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Dorothy Laree West
Apr 23, 2007
Dorothy (Dot) Sirmans West, 69, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2007 at her home. Born in Lakeland to the late Abb T. & Thelma Conine Sirmans, Mrs. West had been a lifelong resident of this area. She graduated from Lanier County High School in 1955, and played on the basketball and tennis teams there. Mrs. West was...
Vera Williams Peacock
Apr 21, 2007
Vera Williams Peacock, 68, of Nashville, died Saturday, April 21, 2007 at her residence. She was born on March 23, 1939 in Brooks County to the late Elbert Barry and Juanita Spell Williams. Mrs. Peacock was a grocery store cashier.She is survived by her husband, Gene Peacock of Nashville, one daughter, Wanda Peacock of Valdosta, one son and daughter in...
Nona Colson Clayton
Apr 21, 2007
Nona Colson Clayton, 80, of Lake Park, died at her home on Saturday April 21, 2007. Born in Manatee, Florida in 1926, she was the daughter of the late John F. Sr., and Lola Carter Colson. Mrs. Clayton was a member of the Lake Park United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star and Woodman of the World. She retired from Langdale...
Steve Allen Barnes
Apr 19, 2007
STEVE ALLEN BARNES, 52, of Brooks County died Thursday, April 19, 2007. He was born in Valdosta in 1954 to Duck and Jeanie Barnes and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Barnes was a member of Providence United Methodist Church and was employed with Duck Barnes Cleaners. He loved to fish and living in the country.Survivors include his...
Mrs. Vivian Mcilvaine Brannen
Apr 19, 2007
Mrs. Vivian McIlvaine Brannen, 83 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, April 19, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on April 23, 1923 in Woodbury, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late William S. and Reba (Jesse) McIlvaine. She graduated from Western High School, Washington, DC in 1940 and from the University of Maryland Nursing School in 1945....
Virginia Denise Stewart
Apr 18, 2007
Virginia Denise Stewart, 60, of Alapaha died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at the Bacon County Hospital in Alma, GA after a brief illness. She was born on July 14, 1946 in Lowndes County to the late J. B. Cofield, Sr. and Rudine Allen Cofield. Ms. Stewart was a Cosmetologist at Shirley’s His and Her’s Styling Salon and was a member...
Gail M. Hall
Apr 16, 2007
Mrs. Gail M. Hall, 58, of Hahira died at her residence on Monday, April 16, 2007 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Cook County to the late John S., Sr. and Vesta Williams Mathis. Mrs. Hall was the office manager for Williams Investment Company in Adel and was a member of Bethany Baptist Church.Survivors include her husband, Michael...
Samuel Eugene Merchant, Sr.
Apr 16, 2007
Samuel Eugene Merchant, Sr., 60 of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 16, 2007 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in 1947 to Katie Nix Hand and the late Lonnie Merchant in Hazelhurst, GA. Mr. Merchant retired from Bellsouth and was of the Baptist faith.Survivors are his son, Samuel E. Merchant, Jr. of Lake Park; daughter, Christie...
Mary Lou Fiveash Deloach
Apr 16, 2007
Mary Lou Fiveash DeLoach, 84, of Valdosta, died at Heritage House Nursing Home on Monday, April 16, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born in Hahira in 1922, she was the daughter of the late Charlton Augustus and Willie Alice Tomlinson Fiveash. She was a homemaker, a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. DeLoach was a Baptist. Survivors are her daughter and...
Lincoln Albert Vialdores
Apr 15, 2007
Lincoln Albert Vialdores, 57, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in 1949 in Belize City, Belize and had lived in San Antonio, Texas before moving to Valdosta three years ago. Mr. Vialdores was retired from the United States Army after serving twenty years and was a Catholic. He had worked at...
Kenneth J. Wimer, Sr. Msgt (Ret) Usaf
Apr 14, 2007
Kenneth J. Wimer, Sr. MSGT (RET) USAF, 71 of Hahira died on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at his residence. He was born in 1936 to the late Frank James and Helen Gertrude Bower Wimer in New Castle, PA. Mr. Wimer was a member of the Ousley Baptist Church and had served as a Boy Scout Leader for many years and...
Johnny Hampton (J.H.) Raulerson
Apr 13, 2007
Johnny Hampton (J.H.) Raulerson, 79, of Statenville died Friday, April 13, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. He is the son of the late Della and John Raulerson of Haylow, GA. He was a lifelong resident of Echols County and retired from the State of Georgia after 34 years of service as a State Trooper. He also worked for the...
Roy G. Radney
Apr 13, 2007
Roy G. Radney, 83 of Lake Park, founder of Radney Plumbing Inc., established in 1965, died on Friday, April 13, 2007 at his residence. He was born in 1924 to the late Green and Annie Lee McCrackin Radney in Morven. Mr. Radney served in the United States Navy during World War II and received the Purple Heart. He was a...
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...
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