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Deborah Wooten Watts Hase
Mar 26, 2023
Deborah Wooten Watts Hase passed peacefully March 26, 2023, in Valdosta, at Langdale Hospice House in the company of her loving husband, daughter and grandson. Deborah was born in Lumberton, North Carolina and was the oldest of five children born to Ben and Ethel Wooten. The family later relocated to Savannah, where Ben worked at Union Bag Paper Mill rising...
Lou Nell Culpepper Hughes
Mar 25, 2023
Lou Nell Culpepper Hughes, 85, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Born in Echols County to the late James Euell Culpepper and Cuba Loraine Kinsey Culpepper, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Growing up in Echols County, she was a 1955 graduate of Echols County High School. Nell grew up with Daniel Hughes. They...
Eleanor Carter Thomas
Mar 24, 2023
Eleanor Carter Thomas, 89, of Valdosta, and formerly of Jacksonville, Florida, died on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a period of declining health. She was born in Waycross, Georgia on March 29, 1933, to the late Luther and Rhoda Lavada Wilcox Carter. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. Her family moved to Portsmouth,...
Florence Bone
Mar 23, 2023
Florence Wilkinson Bone passed away on March 23, 2023 in her Hahira home after battling a long illness. While announcing this information is the purpose of this obituary, it is not the focus of the story that follows because she was so much more than the end of her life. She was born in Katy, Texas on December 29, 1942...
Patricia (Pat) Davis
Mar 23, 2023
Patricia (Pat) Hamrick Davis, 85, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born in Norcross, Georgia on November 11, 1937, to the late Dan Virgil and Dora Evelyn Holbrook Hamrick. She was the oldest of Dan and Dora’s five children. Pat was a homemaker and a member of Park...
Brent Lee Dixon
Mar 20, 2023
Brent Lee Dixon, 35, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2023 at South Georgia Medical Center in the arms of his wife of 13 years. He was born in Valdosta on February 16, 1988 to Karen Arnold Browning and the late Thomas L. Dixon.
Brent loved his family and his church. Brent accomplished many things despite his disabilities. He...
Maurice Jefferson Willis, Jr.
Mar 20, 2023
Maurice Jefferson (Jeff) Willis, Jr., 72, of Valdosta, died on Monday, March 20, 2023, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on November 11, 1950, to the late Maurice Jefferson, Sr., and Bertha Beaty Willis and has been a lifelong resident of this area. Jeff worked in sales with the Cregger Company and a member...
Donald L. Tippett
Mar 19, 2023
Donald L. Tippett, 81, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 following a short illness. He was born in Walhalla, South Carolina to the late Martin Tippett and Catherine King Tippett. Mr. Tippett worked in the shoe industry for 60 years, with a large majority of those years at Country Cobbler. He was married to Rebecca Starling Tippett...
Christin N. Lein
Mar 19, 2023
Christin N. Lein, 23, of Dupont, GA, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 in Tifton, GA. She was born in Valdosta, GA, on April 29, 1999 to Christopher B. Lein and Valerie Carver Walters. Christin liked going to the beach and loved animals. She was dearly loved and had a big heart for helping others.
Christin is survived by her...
Jacson Thompson
Mar 18, 2023
Jacson Thompson, 21, of Hahira, died suddenly, at his home on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Born in Valdosta on November 16, 2001, he grew up in Hahira and attended school there. A 2020 graduate of Lowndes High School, Jacson played baseball for the Vikings, after playing the game he loved since the age of 9. While at Lowndes, he met...
Skip (Dorothy A.) Stouffer
Mar 17, 2023
Skip (Dorothy A.) Stouffer, 92, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on March 17, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones. Born on January 23, 1931, in Bessemer, AL, Skip was the daughter of James and Frances Shipp. She was preceded in death by her husband, Myron E. Stouffer Sr. and her parents.
As a child, Dottie, as she was affectionately known then,...
Infant Wiley Randall Poore
Mar 16, 2023
Infant Wiley Randall Poore son of Constance Bennett and William Poore, II, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2023. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Greg and Tammy Edmondson, of Quitman, and Patricia Bennett, of Valdosta; and many family members and friends. He was loved and will be deeply missed.
Karen Elaine Noll
Mar 16, 2023
On Thursday, March 16, 2023, Karen R. Noll, loving wife, mother, and sister passed away at the age of 56. She was born to Patricia and Dave Ruff in New Jersey and met her husband, Michael, while studying in Trier, Germany. Dancing through life together for more than 33 years, they started their family in Lawrence, Kansas, before moving to...
Larry Altman
Mar 13, 2023
A giant of a man, a legend, Larry Altman, has passed away. He just turned 84 and lived a big beautiful life always doing it his way. He had a hunger for life! He hunted, fished, built homes, cars and boats, gardened and made solid relationships all while telling jokes and making everyone laugh. He was our rock and carried...
Frances Watson
Mar 13, 2023
Frances Lee (Johnson) Watson, 86, of Valdosta, GA, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Frances was born on October 3, 1936, daughter of the late David C. and Nancy (Walker) Johnson and was the loving wife of the late Robert “Bobby” Watson and was also predeceased by a brother, Mike Johnson and...
Clint Slocumb, Jr.
Mar 13, 2023
Clinton Morgan Slocumb, Jr. of Lake Park, GA, passed away Monday March 13, 2023.
Clint was born August 25, 1937, in Douglas, GA, to the late Willie Mae and Clint Slocumb, Sr.
As a child, he was a member of Douglas Methodist Church, Boy Scouts of America, and was a graduate of Douglas High School and attended Gordan Military Jr. College and...
Ximena Holcombe
Mar 12, 2023
Ximena Redmond Holcombe, 89, of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023. She was born on December 18, 1933, in Thomas County, Georgia to the late Richard and Kathleen Redmond. She grew up in Pelham, Georgia where her parents moved shortly after her birth. She graduated from Pelham High School where she played basketball and was a cheerleader.
In 1951,...
Julian Mcdonald
Mar 10, 2023
Julian McDonald, 73, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023 at Langdale Hospice House. He was born on November 19, 1949 in Macon, GA and moved to Valdosta at an early age. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1969 and went to work with his father in appliance repair during high school and continued after graduation. He...
Lidia Louise Moirano
Mar 9, 2023
Lidia Louise Moirano, 65, of Valdosta, passed away on March 9, 2023. She was born on December 24, 1957, in Long Branch, NJ, to Sergio Moirano and Lea Renee Grognard Moirano. Mrs. Moirano was a retired store manager for Dollar General. She loved the beach and enjoyed gardening. Her life revolved around her grandchildren, and she loved cooking for her...
Tommy Zeigler
Mar 9, 2023
Tommy Zeigler, 80, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Fellowship Home Brookside. He was born in Valdosta on June 9, 1942.
Per Tommy's wishes there will be no services.
Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com
Carson McLane Funeral Home
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