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

Nathan Abraham Towery
Feb 8, 2005
Nathan Abraham Towery, 90, of Lake Park for the past 8 years and formerly of Atlanta, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in Valdosta after a brief illness. Born on January 25, 1915 in Atlanta, he was the son of the late Samuel and Viola Johnson Towery. He retired as a fireman for the City of Atlanta. He was a veteran...

Terrance (Terry) Charles Plissey
Feb 8, 2005
Terrance (Terry) Charles Plissey, 54 of Valdosta, GA died on February 8, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta after a brief illness. He was born on April 27, 1950 in Washburn, Maine, the youngest child of the late Thomas and Mary Learnard Plissey. He graduated from Washburn High School, Lee Academy and the University of Texas. A diverse...

Edrie Voigt Moore
Feb 5, 2005
Edrie Voigt Moore, 95, of Valdosta died on Saturday, February 5, 2005 at Woodlands at Cobblestone Nursing Home in Moultrie after a lengthy illness. Born in Lake City Florida to the late George and Birdie Voigt, she was a homemaker and a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church.Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Susan Moore of...

Barbara Templeton Bradford
Feb 4, 2005
Barbara T. Bradford, 66, of Valdosta died on Friday, February 04, 2005. Born in Savannah, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Helen Roberts Templeton. Mrs. Bradford was a substitute teacher for the Lowndes County School system and was a member of Open Bible Baptist Church.Survivors include three daughters and on son-in-law, Dale Culverhouse and Susie Bradford, both...

Anna Mae Burney Weathers
Feb 2, 2005
ANNA MAE BURNEY WEATHERS, 90, of Valdosta died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. She was born on December 18, 1914 in the Dinsmore Community of Jacksonville to the late Marcus T. and Lena Higginbotham Burney. Mrs. Weathers was a member of the Dinsmore Baptist Church.Survivors include a son and...

Bill Boykin
Feb 2, 2005
BILL BOYKIN, 69, of Hahira died Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 15, 1935 in Berrien County to the late Willis and Ruby Suggs Boykin and had lived in Hahira most of his life. Mr. Boykin was a retired roofing contractor and a honorary member of the Lobo...

Ann Crane
Feb 2, 2005
Ann Crane, 84, lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at Emory Dunwoody Medical Center in Dunwoody, GA. Born on June 23, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Susie Maude Murphy Groover. Mrs. Crane attended Dixie Consolidated School and graduated in 1937. She attended Norman Park Junior College and the Baptist Bible Institute...

Neva Hutchinson Rowe
Feb 1, 2005
NEVA HUTCHINSON ROWE, 79, of Valdosta died Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at her home. She was born on March 28, 1925 in Hahira to the late Perry Richard and Neva Ellen Coppage Hutchinson and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Rowe was retired from the Department of Human Resources and a member of the First Baptist Church.Survivors include...

Mary Katherine Stephenson Hafner
Feb 1, 2005
Mary Katherine Stephenson Hafner, 84 of Ocala, FL, passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 in Rome, GA. Born on July 2, 1920 in Remerton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Irene Harris Stephenson of Valdosta. She was of the Methodist faith.She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard & Tammy Hafner of Calhoun, GA;...

Edgar Howard Coody
Feb 1, 2005
Edgar Howard Coody, 82 of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at his residence. Born on April 27, 1922 in Lowndes County, he was the son of the late Richard A. and Mattie Zipperer Coody. He retired from the civil service after 23 years of service and worked as a combination welder for the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston,...

Alberta Lucas
Jan 31, 2005
Alberta (Berta) Lucas, 83, died at her home in Valdosta, on Monday, January 31, 2005 after a long illness. Born in Statenville on October 11, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Payton and Mineva Holton Swilley. Mrs. Lucas was a homemaker who loved to cook and plant flowers in her yard and garden. She enjoyed her family and...

Roy E. (Eddie) Taylor, Jr.
Jan 31, 2005
Eddie Taylor.Valdosta resident Roy Edward Taylor, Jr., 52, died January 31, 2005 after a short illness while visiting family in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eddie, as he was known to all who loved him, was born September 21, 1952 in Douglas, Georgia to Roy Edward Taylor, Sr. and the late Irma Adams Taylor. He graduated from Tift County High School in...

David Howell
Jan 30, 2005
David Howell, 54 of Ft. Worth, Texas, formerly of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at John Peter Smith Hospital in Ft. Worth. He was born on October 3, 1950 in Valdosta, Georgia. Mr. Howell graduated from Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a degree in Computer Science from Valdosta State University. He received his...

Juanita R. Stokes
Jan 27, 2005
Juanita R. Stokes, 62 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 16, 1942 in Clinch County, she was the daughter of the late Razzie O. and Mildred Juanita Hilliard Register. Mrs. Stokes was a secretary at Crossroads Baptist Church. She was a member of Charity Baptist Church.She is survived by her...

John B. Caldwell
Jan 25, 2005
John B. Caldwell, 74, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Born in New Castle, Indiana, on February 25, 1930, Mr. Caldwell was the son of the late John and Hazel Stansberry Caldwell. Longtime resident of Indiana, he had made his home in Valdosta for the past 5 years. Retired from the U.S. Army and from General Motors, he...

John B. Caldwell
Jan 25, 2005
John B. Caldwell, 74, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Born in New Castle, Indiana, on February 25, 1930, Mr. Caldwell was the son of the late John and Hazel Stansberry Caldwell. Longtime resident of Indiana, he had made his home in Valdosta for the past 5 years. Retired from the U.S. Army and from General Motors, he...

Alene N. Prokop
Jan 24, 2005
Alene Prokop, 64, of Statenville, died on Monday, January 24, 2005, at South Georgiia Medical Center in Valdosta. Born in Echols County, Georgia on August 22, 1940, she had lived there most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Wilma Padgett Culpepper. Mrs. Prokop was retired from Sallie’s Beauty Supply. She was a member of...

Loretta Colson Clayton
Jan 24, 2005
Loretta Colson Clayton, 75 of Statenville, GA, died on Monday, January 24, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on May 12, 1929, in Lowndes County, GA she was the daughter of the late John Frank Colson and Lola Carter Colson. She was a member of the Statenville United Methodist Church and the Echols County Historical...

Virginia Carnell Hall Cain
Jan 22, 2005
VIRGINIA CARNELL HALL CAIN, 94, of Hahira died Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Lakehaven Nursing Home in Valdosta after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Cain was born on January 25, 1910 in Hahira to the late Willie and Zoa Taylor Hall and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a devout wife, mother, homemaker, gardener and a...

William S. (Bill) Passmore
Jan 21, 2005
WILLIAM S. (BILL) PASSMORE, 83, of Valdosta died Friday, January 21, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Valdosta on October 27, 1921 to the late Homer M. and Alma Stovall Passmore and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army having served in World War II and a member...