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Ronnie Hesters
Mar 7, 2025
Ronnie Hesters, surrounded by his family, went home to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior, March 7, 2025. Ronnie the only child of Doris Hiers Hesters and Bervin Hesters, was born July 25, 1940 in Tampa, Florida. He is preceded in death by his wife Yvonne Wiggins Hesters and his daughter Jenny Lynn Hesters.
Ronnie was the epitome of the...
Louise H. Cook
Mar 7, 2025
Louise H. Cook, 92, of Valdosta, died on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Fellowship Home. She was born on November 9, 1932, in White Springs, Florida to the late Benjamin and Mary Lee Hadsock. Mrs. Cook graduated from Andrew College and worked as a file clerk with the FBI and later attended Valdosta State College. She worked and retired from...
Albert Chambers
Mar 4, 2025
Albert Chambers, 82, of Statenville, GA, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at South Georgia Medical Center.
Albert Louis Chambers was born on April 12, 1942, in Valdosta, Georgia to William Redding Chambers, Sr. and Alice Mae Cherry, and he was one of nine children. Albert attended both Valdosta and Lowndes High Schools and played football during these years. He...
Anne (Bitsy) McDonald Cooper
Mar 4, 2025
Anne (Bitsy) McDonald Cooper of Valdosta passed away Tuesday March 4, 2025 after a lengthy illness.
Anne was born to the late Ernest J. and Virginia McDonald on May 19, 1943. Ernest and Virginia had McDonald’s nursery on Alden Ave where she learned about all variegations of Camellias and Azaleas. Anne attended Valdosta High School and graduated in the Class of...
William Lloyd Tyson
Mar 4, 2025
William “Lloyd” Tyson, 84, of Hahira, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. He was born to the late Etheridge and Dolly Bell Tyson on July 8, 1940, in Hahira, Georgia. Lloyd was a very good man and a very proud Vietnam and Air Force veteran, wearing his Vietnam hat everywhere he went. He was an avid pilot and enjoyed...
Ralph Michael Hall
Mar 3, 2025
Michael Hall, 72, of Hahira, left his earthly home on Monday, March 3, 2025, to be reunited with his wife, Gail, and other loved ones who had gone on before. Michael was born on July 20, 1952, in Hahira to the late Ralph Carson Hall and to Blanche Elliott Hall. Michael had an entrepreneurial spirit and had owned and operated...
Joyce Ann Bellinger
Mar 2, 2025
Joyce Ann Bellinger, 92, of Valdosta, died on Sunday March 2, 2025, at Langdale Place. Born in Fairfield, Iowa on September 29, 1932, to the late Wendell and Enla McCleary. Growing up in Waterloo, she attended First Methodist Church there with her family and sang in the choir. She spent many years as a military wife traveling all over the...
Marilyn Newell King
Mar 2, 2025
Marilyn Newell King, also known as “GiGi,” of Lake Park, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Langdale Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. Marilyn was born February 5, 1946, to the late Donald and Margaret Newell. Although she was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, her father moved the family to Winter Haven, Florida, where she spent the majority...
John O’Neal Grant, Sr.
Mar 1, 2025
O'Neal Grant’s life motto was “the joy is in the journey.” And indeed, his journey on this earth was filled with much joy! But on March 1, his joy was made complete as he went to meet his Savior.
John O’Neal Grant, Sr., the youngest of eight children, was born on June 16, 1936 to the late Charles Eugene and Thelma...
Betty Frances Clark
Mar 1, 2025
Betty Frances Clark, 83, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at her home. She was born in Miami, FL on May 11, 1941, to the late Wade Franklin Freeman and Flora Nell Wood Freeman. She and her family moved to Boston, GA at an early age, where she attended school in Thomasville, and she was in the...
Betty Jean Bethea
Mar 1, 2025
Betty Jean Bethea, 91, of Valdosta, peacefully passed away on the morning of March 1, 2025 at Fellowship Home Brookside. Born on March 2, 1934 in Birmingham, AL to the late John Comer Smith and Rochelle Edwards Smith, Mrs. Bethea was an acrobatic cheerleader in high school. She dedicated her talents as a secretary to the Hamilton County School District...
Bettie Jane "BJ" Hausman
Feb 27, 2025
With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Bettie Jane “BJ” Wells HAUSMAN on February 27, 2025. The first-born child of the late William “Ralph” and Grace “Trudy” Wells, she entered the world on December 31, 1948, in Augusta, GA.
BJ attended Richmond County (GA) schools graduating from The Academy of Richmond County in 1966. From high school, BJ began her...
Judy Hilton
Feb 27, 2025
Judy Hilton was born January 11, 1944, in Neptune, NJ and passed away on February 27, 2025, in Valdosta, GA. She was born to the late Osborne R Schleentz and Lila Applegate Schleentz.
Judy designed and constructed her own costumes while performing on Hunt Bros Circus in the 1960s. Her parents owned and operated, along with Judy and Charlie, the Royal...
Bion Lamar Williams
Feb 27, 2025
Bion Lamar Williams died peacefully on February 27, 2025 from Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was born on December 24, 1949, to the late Jack Lamar Williams and Beverly Dougherty Williams. He graduated from Valdosta High School, and he graduated cum laude with a BA in History from Valdosta State University. He also received his master's degree in history from VSU....
Carol Sue Cubino
Feb 26, 2025
Carol Sue Cubino, 77, of Barney, Georgia, passed away peacefully after a dementia and Alzheimer’s disease on February 26, 2025, at home in Barney, Georgia. Carol Sue was surrounded by her family as she moved from her earthly life to her heavenly reward. Her strong will to live and love for her family was evident in her final days.
She is...
Dona "Dolly" F. (Howze) Aguon
Feb 24, 2025
Dona "Dolly" F. Aguon, age 85, of Adel, Georgia died peacefully, with family by her side, at her home in Valdosta, Georgia on February 24, 2025. She was born November 01, 1939 to Gruver and Thelma Howze.
By the age of 10 yrs she was stringing tobacco so fast at the Parrish's Tobacco Barn, even the elders were impressed. Fast forward...
Betty Ann George
Feb 22, 2025
Betty Ann George, 98, of Valdosta, Lake Park, and points south, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2025, at Langdale Place in Valdosta. She was preceded in death in 2020 by her husband of more than 70 years, S. Harold George. She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth George Clanton, and son-in-law Eric Clanton; her son Wade Sinclair George; her...
Augustine Owens
Feb 22, 2025
Augustine "Gus" Owens, 76, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away on February 22, 2025. Born on December 31, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, Gus lived a life of service, devotion, and quiet strength.
A proud veteran of the United States Air Force, Gus dedicated his career to serving his country with honor. In retirement, he embraced the things that brought him joy—cheering on...
Steven Louis Strange
Feb 21, 2025
Steven Louis Strange, 75 years old, died on February 21, 2025, at his home of over 40 years in Valdosta, GA. Mr. Strange was surrounded by his family as he moved from his earthly life to his heavenly reward. His strong will to live and love for his family was evident in his final days.
Mr. Strange was born on August...
Fannie Lee Hill
Feb 20, 2025
Fannie Lee Hill, 82, of Quitman, died on Thursday, February 20. 2025, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on September 13, 1942, in Barney, Georgia to the late William Walter and Georgia Elizabeth Youngblood Hill. Ms. Hill retired from the State of Georgia having served in the administrative department at the Troupeville prison. She had a love for...
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