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

Jerome Alan Dozier
Jul 19, 2006
Alan Dozier, 25, of Adel, died on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, from injuries sustained in an motorcycle accident. He was born in Hahira on September 15, 1980, the son of Judy Carol Evans and William Ben Dozier, Jr. Alan was employed with Truck Accessories of Valdosta and he greatly enjoyed racing go carts with his brothers and friends at Valdosta...

Raymond Leroy Moody
Jul 16, 2006
Raymond L. Moody, 79, of Naylor, Georgia, died Sunday, July 16, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta after a brief illness. Born in Portland, Oregon on February 7, 1927, he was formerly of Kodiak, Alaska and had made his home in Lowndes County for the past 4 months. Mr. Moody was an electronics engineer. He had served with...

Dale A. Bennett
Jul 15, 2006
Dale A. Bennett, 47 of Howell, died on Saturday, July 15, 2006 in Jasper, FL from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on November 18, 1958 in Bass, ME, he was the son of Mary Frances Short Bennett and the late William Edward Bennett, Jr. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was of the Baptist...

Jeane Broyles Tarpley
Jul 15, 2006
Margaret Jeane Broyles Tarpley, 62, died on July 15, 2006 at Valdosta Medical Center suddenly after an amazing fight against ovarian cancer. She was born in Valdosta GA on July 24, 1943, to the late Charles E. and Margaret Johnson Broyles of Decatur, Georgia while Lt. Broyles was in the Army Air Corps during WWII. In 1946, the family moved...

Leslie E. Smith
Jul 14, 2006
Leslie E. Smith, 73, of Valdosta, died Friday, July 14, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born in Chicago, IL on October 13, 1932 to the late John A. and Sadie E. Warby Smith. Mr. Smith was formerly of Palatka and Perry, FL and had lived here for the past three years. He was self employed...

Leslie E. Smith
Jul 14, 2006
Leslie E. Smith, 73, of Valdosta, died on Friday, July 14, 2006, at his home. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by the McLane Lakewood Funeral Home. Funeral Home: McLane Lakewood Funeral Home 3119 West Marion Avenue Lake Park, GA US 31636

Chester Leroy (Jack) Bailey
Jul 11, 2006
Chester Leroy (Jack) Bailey, 86, of Hahira, died Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at his residence. He was born on July 3, 1920 in Cook County, GA to the late Frank Lee and Pearlie Mae Morgan Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a retired farmer and a United States Navy Veteran during World War II.He is survived by his wife of sixty five...

Bernice Elizabeth Faucett
Jul 11, 2006
Bernice Elizabeth Faucett, 81, of Hahira, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 11, 2006. She was born on September 24, 1924 in West Orange, NJ to the late James Claude and Stasia Moser Engler. Mrs. Faucett was employed at Publix Pharmacy in Valdosta for six years where she made many friends and acquaintances too numerous to mention. Her...

Mary Sterling Neal
Jul 11, 2006
Mary Sterling Neal, 83, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at her home after a short illness. Born on August 12, 1922, in Tifton, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Winnie McDaniel Sterling. Mrs. Neal was a charter member of Crossroads Baptist Church and formerly a member of Lee Street Baptist Church. She was the...

Mary Ann Sutton Holcomb
Jul 11, 2006
Mary Ann Sutton Holcomb, 72, Lake Park, died on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born on April 3, 1934 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Bessie Eloyce Blackmon Sutton. She was a caregiver for many sick elderly people in their homes for many years and was a devoted and loving...

Joni Rose Terrio
Jul 10, 2006
Joni Rose Terrio, 52 of Valdosta, died on Friday, July 7, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on February 16, 1954 in Santa Rosa, CA, she was the daughter of the late Johnny J. and Ruth Sewell Machi. She was a veteran of the United States Navy and a homemaker. She was a member of...

Kathleen (K.T.) Thompson
Jul 9, 2006
Kathleen Blanton “K.T.” Thompson, 85, died on Sunday, July 9, 2006, at Lakehaven Nursing Home after a short illness. Born in Lowndes County on July 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late H.A. and Rena Smith Blanton. Mrs. Thompson had worked with Dowling Bag Co. for many years. She was also a personal care sitter and loved flowers...

Melvin Jackson Hammock
Jul 8, 2006
Valdosta, Georgia Melvin Jackson Hammock, 58, of Live Oak, Florida, died at the Lake City, Florida VA Medical Center on Saturday, July 8, 2006 after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on June 3, 1948, he was the son of Frank J. Hammock and the late Marie Coody Hammock Aschenbrenner. Mr. Hammock served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam...

Letha Irene Mclane Durrance
Jul 8, 2006
LETHA IRENE McLANE DURRANCE, 83, of Valdosta died Saturday, July 8, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on November 27, 1922 in Lowndes County to the late Norman Sheard and Annie Jane Kinsey McLane and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Durrance was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church.Survivors include three grandchildren,...

James Brown Hayes
Jul 8, 2006
JAMES BROWN HAYES, 83, of Barney died Saturday, July 8, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 14, 1922 in Brooks County to the late Irvin and Hattie Rowell Hayes. Mr. Hayes was a retired farmer and a veteran of the United States Navy having served in World War II. He was a member of the...

Warren Lee "Bud" Adams
Jul 7, 2006
Warren L. “Bud” Adams, 74, of Statenville, died on Friday, July 7, 2006, in Douglas from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Coffee County on November 23, 1931, he was the son of the late Ivey and Mollie Harrell Adams. Mr. Adams was a U.S. Veteran and had worked as a dragline operator. He was a Methodist. Survivors...

Laura A. Glass
Jul 7, 2006
LAURA A. GLASS, 87, of Valdosta died Friday, July 7, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 14, 1919 in Miller County, Georgia to the late Will and Maggie Runnels Norris and had lived in Valdosta for fifty four years. Mrs. Glass was a member of the Forrest Street Church of God Survivors include three daughters...

Egon Herrman Paul Boettcher
Jul 6, 2006
Egon Herrman Paul Boettcher, 72, of Lakeland, died at his home on Thursday, July 6, 2006, after a lengthy illness. Born on November 18, 1933, in Nuestatin, Germany, he was the son of the late Freidrich and Emma Conrad Boettcher. Mr. Boettcher was formerly of California before making his home in Lakeland 24 years ago. He had worked as a...

Rebecca (Becky) Delk
Jul 5, 2006
Rebecca (Becky) Delk, 44 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at her residence after a short illness. Born on January 3, 1962 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Elton Melvin and Emma Elizabeth Peace Green. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God of Prophesy.Survivors are her husband, James Delk of...

Willie Terrell Sims
Jul 5, 2006
WILLIE TERRELL SIMS, 62, of Valdosta (Ousley Community) died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 in Jasper, Florida. He was born in Lowndes County on December 29, 1943 to the late Joe Terrell and Myrtle Ruth Stephens Sims and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Sims was a veteran of the United States Army and was employed as a First...