OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Music Funeral Services
Vera Lee Henderson
Dec 29, 2008
Vera L. Henderson – 82 Of Statenville passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 in South Georgia Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born on December 30, 1925 in Echols County, GA to the late James Walter, Sr. and Ola Estell Eddy Permenter. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Echols County Senior Citizens Center and she loved...
Deba E. Daman
Dec 29, 2008
Of Ray City, Georgia passed away Monday evening December 29, 2008 in Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born July 6, 1914 in Waverly, Ohio to the late Oliver and Stella Leeth Holton. She was a housewife all of her life. She is a member of the First Baptist Church of Ray City. She is preceded...
Jimmy Bailey
Dec 29, 2008
Jimmy Bailey – 51 Of Valdosta, passed away suddenly Monday evening, December 29, 2008, in South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta GA after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was born June 6, 1957 to the late Wibert E., Sr. and Alberta Downing Bailey in Lanier County. He owned and operated Quality Flooring by Bailey, Inc. in Valdosta, Georgia since...
John David Miley
Dec 23, 2008
Of Ray City passed away Tuesday morning, December 23, 2008 in South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia after a sudden illness. He was born October 6, 1935 in Brunswick, Georgia to the late John David, Sr. and Lessie Guthrie Miley. He helped organize the Ray City Historical Museum. He was an Artist, painting many local scenes. He loved reading...
Mary Grace Bleier
Dec 22, 2008
Grace Bleier – 88 Of Valdosta passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 at the Langdale Place after a heart attack. She was born on February 22, 1920 in Jersey City, NJ. and lived in Guttenberg, NJ most of her life. After retirement she and her husband Charles moved to Spring Hill, FL where they resided until 2002. Mrs. Bleier attended...
Berta Esther Massey
Dec 21, 2008
Berta Esther Massey-90 Of Lakeland, Georgia passed away Sunday morning, December 21, 2008 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born April 11, 1918 in Elbert County, GA to the late Seaburn and Willie Partain. She was retired from Levi Strauss & Co. as a seamstress after more than 20 years of service and was a...
Patsy Ann Stephens
Dec 21, 2008
Patsy Ann Stephens – 66 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday, December 21, 2008 in South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Chattanooga, TN on November 21, 1942 to the late Earnest Clifford & Edith Mae Rigsby Hatfield. She attended Bayside Community Church in Bradenton, FL. with her family. Survivors include:Husband, CW Stephens, Valdosta, GA, Daughters...
Julia Simpson
Dec 20, 2008
Of Lakeland, Georgia passed away peacefully in Azle, Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. Julia was born Sept. 6, 1913 in Lanier County, GA daughter of the late William Hustis and Eunice Bridges Studstill. She lived in Lanier County most of her life. She was a member of the Lakeland United Methodist Church and held many positions of leadership including...
Rosa Mae Mathis
Dec 19, 2008
Of Nashville, Georgia passed away Friday morning, December 19, 2008 at Tift Regional Medical Center after a short illness. She was born January 8, 1926 in Lanier County to the late Ike and Lula Sirmans Browning. She was a homemaker and member of the Brownings Chapel Church of God. She is preceded in death by her husband Clyde Mathis and...
Calvin Alton Rozier
Dec 14, 2008
Calvin Alton Rozier, 68 Of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Tattnall Community Hospital. He was born on April 14, 1940, in Washington County, Ga., to the late Carlos B. and Ethel Nichols Rozier. Mr. Rozier retired from Lowndes County Public Works. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include his wife, Sonia...
George Wilson Dent
Dec 12, 2008
George Wilson Dent – 57 Of Lakeland passed away late Friday afternoon December 12, 2008 in Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. He was born in Lanier County, Georgia to the late Eston Emons and Clois Durrance Dent. He worked in construction hanging dry wall, also he was a mechanic repairing automobiles. Survivors include: Wife Lisa...
Thelma James Kirkpatrick
Dec 11, 2008
Thelma James Kirkpatrick – 72 Of Macon passed away Thursday, December 11, 2008 in Portland, Organ after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Kirkpatrick was born June 20th, 1936 in Valdosta, Georgia. Thelma was the daughter of Albert James Sr. and Mary Booker of "Valdosta", Georgia. Thelma was one of seven children. She is survived by two sisters, Rosa Lee Thomas and...
Earl Daniel Webster Sayre
Dec 7, 2008
Earl Daniel Webster Sayre – 60 Of Lakeland passed away Sunday, December 7, 2008 in South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Leesburg, FL on May 22, 1948 to Shirley Sayre Peele of Slocum, AL and the late Daniel Webster Sayre. Mr. Sayre served in the United States National Guard. He was employed by Southern...
John Rudy
Dec 3, 2008
John Rudy – 78 Of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, December 03, 2008 in South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on July 19, 1930 in Santa Rosa, California to the late Paul Passmore & Clarinel Ione Rudy. Mr. Rudy served as a jet pilot during the Korean War. In the 1950's he taught high school in...
James "Ray" Waller, Jr.
Dec 2, 2008
James "Ray" Waller, Jr. – 80 Of Valdosta passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2008 in South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Harrison, GA on May 14, 1928 to the late James Ray, Sr. & Annie Ruth Brantley Waller. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Waller entered the United States Marines where he served...
Ruby Guthrie
Nov 29, 2008
Ruby Guthrie, 90, of Nashville, Ga. passed away early Saturday morning November 29, 2008 in the Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville following a lengthy illness. She was born January 1, 1918 to the late William Leonard and Mattie Gaskins Rowan in Berrien County, Ga. where she lived all her life. She was preceded in death by her husband Roy Robert...
Lamar Bruce Bennett
Nov 28, 2008
Lamar Bruce Bennett – 91 Of Jacksonville, Florida passed away Friday, November 28, 2008 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the son of Richard and Minnie Lott Bennett. He was born and grew up in Coffee County, GA. Survivors include:Wife, Lena Bennett, Jacksonville, FL, Daughter, Jane Tabor, Jacksonville, FL, Son & Daughter-in-law, Bruce & Starling Bennett, Ocala, FL , Grandchildren, Bill...
Webster Howell Hendley
Nov 28, 2008
Webster Howell "Friendly" Hendley, 85, of Valdosta passed away Friday, November 28, 2008 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Berrien County on March 16, 1923 to the late Daniel Webster and Ollie Lee Green Hendley. He was a retired mechanic and owned a number of service stations in the Valdosta area, he also served his country in...
Sharon Patricia Ier
Nov 28, 2008
Sharon Patricia Drier, 46, of Ray City passed away Friday November 28, 2008 from injuries sustained from an automobile accident. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Music Funeral Services of Valdosta.
Sharon Patty Ier
Nov 28, 2008
Sharon "Patty" Drier 46 Of Ray City passed away Friday November 28, 2008 from injuries sustained from an automobile accident. She was born March 17, 1962 in North Kingstown, RI to Keith Diehl and the late Dorothy Walker. Ms. Drier was a homemaker and was Baptist by faith Survivors include Husband Richard Drier Ray City Son Douglas William Drier Lake...
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