OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Helen Bruce Lyons
Oct 10, 2021
Helen Bruce Lyons was born April 10, 1939, and passed peacefully into her eternal home on October 10, 2021, surrounded by her family at Langdale Hospice House. Helen fought a courageous battle with chronic kidney disease and congestive heart failure. Helen was born to Annie George and James Austin Bruce in Chula, Georgia. She married Charles Morgan Lyons on August...
Carol King
Oct 9, 2021
Carol Yoder King, 78, of Statenville passed Saturday, October 9, 2021 at Langdale Hospice House. She was born in Elkhart, Indiana on October 1, 1943 to the late Fora and Betty Yoder and had lived in Statenville for many years. Mrs. King loved her husband, children and her family and enjoyed drinking her coffee and watching the birds. She loved...
Roger Adams
Oct 8, 2021
Roger Adams, 75, resident of Brooks County, GA, passed away at his home on October 8, 2021. He was born on September 22, 1946 to late Orville and Roxie Adams in Mayking, Kentucky. Roger was a dedicated and hardworking husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend. He loved working, spending time with family and friends, and taking care of...
Keith Sutton
Oct 7, 2021
Keith Sutton passed away on Thursday, October 7, 2021. Keith was born in Valdosta, GA to Albert Rabon Sutton and the late Wilma Jean Arnold Sutton. He worked as a Parts Advisor at Cass Burch and had 25 years or more in a Route Sales Career. He smoked the perfect rack of ribs, chicken, and more with his big smoker/grill....
Charles Randall Adle
Oct 6, 2021
Charles Randall ”Randy” Adle passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021, it his home, surrounded by family. Mr. Adle was born on April 8, 1949, in Lexington, Nebraska. Charles was a proud veteran of the Air Force. Charles married his wife of 51 years, Linda Adle, on April 9, 1971. He was an avid street rodder, member of the N.S.R.A., and...
Earnest Elmer Warren
Oct 4, 2021
Earnest Elmer Warren, 86, of Valdosta, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla, GA. He was born in Hahira on March 3, 1935 to the late Sampson Warren and Ora Lee Harris Warren. He was a salesman for Vicco Chemical. He loved and enjoyed music, played steel guitar, and enjoyed going to Mt. Zion...
Daniel (Danny) Royce Williams
Oct 4, 2021
Daniel (Danny) Royce Williams, 63, of Madison, FL, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021. He was born on October 30, 1957 in Clearwater, FL to the late Grover Blackburn Williams and Marguerite Mary Henderson Williams. Danny’s passion was building churches and was employed as a building contractor for Brown Construction in Kearney, Nebraska. He loved to hunt, fish and...
Robert Lee Laforce
Oct 4, 2021
Robert Lee LaForce, 90, of Barney, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at his residence. He was born in Carbo, VA on May 18, 1931 to the late Tavis Robert LaForce and Bertha Mac Kaiser LaForce. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, working his pecan orchard, and attending church. He attended Friendship Baptist Church in Barney. He is survived by...
George Marshall Fleming, Sr.
Oct 3, 2021
George Marshall Fleming, Sr., 81, of Valdosta, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center, Berrien Campus. He was born in Columbus, GA on October 30, 1939 to the late Hugh Fleming and Jewel Marshall Fleming. He worked in insurance for American General and loved traveling and sports. George is survived by...
Carl Naaman (Butch) Peters, Jr.
Oct 2, 2021
Mr. Carl Naaman (Butch) Peters, Jr. 72, of Hahira passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021 at his residence. He was born on May 24, 1949 in Huntington, West Virginia to the late Carl Naaman Peters, Sr. and Kathryn Elaine Robinson Peters. Butch worked at the Kennedy Space Center for civil service in mechanical maintenance. He served in the United States...
Mary Elizabeth Mcdonald Mathis
Oct 1, 2021
Mary Elizabeth McDonald Mathis “Big Granny” March 16, 1932 - October 1, 2021 Mary Mathis, 89, of Hahira and longtime resident of Fellowship of Brookside was born in Hahira to the late Frank and Alice McDonald on March 16, 1932. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Mathis was a 1949 graduate of Hahira High School and...
Constance "Connie" J. Hayden
Oct 1, 2021
Constance J. Hayden, 89, of Valdosta, died on Friday October 1, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, on September 1, 1932, Connie was the daughter of the late Virgil P. and Inez J. Unger Caulk. She was a homemaker, a schoolteacher, and served as a past officer in the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. She was very...
Anne Snellgrove "Little Mama" Lineberger
Oct 1, 2021
Anne Snellgrove “Little Mama” Lineberger, 84, died on Friday, October 1, 2021, at her home on Lineberger Road. Born in Adel to the late Walter Mallie & Ruby King Snellgrove, she had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Lineberger graduated from Valdosta High School in 1955 where she played basketball and tennis for the Lady Cats. During high...
Andrew Denmark
Sep 29, 2021
Andrew Denmark, 48, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at Emory University Hospital following a short illness. Born in Albany on July 22, 1973, Andrew grew up in Valdosta and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1992. He then served a tour in the U.S. Navy. He then returned to Valdosta and joined the Valdosta Police Department. A...
Mary Ann Decarlo
Sep 28, 2021
Mary Ann DeCarlo, 88, of Valdosta died Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at her home. She was born in Valdosta on October 26, 1932 to the late Tarple Wray Webb and Wyolene Cherry Webb and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Mrs. DeCarlo was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Seekers Sunday School. Survivors include her children...
Roy Lee Wilson
Sep 28, 2021
Roy Lee Wilson, 94, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. He was born on July 25, 1927 in Quitman, GA to the late Roy, Sr. and Vara Lee Adams Wilson. Roy was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy and the United States Merchant Marines. He was a member of Abundant Life Church of God in Valdosta....
Aaron Puckett
Sep 27, 2021
On Monday September 27, 2021, Aaron Puckett, loving husband, father and grandfather passed from this life into glory. Aaron was born at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in 1969 and called both Chesapeake VA and Anchorage Alaska home. He was a graduate of Anchorage Christian School and completed course work in Religious studies at both Georgetown University and Liberty...
Nancy Patricia Kelly
Sep 27, 2021
Nancy Patricia Kelly, 82, of Valdosta, died on Wednesday, September 27, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia on September 2, 1939, to the late Robert Lee and Tessie Duncan Hypes. She had been employed with Pilgrims as a processor and was a true country girl who loved her family. She was a crafty...
Jacqueline Davis Archer
Sep 26, 2021
Jacqueline Davis Archer, 55, of Hahira died Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. She was born in Hahira on December 17, 1965 and had lived in Jacksonville for many years before moving back to this area. Mrs. Archer was a member of the Pentecostal Church and retired para professional with schools in Jacksonville, Florida. Survivors include her...
Anita Ruth Elder
Sep 26, 2021
Anita Ruth Elder, of Valdosta, GA, and most recently The Orchard at Stone Creek, passed away on September 26, 2021, 3 days shy of her 99th birthday. She was born in Winter Haven, FL on September 29, 1922. Her family moved to Pensacola, FL, where she married Philip Ikeler Elder, a Navy pilot, of Berwick, PA, on April 4, 1942....