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Sammye J. Exum
Aug 7, 2022
Sammye J. Exum passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022. She was 79. Born February 2, 1943, to the late Sam and Vira Johnson. Sammye grew up in Lowndes County. She graduated from Valdosta High School. Later Mrs. Exum worked two and sometimes three jobs to raise three children as a single mother. In 1980 she married Bobby Exum. Sammye continued...
Patricia Anne Mayer
Aug 4, 2022
Patricia Anne Mayer, 84, of Valdosta died Thursday, August 4, 2022 after an extended illness. She was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky on May 10, 1938, the daughter of the late William Herd and Beulah Sharpe. She moved to Valdosta in 1956 where she met and married her husband of 63 years, the late Bobby Mayer. Mrs. Mayer loved her Lord...
Janet Allene Davis
Aug 4, 2022
Janet Allene Parrott Davis, 83, of Adel passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022 at the Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, GA. She was born in Lowndes County on December 23, 1938 to the late Val Alan Parrott, Sr. and Inez Golden Parrott. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and a member of Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church. She loved her family and...
Melony Jordan
Aug 2, 2022
Melony Raye Norman Jordan, 45, of Hahira, Georgia passed away at her home on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Tampa, Florida at the hospital on MacDill Air Force Base on November 20, 1976 to the late Rhea Norman and Debra Giffin Norman. Melony was a friend to many, and she lit up any...
Iris Poole
Aug 2, 2022
Iris Moore Poole, 94, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, after a brief illness. Born in Lowndes County on January 29, 1928, to the late Philip K. & Alma Cowart Moore, she was a lifelong resident of this area. Growing up on her family farm, she developed a love for animals and being outside that would last...
Surie James
Jul 31, 2022
Surie Polesena James, 78, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at The Canopy. She was born in Mahasalakram, Thailand. She had worked for many years in the textile industry as a seamstress and had been employed with Levi’s. She was known to have the patience of a saint who never spoke ill against anyone. Many people considered her...
Virginia Anne Dorough
Jul 31, 2022
Virginia Anne Davison Dorough, 83, of Valdosta, Ga., passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Ms. Dorough was born on October 11, 1938, to the late James Gideon Davison and Frances Lubeck Davison. She grew up in Jacksonville, FL, and graduated from Landon High School. She married Arthur Glenn Dorough, who served in the United States Navy and moved to...
Vickie Ann Meadows
Jul 30, 2022
Vickie Ann Meadows, 63, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Fellowship Home. She was born on December 20, 1958, in Charleston, South Carolina to the late Pete and Patty Rigsby Meadows. Vickie was a disabled veteran of the United States Army and attended Calvary Baptist Church in Lake Park. She is survived by a son, Gary Rigsby...
Walter Hunter New, Sr.
Jul 30, 2022
Walter Hunter New, Sr., 75, of Quitman, died on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at his home in Greensboro, Georgia. He was born on May 3, 1947, in Columbus, Georgia to the late Frederick Winburn New and the late Mary Hunter New. He is preceded in death by his beloved sister, Emmilyn Hunter New Dempsey of Rome, Georgia. He is survived...
Larry S. Moseley
Jul 29, 2022
Mr. Larry S. Moseley, 85, died at his residence in Valdosta on Friday, July 29, 2022. He was born on September 13, 1936 to the late Floyd “F.J” & Rosamond Moseley in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was a graduate from Georgia Military College. He was a member of US Coast Guard in the 1950’s. Larry was a retired as a car...
Donna Teague
Jul 27, 2022
Donna Marie Teague, 57, of Athens, died on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born on January 10, 1965, in Rushville, Indiana to the late Charlie Tanksley and Glenda Kay Whipple Lee. She was of the Christian faith. She is survived by her children, Angela Teague and Emmanuel Turner...
Mike Brinson
Jul 27, 2022
Mike Brinson, 51, of Hahira went to join his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Mike was a member of the Porch Community Church. He loved to travel, finding unexpected adventures, and he had a passion for all music genres. He was an avid collector of many types of memorabilia. Mike loved his family and cherished his many...
Mattie "Emmie" Windham
Jul 26, 2022
Mattie “Emmie” Windham, 87, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. She was born on October 12, 1934 to the late Carlton C. Watford and Cubie Swilley Watford and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Windham had worked at Levi’s for 38 years as a machine operator. She was a devoted homemaker, caring for her family....
Kay Lassiter Meeks
Jul 24, 2022
Kay Lassiter Meeks, 96, of Valdosta died Sunday, July 24, 2022 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Adel, GA on September 25, 1925 to the late Ed Lassiter and Rossie Thornton Lassiter. Mrs. Meeks was an orthopedic shoe fitter with Patterson Jones Shoes. She was a member of Westview United Methodist Church and Fellowship Home Church. Mrs. Meeks...
Walter Jones, Jr.
Jul 24, 2022
Mr. Walter P. Jones, Jr, 72, passed away, Sunday, July 24, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born to the late Walter and Lila Mae Jones in Valdosta, GA on December 28, 1949. He played football for the Valdosta Wildcats. Walter was retired from Crackin’ Good Bakery. He volunteered for the Boys and Girls Club and coached baseball...
John Toole Holcombe, Sr.
Jul 24, 2022
John Toole Holcombe, Sr., 95, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2022 after a brief illness. John was born in Deland, Florida on May 12, 1927 to Lester Arrington Holcombe and Opie Toole Holcombe. At the age of five, his family moved to Valdosta, where he attended public school. He graduated in 1944 from VHS, where he played football for the...
Leona Mae Clemens
Jul 24, 2022
Leona Mae Clemens, 72, of Pavo, GA, passed away on July 24, 2022 after several years of declining health and dementia. She was born on August 13, 1949 to William Bazer and Mary Jane Peoples in Lincoln, NE. She married Francis (Jay) Clemens in 1971, who preceded her in death in 2008. Leona lived in several cities in her life...
Angelita “Angie” Martinez
Jul 24, 2022
Angelita “Angie” Martinez, 89, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at Fellowship Home. She was born on February 6, 1933 to the late Angel Acosta Velarde and Ligia Ortiz Acosta. She was born in Puerto Rico and spent many years there. She moved to Valdosta in 1971 from Racine, WI. She was a devoted catholic and served...
Robert "Bob" Pinkston, Jr.
Jul 23, 2022
Mr. Robert “Bob” Slater Pinkston Jr, 67, of Valdosta, Georgia passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on July 23, 2022, following a brief illness. Bob was born on December 16, 1954, in Lakeland, Georgia to the late Robert Slater Pinkston Sr. and Mary Crum Pinkston. He loved music and was a talented trumpet player, harmonica player, and singer. He...
Gary Allen Storey
Jul 20, 2022
Gary Allen Storey, 69, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday July 20, 2022, at his residence following a short illness. He was born on May 4, 1953, in Valdosta to the late Charles Millard Storey and Julia Allen Storey. Mr. Storey was a retired self-employed carpenter. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, and a step son, Lauren Futch (Travis),...
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