OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Sarah Sasser Mcclenahan

Sarah Sasser Mcclenahan

Mar 9, 2005

SARAH SASSER McCLENAHAN, 85, of Atlanta died peacefully on Wednesday, March 9, 2005. She was born in Valdosta on April 17, 1919 to the late Eugene and Irene Sasser. She graduated from Valdosta High School in 1933 and attended Valdosta State College. Sarah married Lt. Col. Howard E. McClenahan on October 3, 1942 and worked with him for a short...

Dorothy Dowling Batten

Dorothy Dowling Batten

Mar 9, 2005

Dorothy C. Dowling Batten, 84, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Knoxville to the late Tom & Minnie Dowling, she had lived in Knoxville, TN before moving to Valdosta five years ago. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Knoxville, TN.Survivors include two sons and daughters in...

Helen Young Bates Wright

Helen Young Bates Wright

Mar 8, 2005

Helen Young Bates WrightST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Helen Young Bates Wright, 87, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at the Glenmoor Health Center in St. Augustine, FL where she has lived for the past three years. Born in Langdale, AL on May 1, 1917, she was the daughter of John and Allie Gene Young. As an infant, following...

Wayne C. Kenney

Wayne C. Kenney

Mar 8, 2005

Wayne C. Kenney, 71 of Lake Park, died on March 8, 2005 at his residence. Born on March 8, 1933 in Lincoln, OH, he was the son of the late Otis and Violet Anguish Kenney. He was the retired owner of Fixture Warehouse. Mr. Kenney was of the Christian faith.Survivors are three sons and daughters-in-law, David and Barb Kenney of...

Billy Herndon, Sr.

Billy Herndon, Sr.

Mar 8, 2005

Billy Herndon, Sr., 68 a lifelong resident of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at his residence. Born on May 2, 1936 in Echols County, he was the son of the late T.H. “Jack” and Imo Miller Herndon. Mr. Herndon was a farmer and a member of Rice Field Hunting Club. He attended Wrights Chapel United Methodist Church.Mr....

Patricia A. Coleman

Patricia A. Coleman

Mar 7, 2005

Patricia A. Coleman, 72, Quitman, died March 7, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home. Born February 7, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Garnett. She had worked for 20 years in Medical Records at Lawnwood Medical Center in Ft. Pierce, FL until she moved to the Quitman area in 1994. She was an...

Robert Lee Towns, Sr.

Robert Lee Towns, Sr.

Mar 5, 2005

ROBERT LEE TOWNS, SR., 75, of Valdosta died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lake City after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 29, 1930 in Scotland, Georgia to the late William Tatum and Nora Bass Towns and had lived in Valdosta since 1978. Mr. Towns was a retired Ordinanceman First Class with the...

W. M. Griffin

W. M. Griffin

Mar 5, 2005

W. M. “BILL” GRIFFIN, 86, of Morven died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at the Brooks County Hospital in Quitman. He was born on April 20, 1918 and raised in Coolidge, son of the late Charles “Tom” and Dorothy Suber Griffin. Mr. Griffin had lived in Morven since 1964 was a prominent farmer in Brooks, Thomas and Seminole Counties and a...

Johnnie Mae Booth Mclane

Johnnie Mae Booth Mclane

Mar 5, 2005

JOHNNIE MAE BOOTH McLANE, 78 of Valdosta died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 12, 1926 to the late Jim and Rosa Etta Booth and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mrs. McLane was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors include two daughters, Helen Sims and Carol...

Richard James Herrick

Richard James Herrick

Mar 5, 2005

Richard James Herrick, 59, of Lake Park, died at his residence on March 5, 2005. He was born in Syracuse, NY on November 23, 1945 to Richard Herrick and the late Juanita Smith Herrick. He was employed as Assistant Vice President of Electronics Scientific Instruments, Inc.He is survived by his wife, Charon Brenner Herrick; two daughters, Stacey Morrow of Jupiter,...

Annie Shaw

Annie Shaw

Mar 3, 2005

Annie Shaw, 66, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born December 05, 1938, in Naylor, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Lula Cone Lightsey. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of this area.Survivors include two daughters and a son in law, Annie Mildred Shaw Perez and fiancé, Ramond Corn of...

Emerson S. Burton

Emerson S. Burton

Mar 3, 2005

EMERSON S. BURTON, 89, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on December 13, 1915 in Steubenville, Ohio to the late William Thomas and Mae Marie Barrett Burton and had lived in Cusseta, Georgia before moving to Valdosta several years ago. Mr. Burton was retired from the United States Army...

Annie Shaw

Annie Shaw

Mar 3, 2005

Annie Shaw, 66, of Clyattville, died on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Katie Louise Dawkins Jernigan

Katie Louise Dawkins Jernigan

Mar 3, 2005

Katie Louise Moore Dawkins Jernigan, 82, of Knoxville, Tennessee and formerly of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Thursday, March 3, 2005, at Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. Born on December 15, 1922 in Lanier County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late E. J. and Katie Moore. She was a homemaker and member of Karns Church of Christ. Survivors are...

Harvey Stanford Griffin

Harvey Stanford Griffin

Mar 2, 2005

Harvey Stanford Griffin, 81, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Fort Lauderdale, FL to the late William Howard and Carrie Mae Kelly Griffin, Mr. Griffin graduated from Hahira High School, Class of 1941. He had lived in Valdosta since 1965. Mr. Griffin was a veteran of the Army during WWII and...

Robert L. Rohrbaugh

Robert L. Rohrbaugh

Mar 2, 2005

ROBERT L. ROHRBAUGH, 77, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born on May 24, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Robert T. and Maude Rowan Rohrbaugh and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Rohrbaugh was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the DAV, VFW,...

Charles A. Redish

Charles A. Redish

Mar 1, 2005

CHARLES A. REDISH, 60 of Valdosta died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on August 19, 1944 in Lowndes County to the late Rossie and Agnes Coody Redish and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Redish was an electrician and had been a merchant seaman. He was a...

Nellie Sue Murphy

Nellie Sue Murphy

Feb 28, 2005

Mrs. Nellie Sue Murphy, 62, forty year resident of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 28, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on October 9, 1942 in McRae, GA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Leila Greene Gay. Mrs. Murphy was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith.Mrs. Murphy is survived...

Buran Leslie Redding

Buran Leslie Redding

Feb 28, 2005

BURAN LESLIE REDDING, 96, of Valdosta died on Monday, February 28, 2005 at his daughter’s home in Newberry, Florida after brief illness. He was born on November 28, 1908 in Hahira to the late Thomas Leslie and Hattie Elizabeth Redding and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Redding was a member of the First Assembly of God of...

Lillian May

Lillian May

Feb 27, 2005

Lillian May, 91 of Lake City, FL died on Sunday, February 27, 2005 at The Health Center of Lake City after a brief illness. Born on May 16, 1913 in Eastman, GA, she was the daughter of the late George and Lillie Atkinson. She was a member of the Forrest Street Church of God in Valdosta and a member of...

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