OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Sylvia Dianne Moss
Dec 9, 2021
Sylvia Dianne Moss, 79, 0f Valdosta, passed away after a lengthy illness at home Thursday, December 9, 2021. Arrangements are incomplete.
Marie Carter
Dec 7, 2021
Marie Southall Carter, of Lake Park, GA, died on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. She was born on February 3, 1937, in Clyattville, to the late Jim and Sally Rowland Southall. She graduated from Clyattville High School in the mid 1950’s and worked for Bell South for a few years. In the late 1950’s, she met Charles Carter on a blind...
Don Dewayne Carpenter
Dec 5, 2021
Don Dewayne (Boo) Carpenter, 55, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at Tallahassee, FL following a sudden illness. He was born in Valdosta on August 19, 1966 to Donnie and Lynda Sauls Carpenter. He was the owner of Carpenter Logging. Don was a member of Lake Park First Baptist Church. He enjoyed deer hunting and being on...
Donald Richard Miller
Dec 3, 2021
Donald Richard Miller, passed away on December 3, 2021 in Valdosta. He was born in Fargo, ND on March 5, 1929 to the late Erich and Edythe (Lovelace) Miller. He grew up in Morehead, Minnesota and graduated from Morstate High School in 1947. Mr. Miller married Doris Williams in 1950 and they later divorced 1959. From this union two sons...
Marilyn Willis
Dec 3, 2021
Marilyn Willis, age 82 of Valdosta, Georgia passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 3, 2021. She is survived by husband Mike Willis, son Tom Lovett (Darla), grandsons Thomas Lovett (Briana) and Timothy “Ty” Lovett (Stephanie), great-grandchildren Skylar Lovett (3 years) and Jackson Lovett (9 months), brother Vernon Dixon (Mary Joyce), nephews Al Dixon, Robert Dixon and Andy Dixon and step-daughter...
Gloria Torres
Dec 1, 2021
Gloria Luz Herrera Torres, 88, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in San Marcos, Colombia on October 8, 1933 to the late Santander Torres and Adela Herrera. Mrs. Torres was a homemaker and a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church, in Ray City, GA. This Loving, caring and...
Quillian Powell
Dec 1, 2021
Quillian Powell, 76, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at his home after a three ½ year battle with leukemia. Born in Clyattville on January 12, 1945, Quillian was the son of the late Brunner and Evelyn Gaskins Powell. He proudly served in 82nd Airborne with the U.S. Army. He began Quillian Powell Construction in 1987. Married to...
Thomas Douglas Hamblin
Dec 1, 2021
Thomas Douglas Hamblin, 77, of Statenville, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at Advent Christian Village in Dowling Park, Florida following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 10, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama to Douglas Hamblin and Muriel Green Barnett. Mr. Hamblin was a retired city driver with Roadway and was a member of Statenville United Methodist Church. He...
Bessie Amanda King
Dec 1, 2021
Bessie Amanda King, 90, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born on February 6, 1931, in Atlanta Mr. and Mrs. Adams. Mrs. King had worked with various companies and organizations in Valdosta from Crackin’ Good Bakery, Dowling Bag, Downing’s Diner, and the Valdosta Daily Times just to...
Jewell Ann Christian
Dec 1, 2021
Jewell Ann Christian, 85, of Valdosta died on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at her residence. She was born on November 4, 1936, to the late Jewell Doss and Pauline Waller Leak. Mrs. Christian retired from the Griffin Corporation where she served at the administrative assistant to the president, Mr. R.A. Griffin. She attended Valdosta State University and was a member...
Shiloh Back
Nov 30, 2021
Shiloh Back, 70, of Valdosta, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 30, 1951 in Sunman, Indiana to the late Shilow and Margaret Back. Shiloh was a big, loud, fun, happy ray of sunshine in this world. This man also had all the qualities of the fruit of the spirit. Shiloh never...
Frances Louise Collenette
Nov 30, 2021
Frances Louise Collenette, 75, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at her residence following a period of declining health. Mrs. Collenette was born on November 19, 1946, in Tifton, Georgia to the late Cecil and Lillian Thomas Jackson Del Rossi. Mrs. Collenette worked in the magazine publishing industry and was a retired Editorial assistant for Santa Clarita Magazine...
John Lawrence Teague
Nov 30, 2021
John Lawrence Teague, 65, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida to the late Webster and Beverly Smith Teague, but has been a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Teague was a veteran of the United States Air Force and upon his discharge, became a...
Clyde J. Roberson
Nov 30, 2021
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Clyde J. Roberson, loving husband, and father of 3 children passed away at the age of 83. Clyde was born on May 18, 1938, in Valdosta, to Oliver Jackson Roberson and Adrian Lorraine NeSmith Roberson. He graduated from Valdosta High School and continued to be a lifelong Wildcat fan. Clyde graduated from Armstrong Atlantic University...
Leon Larue (Papa Roo) Bryan
Nov 29, 2021
Leon LaRue (Papa Roo) Bryan, 84, of Valdosta died Monday, November 29, 2021 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on February 11, 1937 in Valdosta to the late Scotia Baldwin and Eva Wood Bryan and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mr. Bryan was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from PCA as...
Ricky Carney
Nov 29, 2021
Ricky Charles Carney, 66, of Valdosta, passed away at his residence on Monday, November 29, 2021. He was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on January 31, 1955. Mr. Carney was the son of Charles L. Carney and Betty J. Newhouse Carney. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and he was a machinist at Southern Carbide in Quitman, GA...
Allison G. Porter, Jr.
Nov 28, 2021
Allison G. Porter, Jr. (Ace), 88, of Twin Lakes, passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Langdale Hospice House. The family lived at Twin Lakes for over sixty years. He worked at the PCA papermill for over 43 years. His hobbies were hunting, fishing and playing golf. Mr. Porter loved the North GA Mountains where they had a vacation...
Leona Redles Pendleton
Nov 26, 2021
Lifelong Valdosta resident Leona (Lonie) Redles Pendleton died Friday, November 26, 2021 at home at the age of 96. She was born in Little Griffin Hospital in Valdosta, Georgia, on November 18, 1925, to the late Lt. Col. William L. and Leona (Roberts) Redles. After the death of her father, when Leona was six years old, her mother moved Leona...
Deborah Ann Collins Gaskin
Nov 26, 2021
Deborah Ann Collins Gaskin, 61, of Perry, GA, passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021. She was born in Waleska, Ga on November 1, 1960 to the late Louis Clyde Collins, and Thomasine Dulaney Collins. She graduated from Gainesville high school in 1979 and attended Gainesville Junior College. Deb attended Sallas Mahone Elementary school in Valdosta Ga. where she developed...
Helen Parramore Miller
Nov 25, 2021
Helen Parramore Miller, passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Columbus Parramore and Ruby Beville Parramore. She was born on May 18, 1928 in Lowndes County, GA. Mrs. Miller taught piano for 25 years and was a member of Benevolence Baptist Church. She was a church pianist for many years, a W.M.U....