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Robert C. Garrett
Feb 25, 2006
Robert C. Garrett -75 Of Valdosta passed away Saturday, February 25, 2006 in Smith North view Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born September 12, 1930 in Turner County, Ga. to the late Clyde & Birdie Conley Garrett. He was employed with the Reames Construction Company as a supervisor. Mr. Garrett was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded...
Roy C. Gaskins
Feb 16, 2006
Roy C. Gaskins -62 Of Valdosta passed away Thursday evening February 16, 2006 after a sudden illness at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Berrien County, GA on November 6, 1943 to the late Rev. Roy & Clara Mae Gaskins. Mr. Gaskins worked in automotive sales and repair for more than 40 years; most recently with Ray Norton...
Ione Cowart
Feb 15, 2006
Ione Cowart – 93 Of Lakeland passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on November 28, 1912 in Atkinson County, GA to the late Cale & Sarah McGahee. Mrs. Cowart retired from Levis Strauss & Company and was a foster grandparent with Lanier County Development Services. She was a...
Estolena T. Tomlinson
Feb 14, 2006
Estolena T. Tomlinson – 86 Of Lakeland, Ga. passed away Sunday, February 12, 2006 in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on April 13, 1919 in Clinch County, Ga. to the late Isbon and Wealthy Guess Tomlinson. She lived most of her life in Lakeland and retired after 30 years of service from Levi...
William David Thornton
Feb 10, 2006
William Thornton- 85 Of Lakeland, Georgia passed away Friday, February 10, 2006 in the Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, Georgia. He was born August 09, 1920 in Berrien County to the late Harry B. & Ada Williams Thornton. He worked in Drywall Construction for a number of years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Inez Thornton and a...
George Clanton
Feb 5, 2006
George Clanton – 63 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday February 5, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born on December 17, 1942 in Berrien County. He was a member of Azalea City Church of God. Mr. Clanton is preceded in death by his father, James Edwin Clanton Survivors Include: Wife Sylvia Clanton Valdosta, GA Daughter &...
William A. Billy Clements
Feb 2, 2006
William A. ”Billy” Clements- 88 Of Ray City, Georgia passed away February 2, 2006 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland after a lengthy illness. He was born in Berrien County on October 3, 1917 to the late William A. & Mary Elizabeth Clements. Mr. Clements was an avid outdoorsman who loved fishing, especially in Ray’s Pond. He served his...
Larry James Lee
Feb 1, 2006
Larry Lee – 59 Of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, February 01, 2006 in Lake Haven Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on October 15, 1946 in Murry County, Oklahoma to the late Otis and Lula Lee. He was a member of New Covenant Church. Mr. Lee retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of...
David Alan Heard
Jan 29, 2006
David Alan Heard -51 Of Valdosta passed away early Sunday January 29, 2006 evening at his residence. He was born January 12, 1955 to the late Cecil and Martha Smith Heard in Fitzgerald, GA. Mr. Heard worked for Langdale Lumber Company for more than 28 years. He was Baptist by Faith Survivors include his Brothers & Sister-in-Law, Steve Heard, Valdosta,...
William Franklin Griffis
Jan 29, 2006
William Franklin Griffis William Franklin Griffis, 81, of Homerville passed away Sunday Jan. 29, 2006, at the VA Medical Center in Lake City, Fla. after a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 30, 1924, in Clinch County to the late Rob and Emma Alice Griffis. He served his country in the United States Army. He worked in the woods as...
Lucille Tomlinson
Jan 22, 2006
Lucille Tomlinson – 92 Of Lake Park passed away Sunday evening, January 22, 2006 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born in Clinch County, GA. on January 6, 1914 to the late Isbin & Viola Kirkland. She was a life long member of Camp Creek Missionary Baptist Church and worked as a sales clerk in the gift...
Candy Catherine Hill
Jan 19, 2006
Candy C. Hill – 54 Of Lakeland passed away Thursday, January 19, 2006 at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in San Francisco, California on January 19, 1952 to the late Clifford & Maria Hill. Candy was a free spirit. She was a wonderful artist. She had a phenomenal aptitude to automatically understand what was desired when...
Effie Lucille Huff
Jan 18, 2006
Effie L. Huff -88 Of Valdosta passed away early Wednesday, afternoon at her daughterÂ’s residence in Adel after a brief illness. She was born January 14, 1918 in Worth County GA., to the late William and Effie Butler Lumsden. Mrs. Huff was a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church in Valdosta. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louie...
William Elias Brogdon
Jan 15, 2006
William E. Brogdon-70 Passed away at his residence Sunday January 15, 2006 from a lengthy illness. He was born on June 13, 1935 in Berrien County, Georgia to the late John C. & Nellie Vining Brogdon Survivors include: Wife Elizabeth June Brogdon Lakeland, Ga. Sister Grace Dodd Lakeland, Ga. 2 Brothers Wesley Brogdon Tennessee Terry Brogdon Nashville, Ga. A number...
Kenneth Tomlinson
Jan 9, 2006
Kenneth Tomlinson – 64 Of Valdosta passed away Monday, January 9, 2006 in South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 8, 1941 in Hahira to the late Hobson K. & Louise Courson Tomlinson. He was Baptist by faith. Survivors include: Sons & Daughter-in-law Randy & Rita Tomlinson Tifton, GA Rusty Tomlinson Clarksville, TN Daughter...
Clyde Rudolph Langford
Jan 9, 2006
Clyde Rudolph Langford-74 Of Ray City passed away Monday, January 9, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on September 15, 1931 in Berrien County, Georgia to late Luther E. & Amanda Langford. He was an electrician by trade a member of IBEW local Union 511 in Valdosta, GA. A member of the Ray...
Jerry Allen Swearingen, Sr.
Jan 9, 2006
Jerry Allen Swearingen, Sr.-58 Of Clyattville passed away Monday, January 9, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born May 27, 1947 to Cuyler H. Swearingen, Sr & Clara Estelle Howell Swearingen Taft in Clinch County. He was an mechanic by trade & was of the Church of God faith. He was preceded in death...
Gregory Dennis Clifford
Jan 5, 2006
Gregory Dennis Clifford – 57 Of Ray City passed away Thursday, January 5, 2006 in Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born on October 18, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. He was Lutherian by faith. Mr. Clifford is preceded in death by his father, Norman Dennis Clifford Survivors Include: Wife Sherrell O. Clifford Ray City, GA Step...
Bernice Oveda Touchton Carter
Jan 5, 2006
Bernice Oveda Touchton Carter – 83 Of Valdosta passed away Thursday, January 05, 2006 in Archbald Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, GA. after a brief illness. She was born on August 27, 1922 in Fargo, GA. Ms. Carter lived in Valdosta for the last 10 years, but had lived in Homerville most of her life. She was a member of New...
Tailor Emily Chaney
Jan 4, 2006
Tailor Emily Chaney – 6 Of Naylor passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2006 in Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born on November 1, 1999 in Lowndes County and had lived in Naylor all of her life. She had several nick names Pretty Girl, Tater Bug and Tay-Tay. Tailor was a Kindergartner...
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