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Margaret Mary (Peggy) Mellors
Jun 4, 2021
Margaret Mary (Peggy) Mellors, 72, of Hahira died Friday, June 4, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on January 14, 1949, in Leominster, MA to the late Bernard Richard and Barbara Damon Doyle. Peggy attended high school in Leominster, MA and went on to college at Colorado Women’s College where she met and married her husband, George...
Joyce A. Corbett
Jun 3, 2021
Joyce A. Corbett, 76, of Lake Park, passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at her home surrounded by friends and family. Joyce was born on September 11, 1944, in Valdosta, to the late Ernest Harrell and Ruby Hawk Harrell. Joyce was a homemaker who loved her family grandchildren and great grandchildren. Joyce loved animals, especially dogs. She was an...
June Estes Collins
Jun 3, 2021
June Estes Collins, 88, of Valdosta went to heaven on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at the Fellowship Home in Valdosta. She was born on July 9, 1932 in Noxapater, Mississippi to the late Jay and Martha Harrison Estes and lived in Valdosta for the past forty five years. Mrs. Collins was a member of Northside Baptist Church and retired as...
Elbert Doyle Cox
May 30, 2021
Elbert Doyle Cox, 66, of Valdosta died Sunday, May 30, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Madison, Florida on August 29, 1954 to the late BK and Dorothy Buchanan Cox and had lived in Valdosta for many years. Elbert was a truck driver for United Rentals and was a Baptist who also served as pastor for...
Rosemary Winslow
May 30, 2021
Rosemary Ann Winslow, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2021. She was born in Detroit, MI on February 16, 1944 to the late George J. Winslow and Laura Stockton. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John Catholic Church. A graveside service will be held at 11am on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at McLane Riverview...
Laquita Tschetter
May 30, 2021
Mrs. LaQuita Tschetter, 90, of Pompano Beach, Florida passed away on May 30, 2021, at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was born in Valdosta, GA on September 23, 1930, to the late Andrew Hood and Tessie Hotchkiss Hood. LaQuita attended Valdosta High School and Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville. She returned to Valdosta and went...
Shelby Thomas "S.T." Stovall
May 29, 2021
Shelby Thomas “S.T.” Stovall, 97, of Valdosta, passed away following a brief illness on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Fellowship Home. He was born on January 20, 1924, to the late Gus Bentley Stovall and Mary Lucinda Tudor Stovall. He was born in Greenville, KY and moved to Nashville, TN at an early age. After High School he was drafted...
Serena Swilley
May 26, 2021
Mrs. Serena Swilley, 80, of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on April 22, 1941 at home in Ochlocknee, Thomas County, GA to the late Albert and Montine Benton. Mrs. Swilley was a homemaker and a member of the Abundant Life Church of God. She loved to cook, garden, sew, crochet...
Cherry Howard Durrett
May 24, 2021
Cherry Howard Durrett, 86, of Hahira died Monday, May 24, 2021 at The Orchard @ Stone Creek. She was born in Savannah, GA on March 7, 1935 to the late Louis Howard and Neva Brinson Howard. Mrs. Durrett was an active member of First Baptist Church in Springfield, GA. She was a member of Adam Brinson II Chapter DAR and...
Juanita (Nita) H. Folsom
May 24, 2021
Juanita (Nita) H. Folsom, 90, of Barney died Monday, May 24, 2021 at the Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on January 26, 1931 in Ashburn, Georgia to the late Charlie D. and Alma Lee Ambrose Haralson and had lived in Brooks County for many years. Mrs. Folsom was an active member of Barney United Methodist Church...
Lila Cox Mcmullen
May 24, 2021
Lila Cox McMullen, 59, of Valdosta passed away, Monday, May 24, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on November 21, 1961 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to the late Archie Whitner and Evelyn Lucille Pogue Cox and had lived in this area for several years. Mrs. McMullen was a member of the Episcopal Church. She loved spending time...
Margie "Sue" Stokes
May 23, 2021
Margie “Sue” Stokes passed away after a lengthy illness on May 23, 2021. She was born on February 17, 1938 to the late Fred and Maggie Noles. She was originally born in Adel, but later moved to Valdosta. It was there that she met her late husband, Charlie Stokes. Sue and Charlie lived in Valdosta the rest of their lives....
Melissa Renee Fletcher
May 23, 2021
Melissa Renee Fletcher, 55, of Lake Park died Sunday, May 23, 2021 at her residence. She was born on November 9, 1965 in Valdosta. Melissa had a passion for children and young people. She ran a day care service out of her home for several years. Melissa also worked in the office of Beech Island Knitting Company in Quitman for...
Fred Luther Mccrary
May 23, 2021
Fred Luther McCrary, 75, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, May 23,2021, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 10, 1946 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late William Henry and Flora Lee Rutledge McCrary. The “Colonel “, as he was affectionately known, was a self-employed truck driver and a member of Central Avenue Church of Christ....
Carlton Walker
May 23, 2021
Carlton Walker, 83, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Presbyterian Home. He was born on January 17, 1938 in Berrien County, Georgia to the late Mack J. Walker and Ola Mae Luke Walker. Mr. Walker was a barber for 58 years, who loved to go bowling, or quail hunting. He loved being surrounded by his family,...
Hazel Jeanette Warren Harper
May 22, 2021
Hazel Jeanette Warren Harper, 87, of Hahira, died on Saturday, May 22, 2021, at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Hahira on October 9, 1933 to the late David and Mae Presley Warren. Mrs. Harper retired from the Lowndes County Board of Education as a bus driver and was a member of Hahira Church of God....
Bruce Edward Black
May 21, 2021
Bruce Edward Black, died Friday, May 21, 2021, at South Georgia Medical Center. Born on November 1, 1946, in Lowndes County, Georgia, Bruce was the son of the late James Edward and Lillie Mae Bussey Black. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a General Contractor. Bruce was an avid hunter and BS extraordinaire, a dedicated husband, loving father,...
Gail Crump Hill
May 21, 2021
Gail Crump Hill, 80, of Valdosta died Friday, May 21, 2021 at Langdale Hospice. She was born in Hahira, Georgia on February 5, 1941 to the late Vassar and Jewell Stalvey Crump and graduated from Hahira High School. Survivors include a daughter, Christy Renee Handley, a son, Michael Hill and a brother and sister in law, Michael and Maxine Crump...
Julia Ann Hosono Tyson
May 20, 2021
Julia Ann Hosono Tyson, 86, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at Lakeland Villa following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 18, 1934 in Niigata, Japan to the late Eimatsu and Hatsu Hosono. She retired from Crackin Good Bakery where she worked in the packing department and was of the Christian faith. Julia loved people and...
William Edgar "Big Ed" Havird
May 17, 2021
William Edgar Havird, 84 of Millen, GA passed away on Monday May 17, 2021. He was better known as “Big Ed,” was born in Augusta, GA on July 12, 1936 to John “Red” and Belle Beard Havird. Big Ed spent most of his childhood in Savannah, GA where he attended Benedictine Academy. As a young man, he worked at the...
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