OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Alberta Lucas

Alberta Lucas

Jan 31, 2005

Alberta (Berta) Lucas, 83, died at her home in Valdosta, on Monday, January 31, 2005 after a long illness. Born in Statenville on October 11, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Payton and Mineva Holton Swilley. Mrs. Lucas was a homemaker who loved to cook and plant flowers in her yard and garden. She enjoyed her family and...

Roy E. (Eddie) Taylor, Jr.

Roy E. (Eddie) Taylor, Jr.

Jan 31, 2005

Eddie Taylor.Valdosta resident Roy Edward Taylor, Jr., 52, died January 31, 2005 after a short illness while visiting family in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eddie, as he was known to all who loved him, was born September 21, 1952 in Douglas, Georgia to Roy Edward Taylor, Sr. and the late Irma Adams Taylor. He graduated from Tift County High School in...

David Howell

David Howell

Jan 30, 2005

David Howell, 54 of Ft. Worth, Texas, formerly of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at John Peter Smith Hospital in Ft. Worth. He was born on October 3, 1950 in Valdosta, Georgia. Mr. Howell graduated from Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a degree in Computer Science from Valdosta State University. He received his...

Juanita R. Stokes

Juanita R. Stokes

Jan 27, 2005

Juanita R. Stokes, 62 of Valdosta, died on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 16, 1942 in Clinch County, she was the daughter of the late Razzie O. and Mildred Juanita Hilliard Register. Mrs. Stokes was a secretary at Crossroads Baptist Church. She was a member of Charity Baptist Church.She is survived by her...

John B. Caldwell

John B. Caldwell

Jan 25, 2005

John B. Caldwell, 74, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Born in New Castle, Indiana, on February 25, 1930, Mr. Caldwell was the son of the late John and Hazel Stansberry Caldwell. Longtime resident of Indiana, he had made his home in Valdosta for the past 5 years. Retired from the U.S. Army and from General Motors, he...

John B. Caldwell

John B. Caldwell

Jan 25, 2005

John B. Caldwell, 74, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Born in New Castle, Indiana, on February 25, 1930, Mr. Caldwell was the son of the late John and Hazel Stansberry Caldwell. Longtime resident of Indiana, he had made his home in Valdosta for the past 5 years. Retired from the U.S. Army and from General Motors, he...

Alene N. Prokop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...