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Betty Anne Scala Ellison
Aug 2, 2020
Betty Anne Scala Ellison, 81, died on Sunday, August 2, 2020 after several years of declining health. She was born on January 18, 1939 at Little Griffin Hospital in Valdosta, the daughter of Maxine and Joe Scala. Anne lived most of her life in Valdosta with the exception of one year in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, six years in Dayton, OH,...
W. Gus Elliott
Aug 1, 2020
W. Gus Elliott, 89, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, August 1, 2020, surrounded by his wife of 64 years, Walton Elliott, and their four children, Walter Elliott, Jim Elliott, Bill Elliott and Lucy Elliott Enniss. The family held a memorial service on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box...
Nina Lee Elliott Bramblett
Jul 31, 2020
Nina Lee Elliott Bramblett, 85, of Valdosta died Friday, July 31, 2020 at her home. She was born on May 4, 1935 in Macclenny, Florida to the late Warren L. (Pat) and Ethel Crawford Elliott and had lived in this area for many years. Mrs. Bramblett was a desk clerk/night auditor for the Ramada Inn before retirement and had been...
Frederick Dennis Quinn
Jul 30, 2020
Frederick Dennis Quinn, 81, of Valdosta, died at South Georgia Medical Center on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Born in Geneva, New York, on February 7, 1939, he was a son of the late Frederick Demuth and Ellea Mae Greene Quinn. Mr. Quinn was a member of Christ Episcopal Church. In his later years he was a gardner and love to...
Mary Nell Wells
Jul 29, 2020
Mary Nell Wells of Valdosta, Georgia passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at the age of 96 while residing at the Arbor Terrace of Johns Creek in Suwanee, Georgia. She was born January 20, 1924 in Clyattville, Georgia to the late Rufus and Bessie Mae Arnold Johnson. She was a graduate of Clyattville High School and was a varsity basketball...
Earl Jackson "Sonny" Cothron, Jr.
Jul 28, 2020
Earl Jackson “Sonny” Cothron, Jr., 78, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at his daughter’s residence in Lake Park. He was born in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Earl Sr., and Nell Shiver Cothron. He retired from PCA in Clyattville after 55 years of dedicated service and was a member of Redland Baptist Church. He loved quail hunting,...
Kathe Hilde Hartmann Taylor
Jul 28, 2020
Kathe Hilde Hartmann Taylor, 86, of Valdosta and formerly of Tallahassee, died on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Crestwood Nursing Home in Valdosta. She was born in Stettin, Germany to the late Gerda Hartmann and was a survivor of WWII Germany having endured the horrors of The Holocaust. She was a self-employed housekeeper and then worked as an independent missionary...
Marie Fowler
Jul 27, 2020
Marie Fowler, 91, of Valdosta, died on Monday, July 27, 2020 after a period of declining health. Born in Whitehouse, TX to the late James Miles Pruett & Amy Eugenia Weldon Pruett, and formerly of Tyler, TX, she had lived in this area since 2003. Marie was born during the great depression and grew up on the family farm outside...
Ellie Candelario
Jul 26, 2020
Ellie Candelario, 86, of Valdosta, died on Sunday, July 26, 2020 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Born in Brooklyn, NY to the late Vincent Corona and Faustina Pizarro Corona, she had lived in this area for the past 6 years. Growing up in Brooklyn, Ellie graduated from Prospect Heights High School. Soon after high school she got married...
Lee R. Crowder
Jul 26, 2020
Lee R. Crowder, 64, of Valdosta, passed away on July 26, 2020 in Tifton after a brief battle with COVID-19. He was born on December 29, 1955 in Jacksonville, FL, to the late Roy Elsworth Crowder and Norma Louise Pratt Crowder Smith. Lee graduated from Paxon High School in Jacksonville in 1973 and attended FSU and then graduated from University...
Mary Jean Bourquin Thornton
Jul 25, 2020
Mary Jean Bourquin Thornton, 82, of Barney, Georgia died unexpectedly on July 25, 2020 of natural causes at her residence in Barney. She was born on October 26, 1937 in Morven, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hardy F. Bourquin Sr., Avalon Lewis Bourquin. Siblings, Hardy F. Bourquine Jr., Bobby R. Bourquine, Eleanor Bourquin Williams. Her son,...
William Lawrence Yeomans
Jul 25, 2020
William Lawrence Yeomans, 76, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. Born in Valdosta on September 26, 1943 to the late William Russell & Dorothy Virginia Chancey Yeomans, he was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Yeomans was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. He...
Barbara A. Chitty
Jul 25, 2020
Barbara A. Chitty, 83, of Statenville died Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on December 2, 1936 in Echols County. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Chitty is survived by three daughters, Ann Garner and Bobbie Spivey of Lake Park and Beverly Bennett of Melbourne Beach, FL, two sons, Jerry Chitty and Randal Chitty of Statenville,...
Joanne Williams Halter
Jul 24, 2020
Joanne Williams Halter, 67, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2020 after battling a lengthy illness. She was born on October 28, 1952 in Thompson, Ga to the late Ed and Jessie Tyler Williams. Joanne was the owner and operator of Oweda’s Treasures. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Joanne is survived by her husband, William...
Susie Anne Howell
Jul 24, 2020
Susie Howell, 80, of Mayday passed away peacefully on Friday, July 24, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Kingsland, GA on March 21, 1940 to the late Charlie Franklin McCollough and Valeria Elkins McCollough. Mrs. Howell was a homemaker, a member of Good Hope Baptist Church and attended Macedonia Baptist Church. She had worked at American Home Patient,...
Jane Mchugh Bonner
Jul 23, 2020
Jane McHugh Bonner, 87, died on July 23, 2020 at Fellowship Home under the care of Hospice of South Georgia. Jane was born April 16, 1933 in Richland, Ga to the late William Elmer McHugh and Mary Ella Malcom McHugh. She has one beloved sister, Sibyl McGlaun who still lives in Richland. Jane enjoyed an almost 50-year career as a...
Cephus William Copeland
Jul 23, 2020
Cephus William Copeland, 79, passed away Thursday July 23, 2020, at South Georgia Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Tampa Florida on June 7, 1941 to the late William Lott and Mary Kidd Copeland. Mr. Copeland was a member of the Church of God. He was a United States Army veteran and had been self-employed as...
Sarah Anne Norman Mcdonald
Jul 23, 2020
Sarah Anne Norman McDonald, 94, of Valdosta, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at South Georgia Medical Center due to complications from the Covid-19 Virus. Sarah Anne was born in Valdosta, on September 29, 1925, the daughter of Joseph Curtis Norman and Ruth Prosser Norman. Much of her childhood was spent living in Lake City, Florida with her Aunt...
Sarah Boyette Layton
Jul 22, 2020
Sarah Boyette Layton, 86, of Lithia Springs, GA died Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Tranquility House Hospice in Austell, GA. She was born on May 22, 1934 in Hahira, GA to the late Noah A. and Armetta Boyette. She was a homemaker and a member of Midway United Methodist Church in Douglasville, GA. Mrs. Layton is survived by her four...
Thelma B. Downing
Jul 22, 2020
Thelma B. Downing, 95, of Valdosta died Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born on October 29, 1924 in Cook County to the late Charlie and Aline Bennett. Mrs. Downing was a homemaker and a Baptist. She enjoyed fishing and working in her and her children’s flower beds. Mrs. Downing was a loving wife, mother...
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