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Roscoe Washington Thornhill
Jan 28, 2007
Roscoe Washington Thornhill, 88, of Dasher, Georgia, and formerly of Davenport, Florida, died at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia on Sunday, January 28, 2007. Born September 27, 1918 in Eagle Lake, Florida, he was the youngest of 11 children born to Lucius and Missouri Thornhill. Roscoe graduated from Eagle Lake High School , 2nd floor, eighth grade. He...
Donny E. Pittman
Jan 27, 2007
Donny E. Pittman, 56, of Valdosta, died at his home on Saturday, January 27, 2007 after a brief illness. Born in Brooks County, on December 10, 1950, he was the son of the late Guy C. and Edith Jackson Pittman. Mr. Pittman had served in the U. S. Navy and was a retired IBEW Electrician. He was a member of...
Art Davis
Jan 27, 2007
Art Davis, 71 of Salt Springs, FL, died on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio. Born on July 14, 1935 in West Green, GA, he was the son of the late Henry Franklin and Zeffie Mae Dale Davis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the United States Army and served his country during the Korean...
Viva Mcgeachy Engle
Jan 27, 2007
Viva McGeachy Engle, 86, of Gainesville, GA died Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Lanier Park Campus following a brief illness. She was born on November 20, 1920 in Arcadia, Florida to the late William Archie and Henry Etta Evans McGeachy.Mrs. Engle is preceded in death by two husbands, Oliver Alexander Toole, Jr. and Jerry Engle, a...
Andrew Wade Weldon
Jan 27, 2007
Andrew Wade (Andy) Weldon, Sr., 45, of Hahira, died Saturday, January 27, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta on November 4, 1961, worked at Packaging Corporation of America and was a member of Forrest Street Church of God.He is survived by his children, Andrew Wade (Drew) Weldon, Jr. of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Wesley Paul Weldon of Valdosta,...
Annah Lou Dukes
Jan 26, 2007
Annah Lou Dukes, 70, of Statenville, died on Friday, January 26, 2007 at her residence. Born on January 1, 1937, in Hamilton County, FL, she was the daughter of the late Willie M. and Ella Aileen Smith Willis. Mrs. Dukes worked for almost ten years in food service for Echols County Schools. Her fellow workers greatly assisted her in the...
Marilyn Caldwell Mangum
Jan 25, 2007
MARILYN CALDWELL MANGUM, 87, of Valdosta died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the home of her daughter. She was born on November 22, 1919 in Metcalfe, Georgia to the late Eugene F. and Martha Kerr Caldwell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. Mangum was the office manager for Mangum Front End Service and a homemaker. She was...
James Richard Carter
Jan 25, 2007
James Richard Carter, 73, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, January 25, 2007. Born on November 28, 1933, in Lowndes County, he was the son of the late Asben and Kesil Copeland Carter. Mr. Carter was retired from the City of Valdosta. He had served in the U.S. Army, was a Baptist and was a lifetime...
Margarete K. Johnson
Jan 25, 2007
Margarete K. Johnson, 71, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville after a sudden illness. Mrs. Johnson was born in Tevel, Hungary on October 28, 1935, the daughter of the late Johann and Katarina Kurz Schwarz. Mrs. Johnson lived in Germany before coming to Valdosta in 1956. She was a homemaker and a...
Nannie Ruth Crum
Jan 25, 2007
NANNIE RUTH CRUM, 68, of Quitman died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Berrien County on May 27, 1938 to the late Thomas B. and Eunie Mae Forte Bryan and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Crum served as assistant manager of the Clyattville Elementary School Lunchroom for many years. She...
Marie Wellmaker Puckett
Jan 25, 2007
Marie Wellmaker Puckett, 74, of Valdosta, died at her home on Thursday, January 25, 2007, after a short illness. Born in Deland, Florida, on November 5, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Lois and Carl Wellmaker. Mrs. Puckett was a 1954 graduate of Valdosta State University. She served as the Pastor’s Secretary at Park Avenue United Methodist Church...
Josh David Knowles
Jan 25, 2007
Josh David Knowles, 25, of Valdosta, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 from injuries he received in an automobile accident. He was born on September 14, 1981 in Grand Forks, ND to David Braxton Knowles and Victoria Lowe Knowles. Josh was a member of Pine Grove Community Baptist Church, was a loyal friend, an avid fisherman and was employeed at Roadway...
Charles Richard Allen
Jan 24, 2007
Charles Richard Allen, 80, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Lakehaven Nursing Home. Born on April 10, 1926 in Virgilina, VA, he was the son of the late Charlie L. and Hettie Lou Oakley Allen. He was a retired salesperson for Valdosta Cigar and Tobacco Co., formerly the Have A Tampa Co. Mr. Allen was a member...
Dot Gupton
Jan 24, 2007
Dot Gupton, 70, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at her residence after a long battle with cancer. Born on March 3, 1936 in Warrenton, NC, she was the daughter of the late William and Eleanor Rudd Allen. She was a retired sales associate with J.C. Penney and a member of Swilley Hill Church of God. Survivors are...
Annie Lois Watford
Jan 22, 2007
Annie L. Watford, 75, of Valdosta, died at a local nursing home on Monday, January 22, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira on August 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Lucille Thompson Lewis. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Bobby C. Watford of Valdosta,...
Cynthia Nahrwold
Jan 22, 2007
Cynthia Nahrwold, 50 of Valdosta, died on Monday, January 22, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on December 12, 1956 in Patterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Florance Simmerson DeYoung. Mrs. Nahrwold was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian faith.Survivors are her husband, Kevin Nahrwold of Valodsta; brothers and sisters-in-law,...
Annie Juaniece Fletcher Sterling
Jan 22, 2007
ANNIE JUANIECE FLETCHER STERLING, 89, of Valdosta died Monday in Cordova, Tennessee. She was born on March 2, 1917 in Valdosta to the late James LaFayette and Annie McLeod Fletcher and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. Sterling was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ.Survivors include a daughter and son in law, Gayle S. and Tim...
Milton O. Brantley
Jan 21, 2007
MILTON O. BRANTLEY, 83, of Remerton died Sunday, January 21, 2007 at his home. He was born in Remerton on July 8, 1923 to the late Corley and Sally DeLoach Brantley and was a lifelong resident of Remerton. Mr. Brantley was a Methodist and retired from Belflower Pharmacy as a sales and delivery person. He was an avid fisherman and...
Rosalie Nusbaum Wilkes
Jan 19, 2007
ROSALIE N. WILKES, 92, of DeLand, Fla. died Friday, January 19, 2007 at the Ridgecrest Manor in DeLand after a lengthy illness. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama on August 19, 1914 to the late Raphael and Clemmie Lee Shivers Nusbaum and had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to DeLand. Mrs. Wilkes was retired from Southern Stationary...
Florence Albert Gosma Sumner
Jan 18, 2007
Florence Albert Gosma Sumner, 96, of Valdosta, GA died peacefully on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. Born on December 3, 1910 in Maple Grove Township, MI, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Amman Albert. She was an interior designer and retired in 1977 from Bishop’s Furniture Store in Muskegon, MI. She was...
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