OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

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

Edna Earle Pafford

Edna Earle Pafford

Dec 17, 2004

Edna E. Pafford, 86, lifetime resident of Statenville died on Friday, December 17, 2004. For the past three years Miss Pafford had made her home at Fellowship Home in Brooks County. She was born on July 30, 1918, in Statenville, the daughter of the late John W. and Jessie Sharpe Pafford. A graduate of Valdosta State College, Miss Pafford had...

Sandi Sorrell

Sandi Sorrell

Dec 16, 2004

SANDI SORRELL, 61, of Morven died Thursday, December 16, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on May 23, 1943 in Fairfield, Illinois to the late Bert and Irene Anderson. Mrs. Sorrell was a homemaker and served on the Hahira Better Hometown Committee.She is survived by her husband, Billy Sorrell of Morven, three daughters and sons in law,...

Kimberly Malone Matheson

Kimberly Malone Matheson

Dec 14, 2004

Kimberly Matheson, 43 of Valdosta died suddenly on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Matheson was born on September 9, 1961 in Lansing, MI. She was a registered nurse and homemaker. She was a devoted and loving mother and enjoyed being a mother to Jason and Kiley ages 16 years old and 22 months old. She loved to...

Myrtice (Mutt) Webb Stith

Myrtice (Mutt) Webb Stith

Dec 13, 2004

MYRTICE (MUTT) STITHMYRTICE (MUTT) STITH, 91, of Hahira died Monday, December 13, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on October 11, 1913 in Lowndes County to the late Arthur Lee and Fannie Parrish Webb and was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County. Mrs. Stith was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was very involved...

Richard M. (Ricky) Dawson

Richard M. (Ricky) Dawson

Dec 13, 2004

RICHARD M. (RICKY) DAWSON, 59, of Valdosta passed away, Monday, December 13, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center a after a short illness. He was born in Moultrie to the late Riley A. Dawson, Sr. and Emily R. Glover Dawson. Mr. Dawson was a self employed in the Lawn Service and was of the Baptist Faith.Survivors include his wife, Pamela...

Della Mae Hiers

Della Mae Hiers

Dec 10, 2004

Della Mae Hiers, 90, of Adel, died on Friday, December 10, 2004, at Adel Memorial Hospital. Born in Valdosta on January 7, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Rossie Mae Treadwell Sweat. She was a homemaker, a member of First Church of The Nazarene and a former member of T.O.P.S. Survivors are her daughter and...

Alexis Marie Batastini

Alexis Marie Batastini

Dec 10, 2004

ALEXIS MARIE BATASTINI, 14, of Mascotte, Fla and formerly of Lowndes County died Friday, December 10, 2004 at the Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla after a sudden illness. She was born in Panama City, Florida on May 31, 1990 and had lived in Lowndes County from 1992 to 2003. Alexis attended Hahira Elementary School and Hahira Middle School where...

Marguerite Autotte Cousart

Marguerite Autotte Cousart

Dec 10, 2004

Marguerite Autotte Cousart, 84, of Atlanta and formerly of Valdosta died Friday, December 10, 2004 at her home. She was born in Pasay City, Phillipine Islands on December 8, 1920 to the late Alexander and Vicenta Moria Autotte. Mrs. Cousart was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.Survivors include four daughters, Yvonne M. Bertram of Hampton, Judy Ellis...

Joseph E. "Ed" Powers

Joseph E. "Ed" Powers

Dec 10, 2004

JOSEPH E. “ED” POWERS, 60, of Valdosta died Friday, December 10, 2004 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on October 5, 1944 in Jesup to the late Odum Joe and Mary Belle Elliott Powers and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Powers was retired from the United States Air Force and was...

Joseph Robert Mularski

Joseph Robert Mularski

Dec 9, 2004

JOSEPH MULARSKI (LT. COL. RET.), 73, of Valdosta passed away Thursday, December 9, 2004 at the Summerfield Suites Hospital in Summerfield, Fla after a short illness. He was born in South Bound Brook, NJ on April 8, 1931 to the late Francis and Catherine Mularski and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Mr. Mularski was a graduate of Valdosta...

Kenneth O'Neal Renfroe

Kenneth O'Neal Renfroe

Dec 9, 2004

Kenneth O’Neal Renfroe, 60, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 9, 2004, at his home. Born on December 2, 1944, in Ft. Moultrie, South Carolina, the son of Cecil Lee and Estherleen Grainger Renfroe, he was a Baptist and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era. His career in the automobile industry spanned 25 years and he was...

Charles W. Adams

Charles W. Adams

Dec 8, 2004

Charles W. Adams, 87, of Ousley died on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 in Brooks County. Born on June 15, 1917 in Sulphur Springs, Ohio, he was the son of the late Homer Shelton and Lillie Georgia Wildgrube Adams. Mr. Adams was a veteran of WWII having served in the United States Army. He and his children and grandchildren have combined...

Eliza Otto Bader Hoff

Eliza Otto Bader Hoff

Dec 7, 2004

HoffEliza Otto Bader Hoff went peacefully at home to be with the Lord on December 7, 2004 at her home in Valdosta, Georgia. Eliza was born on October 5, 1912 a descendent of the “Old 300” Texas settlers and grew up loving cooking, painting, sewing of all types, reading, and worshiping the Lord in the small Texas town of Bellville...

Robert S. Megow

Robert S. Megow

Dec 7, 2004

Robert S. Megow Robert S. Megow, 81, of Hahira, died on Monday, December 6, 2004. He was born in Lancaster, WI to the late Fred and Rae Megow and had lived here for the past 20 years. Mr. Megow had served as a Captain in the Army during WWII, having served during the Battle of the Bulge and participated in...

Abraham S. Dennis

Abraham S. Dennis

Dec 6, 2004

Abraham S. Dennis, 86, of Valdosta, died on Monday, December 6, 2004, after a lengthy illness. Born in Valdosta to the late Sam and Sophie Dennis, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Dennis, a 1936 graduate of Valdosta High School, served in the U.S. Air Force during WW II, and then worked in the family business,...

Irvin Rowland Roberts

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

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

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

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

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...