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Billie Dudley Lanier Schwiebert
Feb 9, 2006
Billie Dudley Lanier Schwiebert, 94, died on Thursday, February 9, 2006, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Billie was born on September 9, 1911 at Bemis, Georgia to William Eli and Julia (Haigwood) Dudley. Her family had lived in this area since her grandfather came to Valdosta after the War Between The States, and began buying and selling land, including...
Sammie Maniuse Smith
Feb 8, 2006
Sammie M. Smith, 72, of Valdosta, died at his home on Wednesday, February 8, 2006. Born in Union County, Florida, he was the son of the late Carl M. and Lena Newsome Smith. Mr. Smith served his country during the Korean Conflict with the U.S. Navy and had made his home in Valdosta since 1955. Mr. Smith worked with BellSouth...
Linwood Porter
Feb 7, 2006
LINWOOD PORTER, 60, of Valdosta died Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at his home. He was born on November 28, 1945 in Valdosta to the late Rev. A.J. and Mary Devara Tomlinson Porter and was lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Porter was retired from the Southern Railway and a member of the Forrest Street Church of God. He had served as...
Bonnie Jean Carman
Feb 6, 2006
Bonnie Carman, 59, of Valdosta, died suddenly Monday, February 6, 2006 at her residence. She was born on July 12, 1946 in Lexington, Kentucky. Mrs. Carman was a nurse.She is survived by her husband, Garry Carman of Valdosta, two sons and daughters in law, Sean and Kelly Carman of Lake City, FL and Jeffrey and Angie Carman of Shreveport, Louisiana,...
Sandi Brown
Feb 6, 2006
Sandi Brown, 53, of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 6, 2006 following a short illness. Mrs. Brown was born in Butler, GA on July 15, 1952 and had lived in this area for the past 25 years. She was a loving wife and mother and was an active, strong willed woman who took care of her family, her home, and...
William T. Barch
Feb 4, 2006
WILLIAM T. BARCH, 88, of Allentown, PA. died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at Westminster Village in Allentown. Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Virgil and Miriam Kerr Barch. He was reared by his stepmother the late Iley Upton Barch. He received his economics degree from Hiram Ohio College in 1941. Mr. Barch trained as...
Hugh L. Watson
Feb 4, 2006
HUGH L. WATSON, 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born on September 8, 1918 in Etowah, Tennessee to the late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Watson and had lived in Valdosta since 1953. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Mr. Watson was a retired salesman...
Donna Lynn Clayton Hancock
Feb 3, 2006
Donna Lynn Clayton Hancock, 44 of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 03, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on September 30, 1961 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of James and Mae Nell Barrentine Clayton of Valdosta. She was a member of Ministry Baptist Church. Survivors are a daughter, Sabrina Hancock of Valdosta; a son, Jonathan Hancock...
Joann Sells Powell
Feb 3, 2006
JoAnn Powell, 71, of Lake Park, died at her home after a lengthy illness on Friday, February 3, 2006. Daughter of the late Hazel Austin and Jesse E. Sells, she was born in Winder, Georgia on October 8, 1934. Mrs. Powell was a career mother and a member of the River of Life Family Worship Center. She had worked in...
Tommy Ray (Hillbilly) Lenoir
Feb 3, 2006
TOMMY RAY (HILLBILLY) LENOIR, 52, of Valdosta died Friday, February 3, 2006 in South Carolina from injuries sustained in a trucking accident. He was born on October 7, 1953 in Chilton County, Alabama and had lived in Valdosta for twelve years. Mr. Lenoir was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and a truck driver for WTI Transport. He had...
Lamar Culbreth
Feb 1, 2006
Lamar Culbreth, 78, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born in Jennings, FL to the late Alvin & Irene Scaff Culbreth, he had lived the majority of his life in this area. Mr. Culbreth is a veteran of the Navy, having served in WWII; he then attended and received his Bachelors of Science Degree...
Allie Guess Webb
Jan 31, 2006
Allie Guess Webb, 93, of Hahira, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on July 27, 1912 in Fitzgerald, GA to the late A. B. Guess, Sr. and Phoebie Gunby Guess. Mrs. Webb was employeed by Burdine’s Department Store in Fort Lauderdale, FL, was a member of Hahira United Methodist Church and was very active...
Elizabeth R. Warrick
Jan 31, 2006
ELIZABETH R. WARRICK, 74, of Lake Park died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington, D. C. on January 6, 1932 to the late William Randolph and Alma McNerhany Longest and had lived in Lowndes County for twenty years and was a former resident of Jasper, Florida. Mrs. Warrick was a...
Clyde Kendall Lester
Jan 30, 2006
Clyde Kendall Lester, 91, of Montezuma, died on January 30, 2006 in Valdosta. Born September 28, 1914, she was the daughter of William Pickney and Clyde Bolton Kendall. She was a graduate of Valdosta High School and the Georgia State Woman’s College, now Valdosta State University. While she was teaching school in Byromville, she met her husband James Daniel Lester....
Tharan Eugene (Buck) Connell
Jan 30, 2006
THARAN EUGENE “BUCK” CONNELL, 89, of Valdosta died Monday, January 30, 2006 at his home. He was born in Barwick on December 20, 1916 to the late William Cleveland and Elizabeth Beatrice Little Connell and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Connell was a retired forester and land surveyor with Langdale Forestry Products after 38 years of service...
Brenda Gail Garmon Hunter
Jan 28, 2006
Brenda Gail Hunter, 54, died on Saturday, January 28, 2006, at her home in Valdosta. Born in Duluth, on January 12, 1952, she was formerly of Cumming and had lived in Valdosta for the past 30 years. Mrs. Hunter was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors are her husband, William Hunter, Sr. of Valdosta, daughter and son in law, Bobbie...
Warren Ray Foster
Jan 27, 2006
Warren Ray Foster, 75, of Valdosta, died Friday, January 27, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas on November 23, 1930 to the late Charles Maxwell and Minnie Ola Jennings Foster. Mr. Foster was an accountant with Amoco Oil for thirty two years in both Texas and Oklahoma, served in the United States Air Force during the...
Jean A. Habershaw
Jan 27, 2006
Jean A. Habershaw, 82, of Valdosta, GA, died on Friday, January 27, 2006. Born in Pawtucket, RI to the late James A. and Mary Louise Habershaw, Miss. Habershaw moved to this area from Pawtucket in 1992. She was a public school teacher in Rhode Island for 25 years and was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Valdosta. Survivors include...
Gladys May
Jan 27, 2006
Gladys May, 81, of Valdosta, GA, died on Friday, January 27, 2006 after a short illness. Born in Nanticoke, PA, to the late Percy & Margaret Masters, she had lived in Nanticoke for most of her life and had lived in the Valdosta area for the past 10 years. She was a former member of the Primitive Methodist Church in...
Rebecca (Juanita) Tyler Griffin
Jan 26, 2006
Rebecca (Juanita) Tyler Griffin, of Valdosta died on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 7, 1928 in Hahira to Jessie Wingate Tyler of Valdosta and the late, Joseph R. Tyler and was the widow of David Ray Griffin. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Baptist Church.Survivors are daughters and...
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