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Harvey Stanford Griffin
Mar 2, 2005
Harvey Stanford Griffin, 81, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Fort Lauderdale, FL to the late William Howard and Carrie Mae Kelly Griffin, Mr. Griffin graduated from Hahira High School, Class of 1941. He had lived in Valdosta since 1965. Mr. Griffin was a veteran of the Army during WWII and...
Robert L. Rohrbaugh
Mar 2, 2005
ROBERT L. ROHRBAUGH, 77, of Valdosta died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Holly Hill Nursing Home. He was born on May 24, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Robert T. and Maude Rowan Rohrbaugh and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Rohrbaugh was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the DAV, VFW,...
Charles A. Redish
Mar 1, 2005
CHARLES A. REDISH, 60 of Valdosta died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on August 19, 1944 in Lowndes County to the late Rossie and Agnes Coody Redish and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mr. Redish was an electrician and had been a merchant seaman. He was a...
Nellie Sue Murphy
Feb 28, 2005
Mrs. Nellie Sue Murphy, 62, forty year resident of Valdosta, died on Monday, February 28, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on October 9, 1942 in McRae, GA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Leila Greene Gay. Mrs. Murphy was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith.Mrs. Murphy is survived...
Buran Leslie Redding
Feb 28, 2005
BURAN LESLIE REDDING, 96, of Valdosta died on Monday, February 28, 2005 at his daughter’s home in Newberry, Florida after brief illness. He was born on November 28, 1908 in Hahira to the late Thomas Leslie and Hattie Elizabeth Redding and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Redding was a member of the First Assembly of God of...
Lillian May
Feb 27, 2005
Lillian May, 91 of Lake City, FL died on Sunday, February 27, 2005 at The Health Center of Lake City after a brief illness. Born on May 16, 1913 in Eastman, GA, she was the daughter of the late George and Lillie Atkinson. She was a member of the Forrest Street Church of God in Valdosta and a member of...
Gregory L. (Greg) Shealy
Feb 26, 2005
Gregory L. (Greg) Shealy, 53, of Valdosta, died Saturday, February 26, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born on July 20, 1951 in Hickory, NC to the late Leonard Fulmer and Martha Jo Abernethy Shealy. Mr. Shealy was co-owner and operator of VCOM, retired from the United States Air Force after twenty two years...
Mary Williams Bailey Cook
Feb 24, 2005
Mary Williams Bailey Cook, 83 of Valdosta died on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on February 19, 1922 in Lowndes, County, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Clinton and Allie Wilson Williams. She was a retired department manager with Sears and a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and the Mary Martha Sunday School...
Lonnie W. Lightsey
Feb 24, 2005
LONNIE W. LIGHTSEY, 89, of Lake Park died Thursday, February 24, 2005. He was born on February 2, 1916 in Echols County to the late Willy M. and Rebecca McLane Lightsey and grew up in Echols and Lowndes Counties. Mr. Lightsey was a member of the Sardis Baptist Church. He joined the Army Air Force and served four years and...
Mary Helen Goff
Feb 24, 2005
MARY HELEN GOFF, 67, of Hahira died Thursday, February 24, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on April 11, 1937 in Hamilton County, Florida to the late Lewis Daniel and Zenia Spires Eunice and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Goff was a cashier at Mickey’s Grocery and the BP Station.Survivors...
Sara Elizabeth Brinson Williams
Feb 24, 2005
SARA ELIZABETH BRINSON WILLIAMS, 87, of Albany died Thursday, February 24, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on September 13, 1917 in Whigham to the late Daniel Augustus and Patience Leona NeSmith Brinson and lived in Albany before moving to Valdosta in 1991. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany where...
Zenobia Fine
Feb 23, 2005
Zenobia Fine, 82 of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born on October 11, 1922 in Fitzgerald, GA, she was the daughter of the late William F. and Maver Connelly Halford. She was a homemaker and a member of Charity Baptist Church.Mrs. Fine is survived by her husband who she...
Elizabeth Lawlor Hills
Feb 23, 2005
Elizabeth Lawlor Hills, 81, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. Born on October 10, 1923 in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Tally C. and Pearl Wisenbaker. Mrs. Hills was a homemaker and a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ. An avid quilter, she was a founding member...
(Whit) James Grovene Webb
Feb 22, 2005
“Whit” James Grovene Webb, 92, of Hahira, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Holly Hill Nursing Home Tuesday morning, February 22, 2005. He was born in Hahira on October 25, 1912 to the late Ira and Mattie Roundtree Webb who will welcome him into God’s kingdom of everlasting life. His brothers Gene and Earl and sister Carrie Lou Hamilton...
Benjamin Norwood Williams, Jr.
Feb 19, 2005
Benjamin Norwood Williams, Jr., 74 of Fernandina Beach, FL and formerly of Lake Park, GA, passed away Feb. 19, 2005, after a short illness at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. He was born Aug. 9, 1930, in Macon to the late Benjamin N. Williams, Sr., and Louise Williams. He was raised in Cherry Lake, FL but spent much of his...
Debbie Lynne West
Feb 18, 2005
Debbie Lynne West, 47 of Valdosta, died on Friday, February 18, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born on October 20, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan.Debbie worked in the food service business most of her life. She was an avid sports fan, especially of NFL football and NHRA Drag racing. She enjoyed camping and was fond of...
Doris A. Kiefer
Feb 17, 2005
Doris A. Kiefer, 72, of Valdosta, died Thursday, February 17, 2005 at her residence. She was born on January 26, 1933 in Jackson, Ohio to the late Arthur and Clara Lyons Andrews. Mrs. Kiefer was a homemaker, a member of Greenwood Baptist Church and the Alzheimers Support Group.She is survived by her husband, Emory L. Kiefer of Valdosta, three daughters...
Onnie L. Bennett
Feb 16, 2005
Onnie L. Bennett, 83, of Statenville, died on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at Suwannee Valley Nursing Home, Jasper, Florida after a brief illness. Born in Berrien County, on February 6, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Phoebe Lancaster Register. She was a homemaker and was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was preceded in death by her...
Clara Bass
Feb 15, 2005
Mrs. Clara Bass, 91, of Valdosta passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at her home after a lengthy illness. Born in Clinch County on November 1, 1913, she was the daughter of the late A.B. and Annie Smith and the widow of Jesse J. Bass. She had lived in Valdosta for the past 64 years and was retired from...
Rosa Lee Watley
Feb 14, 2005
Rosa Lee Watley, 96 of Lake Park, died on Monday, February 14, 2005 in Valdosta. Born on December 27, 1908 in Cobb County, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Lizzie Towns Hembree. She had worked at the Hahira Five and Dime and Joe Lazarus’ Store in Valdosta. Survivors include three sons, Joyce M. and Faye Watley of...
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