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

Lester Gene Lewis
Mar 24, 2006
Lester Gene Lewis, 63 of Valdosta, died suddenly on Friday, March 24, 2006 in Homestead, FL. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carson McLane Funeral Home. More details may be available at www.mclanefuneralservices.com Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Russell K. Zipperer
Mar 22, 2006
Russell K. Zipperer, 57 of Valdosta died on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. Born on June 21, 1948 in Valdosta, he was the son of Stanley and Hilda Zipperer of Valdosta. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served in Vietnam. Mr. Zipperer was a member of Mt. Zion...

Willie Pearl Futch
Mar 21, 2006
Willie Pearl Futch, 78, of Hahira, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 27, 1927 in Hahira to the late Elisha B. Jones Sr. and Eva McLeod Jones. Mrs. Futch worked on the information desk at South GA Medical Center and was a member of Forest Park Church...

Juanita G. Hyatt
Mar 21, 2006
Juanita G. Hyatt, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. A lifelong resident of Valdosta, Mrs. Hyatt was born May 25, 1919, in Nashville, the daughter of the late West and Lillian Vick Godwin. She was a devoted member of the Church of God, a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Preceded in death...
Thomas Richard (Dick) Nisbet, Jr.
Mar 21, 2006
Thomas Richard (Dick) Nisbet, Jr., 87 of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born on October 5, 1918 in Waxhaw, NC, he was the son of the late Eunice Robinson and Thomas Richard Nisbet, Sr. He is survived by his wife of fifty four years, Margaret Meares Davenport Nisbet of Valdosta, son, Thomas...

Dr. Thomas W. Gandy
Mar 20, 2006
Thomas Whitney Gandy Thomas Whitney Gandy, 86, of Valdosta, Georgia, died at his home March 20, 2006, following an extending illness. He was born in Foley, Alabama, and was the son of John William and Amye Daniel Gandy. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Theodora (Theda) Nettles Gandy, one daughter, Suzanne, a granddaughter, Anna Whitney Akers, and...

Bonnie Oglesby
Mar 19, 2006
Bonnie Oglesby, 82, of Hahira, died at Fellowship Home on Sunday, March 19, 2006. Born on January 3, 1924, in Cook County, she was the daughter of the late Elzie and Minnie McCall Coppage. She had worked as a seamstress with Levi Strauss. Mrs. Oglesby was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She was a Pink Lady at Memorial Hospital...

Emmett E. (Bud) Goodson
Mar 18, 2006
Emmett E. (Bud) Goodson, 75, of Cherry Lake, FL. died in Cairo on Saturday, March 18, 2006 following a sudden illness. Born in Barnwell, South Carolina, on March 10, 1931, he was the son of the late Emmett Eugene, Sr. and Florence Willis Goodson. Mr. Goodson had served 9 years with the Georgia National Guard and had worked in the...

Julia Christie
Mar 17, 2006
Julia Christie, 67 of Valdosta died on Friday, March 17, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on August 20, 1938 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late Robert Floyd and Ila Dykes Copeland. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Church of Christ Faith.Survivors are her...

Malcolm Thomas Young
Mar 17, 2006
Malcolm T. Young, 82, of Lake Park, died Friday, March 17, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Mr. Young was a veteran of the U. S. Army and retired from the Ford Motor Company.In accordance with Mr. Young’s wishes he will be cremated and will be interred in the White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in Troy, Michigan at a later...

Staten Claude Hughes
Mar 17, 2006
Staten Claude Hughes, 73, of Valdosta, died on Friday, March 17, 2006, at his home after a short illness. Born in Bradenton, Florida, on August 4, 1931, he was the son of the late Carl C. and Norma Corbett Hughes. Retired from the U.S. Air Force, he was a member of the American Legion Post 13, and Forrest Street Church...

Austin Horace Parkerson, Jr.
Mar 16, 2006
AUSTIN HORACE PARKERSON , JR., 84, of Lake Park died Thursday, March 16, 2006 at his home. He was born in Pitts, Georgia on January 13, 1922 to the late Austin Horace, Sr. and Maggie Pearl Simmons Parkerson and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mr. Parkerson owned and operated a grocery store for many years and was...

John Thomas Belflower
Mar 16, 2006
JOHN THOMAS BELFLOWER, 69, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 16, 2006 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on April 12, 1936 in Fort Valley to the late Mathew Oliver and Margaret Bessie Teece Belflower and had lived in Valdosta since 1958. Mr. Belflower was a graduate of the University of Georgia Pharmacy School and a member...

Paul Edward Rogers
Mar 16, 2006
Paul Edward Rogers, 51 of Valdosta died on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Born on June 12, 1954 in Marmaduke, AR, he was the son of Richard Edward and Vera Mary Rowe Rogers. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of Eastern Heights Baptist Church. He...

M. G. Porter
Mar 15, 2006
Milledge (M. G.) Porter, 91, of Lake Park, died on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 27, 1915, in Lowndes County, the son of the late John Lawrence and Julia Ann Swilley Porter. Mr. Porter was a farmer and a carpenter. He was an avid fisherman and friend to everyone who wanted...

Dr. Adele Ducharme
Mar 14, 2006
Dr. Adele Ducharme, 63, died at her home in Valdosta on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, on March 2, 1943, she was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Holly Ducharme and the late Dr. Robert James Ducharme. Formerly of Opelousas, Louisiana she had lived in Valdosta for the past 16 years where she was Department Head for Middle...

Sandra Rusk Lane
Mar 13, 2006
Sandra Rusk Lane, 55 of Lake Park died on Monday, March 13, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on December 22, 1950 in Niceville, FL. She was a self-employed beautician and was of the Baptist faith.Survivors are her husband, Ron Lane of Lake Park and her father, Tom Rusk of Lake Park. She...

Earl Raphneal Bradshaw, Jr.
Mar 13, 2006
Earl Raphneal Bradshaw, Jr. 56, of Hahira died Monday, March 13, 2006 at his home. He was born on July 16, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama and had lived in Hahira for the past thirty two and a half years. He was a graduate of the University of South Alabama with a degree in management and personnel and a member of...

Harley Davidson Hall, Iii
Mar 13, 2006
HARLEY DAVIDSON HALL, III, 25, of Hahira died Monday, March 13, 2006 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Thomasville on November 22, 1980 to Rusty and Teresa Bannister Hall and had lived in Hahira most of his life. He was a graduate of Valdosta State University with a degree in sociology and was planning to...

Isaac Melton Weldon
Mar 12, 2006
Isaac Melton Weldon, 80 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at a local nursing home. Born on May 18, 1925 in Hahira, he was the son of the late Alonzo Wesley and Ethel Mae Tarrant Weldon. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served in World War II and was a member of Faith Baptist...