendleton Garwood

Feb 10, 2007

Josephine Pendleton Garwood, died February 10, 2007. Josephine was born in Valdosta on February 19, 1947. After graduating from Valdosta High School in 1965, she attended 2 years of college. In 1970, she became a flight attendant with Delta Air Lines. In 1972, she married Michael Saunders Garwood. They have lived and worked in Atlanta since 1980, and both have...

Helen Wilson

Helen Wilson

Feb 10, 2007

Helen Wilson, 74, of Valdosta, died at a local nursing home on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Wilson was born in Pinehurst, GA. to the late Dewey Clark & Mattie Lucille Thompson. She was a member of the Evergreen Baptist Church.Survivors are her brother, Archie Russell Thompson, Hawkinsville; special cousin, Emma Gean Bowen, Hawkinsville; several nieces...

Jo Williams

Jo Williams

Feb 10, 2007

Jo Williams, 71, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at her residence. She was born on September 27, 1935 in Pavo to the late Victor Clarence & Cleo Ernestine Baker Williams. Mrs. Williams is a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church where she was chairperson of the Monday Night Circle. She taught school for seventeen years in Georgia,...

Aubrey Becton

Aubrey Becton

Feb 10, 2007

Aubrey Becton, 52, of Hahira, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Coliseum Hospital in Macon, GA. He was born on August 11, 1954 in Augusta, GA. He worked at Rainbow Village in Dasher and was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church.Mr. Becton is survived by his father and step mother, Benny and Gloria Becton of Hahira, five sisters and...

Johnnie Dillion

Johnnie Dillion

Feb 9, 2007

Johnnie Dillion, 71, of Hahira, died Friday, February 9, 2007 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. He was born on September 1, 1935 in London, Kentucky to the late James Henry and Leona Sturgil Dillion. Mr. Dillion was a Stone Mason, served in the National Guard and was a Baptist.He is survived by his wife, Jean Dillion of Hahira, four...

Robert Lindy Condrey

Robert Lindy Condrey

Feb 5, 2007

ROBERT LINDY CONDREY, 72, of Lanier County died Monday, February 5, 2007 at his home. He was born on June 24, 1934 in Hendersonville, North Carolina to the late Alfred and Lillie Mae Barnwell Condrey and had lived in this area since 1967. He was retired from the United States Air Force and served as the local recruiter from 1968-1973....

Pauline Taylor Golding

Pauline Taylor Golding

Feb 4, 2007

PAULINE GOLDING, 87, of Gainesville, Florida died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at the Health Center of Pensacola. She was born in Clinch County on October 24, 1919 to the late William Abraham and Missouri Margaret Futch Taylor and lived in this area until moving to Florida in the 1940’s. Mrs. Golding retired from Florida Farm Bureau Insurance in Gainesville after...

G. B. Waters

G. B. Waters

Feb 2, 2007

G. B. Waters, 87, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 2, 2007 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born on September 29, 1919 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Waters, Sr. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater of...

Iona Stalvey Boyette

Iona Stalvey Boyette

Feb 2, 2007

Iona Stalvey Boyette, 86 of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Howell, GA on August 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Oren and Nora Estelle Swilley Stalvey and lived in the Valdosta area most of her life. Mrs. Boyette was an active member in the...

Marene Hutchinson Carter

Marene Hutchinson Carter

Feb 2, 2007

Marene Hutchinson Carter, 81, of Brooks County passed away Friday, February 2, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on December 24, 1925 in Brooks County, she was the daughter of the late Robert "Bud" and Carrie Hutchinson. She was a lifelong resident of Brooks County. Mrs. Carter was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother...

Alice Sue Hosman

Alice Sue Hosman

Jan 31, 2007

ALICE SUE HOSMAN, 58, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 28, 1948 in Hancock County, Ohio to the late Oscar Paul and Carrie Loretta Sparks Crisp and had lived in Valdosta since 1983. Mrs. Hosman had worked as a nurses aide at Memorial Hospital in Adel and was a...

Rodney Dale Lowery

Rodney Dale Lowery

Jan 31, 2007

RODNEY DALE LOWERY, 52, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on December 21, 1954 in Valdosta to the late William T. and Alice Louise Wisenbaker Lowery and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Lowery was retired from the City of Valdosta as a water meter reader and loved the Valdosta...

Mary Frances Lacey Kramich

Mary Frances Lacey Kramich

Jan 31, 2007

MARY FRANCES KRAMICH, 82, of Marietta and formerly of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Mrs. Kramich was born on April 20, 1924 in Morven to the late James Gary Lacey and Ester Lee Simpson Lacey and had lived in Marietta for the past three and a half years. She enjoyed sewing, playing golf, gardening...

Ora Lee Stubbs

Ora Lee Stubbs

Jan 30, 2007

Ora Lee Stubbs, 92, of Hahira, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 2, 1914 in Lowndes County to the late Bob Robert and Georgia Ann Clanton McCall. Mrs. Stubbs was a retired nurses aide and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.She is preceded in death by her husband, Harmon F. Stubbs...

Anne Turner Sineath

Anne Turner Sineath

Jan 28, 2007

Anne Turner Sineath, 91, died Sunday, January 28, 2007, at Langdale Place in Valdosta. The family wishes to thank her devoted home care professionals at Langdale Place and Hospice of South Georgia.She was born in Valdosta to Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Mann Turner on April 22, 1915. She graduated from Valdosta High School and from the Georgia State Womans College,...