OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park, Lowndes County, GA & Surrounding Areas
David Julian Sutton
Oct 13, 2020
David Julian Sutton, 68, of Valdosta, died on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at his residence. He was born on August 2, 1952 in Douglas, Georgia to the late Thomas and Evelyn Kiser Sutton. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State in political science. While a senior at VSC, David received a Governor’s Internship at Coastal Plains Area Planning and...
Keagan H. Kung-Korte
Oct 12, 2020
Keagan H. Kung-Korte, 17, of Nashville, Georgia, passed away suddenly following a car accident on October 12, 2020. Keagan came into this world as a fighter. He was born in Tampa, Florida, on April 18, 2003, at St. Joseph’s Hospital weighing four pounds flat. This miracle child grew into a smart, kind, and humorous young man, who treated everyone he...
Elvetris Lorene Sotiriou
Oct 12, 2020
Elvetris Lorene Sotiriou, 76, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020. She was born on October 13, 1943 in Hayti, Missouri to the late Alford Morrison and Minnie Cowen Morrison. Mrs. Sotiriou loved her family and animals, especially cats. She was an avid reader and loved thrift shopping for a good deal. She was a member of...
Paul Meredith Rauen
Oct 12, 2020
Paul Meredith Rauen, 95, of Hahira, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2020. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 24, 1925 to the late Willis E. Rauen and Dorothy Evans Rauen. Mr. Rauen was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served in WWII. He loved to sing, paint, and work with flowers and plants. He was...
Elizabeth "Liz" Congleton Toth
Oct 11, 2020
Elizabeth “Liz” Congleton Toth, 79, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at South Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Richmond, KY, on January 10, 1941, to the late Edward Park Congleton and Ruth Greear Congleton. She grew up in Richmond, KY and attended Model High School which was on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University. She...
Linda Lewis
Oct 10, 2020
Linda Lewis, 82, formerly of Valdosta died Saturday, October 10, 2020. She had lived in Valdosta for many years before moving to Tallahassee, Florida and then to the Atlanta area. She is a member of Northside Baptist Church where she served as the kitchen coordinator and as Youth Director for many years. Survivors include her daughter, Deborah Spotts of Snellville,...
Hilda Hughes Lynn
Oct 10, 2020
Hilda Hughes Lynn, 97, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2020. She was born in Echols County, GA on July 10, 1923 to the late Van Buren Hughes and Mary Hughes. She was a homemaker who loved working in her yards and gardening. She loved animals especially cats. Mrs. Lynn was a member of Lake Park Church of...
James Neil (Jimmy) Cleary
Oct 10, 2020
James Neil (Jimmy) Cleary, 58, of Valdosta, died on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 12, 1962 in Bronx, New York to the late Robert Cleary and June Dawson Dallman. Jimmy was a retired chef and had last been employed with Church Street Café in Hahira before declining health forced...
Ladonna Adel Geiser English
Oct 10, 2020
LaDonna Adel Geiser English slipped peacefully into the arms of Our Lord Saturday, October 10, 2020, at Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida. Daughter, Jennifer Anne English Arent was at her side. She lived a vibrant 89 years, 4 months, and 2 days. She was born on June 9, 1931, in Genoa, Nance County, NE., the third child of Carl Arnold Geiser...
Betty Jean (Clark) Lee
Oct 9, 2020
Betty Jean (Clark) Lee, entered her eternal rest in Jesus on October 9, 2020 in Floresville, TX, just a few weeks shy of her 91st birthday after running a good race! Her children and other family and friends celebrate her homecoming reunion in Heaven with her beloved parents, James Pilcher Clark, Sr. and Francis Voncile (Adkins) Clark -lovingly known as...
Janice W. Rogers
Oct 9, 2020
Janice W. Rogers, 71, of Valdosta, died on Friday, October 9, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida following a lengthy illness. She was born in Valdosta on June 3, 1949 to the late L.C. (Whiz) Wisenbaker and Madge Quillian Wisenbaker. Mrs. Rogers was a retired bookkeeper from Terry Hunt Industries where she worked for many years. She was...
Randy Crane
Oct 9, 2020
Randy Crane, 73, of Valdosta, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2020 at his home. He as born on June 29, 1947 to the late Frank Forbes Crane and Connie Martin Crane. He lived in Valdosta his entire life and worked in construction for several years. Randy is survived by his daughter, Arianna E. Crane; his brother, Frank Crane; sister...
Joseph Hillis
Oct 9, 2020
Joseph Hillis, 91, of Land O’Lakes, Florida passed away on October 9, 2020 at Angels Senior Living at Connerton Court. Born in Millen, Georgia, Jenkins County, on September 1, 1929, he was a son of the late Lloyd Elliot Hillis and Josephine Landing Hillis. Mr. Hillis was a South Georgia boy, a Southern gentleman and he loved good southern cooking.....
Sharon Dorminey Hughes
Oct 8, 2020
Sharon Dorminey Hughes, 59, of Valdosta died on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Big Bend Hospice of Tallahassee. Sharon was born in Valdosta on February 16, 1961 to the late Clifford and Martha Mitchell Dorminey and has been a lifelong resident here. She was a homemaker and a member of Abundant Life Church of God. She is survived by her...
Irene F. Gallagher
Oct 7, 2020
Irene F. Gallaher, 97, of Valdosta died on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at her residence. She was born on August 30, 1923 in Niagra Falls, Canada to the late Ernest Henry Harrison and Sarah Alice Fox Harrison. Mrs. Gallagher served in the Women’s Land Army in England during WWII. She was a homemaker, a member of St. John the Evangelist...
Lillian J. Hiers
Oct 5, 2020
Lillian J. Hiers, 94, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 5, 2020 at Fellowship Home following a lengthy illness. She was born on August 3, 1926 in Beaumont, Mississippi to the late Percy Jones and Helen Adams May. She was a dedicated homemaker and helped out her husband in the running of L.B.’s Lounge. She loved to work in her...
Louie Carlton Flythe, Sr.
Oct 5, 2020
Louie Carlton Flythe, Sr., 96, of Valdosta, died on Monday, October 5, 2020 at Langdale Hospice House after a period of declining health. Born in Hahira on January 13, 1924 to the late John Claude Flythe and Bessie Claude Bonner Flythe, he had been a lifelong resident of this area. Louie graduated from Hahira High School in 1943 and soon...
Elizabeth Shaw Rogers
Oct 4, 2020
Elizabeth Gayle Shaw Rogers, 79, of Dunn, NC passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Wayne UNC Hospital in Goldsboro, NC. She was born on March 5, 1942 in Columbus, GA to the late William Marion Shaw and Sarah Elizabeth Shelnutt Shaw. Ms. Rogers attended Jordan High School in Columbus and graduated from Valdosta State College where she received a...
Harold John Karew
Oct 4, 2020
Harold John “Jim” Karew, 92, of Fellowship Home in Valdosta, died on Sunday, October 4, 2020. He was born on September 25, 1928 to the late Arthur Karew and Lois Chaney Karew. Mr. Karew grew up on a farm in Mondovi, Wisconsin. He attended Methodist Kahler School of Nursing where he graduated with honors and was president of his class....
Steve Bokine Hall, Jr.
Oct 4, 2020
Steve Bokine Hall, Jr., 71, of Valdosta, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2020. He was born in Madison, Florida on January 5, 1949 to the late Steve Bokine Hall, Sr. and Sallie Foxx Benefield. Mr. Hall was a self-employed contractor. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, and football. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and the rest of his family....