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

William Albert Duffield
Jan 1, 2005
William Albert Duffield, 82 of Valdosta for 24 years, died on Saturday, January 1, 2005 at his residence. Born on February 15, 1922 in Akron, OH, he was the son of the late Walter and Maude Duffield. Mr. Duffield retired as a machinist from Eastern Airlines and was a retired United States Navy veteran. He was of the Baptist faith.Survivors...

Mrs. John Furman Stewart
Jan 1, 2005
Mrs. John Furman Stewart, 79, died Saturday, January 1, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Stewart, formerly Clo Reita King, was the only child of the late Rubye Maloney and Corbett Mitchell King of Brooks County, GA. She was the great great granddaughter of the late Willis King, early settler of Brooks County.Mrs. Stewart was born in...

Evelyn Frances Lindsey
Dec 30, 2004
Evelyn Lindsey, 87, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 31, 2004, after a lengthy illness. Born in Lowndes County to the late Reuben Benjamin Harnage & Sudie Ellen Reaves Harnage, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Lindsey had attended Corinth Baptist Church.Survivors include two sons and daughters in law, Glenn & Violet McCranie of Grandy, NC,...

Martha Alice Kutzli
Dec 30, 2004
Martha Alice Kutzli, 83 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 30, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on January 5, 1921 in Abbeville, GA, she was the daughter of the late James Madison and Naomi Evans Williford. She retired from years of service at Pine Grove School. Mrs. Kutzli was of the Baptist faith.Survivors are daughters and sons-in-law, Sena...

Etta Mae Lanier
Dec 29, 2004
Etta Mae McWilliams Lanier, 94, died on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 in Lakeland, Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 2, 2005, at First Baptist Church in Ft. Ogden, Florida with burial at the Ft. Ogden Cemetery. Reverend Wayne Earnest will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:30p.m. until 2 p.m. at the church...

Bessie Mae Price
Dec 29, 2004
Bessie M. PriceBessie M. Price, 93, of Hahira died Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on September 14, 1911 in Dorton, Kentucky to the late Lee and Bitha McPeek Belcher and had lived in Hahira since 1982. Mrs. Price enjoyed working in her yard and crocheting. She was a member...

Dr. Sharon Kinkade
Dec 29, 2004
DR. SHARON KINKADEDR. SHARON KINKADE, 67, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on June 18, 1937 in McLeansboro, Illinois to the late Charles Omer Sims and Velma Ellen Snyder Sims and had lived in Valdosta since 1991. Dr. Kinkade graduated with her Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate Degrees...

Margaret Mccranie Arnold
Dec 29, 2004
Margaret McCranie Arnold, 85 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at her residence. Born on April 15, 1919, in Eastman, GA, she was the daughter of the late Jackson and Sarah Hendrix McCranie. She was an active member of the Lee Street Baptist Church, now known as Crossroads Baptist Church. Mrs. Arnold was also a Pink Lady at...

Talley C. Mathis
Dec 29, 2004
Talley C. Mathis, Army Ret. SFC, (Big Papa), 77, of Hahira, died Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 12, 1927 in Berrien County, GA to the late Talley C. Mathis, Sr. and Maude E. Devane Mathis. Mr. Mathis was retired from the United States Army having served from 1945 until 1965. He...

William Lon Chaney, Sr.
Dec 29, 2004
William Lon Chaney, Sr., 72 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at his residence. Born on February 11, 1932 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Elias and Mary Alberta Sims Chaney. Mr. Chaney was a retired teacher from Valdosta Technical Institute and a veteran of the United States Marines. He was a member of the...

Loris Bostick Lunsford
Dec 26, 2004
LORIS B. LUNSFORD, 96, of Valdosta died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a short illness. She was born on October 19, 1908 in Red Bay, Alabama to the late Olen Bostick and Tenie Chloe Bishop Bostick and had lived in Dawson, GA before moving to Valdosta in 2001. Mrs. Lunsford was a member of...

Loris Bostick Lunsford
Dec 26, 2004
LORIS B. LUNSFORD, 96, of Valdosta died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman after a short illness. She was born on October 19, 1908 in Red Bay, Alabama to the late Olen Bostick and Tenie Chloe Bishop Bostick and had lived in Dawson, GA before moving to Valdosta in 2001. Mrs. Lunsford was a member of...

Willis L. Miller, Jr.
Dec 25, 2004
WILLIS L. MILLER, JR, 89, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 25, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Lakeland, GA on November 22, 1915 to the late W. L. (Lint) and Lena Lee Miller. Mr. W. L. Miller, Sr. started Miller Hardware and Furniture Company in Lakeland in 1908. Mr. Willis L. Miller, Jr. moved to Valdosta in 1947...

Dr. Robert Denman Fisher
Dec 25, 2004
DR. ROBERT DENMAN FISHERDR. ROBERT DENMAN FISHER, 76, of Valdosta died Saturday, December 25, 2004 at his home. He was born on September 28, 1928 in Mansfield, Ohio to the late Paul Louis and Helen Richard Fisher and had lived in Valdosta since 1973. Dr. Fisher was a veteran of the United States Navy and United States Army and a...

Lester Franklin Warren, Jr.
Dec 24, 2004
LESTER FRANKLIN WARREN, JR., 61, of Sparks died Friday, December 24, 2004. He was born on September 23, 1943 in Lowndes County and had lived in Cook County for many years. Mr. Warren was the son of the late Lester Franklin Warren, Sr. and the late Mamie Young Smith of Valdosta. He was a salesman with the Adel Trading Company...

Isaac William Killgore, Jr.
Dec 22, 2004
ISAAC WILLIAM KILLGORE, JR., 81, of Valdosta died Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born on February 15, 1923 in Valdosta to the late Isaac William, Sr. and Florence Ray Killgore and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Killgore owned and operated Killgore Plumbing Company in Valdosta and was a member of the...

Robert David "Bob" Bennett
Dec 22, 2004
Robert David (Bob) Bennett, 77 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at his residence. Born on July 10, 1927 in Sylvania, GA, he was the son of the late Robert H. (Bud) and Leona Crews Bennett. He was reborn in Christ by baptism in 1937. He had been an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Valdosta...

Mary Alice Adams Gibbs
Dec 21, 2004
MARY ALICE ADAMS GIBBSMARY ALICE ADAMS GIBBS, 63, of Hahira died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Brooks County on December 15, 1941 to the late David Martin and Mary Eunice Adams and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mrs. Gibbs attended the Hahira Church of God.Survivors include her husband, Benny Gibbs of...

Pearlie Powers Dupree
Dec 21, 2004
Pearlie P. Dupree, 93 of Hudson, FL and formerly of Lowndes County, died on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at Bayonet Point Health and Rehab in Hudson. Born on April 16, 1911 in Cook County, she was the daughter of the late James J. and Nancy Bostick Powers. She was of the Primitive Baptist faith.Survivors are a daughter, Shirley Oliver of...

Mary Theron Roberts Henderson
Dec 20, 2004
MARY THERON ROBERTS HENDERSON, 86, of Roswell and formerly of Valdosta passed away peacefully on December 20, 2004 in Atlanta, GA. Born in Lowndes County on December 26, 1917 to the late Elizabeth Woodward Roberts and Leland Strickland Roberts. Mrs. Henderson was a graduate of Valdosta High School Class of 1935 and met her husband during World War II while...