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Mary Agnes Davis Godwin
Feb 11, 2006
Mary Agnes Davis Godwin, 67 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006 after a short illness. Born on April 18, 1938 in Pearson, GA, she was the daughter of P. W. and Blanche Davis of Valdosta. She was a homemaker and of the Seventh Day Adventist faith.Other survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Sandye and Julio Colon of Valdosta;...
A. Colin Mcrae
Feb 11, 2006
A. Colin McRae, 73 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on November 6, 1932 in Brooks County, he was the son of the late John Knox and Annie Lou Bowen McRae. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he was a deacon and taught in the...
Archie Butler
Feb 11, 2006
Archie Butler, 92 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a short illness. Born on January 31, 1914 in Sumter, SC, he was the son of the late Roman D. and Lula May Hodge Butler. Mr. Butler drove a public bus for Mr. Zant for several years and later operated his own...
Dorothy Perry Rolfe
Feb 10, 2006
DOROTHY PERRY ROLFE, 68, of Lake Park died Friday, February 10, 2006 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 16, 1937 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Benjamin and Dorothy Hernburger Perry and had lived in Lowndes County for many years. Mrs. Rolfe was a Methodist and had worked in the gift shop at Cracker...
Gordon Edward Mayer
Feb 10, 2006
Gordon E. Mayer, 50, of Valdosta, died on Friday, Feb 10, 2006 after a brief illness. He was born on December 24, 1955 in Valdosta to the late Leonard H. & Mattie Ruth Mayer. Gordon attended Leila Ellis and Sallas-Mahone Elementary School as a child, graduating from Lowndes High School. He furthered his education at Valdosta Vocational Technical School, continuing...
Margie Ann Adams
Feb 9, 2006
Margie Adams, 65, of Pavo, GA died Thursday, February 9, 2006 at her residence. She was born on July 24, 1940 in Brooks County, GA to the late Jack F. and Cobbie Mae Crosby Williams. Mrs. Adams was a homemaker and a member of Welcome Hill Church of Christ.She is survived by two daughters and sons in law, Belinda and...
Ben T. Johnson
Feb 9, 2006
BEN T. JOHNSON, 63, of Valdosta died Thursday, February 9, 2006 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 25, 1942 in Lowndes County to Carolyn Burgsteiner Johnson and the late Carl David Johnson, Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Central Church of Christ...
Helen T. Marks
Feb 9, 2006
Helen T. Marks (nee` Oeters) died on Thursday, February 9, 2006 in Quitman, after a short illness. She was born October 14, 1920, to the late Harold and Helen Hine Oeters, and she was proud to be a “Brooklynite.” She graduated from Girls Commercial High School and was an English major at Wilson College. During WWII, she worked in Washington,...
Billie Dudley Lanier Schwiebert
Feb 9, 2006
Billie Dudley Lanier Schwiebert, 94, died on Thursday, February 9, 2006, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Billie was born on September 9, 1911 at Bemis, Georgia to William Eli and Julia (Haigwood) Dudley. Her family had lived in this area since her grandfather came to Valdosta after the War Between The States, and began buying and selling land, including...
Sammie Maniuse Smith
Feb 8, 2006
Sammie M. Smith, 72, of Valdosta, died at his home on Wednesday, February 8, 2006. Born in Union County, Florida, he was the son of the late Carl M. and Lena Newsome Smith. Mr. Smith served his country during the Korean Conflict with the U.S. Navy and had made his home in Valdosta since 1955. Mr. Smith worked with BellSouth...
Linwood Porter
Feb 7, 2006
LINWOOD PORTER, 60, of Valdosta died Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at his home. He was born on November 28, 1945 in Valdosta to the late Rev. A.J. and Mary Devara Tomlinson Porter and was lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Porter was retired from the Southern Railway and a member of the Forrest Street Church of God. He had served as...
Bonnie Jean Carman
Feb 6, 2006
Bonnie Carman, 59, of Valdosta, died suddenly Monday, February 6, 2006 at her residence. She was born on July 12, 1946 in Lexington, Kentucky. Mrs. Carman was a nurse.She is survived by her husband, Garry Carman of Valdosta, two sons and daughters in law, Sean and Kelly Carman of Lake City, FL and Jeffrey and Angie Carman of Shreveport, Louisiana,...
Sandi Brown
Feb 6, 2006
Sandi Brown, 53, of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 6, 2006 following a short illness. Mrs. Brown was born in Butler, GA on July 15, 1952 and had lived in this area for the past 25 years. She was a loving wife and mother and was an active, strong willed woman who took care of her family, her home, and...
William T. Barch
Feb 4, 2006
WILLIAM T. BARCH, 88, of Allentown, PA. died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at Westminster Village in Allentown. Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Virgil and Miriam Kerr Barch. He was reared by his stepmother the late Iley Upton Barch. He received his economics degree from Hiram Ohio College in 1941. Mr. Barch trained as...
Hugh L. Watson
Feb 4, 2006
HUGH L. WATSON, 87, of Valdosta died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born on September 8, 1918 in Etowah, Tennessee to the late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Watson and had lived in Valdosta since 1953. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Mr. Watson was a retired salesman...
Donna Lynn Clayton Hancock
Feb 3, 2006
Donna Lynn Clayton Hancock, 44 of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 03, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on September 30, 1961 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of James and Mae Nell Barrentine Clayton of Valdosta. She was a member of Ministry Baptist Church. Survivors are a daughter, Sabrina Hancock of Valdosta; a son, Jonathan Hancock...
Joann Sells Powell
Feb 3, 2006
JoAnn Powell, 71, of Lake Park, died at her home after a lengthy illness on Friday, February 3, 2006. Daughter of the late Hazel Austin and Jesse E. Sells, she was born in Winder, Georgia on October 8, 1934. Mrs. Powell was a career mother and a member of the River of Life Family Worship Center. She had worked in...
Tommy Ray (Hillbilly) Lenoir
Feb 3, 2006
TOMMY RAY (HILLBILLY) LENOIR, 52, of Valdosta died Friday, February 3, 2006 in South Carolina from injuries sustained in a trucking accident. He was born on October 7, 1953 in Chilton County, Alabama and had lived in Valdosta for twelve years. Mr. Lenoir was a member of the Redland Baptist Church and a truck driver for WTI Transport. He had...
Lamar Culbreth
Feb 1, 2006
Lamar Culbreth, 78, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Born in Jennings, FL to the late Alvin & Irene Scaff Culbreth, he had lived the majority of his life in this area. Mr. Culbreth is a veteran of the Navy, having served in WWII; he then attended and received his Bachelors of Science Degree...
Allie Guess Webb
Jan 31, 2006
Allie Guess Webb, 93, of Hahira, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Smith Northview Hospital. She was born on July 27, 1912 in Fitzgerald, GA to the late A. B. Guess, Sr. and Phoebie Gunby Guess. Mrs. Webb was employeed by Burdine’s Department Store in Fort Lauderdale, FL, was a member of Hahira United Methodist Church and was very active...
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