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Sara B. Burroughs
Feb 16, 2006
Sara B. Burroughs, 83 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Born on December 15, 1922 in Naylor, she was the daughter of the late John and Gladys Moore Barker. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors are two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Marie...
Robert Charles Alexander
Feb 15, 2006
Robert Charles Alexander, 81 of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a good life. Born on April 30, 1924 in Shanghai China, he was the son of the late Robert Malone and Charles Jasper Botsford Alexander. He was a World War II veteran having served in the Army Corps of Engineers. He fought...
Mrs. Florence P. Dozier
Feb 15, 2006
Mrs. Florence Peyton Dozier, 91 of Valdosta, GA, died on February 15, 2006 at her residence after a short illness. Born on August 7, 1914 in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Donald, Jr. and Florence Dunmire Peyton and the widow of Thomas A. Dozier. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church....
William Dean Anderson
Feb 14, 2006
William Dean Anderson, 86, of Valdosta since 1946, died on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born on February 19, 1919 in Statesboro, he was the son of the late William Dean and Blanche Crawford Anderson and the widower of Florence Scott Anderson who died in 1994. He graduated from Statesboro High School and attended Georgia...
John Lankford Harper
Feb 12, 2006
John Lankford Harper, 75, of Valdosta, died on February 12, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Irving County to the late James Oliver & Mary Monterey Harper, and formerly of Tifton, Mr. Harper had lived in this area for the past 50 years. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, was of the Baptist faith, and...
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...
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