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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...
Florence Rentz Hughes
Jul 3, 2006
Florence Rentz Hughes, 96 of Echols County, died on Monday, July 03, 2006 at Langdale Place. Born on July 24, 1909 in Echols Co., she was the daughter of the late Lev and Effie Marshall Rentz. She married the late Willie (Little Bill) Hughes on September 18, 1926 and they lived most of their married life in Fargo. She was...
Mary Elizabeth Houston Dickey
Jul 1, 2006
Mary Elizabeth Houston Dickey, of Valdosta, died on Saturday July 1, 2006 following a brief illness. Born on May 17, 1915 in Thomasville, to the late Lewis Cass Houston and Gertrude Remington Lloyd Houston, Mrs. Dickey attended public and private schools there in Thomasville. She also attended Washington Seminary in Atlanta, Texas Christian University and other colleges in Texas, pledging...
Francis Wayne Smith
Jul 1, 2006
Francis Wayne Smith, 45, of Atlanta, formerly of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 1, 2006 at Atlanta Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Born on March 24, 1961, in Valdosta to Lota and Mitchell Smith, Wayne attended local schools and then Valdosta State University, where he pledged Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He received a degree in accounting from Georgia State...
Lane Douglas Mccullough
Jun 30, 2006
Lane Douglas McCullough of Valdosta died Friday, June 30, 2006 at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. He was born on March 21, 2006 in Valdosta and is survived by his mother, Amanda McCullough and his grandmother, Margaret Barber both of Valdosta, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, July 3, 2006 at Riverview Memorial...
Reverend John A. Hillis
Jun 29, 2006
Reverend John A. Hillis, 74 of Lake Park, died on June 29, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Born on September 27, 1931 in Statenville, he was the son of the late Lloyd Elliott, Sr. and Josephine Landing Hillis. He was a member of the Lake Park Church of God. He was in the ministry for over 40...
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