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

Eugene F. "Rawhide" Fender
Mar 13, 2005
Eugene F. “Rawhide” Fender, 65, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, March 13, 2005. Mr. Fender was born in Valdosta to the late Eugene F. Fender and to Estelle E. Fender Scruggs, and was a lifelong resident of this area. He attended Valdosta High School and Valdosta Business College. Mr. Fender was employed by the City of Valdosta, had also worked...

Icyphene Parrish Dykes
Mar 13, 2005
ICYPHENE PARRISH DYKES, 97, of Valdosta died Sunday, March 13, 2005 at her home. She was born on February 20, 1908 in Adel to the late Cyrus and Selina Rentz Parrish and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Dykes was a member of the Forrest Park Church of Christ. Survivors include three daughters and two sons in law,...

Frederick Blakely Morecroft
Mar 12, 2005
Frederick Blakely Morecroft, 54, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, March 12, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Buffalo, New York, on July 15, 1950, he was the son of Blakely and Virginia Harding Morecroft. A Valdosta resident since 1991 he was formerly of Tenafly, New Jersey. Mr. Morecroft served in the U.S. Air Force...

Annie Elizabeth Crosby Peace
Mar 12, 2005
Annie Elizabeth Crosby Peace, 96 of Valdosta died on Saturday, March 12, 2005 after a lengthy illness. She was born May 23, 1908 in Brooks County a descendent of pioneer Brooks County families. She was the daughter of the late William Peter Crosby and Mattie Pearl Lee Crosby. She was married on October 3, 1926 to Benjamin Claude Peace of...

Larry W. Greene
Mar 12, 2005
Larry W. Greene, Sr. 64, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, March 12, 2005, at his residence following a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of this area, Mr. Greene was born in Valdosta to the late Harris S. & Annie Mae Crumbley Greene. Mr. Greene attended Valdosta High School where he played football from 1957 – 1959. He had served...

Fay Simpson Rountree
Mar 11, 2005
Fay Simpson Rountree, 68, of Valdosta, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 23, 1936 in Brooks County, GA to the late A. B. and Ruby Cannon Simpson. Mrs. Rountree was a homemaker and a member of Morningside Baptist Church.She is survived by two sons and daughters in law, Danny and Denise...

Matthew (Matt) Michael Jones
Mar 11, 2005
Matthew (Matt) Michael Jones, 20, of Valdosta died Friday, March 11, 2005 from a motorcycle accident. He was born April 11, 1984 in Utica, New York to Steve and Natalie Laneve Jones. Matt was a graduate of Lowndes High School and was currently a student at Valdosta State University. He was a member of the Faith Baptist Church and employed...

Jeanette A. Meeks
Mar 11, 2005
Jeanette A. Meeks, 69 of Berrien County, died on Friday, March 11, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on December 30, 1935 in Waycross, she was the daughter of the late, C. A. and Clio Mercer Allen. She was a graduate of Waycross High School. Mrs. Meeks retired from the restaurant business and was a homemaker. She was a...
Bessie Eloise Bennett
Mar 10, 2005
Bessie Eloise Bennett, 73, lifetime resident of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on May 7, 1931 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Bessie Eloyce Blackmon Sutton. Mrs. Bennett was the widow of the late Clarence Leon Bennett. She retired from Strickland Mills and...

Nell Parrish
Mar 10, 2005
Nell Parrish, 90, of Hahira, formerly of Lakeland, GA, died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. She was born on August 15, 1914 in Hahira to the late William Elhannon and Mayme Edna Turner Redding. Mrs. Parrish was a homemaker and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.She is survived by two nephews, John Crowley and...

Joseph William Weeks
Mar 9, 2005
JOSEPH WILLIAM “BILL” WEEKS, 86, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at his home. He was born on September 2, 1918 in Winfield, Alabama to the late Otis and Elizabeth Phillips Weeks and had lived in Lowndes County since 1986. Mr. Weeks was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a member of America’s Ex Prisoners of War...

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
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
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...

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....

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...

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.
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
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
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...