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

C. J. Farmer
Nov 27, 2006
C. J. Farmer, 80, of Quitman, died on Monday, November 27, 2006, at the Presbyterian Home following a lengthy illness. Born in Brooks County on April 28, 1926, he was the son of the late Joseph and Annie Coleman Farmer. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII, was a farmer and a member of Redland Baptist Church. Survivors are...

Oscar L. Wester
Nov 26, 2006
Oscar L. Wester, 81, of Valdosta died on Sunday, November 26, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. Born on January 30, 1925, he was the son of the late Osias and Clara Wetherington . Mr. Wester was employed with Southern Railroad and had served in the U. S. Navy. He is survived by a number of...

Foy Black Bragg
Nov 26, 2006
FOY BLACK BRAGG, 68, of Hahira died Sunday, November 26, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 16, 1938 in Metter, Georgia to the late George and Geneva Edge Black and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mrs. Bragg was a Baptist and enjoyed being with her family.Survivors include her four children and their...

Edgar O. Roberson
Nov 26, 2006
Edgar O. “Robbie” Roberson, 85, of Valdosta died on Sunday, November 26, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on November 25, 1921 in Tift County to the late Adrian NeSmith Roberson and Oliver J. Roberson he had lived in this area most of his life. He had served with the U.S. Navy through numerous invasions...

Arleen Patterson Ritchie
Nov 25, 2006
ARLEEN PATTERSON RITCHIE, 91, of Hahira died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born on January 17, 1915 in Volusia County, Florida to the late George and Dora Brown Patterson and had lived in Hahira for more than seventy years. Mrs. Ritchie was a member of the Morven Church of God.Survivors include three daughters, Margie...

Zachary Aaron Parker
Nov 25, 2006
ZACHARY AARON PARKER, 5, of Lake Park died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at his home after a short illness. He was born in Brussels, Belgiums on December 11, 2000 and had lived in Lake Park for the past year and a half. Zachary was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and loved playing baseball, soccer and other...

Aubrey Johnston Stump, Jr.
Nov 25, 2006
Aubrey Johnston (John) Stump, Jr., 55, died Saturday morning, November 25, 2006. A native of Valdosta, John was the son of the late Aubrey and Elizabeth Stump. He was the owner of Lowndes Roofing and served as president of the National Roofers Association of Georgia. He is survived by his daughters, Laura (John) Washnock ; Jennifer Stump; grandchildren, Aubrey and...

Howard Holt
Nov 24, 2006
Howard Holt, 90, of Valdosta, died at his home on Friday, November 24, 2006. Born on June 17, 1916, in Pulaski County, Georgia, he was the son of the late William and Tannie Holt. Mr. Holt was a Bottler with Pepsi in Valdosta and Cordele for 40 years. He was Director and Past President of the Georgia Soft Drink Bottlers...

Charles F. Threlkeld
Nov 23, 2006
CHARLES F. THRELKELD, 74, of Valdosta died Thursday, November 23, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 2pm, Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Condolences to the family may be made online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North...

Alice Harris Middlebrooks
Nov 22, 2006
ALICE HARRIS MIDDLEBROOKS, 74, of Hahira died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 12, 1932 in Banbury, England to the late William Wills and Margaret Morley Wills and had lived in this area for the past forty seven years. Mrs. Middlebrooks was a member of the Christ Episcopal...

Dorothy Lazenby Martin
Nov 21, 2006
Dorothy Martin, 77, of Valdosta died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 after a long illness. She was born on February 3, 1929, in Bluefield, West Virginia to the late Harry Clyde and Eula Perkins Lazenby. She graduated from Southern Seminary in Buena Vista, Virginia and spent most of her adult life as a homemaker. Mrs. Martin was the widow of the...

Clara O'Connor
Nov 21, 2006
Clara O’Connor, 73 of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 11, 1933 in Reevesville, IL, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Maude Renfro Trout and the widow of the late Norris L. O’Connor. Mrs. O’Connor was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was a...

Lacey Hawkins
Nov 21, 2006
Lacey Hawkins, 71 of Valdosta died on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on April 9, 1935 in Sylvester, he was the son of the late Benjamin F. and Mary Francis Poole Hawkins. He retired from Colquitt EMC after 44 years of service. Mr. Hawkins was a United States Army Veteran having...

Dorothy Tucker Weldon
Nov 20, 2006
DOROTHY TUCKER WELDON, 78, of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and formerly of Lowndes County died Monday, November 20, 2006 at her home. She was born on October 26, 1928 in Lowndes County to the late Jessie and Mildred Durden Tucker and had lived most of her life Lowndes County before moving to Pigeon Forge several years ago. Mrs. Weldon was a...

Lula Folsom Finney
Nov 20, 2006
Lula Folsom Finney 88 of Lake Park died on Monday, November 20, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on March 4, 1918 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ivey and Uldean Husbands Brown and the widow of the late Ralph D. Finney. She worked as a telephone operator and a work assignment...

Kenneth M. Carter
Nov 18, 2006
Kenneth M. Carter, 74, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 18, 2006 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL after a lengthy illness. He was born on February 1, 1932 in Hamburg, Arkansas to the late Jeff and Lelia Burchell Carter. He had lived in Valdosta since 1970 and retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of dedicated service...

William James Blue
Nov 17, 2006
William (Bill) James Blue, 81, of Lake Park died on Friday, November 17, 2006 after a brief illness at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Raeford, North Carolina to the late William Murphy and Ollie Elizabeth Carpenter Blue, he was a WWII Navy veteran having served from 1943 until 1947 as an aviation mechanic. Mr. Blue retired from the civil...

John David Kelly
Nov 17, 2006
David Kelly, 55, of Valdosta, died Friday, November 17, 2006 at his residence. He was born on May 22, 1951 in Madison, Florida to the late John Wesley Kelly, Jr. and Floria Eleanor Hacker Kelly. Mr. Kelly was a service technician for Barnes Healthcare Services and a member of Ousley Baptist Church.Mr. Kelly is survived by one daughter, Heather Kelly,...

Johnnie E. Fowler
Nov 17, 2006
Johnnie E. Fowler, 67, of Lake Park, died suddenly on Friday, November 17, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Atlanta to Lillian Stephens Fowler and the late Elmer Augustus Fowler, he had lived in this area for the past 35 years. Mr. Fowler was a printing press operator at Dowling Bag, Drumheller Bag, and then retired from Colonial...

Kim Barber Ellis
Nov 13, 2006
Kim Barber Ellis, 49, of Valdosta, died at her home on Monday, November 13, 2006 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Monterey, California, on February 21, 1957. Mrs. Ellis was a Registered Nurse at South Georgia Medical Center. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Rick Ellis, daughter, Meagan Ellis, and son, Matthew...