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

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...

Frances Greene Mathis
Jan 21, 2005
Frances Greene Mathis, 81, of Valdosta, died on Friday, January 21, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Frances was born on March 10, 1923 to the late Dan L. and Etta Greene. She was a homemaker.Frances is survived by a daughter and fiancé, Sonia White and Ron Myers of Brooks County; a daughter and son in law, Gloria...

Henry J. Newman
Jan 19, 2005
HENRY J. NEWMAN, 81, of Valdosta died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at his home after a short illness. He was born in Cochran, Georgia on February 3, 1923 to the late Hank and Lula Mae Dowling Newman and had lived in this area all of his life. Mr. Newman was retired from Sears as an electronic technician and a veteran...

Robert Elliott (Bob) Stiefel
Jan 17, 2005
Robert Elliott (Bob) Stiefel, 72, of Valdosta, died Monday, January 17, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Burlington, Iowa to the late George Frederick and Luella Viola Leicht Stiefel on March 23, 1932. Mr. Stiefel was a member of the First Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Leslie Hart Stiefel, one daughter, Lydia Ann Stiefel, both...

Jon Corn Schroer
Jan 16, 2005
Jon Corn Schroer, 91 of Ray City, died on Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland, GA. Born on September 11, 1913 in Valdosta, she was the daughter of the late A. D. Corn Sr. and Marion Burton Corn. She was a lifetime member of First Christian Church where she was the first woman elder. She...

J. D. (Jay) Dishner
Jan 15, 2005
J.D. (Jay) Dishner, 74, of Lake Park, Georgia, died on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at his home after a lengthy illness. Formerly of Tucson, Arizona, he had made his home in Lake Park since 1988. Mr. Dishner was born in Jonesboro, Tennessee, on September 19, 1930, the son of the late Clyde and Roxie Dishner. He served with the U.S....

Annie Lee Nolan Garrett
Jan 15, 2005
Annie Lee Nolan Garrett, 93, of Valdosta, died Saturday, January 15, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland, GA. She was born on December 12, 1911 in Atkinson County, GA to the late Charles B. and Liza Jane Metts Nolan. Mrs. Nolan was a Sales Clerk, a member of the Catholic faith, member of Golden Ages and the Knights...

Faye Mobley Johnson Vick
Jan 15, 2005
Fay Mobley Johnson Vick, 62, of Brooks County, died on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences may be conveyed online under obituaries at www.mclanefuneralservices.com Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Faye Mobley Johnson Vick
Jan 15, 2005
Faye Mobley Johnson Vick, 62, died on Saturday, January 15, 2005, at her home in Brooks County. Born in Lowndes County, July 15, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Charlie F. and Carrie Dell Sadler Mobley. She had retired from ceramic making and was a member of Redland Church of Christ. Preceded in death by her parents, a...

Curtis J. Cone
Jan 14, 2005
CURTIS J. CONE, 75, of Valdosta died Friday, January 14, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Thomasville on January 27, 1929 to the late Jesse Dallas and Idella Sheffield Cone and was raised by his aunt, Mrs. Clifford Cone. He was with the Valdosta Fire Department form 1952-1991 serving as assistant fire chief for thirty years....

Ronald R. Green
Jan 14, 2005
Ronald R. Green, 62 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born on July 3, 1942 in Lowndes County. He retired from the Lowndes County Sherrif’s Department as a Lieutenant and was of the Christian Faith. He was a Mason and a Shriner and was a member of...

Gayle Luke. Broxson
Jan 13, 2005
Gayle Luke Broxson, 65, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 13, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Waycross on December 20, 1939, Mrs. Broxson was the daughter of the late T.J. and Edith Adams Luke and widow of James Crawford “Jimmy” Broxson. She was associated with Luke Realty for 25 years, was active with...

James Preston Croft
Jan 12, 2005
James Preston Croft, 65, of Hahira, died Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Berlin, GA on September 5, 1939 to the late James Wilson and Eddie Bernice Crawford Croft. Mr. Croft was retired from Weyerhauser in Adel.He is survived by his wife, Laura Croft of Hahira, two daughters and...

Chisato (Dee Dee) Leonard
Jan 11, 2005
Chisato (Dee Dee) Leonard, 73 of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at her residence. Born on March 31, 1932 in Karatsu City, Japan, she was the daughter of the late Kokichi and Iso Inaba. Mrs. Leonard was a homemaker and a member of Lake Park Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Robert Leonard of Lake Park; sons...

Benny F. Gibbs
Jan 10, 2005
BENNY F. GIBBS, 65, of Hahira died Monday, January 10, 2005 at his home. He was born on October 17, 1939 in Cook County to the late Kenneth Lummie and Nell Howell Gibbs and was a lifelong resident of Cook and Lowndes counties. Mr. Gibbs was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a Drywall Contractor.Survivors include two...

Lawton Hughes
Jan 9, 2005
Lawton Hughes, 90 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, January 9, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on December 5, 1914 in Echols County, he was the son of the late Arthur and Lula Lightsey Hughes. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Forrest Street Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law,...

Joyce Mullis Weeks
Jan 9, 2005
Joyce Mullis Weeks, 76 of Valdosta, died on Sunday, January 9, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. Born on March 16, 1928 in Tifton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Daniel L. and Annie Ruth Fagin Mullis. Mrs. Weeks retired from Sears and had worked in Customer Service there. She was a member of Grace Community...