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Sara Adams
Dec 19, 2023
Sara Welbron Adams, 90, loving homemaker and faithful member of First Baptist Church, passed away on December 19, 2023. Born March 7, 1933, daughter of the late Vester and Minnie Brownlee Welbron of DeKalb County, GA. Sara grew up in Dekalb County and after high school, she started working at Belk’s in downtown Atlanta. She met a coworker in the...
Angela Holtzclaw
Dec 18, 2023
Angela Kaye Holtzclaw, 56, of Valdosta passed away at South Georgia Medical Center on Monday, December 18, 2023. Angela was born on September 15, 1967 in Sylvester, GA, to Patsy Holt Huffstetler and the late Jerry Wade Huffstetler. Ms. Holtzclaw received her nursing degree from ABAC in 1992 and worked for Aveanna Healthcare. She loved going to the beach, spending...
David Edward Williams
Dec 17, 2023
Mr. David Edward Williams, 74, of Valdosta passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023. He is survived by his children, Jennifer Williams Mazzeo of Strongsville, Ohio and David Willams II (Susan, deceased) of Valdosta, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Francis Norwood Williams.
No services will be held at this time. Condolences may...
Geraldine Frances Sutphin
Dec 16, 2023
Geraldine (Gerri) Tomlinson Sutphin, a resident of Thomasville, GA, who peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Archbold Medical Center. She was born in Statenville, GA, and she was preceded in death by her parents Cara Frances Prine and Talley Tomlinson. Gerri spent her early years in Valdosta before graduating from Valdosta High School in the mid-1940s. She...
Barbara Surface Bankston
Dec 14, 2023
Barbara Surface Bankston, 73, of Athens, Georgia died on December 14th, 2023. The daughter of Cress and Mary Surface, Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Quinn Bankston, and stepson Dustin Garber. She is survived by husband Mel Garber, daughter Brittany Williams (Eric), stepdaughter Raegan Le Douaron (Julien), grandchildren Lucas and Lucie Le Douaron, sisters Cindi Swilley (Tom),...
Russell Henry Moeller
Dec 14, 2023
Russell Henry Moeller, 77, of Lake Park, died on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. He was born on October 1, 1946, in Des Moines, Iowa to the late Clifford Moeller and Betty Shephard Moeller. Mr. Russell was a veteran of the United States Army have served in the 3rd Infantry Marne Division. He...
Patsy Thompson
Dec 12, 2023
Patsy Louise Dorch Thompson, 76, of Naylor, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Crestwood Nursing Home following a period of declining health. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on January 30, 1947, to the Lewis Dorch and Agnes Turner McDade. Mrs. Patsy was a homemaker and loved working in her yard. She was known for growing some of the...
Robert Burie Zipperer
Dec 12, 2023
Robert Burie Zipperer, 77, of Valdosta, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Valdosta on July 4, 1946 to the late Samuel Leonodis Zipperer and Mary Montez Zipperer (Weeks) and has been a lifelong resident of the area. Mr. Zipperer was a veteran of the United States Army. Following...
Sidney Morris
Dec 10, 2023
Sidney Morris, 83, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Valdosta at the Little Griffin Hospital on August 15, 1940, to the late Simon & Virginia Katz Morris, he was a lifelong resident of this area. Sidney grew up attending Valdosta City Schools and graduated from Valdosta High School in 1958. He went...
Deborah O. Friedlein
Dec 9, 2023
Deborah O. Friedlein, 73, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House. Born in Waycross, GA on May 31, 1950 to the late Wallace Harvey Oglesby and Sarah Lee Burkhard Oglesby, she had worked as an RN at various medical practices in the area. She loved to fish and play a round of golf....
Barbara Cobb Gandy
Dec 9, 2023
Barbara Cobb Gandy, 95, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at the Orchard after a period of declining health. Born in Rome to the late John Garrett Cobb and Corienne Holcombe Cobb, she grew up in Brooks County and graduated from Quitman High School. After high school, Barbara attended Georgia State Women’s College (now VSU) and while...
Lorri Mccrary
Dec 5, 2023
Lorri McCrary, 61, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, after a long, but brave battle with cancer. Born in Moultrie on July 6, 1962, she and her family lived in several places around the southeast before they lived in Waycross where she graduated from Waycross High School. Throughout this time, Lorri would visit family in Moultrie during the...
Joan Elizabeth Ratka
Dec 4, 2023
Joan E. Ratka, 88, of Valdosta and formerly of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, passed away at her home on December 4, 2023. In honor of her wishes, Mrs. Ratka was privately interred at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. Carson McLane Funeral Home was entrusted to care for Mrs. Ratka.
Dr. Lance Haluka
Nov 28, 2023
Dr. Lance J. Haluka, age 52, died peacefully at his residence on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. He was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the son of Walter and Carol Freund Haluka. Dr. Haluka did his undergraduate studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, after which he completed his Doctor of Optometry degree at Indiana University School of Optometry. Lance...
Shelba Jean Harrington
Nov 28, 2023
Shelba Jean Moody Harrington passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at Fellowship Home in Valdosta, GA, after an extended illness.
Born on September 13, 1931, in Appling County, Georgia, she was raised by Lawton and Lona Moody of Brentwood, GA. She graduated from Andrew College in Cutbert, GA, and Valdosta State College in Valdosta, GA, with a BA Degree in...
Ella Kendall
Nov 28, 2023
Ella “Butch” Kendall, 99, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday November 28, 2023 at Langdale Hospice House. A native of Baltimore, MD. Mrs. Kendall was born on December 27, 1923, the daughter of the late John Girdwood Schmidt & Edith Anna Hudnet Schmidt. Following World War II, a young U.S. Army Officer from Valdosta GA, Samuel Riley Kendall, Sr., was stationed...
Mary King Stephenson
Nov 27, 2023
Mary King Stephenson, age 85, of Valdosta, peacefully passed away on November 27, 2023, at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on November 16, 1938, in Greenwood Springs, MS, to the late William Claude King and Mable Kinard King. Mrs. Stephenson had a passion for gardening and could often be found tending to her ferns and flowers. She had...
Jacqueline A. Downing
Nov 26, 2023
Jacqueline A. Downing, 70, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at home. She was born December 9, 1952 in Valdosta to the late George W. and Doris Pearl Downing. Jacqueline was a retired office manager, but her real passion was her dogs, including her baby now Lily. She had several over the years and each one was like...
Johan Sluss
Nov 26, 2023
Johan Sluss, 37, of Lake Park, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on June 4, 1986 in San Diego, CA, to James and Julie Sluss. Johan had worked as a manager at Ruby Tuesdays. He was an avid car enthusiast and loved attending car shows. In his spare time, he loved...
Lois Warren Jackson
Nov 25, 2023
Mary Lois “Nan” Warren Jackson, 93, of Mayday, Georgia passed away Saturday, November 25, 2023, at River Brook Healthcare Center in Homerville, GA. She was born on June 3, 1930, in Cadwell, Laurens County, GA to the late General Other Warren and Nora Frances Scarbrough Warren. Mrs. Jackson was a hardworking and family-oriented individual dedicated to providing for her loved...
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