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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...
Richard James Herrick
Mar 5, 2005
Richard James Herrick, 59, of Lake Park, died at his residence on March 5, 2005. He was born in Syracuse, NY on November 23, 1945 to Richard Herrick and the late Juanita Smith Herrick. He was employed as Assistant Vice President of Electronics Scientific Instruments, Inc.He is survived by his wife, Charon Brenner Herrick; two daughters, Stacey Morrow of Jupiter,...
Annie Shaw
Mar 3, 2005
Annie Shaw, 66, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born December 05, 1938, in Naylor, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Lula Cone Lightsey. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of this area.Survivors include two daughters and a son in law, Annie Mildred Shaw Perez and fiancé, Ramond Corn of...
Emerson S. Burton
Mar 3, 2005
EMERSON S. BURTON, 89, of Valdosta died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on December 13, 1915 in Steubenville, Ohio to the late William Thomas and Mae Marie Barrett Burton and had lived in Cusseta, Georgia before moving to Valdosta several years ago. Mr. Burton was retired from the United States Army...
Annie Shaw
Mar 3, 2005
Annie Shaw, 66, of Clyattville, died on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602
Katie Louise Dawkins Jernigan
Mar 3, 2005
Katie Louise Moore Dawkins Jernigan, 82, of Knoxville, Tennessee and formerly of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Thursday, March 3, 2005, at Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. Born on December 15, 1922 in Lanier County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late E. J. and Katie Moore. She was a homemaker and member of Karns Church of Christ. Survivors are...
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