OBITUARIES

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Nov 25, 2021

Nov 24, 2021

Rex Haun, 60, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Born in Knoxville, TN to the late Roy & Lula Dunlap Haun, he had lived in the area until 1992. Growing up in Knoxville, he graduated from Carter High School in 1979, and went on to graduate from the University of Tennessee in 1983. Rex was loved by...

Nov 24, 2021

Carolyn Hall Wilkes, 84, of Lake Park, GA passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Hahira, GA on December 30, 1936 to the late Foster and Chrystelle Hall. Carolyn was a retired LPN from Smith Hospital in Hahira. She was a member of Lake Park First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star....

Nov 21, 2021

Geraldine Cameron was born February 10, 1934 and was raised on the Ivey Hutchinson farm located in Bemiss, Georgia. On Sunday, November 21, 2021, she passed away peacefully at her home on the same farm while surrounded by her family. Geraldine had an adventurous childhood with many great memories of her playmates ranging from the farm-help to her cousins Frankie,...

Nov 20, 2021

David Leslie Herron, 66, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at Sunrise Nursing Home in Moultrie following a lengthy illness. He was born on January 14, 1955, in Norfolk Virginia to the late James Leslie and Lorraine May Roseman Herron. Mr. Herron served in the United States Air Force for 24 years and retired as Master Sergeant and...

Nov 20, 2021

Ginger “Gigi” Taylor, 71, of Hahira went to be with Jesus Saturday, November 20, 2021 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born on February 25, 1950 in Dougherty County to the late Kenneth Carden and Margie Bryant Lifsey and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Charity Baptist Church and a...