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

Irvin Rowland Roberts
Dec 5, 2004
Irvin Rowland Roberts, 94 of Jacksonville, FL, died on Sunday, December 5, 2004 at St. Catherine’s Nursing Home in Jacksonville. Born on March 20, 1910 in Howell, Echols Co., GA, he was the son of the late Irvin Reason I. R. (Bud) and Lura Dorothy (Dee) Carter Roberts. He was a WWII veteran of the United States Navy. Mr. Roberts...

Oscar C. Carter
Dec 5, 2004
Oscar C. Carter, 89, of Echols County, died on Sunday, December 5, 2004. Lifetime resident of Echols County, he was born on January 27, 1915, the son of the late Dailey and Margaret Carter. Mr. Carter was a WWII, U.S. Army Veteran. He was a farmer and a member of Sardis Baptist Church. Survivors are his children and their spouses,...

Ruth Spikes Atkins
Dec 5, 2004
Ruth Spikes Atkins, 74 of Hogansville, GA, died on Sunday, December 5, 2004. She had lived in Hogansville for six weeks and in Valdosta most of her life. Born on February 1, 1930 in Willacoochee, GA, she was the daughter of the Oren and Jessie Flanders Spikes and the widow of Felton Lamar Atkins. Mrs. Atkins was of the Baptist...

Linda Crouch Wetherington
Dec 5, 2004
Linda Crouch Wetherington, 56 of Hahira and formerly of Atlanta, died on Sunday, December 5, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on July 26, 1948 in Valdosta and was a member of the Azalea City Church of God. Mrs. Wetherington was a very loving mother, grandmother, and a very strong woman with a...

George A. Morrison
Dec 5, 2004
George A. Morrison, 87, of Northport, AL died Sunday, December 5, 2004 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL. He was born in Ohio on September 20, 1917 to the late Charles Lee and Nancy Ellen Watkins Morrison. He was a retired postmaster and an army veteran. Mr. Morrison is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mae Jones...

Theda Pittman
Dec 4, 2004
Theda Cowart Pittman, 89, of Valdosta, died Saturday, December 4, 2004 at Heritage House Nursing Home. She was born in Hahira on November 12, 1915 to the late Gordon and Lula Duggan Cowart. Mrs. Pittman was a retired school bus driver and a member of Pineview Baptist Church.She is survived by one son, Wallace Fields of Hahira, two daughters and...

Bobby Gene Kent
Dec 3, 2004
Bobby Gene Kent, 69, died on Friday, December 3, 2004, at home in Lake Park. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences may be conveyed at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Funeral Home: Carson McLane Funeral Home 2215 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA US 31602

Bobby G. Kent
Dec 3, 2004
Bobby G. Kent, 69 of Lake Park, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2004 at his residence. The Jennings, FL native and long-time Lake Park resident was retired from AmeriSource, formerly known as Valdosta Drug Company, and was a member of the Francis Lake Baptist Church.He is survived by his wife Dorothy L.H. Kent of Lake Park, two brothers-in-law, Lawton...

J. Lynn Knighton
Dec 3, 2004
Lynn Knighton, 52 lifelong resident of Valdosta, died on Friday, December 3, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. Born on January 19, 1952 in Valdosta, he was the son of the late Freddie and Mire Watson Knighton. Mr. Knighton was a local auto parts salesman for NAPA Auto Parts.Survivors are his daughter, Patricia Ann Hines of...

Nellie Mae Howell Wynn
Dec 2, 2004
NELLIE MAE HOWELL WYNNNELLIE MAE HOWELL WYNN, 97, of Hahira died Thursday, December 2, 2004 at Memorial Hospital of Adel after a lengthy illness. She was born in Hahira on June 12, 1907 to the late Roland G. and Fannie Mae Wetherington Howell and was a lifelong resident of Hahira. Mrs. Wynn was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church...

Alice M. Zorn
Dec 1, 2004
Alice M. Zorn, 76, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2004, after a short illness. Born in Bainbridge, to the late Charles Mulkey & Burma Austin, she had lived in Valdosta for the past 18 years, and had lived in Atlanta and Bainbridge previously. Mrs. Zorn was a retired cosmetologist and the former owner of Alice’s Beauty Shop in...

Phoenix Armand Campbell
Nov 30, 2004
Phoenix Armand Campbell, 2 month old infant son of Vanessa Baker and Robert Campbell of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at Children’s Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 6, 2004, at 4 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. You may convey condolences online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Funeral...

Robert Glenn Arnold
Nov 30, 2004
Glenn Arnold, 64 of Lake Park, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004. Born on October 22, 1940 in Covington County, AL, he was the son of the late John Quincy and Lettie Garrett Arnold. Mr. Arnold was a retired construction worker. Survivors are two sisters and a brother-in-law, Mellissia and Charles Threlkeld of Live Oak, FL and Carolyn Cheshire of...

Joseph Alston Johnson, Jr.
Nov 30, 2004
Joseph Alston “Joe” Johnson, Jr., of Atlanta, died last week in the Veteran’s Hospital in Atlanta. He was born in Valdosta to the late Alston Johnson, Sr. and Rose Rycroft Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a disabled navy veteran.He is survived by one son and daughter in law, George and Lisa Atkinson of McDonough, GA, one daughter and son in law,...

Joseph Howard Fisher
Nov 30, 2004
Joseph Howard Fisher, 82 of Valdosta died on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on January 17, 1922 in Levan Township, IL, he was the son of Oliver and Mary King Fisher. He retired from the United States Air Force and the United States Post Office. He served during the Korean Conflict...

Maggie Marie Luke Dampier
Nov 30, 2004
Maggie Marie Luke Dampier, 85, of Hahira died Tuesday, November 30 in Memorial Convalescent Center in Adel. She was born on May 22, 1919 in Berrien County to the late Walter B. and Ellie Nash Luke. Mrs. Dampier was a grocery store sales clerk and a member of the Hahira Church of God. She is preceded in death by her...

Henry B. Hughes
Nov 29, 2004
Henry B. “Pete” Hughes, 77, of Valdosta, died at his home on Monday, November 29, 2004. Born in Morven, he was the son of the late H.B., Sr. and Gladys Watson Hughes. He was a Navy Veteran and was retired from the City of Valdosta Maintenance Department. Mr. Hughes was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife,...

Hazel Monteen Futch
Nov 28, 2004
Hazel Monteen Futch, 81, of Cecil, GA died Sunday, November 28, 2004. She was born April 20, 1923 to the late Lucious Robert (Bob) and Iris Taylor Futch. Miss Futch had lived in Cecil since 1947, was the retired postmaster of the Cecil post office and attended Salem United Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, one...

Benjamin Van Buren Bennefield
Nov 28, 2004
Benjamin Van Buren Bennefield, 76, of Nashville, died on Sunday, November 28, 2004, after a short illness. A native of Berrien County, he was born on May 17, 1928, the son of the late Enoch Benjamin and Viola Texas Bennefield. He was a Marine Corps Veteran and a retired boilermaker. Survivors are his sons and daughters in law, Gene Bennefield...

Bobby Byrd
Nov 27, 2004
Bobby Byrd, 54 of Valdosta, died on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at a local nursing home. Born on September 29, 1950 in Florala, AL, he was the son of John and Edna Byrd of Valdosta. He was a member of Redland Baptist Church. Other survivors are his sister, Rebecca Barnes of Valdosta; niece and her husband, Reese and John Green...