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Lewis E. "Lew" Weathers
Feb 16, 2022
Lewis E. “Lew” Weathers, 74, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 27, 1947, Lew was the son of the late William Jackson and Anna Mae Burney Weathers. He grew up in Jacksonville and after high school he joined the United States Air Force, served a brief stint,...
Marilyn Ellis Miller
Feb 15, 2022
Marilyn Ellis Miller May 12,1945 - February 15,2022 It is with great sadness and sorrow that the husband of Marilyn Miller announces her passing on February 15, 2022. Marilyn was born in Rochester, New York to Fred and Marion Ellis. She was proceeded in death by her parents and her sister, Janet Ellis. Marilyn is survived by Lamonte "Monty" Miller,...
Donna Marie Meeks
Feb 15, 2022
Donna Marie Powell Meeks, 68, of Adel passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Pruitthealth-Ocilla. She was born on February 19, 1953 in Valdosta to the late Rastus Marion Powell and Marie Hill Powell. Mrs. Meeks is the retired owner of Speedy Bee Cleaning. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Meeks enjoyed sewing, cooking, baking cakes and making butterflies for nursing...
Richard Darius Carter
Feb 14, 2022
Richard Darius Carter, 79, of Lake Park died Monday, February 14, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center after a short battle due to COVID induced pneumonia. He was born in Valdosta on November 26, 1942 to the late Harley Levi and Daisy Beck Carter. Mr. Carter was a member of the Lake Park Church of Christ. He enjoyed spending time...
Dr. Hugh Harris West, Sr.
Feb 14, 2022
Dr. Hugh Harris West, Sr. died on February 14, 2022. He was born January 4, 1938 in Worth County near Doles, GA and grew up in Poulan, GA. He was the son of Buford G. West and Janie L. (Fambro) West. He graduated from Sylvester High School in 1956 and earned a B.S. degree from Georgia Southern University in 1960....
William Leon (Buddy) Chapman
Feb 13, 2022
William Leon Chapman (Buddy), 86, of Valdosta, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center surrounded by his family. Buddy was born in Bibb County on June 4th, 1935, to the late David Eugene and Naomi Hudson Chapman. He was the baby of the family with three brothers and four sisters. He grew up share cropping and...
Ronald L. Newham
Feb 13, 2022
Ronald L. Newham, 83, of Lake Park, died on Sunday February 13, 2022 at his residence. Born in Orlando, FL to the late Ralph E. & Lucille McLeod Newham, the family spent several years in Naples before moving to Valdosta in 1947. Mr. Newham attended Valdosta High School before joining the U.S. Air Force. After his stint, he returned to...
Lindsey F. Welles, Iii
Feb 13, 2022
Lindsey F. Welles, III, 75, lived in Lake Park, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born on September 20, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan to the late Lindsey F. Welles, Jr. and Mary Yvonne Brooks Welles. He was a retired plumber's assistant with Dixie Plumbing in Naples, Florida...
Patricia Gillihan
Feb 12, 2022
Patricia Ann Heilmann Sullivan Gillihan, age 74, of Valdosta, went to meet her Lord on February 12, 2022. She was born in Springfield, Ohio as one of 3 children to the late Francis Heilmann and Rosemary Croyle Jarrett. Patsy passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Langdale Hospice House following a long battle with cancer. She was an active...
Evelyn Culpepper
Feb 11, 2022
Evelyn C. Culpepper of Echols County died Friday, February 11, 2022 at Suwanee Valley Hospice Care Center in Lake City, FL. She was born September 20, 1940 to the late Clifton & Minnie Combass of White Springs, FL. She was a homemaker, an active member of Bethel Church of God in Echols County where she taught Sunday school for many...
Lonnie James Mercer
Feb 11, 2022
Lonnie James Mercer, 70, of Stockton, Ga passed away Friday morning February 11, 2022, at his home with his daughter at his side. He was born on August 27, 1951 in Hahira, GA to the late James and Dorothy Lavender Mercer. Lonnie was a Mason and retired Mill worker having worked for several local contractors in the Valdosta area. He...
John W. Patterson, Jr.
Feb 11, 2022
John W. (Rattlesnake John) Patterson, Jr., 79, of Hahira, GA passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 4, 1942, in Valdosta, GA to Marie Patterson Pitchford and the late John W. Patterson, Sr. He enjoyed all things outdoors and was an avid fisherman. He loved spending time with his family...
Cynthia Rodgers
Feb 8, 2022
Cynthia Phelps Rodgers, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. A graveside service will be held on Friday, February 11, 2022 at 2 p.m. at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the cemetery prior to the service from 1-2 p.m. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com Carson McLane Funeral Home
Anne Brown
Feb 8, 2022
Anne McLeod Brown, 93, of Lake Park, died on February 8, 2022. She was born on August 16, 1928, in Miami, Florida to Roy and Florrie McLeod, who were Lowndes County natives. She graduated with honors from Miami Edison High School in 1946. She was also a graduate of Florida Christian College and Valdosta State College. In 1947, Anne married...
Charles Spangler
Feb 7, 2022
Charles “Chuck” Henry Spangler, 75, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 18, 1946 in Mount Vernon, OH to the late Perry Edwin and Alice Mary Hill Spangler. Chuck was a retired self-employed construction sales representative. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army. Chuck was a musician who...
Eugene Talmadge Crews
Feb 7, 2022
Eugene Talmadge Crews, 89, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022, at his home. He was born in Waycross, GA on August 20, 1932, to the late Charlie B. Crews and Julie Altman Crews. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a supervisor for the Paper Mill. Mr. Crews enjoyed fishing, hunting, working in his...
William Gregory (Greg) White
Feb 6, 2022
William Gregory (Greg) White, 54, of Quitman, died on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on August 30, 1967, in Bainbridge, Georgia to William Rodney and Shirley Jean Spooner White. Greg honorably served in the United States Navy and was a concrete dispatcher with Reames Concrete. He was known as a hard-working man who...
Seabron Craven
Feb 6, 2022
Seabron Craven, 81, of Valdosta, GA passed away at home on Sunday, February 6, 2022, from a lengthy illness surrounded by family. He was born in Baxley, Georgia on November 2, 1940 to the late Henry Clarence (H.C.) Craven and Peggy Simpson Craven. Seabron graduated from Valdosta High School in 1959. Following high school, he entered the Navy where he...
Jane Hearn
Feb 6, 2022
Jane Frederick Hearn, 85, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at Langdale Hospice House from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born on January 26, 1937, in Oxford, MS, to the late Wallace Filo Frederick and Harriet Holloway Frederick. At the age of 9 or 10 she moved with her family from Meridian, MS to Tifton, GA....
Elizabeth Euler Ellis
Feb 4, 2022
Elizabeth Euler Ellis, 59, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, February 4, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center. She was born in Anchorage, AK, on April 5, 1962 to Ronald Vincent Euler, Sr. and the late Nancy Arlene Masters Law. She loved to read and play games on her phone. She was a member of Abundant Life Church of God....
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