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

James Wheeler
Sep 24, 2005
James Wheeler, 91, of Valdosta, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 17, 1914 in Grady County, Georgia to the late Jessie Raines and Sallie Lou Hines Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was the owner and operator of Valdosta Mattress Company, served in the United States Army from 1943 until 1945, was a member...

Al Holliman
Sep 20, 2005
Al Holliman, 79, of Pascagoula, Ms., died Sunday, September 18, 2005, in Pascagoula. He was a member of Central Church of Christ, serving as an elder and deacon for more than 35 years. He retired in 1992 from Ingalls Shipbuilding after 30 years of service.Mr. Holliman was an only child and was preceded in death by his parents Robert Lewis...

Burma Lee Welch
Sep 19, 2005
Burma Lee Welch, 82 of Valdosta, died on Monday, September 19, 2005. Born on September 29, 1922 in Dade City, FL, she was the daughter of the late Arnie J. and Nonnie Allen Wetherington and the widow of Jack Melton Welch. Mrs. Welch was an Avon Representative and a homemaker. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church.Survivors are sisters...

Ingeborg Burton
Sep 18, 2005
INGEBORG BURTON, 74, of Valdosta died Sunday, September 18, 2005 at her home. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany on April 19, 1931 to the late Karl and Karolina Staruss Zimmerman. Mrs. Burton had lived in Cusseta, Georgia before moving to Valdosta ten years ago. She was a homemaker and a Protestant. Survivors include a daughter in law, Sheila Beach...

Donna Addison
Sep 18, 2005
Donna Addison, 45, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, September 18, 2005, in Lakeland, Georgia. Born in Valdosta, on August 6, 1960, she was the daughter of the late Beatrice Dozier Barkley and William Barkley, Sr. Survivors are her husband, LeRoy Addison of Ft. White, Florida, sons, Robert Tingen of Valdosta, William Addison of Valdosta, brother and sisters, Betty Brantley and...

Francis J. Darlea, Sr.
Sep 16, 2005
FRANCIS J. DARLEA, SR., 89, of Valdosta died Friday, September 16, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Darlea will be cremated and no services will be held. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602 Visitation: Carson McLane Funeral...

Elizabeth Kay Dennis Carter
Sep 15, 2005
ELIZABETH KAY DENNIS CARTER, 59, of North Fort Myers, Fla died Thursday, September 15, 2005 from injuries sustained in an accident. She was born on August 18, 1946 in Logansport, Illinois and had lived in Hahira for many years before moving to North Fort Myers, Fla. Mrs. Carter was a registered nurse.Survivors include her husband, Jimmy H. Carter of North...

Alberta Van Vlake
Sep 15, 2005
Alberta Van Vlake 89, of Valdosta died Thursday, September 15, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 28, 1916 in West Helena, Arkansas to the late Elmer and Hazel Phillips Brewer and had lived in Valdosta for more than forty years. Mrs. Van Vlake owned and operated Van’s Nursery for thirty...

Armond M. Thomas, Sr.
Sep 13, 2005
ARMOND M. THOMAS, SR., 83, of Twin Lakes died Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at the Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 27, 1922 in New River, Florida to the late William and Avoy Thomas and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Thomas was retired from Owens Illinois and a veteran of World War...

Richard James Quinif
Sep 13, 2005
Richard James Quinif, 72, of Valdosta died on Tuesday, September 13, 2005. He was born on December 20, 1932, in Perrysburg, OH. He was the son of the late Jules Quinif and Eva Servais Quinif. He was retired from Owens Illinois and had lived in Valdosta since 1960. He was a member of the Central Avenue Church of Christ. He...

Martha Smith Cooper
Sep 12, 2005
Martha Smith Cooper, 87 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, September 11, 2005 after a lengthy illness. Born on December 11, 1917 in Elizabethtown, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Berry and Alice Rebecca Hanes Smith. Mrs. Cooper was a school teacher in Fargo and in Pearson, teaching a total of 43 years and was a member of...

P. Douglas Harrell
Sep 12, 2005
P. Douglas Harrell, 73 of Valdosta died on Monday, September 12, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences may be conveyed to the family on the Obituary page at mclanefuneralservice.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US...

P. Douglas Harrell
Sep 12, 2005
P. Douglas Harrell, 73 of Valdosta, passed away September 12, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on September 8, 1932 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Edward and Tanzie Culpepper Harrell. He is survived by four aunts and two uncles, Efford and Leota Culpepper, Thelma Culpepper, Charles and Gladys O’Neal and Lillian...

Stephen D. Mcgilvray
Sep 11, 2005
Stephen D. McGilvray, Sr., 48, of Hahira, died Sunday, September 11, 2005 at Memorial Hospital in Adel. He was born in Lowndes County on June 12, 1957 to the late Perry Paul and Betty Snow McGilvray. He was an auto parts salesman and of the Baptist faith.Mr. McGilvray is survived by his mother, Betty McGilvray of Hahira, five children and...

George G. Keen
Sep 10, 2005
George G. Keen, 74, of Valdosta, died Saturday, September 10, 2005 at Lake Haven Nursing Home. Mr. Keen was a sheet metal worker and a veteran of the National Guard.He is survived by three daughters, Shirley Warren of Jasper, GA, Linda Johnson of Jacksonville, FL and Michelle Messimer of Virginia, one son, Ricky Keen of Valdosta, thirteen grandchildren, James Warren...

Tu Hui Hart
Sep 8, 2005
TU HUI HART, 59, of Valdosta died Thursday, September 8, 2005 at her home. She was born on July 30, 1946 in Korea and had lived in Valdosta since 1975.Survivors include two brothers, Kwondoosik and Kwansik, one sister, Kwon Young Hi all of Korea. She was preceded in death by her husband, George B. Hart, Jr.Funeral services will be held...

Henry Stanley Rogers
Sep 6, 2005
Henry Stanley Rogers, 89, died on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at Lakeland Villa in Lakeland, following a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of Valdosta, he was born to the late L. J. (Buck) & Mamie Smith Rogers on October 20, 1915. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp, having served in the South Pacific, including at the...

Adeline Landrum
Sep 4, 2005
ADELINE LANDRUM, 84, of Hahira died Sunday, September 4, 2005 at the Lakehaven Nursing Home. She was born in Breathitt County, Kentucky on February 26, 1921 to the late Rader and Margaret Smith Gross and had lived in Dayton, Ohio before moving to Hahira thirty years ago. Mrs. Landrum was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church and was a...

Johnny Timothy Johnson, Jr.
Sep 4, 2005
Johnny Timothy “Tim” Johnson, Sr., 56, died from a sudden illness on Sunday, September 4, 2005, at South Gergia Medical Center in Valdosta. A native and lifelong resident of Valdosta, he was born on January 1, 1949, to the late Marvin and Hazel Carleen Johnson. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during Vietnam. He was employed...

Johnny(Tim) Johnson
Sep 4, 2005
JOHNNY (TIM) JOHNSON, SR., 56, of Valdosta died Sunday, September 4, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Condolences to the family maybe conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602 Visitation: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North...