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Gary Wayne Grall
Nov 28, 2015
Gary Wayne Grall 67 Of Valdosta, formerly of Glendale WV passed away early Saturday November 28, 2015 morning in Langdale Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born In Glendale WV to the late Frank Earl and Eleanor Gray Grall. Mr. Grall Served in the United States Air Force for 26 years before retirement as a Senior Master Sargent....
Elaine Ellis Brooks
Nov 26, 2015
Elaine Ellis Brooks – 60 Of Valdosta found peace on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born on August 8, 1955 in Valdosta, GA to the late Jimmy Ellis and Marilyn Beecher Ellis of Valdosta, GA. She was a beloved paraprofessional at Sallas Mahone Elementary School in Valdosta, GA while her children were...
Herman E. Boykin
Nov 24, 2015
Herman E. Boykin – 81 Of Hahira passed away Monday Morning, November 24, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on September 5, 1934 in Irwin County, GA to the late John and Ethel Mae Luke Boykin. He was a truck driver for over 40 years with an accident free record. He was Church...
Fred Lamar Pearson
Nov 22, 2015
Fred Lamar Pearson – 76 Of Valdosta, GA passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. He was born on November 6, 1939 in Nashville, GA to Fred Lamar Pearson, Sr. and Mattie Odessa Raper Pearson. He was a Professor of History for many years at Valdosta State University. Dr. Pearson was a member...
Mary C. Guthrie
Nov 18, 2015
Mary C. Guthrie – 93 On November 18, 2015 Mary C. Guthrie, beloved family matriarch took the hand of her savior Jesus Christ and left this earthly life and entered into her eternal rest in the Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, Georgia. She was born in Kearney, New Jersey on March 27, 1922 to Italian Immigrant parents, Carmelo and Teresa...
Madalyn Jeanette Cooper
Nov 15, 2015
Madalyn Jeanette Cooper-89 Of Lakeland, GA passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Ms. Cooper was born in Berrien County, GA on September 8, 1926, the eldest daughter of Buie C. & Dollie Patten-Cooper of Lanier County, GA. She grew up in north Lanier County through her teen years and graduated from...
Cynthia Denise Register
Nov 13, 2015
Cynthia Denise Register-59 Of Lakeland, GA passed away suddenly Friday, November 13, 2015 at her home. She was born on April, 25, 1956 in Valdosta, GA to the late Herman Cain and Verna McNabb Cain. Survivors Include: Husband, John C. Register of Lakeland, GA; Step Daughter & Son-in-law, Shelly Axel Crane of Hilliard, FL; Step Son & Daughter-in-law of John...
Robert W. Battermann
Nov 12, 2015
Robert W. Battermann – 72 of O'Fallon, IL, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, MO. Robert was born on October 7, 1943 in Tacoma, WA. He was the son of Walter H. & Erna A. Battermann, nee Heidecke of Portland, OR. Robert was a 28 year USAF Ret. Major, also serving...
Bennie Theron Chandler
Nov 11, 2015
Bennie Theron Chandler, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on November 11, 2015. He graduated cum laude from North Georgia College and worked for Gold Kist in Atlanta prior to retiring. Bennie's two children, Danielle and William, were perhaps his proudest achievements and the apples of his eyes. His kind and generous heart grew even bigger with the arrival of the...
James "Dennis" Powell
Nov 10, 2015
James "Dennis" Powell – 59 Of Valdosta, GA passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at his residence. He was born on September 10, 1956 in Atlanta, GA to Emerson D. and Jesse Joann Sells Powell. He worked in sales with Valdosta Toyota in Valdosta, GA. Dennis was a graduate of Mid America Seminary in Memphis, TN. He was a...
Joe Willie Slaughter
Nov 9, 2015
Joe Willie Slaughter – 73 Of Lake Park, GA passed away on November 9, 2015 at his residence. He was born on February 3, 1942 in Lakeland, GA to the late Homer Clayton Slaughter and the late Dorothy Juanita Tomlinson Slaughter. He served in the United States Air Force and was an insurance salesman for American General Life Insurance Company....
Frances G. Swinson
Nov 9, 2015
Frances G. Swinson – 77 Of Valdosta, GA passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Langdale Hospice House. She was born on October 15, 1938 in Talladega, AL to the late Ocie and Frances Ista Shaddix Hooper. She was a loving, caring mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother. Frances enjoyed spending time with her family, church family, and co-workers....
Roy A. Smith
Nov 7, 2015
Roy Alton Smith- 90 Of Lakeland, GA passed away after a lengthy illness on November 7, 2015 at Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center. He was born on June 22, 1925 in Hazlehurst, GA to the late Ezra and Lottie Gay Smith. He served his country for over 27 years in the United States Navy and in the United States Air Force....
Sean Joseph Mcneal
Nov 5, 2015
Sean Joseph McNeal – 18 Of Valdosta, GA passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. He was born on November 25, 1996 in Valdosta, GA to Simmie and Irma Roberts McNeal. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 2015. Along with his parents, survivors include Sisters & Brothers-in-Law, Laura & Montel Bratcher of...
Joe Reilly
Nov 2, 2015
Joe Reilly - 82 Joseph F. Reilly died on November 2, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. He was born October 22, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA to Joseph and Elsie Brown Reilly. He attended Bache Elementary School, William Penn Jr. High, and Northeast Public High School. Joe spent 35 years in the trucking industry and retired from...
Aleta Green Register
Nov 1, 2015
Aleta Green Register-67 Of Naylor, GA passed away after a lengthy illness on November 1, 2015 at Emory Midtown Hospital in Atlanta, GA. She was born on June 1, 1948, in Valdosta, GA to the late Lawrence Jerry Green and Elva Mae Green of Naylor, GA. She was also preceded in death by her brother Jerry Green and her great...
Flora Elizabeth Fourakers
Oct 31, 2015
Flora Elizabeth Selph Fourakers, 89, of Lakeland, Georgia went to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. She was born on August 22, 1926, in Pinetta, Florida to the late Joseph and Arie Hughey Selph. As an active member of the community and First Baptist Church of Lakeland for over 55...
S. Carol Olson
Oct 28, 2015
S. Carol Olson – 74 Of Quitman, GA passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in Pruitt Health/Heritage House in Valdosta, GA. She was born on March 17, 1941 in Jefferson City, MO to Birch and Marie Box Cox. She was a member of the Church of God in Morven, GA. Along with her parents she was preceded in death...
Kendell Dewayne Cochran
Oct 26, 2015
Kendell DeWayne Cochran – 47 Of St. Marys, GA passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015 at Southeast Georgia Health Systems in St. Marys, GA. He was born on September 9, 1968 in Nashville, GA to Curtis L. Cochran and to Marie Katherine Browning Coble. He was of the Baptist faith and worked at Stucco for over 20 years. He...
Dorothy M. Lott
Oct 26, 2015
Dorothy M. Lott – 97 Of Valdosta, GA, and Jacksonville, FL, passed away Monday, October 26, 2015, at her son's residence. She was born in Seminary, Mississippi, on October 20, 1918, to the late Walter & Pearl Peebles Morris. She was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Russell Lott. She was a loving Christian mother and grandmother. She enjoyed...
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