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Barbara Janet Rudy
Apr 23, 2006
Barbara Janet Rudy, 72, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 23, 2006, at the Fellowship Home. Born on June 9, 1933 in Experiment, GA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd A. and Selma Park Buffington. She was a retired Administrative Assistant with ITT. Mrs. Rudy was of the Baptist faith.Survivors are her husband, John H. Rudy of Valdosta;...
Ira Elbert New, Jr.
Apr 23, 2006
IRA ELBERT NEW, JR. , 77, of Valdosta died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 7, 1929 in Cook County to the late Ira Elbert New, Sr. and Thelma Mae Sutton New. Mr. New was a retired chemist with Owens-Illinois for more than thirty years and was a...
J. T. Copeland
Apr 22, 2006
J. T. Copeland, 77, of Lake Park, died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on January 26, 1929, in Lowndes County to the late George and Eunice Copeland. He attended the Dasher Bible School which is now Georgia Christian School in Dasher. Mr. Copeland was a member of the Central...
Liz Mackey
Apr 21, 2006
Edna Elizabeth (Liz) Mackey, 70, passed away at home Friday, April 21, 2006 of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare disease which she fought for six years. She was being cared for at home by her husband Bob, with help from her daughter Lynn, and family and friends. She is now free to walk, talk, dance, sing and do all...
Raymond Millard Tillman
Apr 21, 2006
Raymond Millard Tillman, 78, of Valdosta, died Friday, April 21, 2006 at his residence. He was born on October 2, 1927 in Lakeland, Florida to the late Lyman Millard and Odessa Cooper Tillman. Mr. Tillman was a long time businessman in Valdosta and a lifelong resident. He graduated from Valdosta High School where he played for the Wildcats. Mr. Tillman...
Pete Supp
Apr 21, 2006
Pete Supp, 88, of Valdosta, died on Friday, April 20, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born in Connecticut to the late John and Rose Supp, he had lived here for the past 28 years. Before moving to Valdosta, Mr. Supp had worked at SKF Industries Inc. in Philadelphia for 30 years as a draftsman and an engineer. He was a...
Frances Guess Hall
Apr 20, 2006
Frances Guess Hall, 65 of Albany, died on Thursday, April 20, 2006 at Palmyra Park Hospital in Albany after a short illness. Born on March 6, 1941 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late H. C. and Mallie Dees Guess. Mrs. Hall was a graduate of Valdosta High School and attended Valdosta State University. She enjoyed flowers, gardening,...
James Homer Tyre
Apr 19, 2006
James Homer “Jimmy” Tyre, Jr., 82, born August 6, 1923 in Hamilton County, Florida and resided in Lake City, Florida since 1999, went to be with the Lord on April 19, 2006. He served in the United States Marine Corp during World War II, serving with the 4th Marine Division in the South Pacific. He then moved to Valdosta, Georgia...
Marjorie L. (Bobbie) Connor
Apr 17, 2006
Marjorie L. (Bobbie) Connor, 68 of Valdosta, died on Monday, April 17, 2006 at Holly Hill Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Born on December 24, 1937 in Knoxville, TN, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Bertie Fletcher Bryan. She was a retired loan officer for Southeastern Credit Union and of the Baptist faith.She is survived...
June Byrd Rowntree
Apr 16, 2006
JUNE BYRD ROWNTREE, 79, of Cecil died Sunday, April 16, 2006 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. She was born on February 11, 1927 in Cecil to the late Charles Franklin and Maude Kennedy Byrd. Mrs. Rowntree was a substitute teacher for the Lowndes County Schools for more than twenty years. She was a member of the Adel United Methodist Church...
Elizabeth Malphurs Savaresy
Apr 14, 2006
Elizabeth Malphurs Savaresy, 86 of Irving, TX, died on Friday, April 14, 2006 at Baylor Medical Center in Irving after a brief illness. Born on October 9, 1919 in Sparrow, KY, she was the daughter of the late J. G. and Louise Touchton Malphurs. She was a retired marketing teacher at Longview High School and a member of First Christian...
Clarence B. Fender
Apr 14, 2006
CLARENCE B. FENDER, 73, of Valdosta died Friday, April 14, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on July 19, 1932 in Valdosta to the late Charlie T. and Gertrude Hendley Fender. Mr. Fender was a retired dairy farmer and a veteran of the U. S Army. He was a Baptist.Survivors include two sons...
Mary J. Turner
Apr 12, 2006
Mary J. Turner, 73 of Lake Park since 1999, and formerly of Oklahoma, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on December 2, 1932 in Daytown, FL, she was the daughter of the late Roy Felton and Lula Baker Lynch. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Idabel,...
Maxine Purdy Lear
Apr 10, 2006
Maxine Purdy Lear, 94 of Jacksonville, FL, formerly of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2006 at St. Catherine Laboure` Manor in Jacksonville. Born on July 9, 1911 in Topeka, KS, she was the daughter of the late Max Archibald Purdy and Ora Mae Collins Purdy and devoted wife of the late Thomas Franklin Lear. Mrs. Lear was...
Eben Corey (Buck) Mann, Jr.
Apr 9, 2006
Eben Corey “Buck” Mann, Jr., 89, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, died Sunday, April 9, 2006 at Alden Point. He was born on September 16, 1916 in Vienna, GA to the late Eben Corey Mann, Sr. and Angie Shepherd Mann. Mr. Mann was employed with Hercules as a woods superintendent, a veteran of the United States Marine Corp during World War II...
John D. (Johnny) Hamby
Apr 9, 2006
John D. (Johnny) Hamby, 55, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, April 9, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. Born on October 3, 1950 in Lowndes County, he was the son of Kathryn Morris Hamby and the late Alvin D. Hamby. He graduated from Lowndes County High School in 1968. Mr. Hamby was employed with Langeboard and...
Richard Milton Chandler
Apr 7, 2006
Richard (Dick) Milton Chandler, 79, of Valdosta, died Friday, April 7, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 23, 1927, he was the son of the late Milton Thor and Corinne St. Pierre Chandler. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Chandler served his country during the Korean Conflict. He was...
Mavis Croft Copeland
Apr 7, 2006
Mavis Croft Copeland, 78, of Valdosta, died on Friday, April 7, 2006, after a lengthy illness. Born in Colquitt County, Georgia, on September 16, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Chester L. and Nina McCoy Croft. She was a homemaker and member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors are her grandchildren, Laura and Mitch Cothron of Lake Park, John...
Leo E. Weaver
Apr 5, 2006
Leo E. Weaver, 80, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at his home after a lengthy illness. Born in Berrien County, on February 5, 1926, he was the son of the late Isaac Leo and Lillie Estelle Carter Weaver. Mr. Weaver was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII. He was a member of the VFW Post 1777,...
Bobby Joe Webb
Apr 5, 2006
Bobby Joe Webb, 70, of Hahira, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of Hahira, he was born on December 3, 1935 to the late Aaron C. and Susan Hattie McDonald Webb. Mr. Webb was a retired contruction worker, served from 1953 until 1955 in the United States Army and...
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