OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

James Simon Nash

James Simon Nash

Feb 12, 2005

James Simon (Slick) Nash, 77, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, February 12, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home with burial at Carter Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6 until...

Jean Scorbintini Imprescia

Jean Scorbintini Imprescia

Feb 11, 2005

Jean Scorbintini Imprescia, 90 , of the Presbyterian Home in Quitman and formerly of Valdosta, died on February 11, 2005. Mrs. Imprescia was cremated and her cremains were interred with her husband at Riverview Memorial Gardens. A memorial service will be held in New York sometime this spring. Condolences may be conveyed online at obituaries at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral...

Lula A. Mitchell

Lula A. Mitchell

Feb 11, 2005

Lula A. (Ann) Mitchell, 60, lifetime resident of Naylor, died on Friday, February 11, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Valdosta on September 18, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Christine Taylor Haywood and widow of the late Ernest T. Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell was retired from the Moody Air Force...

Ruth Bryan Reddy

Ruth Bryan Reddy

Feb 11, 2005

Ruth Bryan Reddy, 90, of Hahira, died Friday, February 11, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Hahira on March 18, 1914 to the late Jesse Lee Bryan, Sr. and Cora Elizabeth Webb Bryan. Mrs. Reddy was a hairdresser and owned Hahira Beauty Shop for forty years. She was a member of the Hahira United Methodist Church, Mattie Webb...

Royce A. Noles

Royce A. Noles

Feb 11, 2005

Royce Ancil Noles, 84, of Valdosta, died Friday, February 11, 2005 at Fellowship Home in Brooks County. He was born on April 24, 1920 in Berrien County to the late Richard Ancil and Rosie Virginia Johnson Noles. Mr. Noles served in the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1937 – 1939 and was a Veteran of the U.S. Army having served in...

Roy Grimes, Jr.

Roy Grimes, Jr.

Feb 10, 2005

Roy Grimes, Jr., 36 of Valdosta, Georgia and formerly of Dothan, Alabama, died on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on December 31, 1968 in Geneva, Alabama. He was employed as a Lead Supervisor at Hood Packaging and attended Trinity Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife, Melisa Grimes of Valdosta; two...

John Edward (Pee Wee) Thompson, Sr.

John Edward (Pee Wee) Thompson, Sr.

Feb 10, 2005

John Edward (Pee Wee) Thompson, Sr., 63 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on July 29, 1941 in Lowndes County, he was the son of the late Clarence Edward, Sr. and Jewell Lightsey Thompson. He retired from the maintenance department at Wild Adventures and was a member of...

Tammy Tearesa Joiner

Tammy Tearesa Joiner

Feb 10, 2005

Tammy Tearesa Joiner, 39, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, February 10, 2005, after a long illness. Born on May 25, 1965, in Valdosta, she was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ and the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Survivors are her husband, Ronnie L. Joiner, daughter, Cheyenne Elaine Joiner, sons, Ronnie Shane Joiner, Brandon Lewis Joiner all of Valdosta;...

Don F. Reames

Don F. Reames

Feb 9, 2005

Don F. Reames, 58, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Lakeland, Florida on May 3, 1946, to the late Louis R. & Mary Alice Reames, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. In 1964, he graduated from Valdosta High School and from Valdosta State University in 1968....

Fannie Belle Dampier

Fannie Belle Dampier

Feb 8, 2005

FANNIE BELLE DAMPIER, 89, of Valdosta and formerly of Lanier County died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Born on August 8, 1915 in Berrien County, she was the daughter of the late Pearl and Ada Williams Knowles\, and was a lifelong resident of this area. After raising seven children Mrs. Dampier worked...

Nathan Abraham Towery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...