OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Edyth Groover
May 26, 2006
Edyth Groover, 87, of Valdosta, GA, died Friday, May 26, 2006, at the Langdale Place in Valdosta. Born on February 27, 1919 in Greensburg, KY, she was the daughter of the late Clay and Clarice Curry and the widow of Fred Groover who died in 1972. She graduated from Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY in 1939 and was a member of...
Johnnie Mae Burkhalter
May 25, 2006
Johnnie Mae Burkhalter, 86 of Milwaukee, WI and formerly of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 25, 2006 at her residence. Born on January 28, 1920 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ancil and Carrie Viola Touchton Burkhalter. Ms. Burkhalter lived in Milwaukee most of her life working for General Motors/Delphi Corporation. She celebrated her 50th...
Leon Jay Andrews
May 25, 2006
Leon Jay Andrews, 48, of Jennings, Florida, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia. He was born August 1, 1957, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Glen and Orvelda Andrews. He lived in the New Sharon – Oskaloosa area until the family moved to Marshalltown, Iowa in 1970. He graduated in 1976 from Marshalltown High...
Jamie D. Carroll
May 23, 2006
Jamie D. Carroll, 92, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on November 1, 1913, he was the son of the late W. W. Carroll and Christine Davis Carroll Wilcox. He was the widower of Lida Frances Garbutt Carroll who died in 2003. Mr. Carroll was an active...
Mrs. Dorothy Hudson
May 23, 2006
Mrs. Dorothy Hudson, 66 of Lake Park died on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, May 26, 2006 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral...
Samuel Jones Mitchell, Jr.
May 22, 2006
SAMUEL JONES MITCHELL, JR. Samuel Jones (Sam) Mitchell, Jr., 78, of Valdosta passed away on Monday, May 22, 2006 at his home after a short illness. He was the son of the late Martha Eugenia Mallette and Samuel Jones Mitchell, Sr. of Thomasville, Georgia. Sam was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church and the Grace Denis Sunday School...
Ralph Aaron Chitty
May 20, 2006
Ralph Aaron Chitty, 85, of Valdosta, died Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, TN. He was born on October 4, 1920 in Valdosta to the late Milton Frank and Sallie Jane Futch Chitty. Mr. Chitty was retired from the United States Postal Service, was a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Westside Baptist Church,...
Jimmy Tucker
May 17, 2006
Jimmy Tucker, 68, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. He was born on August 24, 1937 in Nashville, GA to the late Jim Richard and Alyne Sizemore Tucker. Mr. Tucker was a member of North Valdosta Church of God.He is survived by one brother and sister in law, Billy and Evelyn Tucker of Valdosta,...
William (Willie) L. Myers
May 16, 2006
William “Willie” L. Myers, 65, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on July 6, 1940 in Valdosta he was the son of Johnye Myers and the late Laura Copeland Myers of Valdosta. Mr. Myers was a veteran of the United States Army and was of the...
Marcie Bell Stegall Lane
May 15, 2006
Marcie Bell Stegall Lane, 75 of Lake Park died on Monday, May 15, 2006 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. There will be no local services. She will be cremated according to her wishes. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson...
Steve Andrew Mccann
May 11, 2006
STEVE ANDREW McCANN, 58, of Lake Park died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at his home. He was born on February 15, 1948 in Dade County, California and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. He was a Baptist.Survivors include his wife, Mary Helen McCann of Lake Park, his mother, Viola Mae McCann of Ray City, sister and brother in...
William Donald (Don) Galloway
May 11, 2006
WILLIAM DONALD (DON) GALLOWAY, 58, of Lake Park passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was a devoted husband and a deeply loving father, brother and son. He was born on October 13, 1947 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida to Vernell and the late Reo Galloway. He attended Ponce De Leon High School in Ponce...
Clara Juanita Mckee
May 10, 2006
Clara Juanita McKee, 83 of Blackshear, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA.Mrs. McKee was born on September 10, 1922 in Blackshear to the late Allen Marion Davis and Marguerite Belle Davis. She had lived in Blackshear all of her life. She was a graduate of Blackshear High School. She retired...
Mary J. Dunn
May 9, 2006
Mary J. Dunn, 67 of Valdosta, GA died on Saturday, May 06, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on February 22, 1939 in Indianapolis, IN she was the daughter of the late Philip Joseph and Leona Catherine Clements Seyfried and the widow of Peter Jan Dunn. She was also preceded in death by two infant daughters. Mrs....
Joel M. "Joe" Barrett
May 8, 2006
Joel M. “Joe” Barrett, 70, of Lake Park stepped out of his boots and took a day off of work to take care of more important business, and that was to meet his Savior. Joe passed away at his residence, on May 8, 2006, surrounded by family, after a lengthy illness. He was born on September 2, 1935, to the...
Boone Marion Vernon
May 8, 2006
Boone Marion Vernon, 86 of Valdosta, died on Monday, May 08, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 17, 1920 in Earl, AR, he was the son of the late Henry Vernon and Gertrude Vernon. Mr. Vernon was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of First Baptist Church.He was preceded in death by his...
Frank L. Barrentine
May 7, 2006
Frank L. Barrentine, 70 of Valdosta died on Sunday, May 07, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on May 4, 1936 in Stockton, he was the son of the late Ivey S. and Goldie Estelle Harris Barrentine and the widower of Marilyn Spicer Barrentine. He loved to play Bingo at the Knights of Columbus and...
Rebecca Jean Bowman
May 5, 2006
REBECCA JEAN BOWMAN, 47, of Hahira died Friday, May 5, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on June 13, 1958 in Hahira to Arlene Patterson Ritchie and the late Frank Ritchie and was a member of the Church of God.Survivors include her husband, Leroy Bowman, Sr. of Hahira, four children, Dottie Bowman, Jennie...
Charles H. Stuart, Jr.
May 5, 2006
Charles H. Stuart, Jr., 75, of Lake Park, died Friday, May 5, 2006 at his home. He was born on October 24, 1930 in Early County, GA to the late Charles Henry Stuart, Sr. and Nora Lucile Phillips Stuart. Mr. Stuart was retired from the United States Air Force and was a member of Hahira First Baptist Church.He is survived...
Billie Rosebrough Mccullough
May 5, 2006
Willie Howell Rosebrough “Billie” McCullough, 96, of Valdosta, and the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, Georgia, died on Friday, May 5, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia. Formerly of Shreveport, Louisiana, she was born June 14, 1909, in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Emma Howell McMahon and Radford Williams Rosebrough, Sr. Mrs. McCullough was a member...






