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Robert E. Sowell
Jan 2, 2021
Robert E. Sowell, 72, of Lake Park, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021 following a brief illness. He was born in Valdosta, on June 8, 1948 to the late A.B. Sowell and Frankie Parrish Sowell. Mr. Sowell was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired from CSX Transportation as a signal maintainer after nearly 35 years. Mr. Sowell...
Montine Foutz
Jan 2, 2021
Montine Foutz, 71, of Valdosta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at Fellowship Home in Nashville. A Valdosta native, Mrs. Foutz was born on January 21, 1949, daughter of the late Jefferson McKay Bonner and Clarice Bonner Yates. A 1967 graduate of Valdosta High School where she played the bells with the Marching Cats. Montine enjoyed playing piano...
Jean Radford Lanier
Jan 1, 2021
Dorothy Jean Sheffield Radford Lanier, age 93, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2021 after a period of declining health. Jean was born on Christmas Eve 1927 in Brooks County, Georgia to John Thomas Sheffield and Ruth Valentine Smith Sheffield. The youngest of their five children, Jean was doted on by her brothers and sisters. She was a devout Christian...
Mattie Lou "Lucy" George
Jan 1, 2021
Lucy George of Valdosta passed away January 1, 2021 at the age of 86. Lucy was born in Bonneau South Carolina on August 24th, 1934 to the late Sidney Shealy and Essie Shealy. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Ruby Krill, Alice Stowers, and Lois Almers. Lucy is survived by her husband of 67 years...
Geneva Stewart
Jan 1, 2021
Geneva Stewart, 90, of Valdosta, died on Friday, January 1, 2021 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Hahira, Georgia on October 8, 1930 to the late Thomas Franklin and Frances Iduma Jones Jernigan. She was a retired seamstress and had worked for Levi’s locally. She is survived by her son and...
Stephanie M. Thomas
Dec 30, 2020
Stephanie M. Thomas, 32, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday December 30, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 26, 1988 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Earl D. Thomas and Linda Beth Hughes Thomas. Stephanie was a caring soul, always looking for new ways to help people and would volunteer for anything....
James Terrance (Terry) Yates, Sr.
Dec 28, 2020
James Terrance (Terry) Yates, Sr., 64, of Valdosta died on Monday, December 28, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was born on May 6, 1956 in Bainbridge, Georgia. He moved to Valdosta with his family and has been a resident here for most of his life. He was a graduate of Valdosta High School and...
Silvia Mercedes Calderon
Dec 26, 2020
Silvia Mercedes Calderon at the age of 80 years old, transitioned to be with our Lord on December 26, 2020. She was born on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico in a town named Mayaguez. She was the daughter of Mercedes Rosado and Marcos Rosado. At the age of 8 years old, Silvia relocated with her family to New York...
Sgt. Emilio Jose Velazquez
Dec 26, 2020
Sgt. Emilio Jose Velazquez, 28, of Evans Mills, New York, died suddenly on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at his residence. He was born in New York, New York on May 8, 1992 and was a Signal Support System Specialist with the United States Army. He was stationed at Fort Drum in New York. He is survived by his wife, Ashley...
Peggy Lee Turner
Dec 26, 2020
Peggy Lee Turner, 90, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Langdale Place. Born on November 10, 1930, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Peggy was the daughter of the late James Henry and Mary Moore Horne. She grew up in Charlotte and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1953. On December 14, 1954, Peggy married James (Jim)...
Robert Curtis Thom
Dec 25, 2020
Robert Curtis Thom, 84, a resident of Fort Myers, FL from 1978-2007 and from 2019 to present, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, and Valdosta, GA, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 in Fort Myers. He was born July 25, 1936 in Indianapolis, IN to Jay and Julia Thom, now deceased. Robert was a Veteran of the United States Navy, where he...
Ret Msgt Michael Marvin Andrew
Dec 25, 2020
Ret MSgt Michael Marvin Andrew, 77, of Valdosta died Friday, December 25, 2020 at South GA Medical Center, Lanier Campus in Lakeland, GA. He was born on July 6, 1943 in Eau Claire, WI to the late Cecil Munroe Andrew and Viola Selma Hartman Andrew. Mr. Andrew retired after serving twenty four years in the United States Air Force. He...
Anthony Byrns Williams
Dec 25, 2020
Anthony Byrns Williams, Sr. 80 or Valdosta passed away Friday December 25, 2020 at his daughter’s residence following several years of declining health. He was born on February 2, 1940 in Nashville, TN, To the late Raymond and Mildred Williams. Mr. Williams retired as a service manager for Gordon Ford Tractor Company. He is survived by his daughter, Windy Scott...
Lavon (Rudolph) Prine
Dec 25, 2020
Lavon Prine, 78, of Echols County, died on Friday, December 25, 2020 after a very short battle with COVID-19. Born in Valdosta on September 20, 1942 to the late Jackson Rudolph & Catherine Kinsey Prine, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Prine grew up in Valdosta and attended Valdosta High School in the mid 1950’s before...
Robert Curtis Thom
Dec 25, 2020
Robert Curtis Thom, 84, a resident of Fort Myers, FL from 1978-2007 and from 2019 to present, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, and Valdosta, GA, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 in Fort Myers. He was born July 25, 1936 in Indianapolis, IN to Jay and Julia Thom, now deceased. Robert was a Veteran of the United States Navy, where he...
Reverend Leonard Harnage
Dec 24, 2020
Reverend Leonard Harnage, 83, of Hahira passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Cook County, GA on July 23, 1937 to the late Henry Carl and Cloa Harnage. Reverend Harnage was a Church of God Minister for fifty-three years having begun his ministry on April 10, 1967. His wife Marian Marie Dampier...
Richard "Rich" Pye
Dec 24, 2020
Richard “Rich” Pye, 72, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Houma, LA to the late Clifford Francis & Devota Florence Broussard Pye, he has lived in Valdosta since 1985. Mr. Pye grew up in Houma and attended schools there. After high school, he soon joined the United States Air Force. During...
Charles John Rozek, Jr.
Dec 24, 2020
On Thursday, December 24th, 2020, Charles John Rozek, Jr. (Jack) passed away in the presence of his family after battling a short illness. Jack was born to Charles John Rozek, Sr. and Esther Lawrence Rozek on September 1, 1942, in Baltimore, Maryland. After growing up in Baltimore, he attended Plymouth Preparatory School in Massachusetts where he lettered in lacrosse. As...
Amos Alexander Mccall
Dec 23, 2020
Mr. Amos Alexander McCall, Sr. 95, of Valdosta, died at his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 after a lengthy illness. Born in Jasper, FL to the late James Horace & Lena Storey McCall, he has lived in Valdosta since the early 1940’s. He moved to Valdosta in his mid-teens to live with family. Soon after...
Jean Elizabeth (Lisa) Price
Dec 23, 2020
After a hard-fought battle with cancer, Jean Elizabeth (Lisa) Price, age 63 of Hahira, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday December 23, 2020. She was born to Janice (Bostwick) Morton and the late Clay Bostwick on January 19, 1958 and grew up in Arlington, GA. Lisa attended Southwest Georgia Academy and studied Education at Valdosta State College, before working as...
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