Dorothy White St. John
Aug 20, 2009
Of Lakeland, GA formally of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, evening August 20, 2009 in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Quitman, Georgia to the late Charles Marvin and Janie Ray Bass White. She graduated Valdosta State University in 1971 where she received a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Education. She taught fifth Grade...
James Dowdy
Aug 14, 2009
Of Ray City, passed away Friday morning, August 14, 2009 in the Berrien County Hospital after a brief illness. He was born May 17, 1933 in Lawrenceburg, TN to the late Homer and Josephine Stovall Dowdy. He retired from the United States Air Force after 22 years of service. He later opened Dowdy Paint and Body and was Baptist by...
Franklin Benjamin Johnson
Aug 11, 2009
Franklin Johnson – 76 Of Lake Park passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2009 in South Georgia Medical after a brief illness. He was born in Lowndes County on February 3, 1933 to the late Jack Hassie & Eva Johnson. Mr. Johnson served in the United States Army. He loved to fish. He is survived by his, Wife, Leatha Johnson, Lake...
Vernon Lee Downs
Aug 10, 2009
Vernon Lee Downs – 61 Of Quitman passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 at his residence after a short illness. He was born in Miami, FL on December 8, 1947 to Murial Robinson Downs of Valdosta, GA and the late Clisby V. Downs. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church. Along with his mother he is survived by his:Wife,...
Stanley Leroy Shaw
Aug 9, 2009
Stanley Leroy Shaw – 64 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 in the Veterans Medical Clinic in Lake City, FL after a lengthy illness. He was born on August 8, 1945 in Manatee County, FL to Myrtie Padgett Swilley and the late Henry James Shaw. Mr. Shaw served in the United States Army and was a member of...
Betty H. Sirmans
Aug 9, 2009
Betty Sirmans 76 Of Hahira passed away Sunday, August 09, 2009 in South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born July 20, 1933 in Turner County to the late Paul and Mary Lightfoot Huff. Mrs. Sirmans was a homemaker and a member of Maranatha Baptist Church. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her...
Charles Edwin Oege
Aug 8, 2009
Charles Edwin Droege – 84 Of Valdosta passed away Saturday, August 8, 2009 in South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Farmington, Iowa on September 6, 1924 to the late Henry H. & Cora M. Lawson Droege. Mr. Droege served in the United States Navy in World War II. He was a member of Past...
Lee Roy Fender
Aug 6, 2009
Of Ray City, passed away Thursday evening, August 6, 2009 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Berrien County, Georgia to the late Ted Sylvester and Lucille Harpe Fender. He loved to fish and worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator and Truck Driver for many years. Survivors include: Wife of 23 years Kay Fender Ray City,...
Andrew Dale Charos
Aug 6, 2009
Andrew Dale Charos - 78 Of Valdosta passed away Thursday, August 6, 2009 at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri on May 31, 1931 to the late Andrew James and Ada Dorothy Charos. Mr. Charos served as a fighter pilot in the US Air Force, achieving the rank of Major. He retired...
William Durand Carson
Aug 4, 2009
William Durand Carson – 87 Of Lake Park passed away Tuesday, August 04, 2009 in South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Chattanooga, TN on May 18, 1922 to the late William Henry & Jessie Mae Graham Carson. Mr. Carson served in the United States Marine Corp. He was a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher...
John Olen Padgett
Aug 3, 2009
John Olen Padgett – 50 Of Valdosta passed away Monday, August 03, 2009 in the Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born to on March 27, 1959 in Warner Robins, GA to his loving parents, Owen Leon and Louise Francis Brooking Padgett. Mr. Padgett was a member of Forrest Park Church of Christ. He is preceded in...
Charles Theo Scarborough, Sr.
Jul 31, 2009
Charles Theo Scarborough, Sr. – 79 Of Valdosta passed away Monday, August 31, 2009 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born in Berrien County on April 1, 1930 to the late Paul Allen and Eula Lee Register Scarborough. He graduated from Hahira High School in 1947 and returned to Lowndes County after retiring from the Education profession...
Martha Boyd Paulk
Jul 28, 2009
Martha Boyd Paulk – 71 Of Stockton, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at her residence after a brief illness. She was born February 22, 1938 in Berrien County, Georgia to the late Albert and Ada Moore Boyd. She was a housewife and worked numerous years as a ward clerk at Louis Smith Hospital. She was Holiness by Faith. She...
Nathan Allen Evans
Jul 28, 2009
Mr. Nathan Allen Evans, age 31, passed away July 25, at South Georgia Medical Center. Nathan's loving parents, Carroll and Latrelle Dyal, raised him in Valdosta with his three brothers-Keith, Brent, and Shawn. He attended local schools and excelled in academics. After high school, he fell in love with Marie Mills and had a son, Dean Cain Evans. Nathan worked...
Curtis L. Rigdon
Jul 26, 2009
Curtis L. Rigdon – 58 Of Naylor, GA passed away early Sunday morning July 26, 2009 at his residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born December 28, 1950 in Lowndes County, GA to Turner and Elizabeth Rigdon. He attended Lowndes County School Systems, and served our country in the U.S. Navy. He drove a truck for Wal-Mart...
Richard Wesley Roper
Jul 25, 2009
Richard Wesley Roper – 42 Of Valdosta passed away suddenly on Saturday July 25, 2009. He was born on June 28, 1967 to Shirley Ann Colvin of St. George, Utah and the late Richard Roper, Sr. of Florida. He graduated from Lowndes County High School and served 6 years in the United States Air Force at the time of his...
Margie Lee Bohannon
Jul 24, 2009
Margie Lee Bohannon – 69 Of Tifton passed away Friday, July 24, 2009 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born in Tifton, GA on May 18, 1940 to the late Herman Cleghorn and Flora Spradlin Baldree. In her past time she loved to crochet. She is preceded in death by her husband John Neal Bohannon. Survivors include:Daughter...
John H. "Bud" "Night Eagle" Curtis
Jul 20, 2009
Dr. John H. “Bud” “Night Eagle” Curtis – 72 Of Valdosta passed away Monday July 20, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Peoria, IL on June 28, 1937 to Dorothy Boman Curtis and the late Orville R. Curtis. Dr. Curtis retired from Valdosta State University where he served as a professor in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice...
Jerry Louis Jackson
Jul 19, 2009
Jerry Louis Jackson – 69 Of Ray City passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Dalton, GA on February 22, 1940 to the late Louis Boyd & Lucille Dudley Jackson. Mr. Jackson served in the United States Air Force and was Baptist by faith. He is survived by his: Wife...
Alene O'Quinn Patten
Jul 19, 2009
Alene O'Quinn Patten – 98 Of Lakeland passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009 surrounded by her family at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born September 19, 1910 in Odum, GA to the Late Ludwell and Irene Browder O'Quinn, and had lived in Lakeland most of her life. Mrs. Patten loved her family, her church, an active member...
