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Mary Deloris Buerger
Nov 23, 2020
Mary Deloris Buerger Born August 25, 1939, in Echols County, Georgia, to Bertie and Myers McDonald, Mrs. Buerger died Monday, November 23, 2020 in Jacksonville. She was a retired AON executive secretary and a member of Restoration Church of God. Mrs. Buerger was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Edward Buerger, and two brothers, Renae Myers McDonald and James...
Donald Ray Staten
Nov 22, 2020
Donald Ray Staten, 63, of Echols County died Sunday, November 22, 2020 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 10, 1956 to the late Quinton and Arvella James Staten and had lived in Echols County most of his life. He was a member of Francis Lake Baptist Church. Donald was a pilot who loved flying his helicopters. He...
Mary Ann Becton Smith
Nov 21, 2020
Mary Ann Becton Smith, 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at her home. She was born on January 24, 1941 in Brooks County to the late Andrew and Mary Ann Roach Becton. Mary Ann worked at the Bag Plant for Owen-Illinois for many years. She loved to fish and enjoyed taking care of people. She was...
Janice Elaine Thomasson Henderson
Nov 21, 2020
Janice Elaine Thomasson Henderson, 84, of Lake Park, died on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born on August 6, 1936 in Andalusia, Alabama to the late Alex Andre Thomasson and the late Mary Alice Plant Thomasson. Mrs. Henderson was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She loved...
Jessie Annabelle Chambers
Nov 21, 2020
Annabelle Chambers, 89, of Hahira died Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Southwell Medical Center in Adel. She was born in Albright, West Virginia to the late Hiram A. and Susanna B. Norris Reckhart and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Chambers was a retired invoice clerk with Del Cook Lumber Company and an active member of Salem United...
Jerry Thornton
Nov 21, 2020
Jerry Thornton, 71, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at his home in the arms of his son, surrounded by his family after a lengthy battle with cancer. Mr. Thornton, son of the late RJ and Idona Thornton was a lifelong resident of Echols County. He enjoyed working with his hands with mechanics and woodwork. He also enjoyed playing his...
Kathryn Burgsteiner Stevens
Nov 20, 2020
Kathryn Burgsteiner Stevens, 96, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, and formerly of Valdosta, died on Friday, November 20, 2020 at the Fernandina Beach Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. She was born in Perrine, Dade County, FL, on November 5, 1924, of Native Georgians, The Late William Kirk Burgsteiner and The Late Ola Moore Burgsteiner. She moved to Lowndes County, GA, at the...
David L. Segerstrom
Nov 19, 2020
David L. Segerstrom, 62, of Hahira died Thursday, November 19, 2020 at his home after a brief illness. He was born on December 27, 1957 in Greensboro, North Carolina and had lived in Valdosta most of his life. He was a Baptist and a carpenter. David lived his life to the fullest and was a master woodworker and craftsman. Survivors...
Bob Welch
Nov 18, 2020
Bob Welch, 78, of Valdosta, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at his home. He was born on January 2, 1942 in Charleston, South Carolina to the late John Julian and Eunice Yvonne Welch. Bob loved to be outdoors, working in his yard, fishing, and hunting. He was a fan of Florida State football and Atlanta Braves baseball. He...
Lisa Latrelle Calbert
Nov 18, 2020
Lisa Latrelle Calbert, 59, of Quitman, died in an automobile accident on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Born in Valdosta on January 16, 1961, Lisa was the daughter of the late James and Lois Young Lawson. She had worked as a prison guard with the Valdosta Correctional Institution and was a member of the Quitman Church of the Nazarene. Lisa had...
Josephine Kay Sikes
Nov 17, 2020
Josephine Kay Sikes, 74, of Ray City, died on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on December 23, 1945 in Berlin, Georgia to the late William Ira and Josephine Griffin Croft. She was involved in banking for most of her adult life and primarily with 1st State Bank of Valdosta. She was of the...
Beryl Moss Smith
Nov 17, 2020
Beryl Moss Smith, 83, of Hahira, died on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at Fellowship Home following a brief illness. She was born on April 19, 1937 in Oldham, England and came to America with her husband when he accepted a position with Lockheed-Martin in Atlanta. She lived her life for her family and was an excellent cook and baker, and...
James Robert (Jim) Mcalister
Nov 17, 2020
James Robert (Jim) McAlister, 76, of Hahira died Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Ft. Benning on April 8, 1944 to the late James Thomas and Gladys Dinkins McAlister. He was a cash register salesman and served in the United States Army Reserves. Mr. McAlister enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his...
John M. Mcelwain
Nov 16, 2020
John M. McElwain, 86, of Valdosta, died on Monday, November 16, 2020 at his residence following a period of declining health. He was born on November 2, 1934 in Jennings, Florida to the late Jesse and Minnie Herring McElwain. He eventually moved from Jennings to Valdosta when he began working with the Valdosta Drug Company and made Valdosta his home....
Patsy Carter Rogers
Nov 16, 2020
Patsy Carter Rogers, 71, of Lake Park, died on Monday, November 16, 2020, at her home. Born in Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia, on December 22, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Paul Edward Carter Sr. and Eva Mae Williams Carter. A member of Jennings Church of God, Mrs. Rogers was a homemaker who enjoyed shopping, crocheting and sewing....
Stephen Lee Gay
Nov 15, 2020
Stephen Lee Gay, 69, of Valdosta died Sunday, November 15, 2020 at his home after a short illness. He was born in Valdosta on August 30, 1951, the son of the late Robert L. Gay and the late Minnie Ruth Dennis Goodwin and was a lifelong resident of Valdosta. Stephen served in the United States Army during Vietnam. He was...
Jill Groves Crace
Nov 15, 2020
Jill Groves Crace, of Valdosta, 84, died Sunday, November 15th, 2020 surrounded by her four loving daughters at home. She was born in Redding England on August 2, 1936. She was married to her life-long partner for 53 years and resided in Valdosta since 1976. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Crace, her brother, John Groves,...
Alvin Daniel Drake
Nov 14, 2020
Alvin Daniel Drake, 89, of Quitman, died at his home on Saturday, November 14, 2020. Born in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, on August 10, 1931, Alvin was the son of the late Harvey Daniel Drake and Eula McClendon Drake. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of White Oak Baptist Church. Alvin loved to fish...
James Howell "Jimmy" Carter
Nov 13, 2020
James Howell “Jimmy” Carter, 76, of Quitman, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020, at his residence. He was born on June 22, 1944 in Toccoa, GA to the late Tommy and Albertene Carter. Jimmy was a welder. He enjoyed motorcycle riding, car racing and building hot rods. Jimmy loved his grandkids and had nicknames for all four of them. He...
William Haywood Moore
Nov 13, 2020
On November 13, 2020 William Haywood Moore went to be with our Lord and Savior. Haywood or Haygood, as some friends called him was born at Little Griffin Hospital in Valdosta, Georgia to Ellis Lamar Moore and Ella Mae Shierling Moore. He lived in Remerton, Georgia for many years until his family moved to Valdosta. Haywood attended Valdosta schools and...
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