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Ola B. Singletary
Mar 20, 2005
Ola B. Singletary, 96 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, March 20, 2005 at her residence after a short illness. Born on January 7, 1909 in Berrien County, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Mary Cook Benefield. Mrs. Singletary was a homemaker and had been a member of the Azalea City Church of God since 1973.She is...
Mark A. Freeman
Mar 19, 2005
MARK A. FREEMAN, 45, of Lake Park died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was born on October 5, 1959 in Brunswick, Maine and had lived in Lowndes County since 1977. Mr. Freeman was a graduate of Valdosta State College where he obtained his Masters Degree and Six Year Educational Degree and was a former...
Dixie Lee Vernon
Mar 19, 2005
Dixie Lee Vernon, 65, Live Oak, FL died on Saturday, March 19, 2005 at her daughter’s residence in Live Oak, FL. She was born in Loogootee, IN to the late Harold and Lucille Lents. She was a homemaker and was of the Seventh Day Adventist faith. Survivors include four daughters and sons in law, Dodi Carroll of Valdosta, Sue Cushman...
Viva Zipperer Jones
Mar 18, 2005
VIVA ZIPPERER JONES, 98, of Valdosta died Friday, March 18, 2005 at the Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on September 9, 1906 in Lowndes County to the late Charles and Lucy Roberts Zipperer. Mrs. Jones was a member of Azalea City Church of God and grew up in the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. She held tent revivals for...
Mary Lou Frier/Walker
Mar 15, 2005
Mary Lou Frier/Walker, 82, of Valdosta, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005 after a lengthy illness. She was born in Lowndes County on October 8, 1922 to the late Robert Arnold and Lily Rose Stalvey. Mrs. Frier/Walker was retired from Thompson Industries and was a member of Swilley Hill Church of God.She is survived by two daughters and two sons in...
Martha Hamlen
Mar 15, 2005
Martha Hamlen, 90, twenty year resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on October 25, 1914 in Macon, GA, she had lived in Macon for sixty-nine years before moving to Valdosta. She was the daughter of the late Clifford Oliver Hays and Margaret Graves Hays and the widow...
Phillip W. Mossey
Mar 15, 2005
PHILLIP W. MOSSEY, 63, of Valdosta died Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on January 10, 1942 in Moon Township, Pennsylvania to the late Samuel and Olive Goss Mossey and had lived in this area since 1990. Mr. Mossey was a retired Master Sargeant in the United States Air Force and a member of...
Stella Rouse Crum
Mar 14, 2005
Mrs. Stella Rouse Crum 81 of Valdosta died on Monday, March 14, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on November 21, 1923 in Berrien County, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Minnie Spell Rouse and widow of C. A. Crum of Valdosta. Mrs. Crum was a homemaker and a member of Redland...
Charles D. Hickman
Mar 14, 2005
CHARLES D. HICKMAN, 74, of Valdosta died Monday, March 14, 2005 at his home. He was born on August 4, 1931 in Auburndale, Florida to the late Grady and Annie Edwards Hickman and had lived in Valdosta since 1990. Mr. Hickman was a retired fertilizer-chemical salesman and a member of the Ousley Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon....
Eugene F. "Rawhide" Fender
Mar 13, 2005
Eugene F. “Rawhide” Fender, 65, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, March 13, 2005. Mr. Fender was born in Valdosta to the late Eugene F. Fender and to Estelle E. Fender Scruggs, and was a lifelong resident of this area. He attended Valdosta High School and Valdosta Business College. Mr. Fender was employed by the City of Valdosta, had also worked...
Icyphene Parrish Dykes
Mar 13, 2005
ICYPHENE PARRISH DYKES, 97, of Valdosta died Sunday, March 13, 2005 at her home. She was born on February 20, 1908 in Adel to the late Cyrus and Selina Rentz Parrish and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Dykes was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. Survivors include three daughters and two sons in law,...
Frederick Blakely Morecroft
Mar 12, 2005
Frederick Blakely Morecroft, 54, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, March 12, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Buffalo, New York, on July 15, 1950, he was the son of Blakely and Virginia Harding Morecroft. A Valdosta resident since 1991 he was formerly of Tenafly, New Jersey. Mr. Morecroft served in the U.S. Air Force...
Annie Elizabeth Crosby Peace
Mar 12, 2005
Annie Elizabeth Crosby Peace, 96 of Valdosta died on Saturday, March 12, 2005 after a lengthy illness. She was born May 23, 1908 in Brooks County a descendent of pioneer Brooks County families. She was the daughter of the late William Peter Crosby and Mattie Pearl Lee Crosby. She was married on October 3, 1926 to Benjamin Claude Peace of...
Larry W. Greene
Mar 12, 2005
Larry W. Greene, Sr. 64, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, March 12, 2005, at his residence following a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of this area, Mr. Greene was born in Valdosta to the late Harris S. & Annie Mae Crumbley Greene. Mr. Greene attended Valdosta High School where he played football from 1957 – 1959. He had served...
Fay Simpson Rountree
Mar 11, 2005
Fay Simpson Rountree, 68, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 23, 1936 in Brooks County, GA to the late A. B. and Ruby Cannon Simpson. Mrs. Rountree was a homemaker and a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived by two sons and daughters in law, Danny and Denise...
Matthew (Matt) Michael Jones
Mar 11, 2005
Matthew (Matt) Michael Jones, 20, of Valdosta died Friday, March 11, 2005 from a motorcycle accident. He was born April 11, 1984 in Utica, New York to Steve and Natalie Laneve Jones. Matt was a graduate of Lowndes High School and was currently a student at Valdosta State University. He was a member of the Faith Baptist Church and employed...
Jeanette A. Meeks
Mar 11, 2005
Jeanette A. Meeks, 69 of Berrien County, died on Friday, March 11, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on December 30, 1935 in Waycross, she was the daughter of the late, C. A. and Clio Mercer Allen. She was a graduate of Waycross High School. Mrs. Meeks retired from the restaurant business and was a homemaker. She was a...
Bessie Eloise Bennett
Mar 10, 2005
Bessie Eloise Bennett, 73, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on May 7, 1931 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Bessie Eloyce Blackmon Sutton. Mrs. Bennett was the widow of the late Clarence Leon Bennett. She retired from Strickland Mills and...
Nell Parrish
Mar 10, 2005
Nell Parrish, 90, of Hahira, formerly of Lakeland, GA, died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. She was born on August 15, 1914 in Hahira to the late William Elhannon and Mayme Edna Turner Redding. Mrs. Parrish was a homemaker and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.She is survived by two nephews, John Crowley and...
Joseph William Weeks
Mar 9, 2005
JOSEPH WILLIAM “BILL” WEEKS, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at his home. He was born on September 2, 1918 in Winfield, Alabama to the late Otis and Elizabeth Phillips Weeks and had lived in Lowndes County since 1986. Mr. Weeks was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a member of America’s Ex Prisoners of War...
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