OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
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...
Infant Jeremy Allyn Downing
Jan 17, 2007
INFANT JEREMY ALLYN DOWNING, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center.Survivors include his parents, Michele Chaney and Jeremy (Chris) Downing of Valdosta, grandparents, Joyce Elaine Downing and the late George (Tinker) Downing of Valdosta, Mitchell Chaney of Moultrie and Marie-Claude Chaney of Augusta, great grandparents, Robert Eugene Downing of Valdosta, Doris Lorraine Chaney of Valdosta,...
Enos Delbert Eutzler
Jan 16, 2007
Enos D. Eutzler, 84, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at Langdale Place. Born in Mishawaka, Indiana, on August 25, 1922, he was the son of the late Enos and Minnie Renner Eutzler. Mr. Eutzler was retired from Beall’s Department Store in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was an Army World War II Veteran and had served with the...
Jenelle Lewis Moore
Jan 15, 2007
JENELLE LEWIS MOORE, 64, of Hahira died Monday, January 15, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Cook County on September 2, 1942 to the late Luther Charles and Iva Nell Loveless Lewis and had lived in Hahira most of her life. Mrs. Moore was a registered nurse who loved to take care of people...
Jewel Parker Clanton
Jan 14, 2007
Jewel Parker Clanton, 90, of Lakeland, died suddenly on Sunday, January 14, 2007 after a period of declining health. Mrs. Clanton was born in Hahira on July 29, 1916 to the late Lindsay P. & Mary Zennia Parker. She had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Parker was retired from the Lowndes County Board of Education, was an...
Helen J. Chance
Jan 14, 2007
Helen J. Chance, 69, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on June 2, 1937, in Lawrenceville, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Hazel Austin Sells. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.She is survived by her husband, Willet Murray Chance of Valdosta; three daughters and...
Arnita Moore Burch
Jan 12, 2007
Arnita Moore Burch, 86, of Statenville, GA died Friday, January 12, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 19, 1920 in Lanier County, GA to the late Elias and Katie Bell Moore. Mrs. Burch was a homemaker, a member of Westend Presbyterian Church and was retired from A & P Food Store.She is survived by one...
Olive Mosher Mason
Jan 11, 2007
Olive Mosher Mason, 87, died on January 11, 2007, in Tampa, FL. Born January 7, 1920 in North Aurora, Illinois she was a resident of Tampa for 32 years. She was a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Past Matron of Eastern Star, and had volunteered over 10, 000 hours at University Community Hospital Diabetes Care...






