Evelyn Clifton
Feb 24, 2005
Evelyn Clifton – 75 Of Lakeland passed away Thursday evening February 24, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Jesup, Ga. to the late Bill and Early Williamson. Mrs. Clifton lived in Valdosta for most of her life before moving to Lakeland about 5 year ago. She was preceded in death by 4...
Viola Preston
Feb 24, 2005
Viola Preston – 62 Of Lakeland passed away Thursday, February 24, 2005 in Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on March 31, 1942 to the late Charles & Eulea Pittman in Berrien County and had lived in Lakeland most of her life. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors Include: Daughter Sharon Dewitt, Ft....
Evelyn Clifton
Feb 24, 2005
Evelyn Clifton – 75 Of Lakeland passed away Thursday evening February 24, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Jesup, Ga. to the late Bill and Early Williamson. Mrs. Clifton lived in Valdosta for most of her life before moving to Lakeland about 5 year ago. She was preceded in death by 4...
William E. Joiner
Feb 23, 2005
William Joiner – 89 Of Stockton passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2005 in Crestwood Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born on May 2, 1915 to the late John M. & Bertha Young Joiner in Alabama. He had lived in Quitman for before moving to Stockton in 1979. He was Baptist by faith. Survivors Include: Spouse Vera Stewart...
Ellen Valentine Wainright Middlebrooks
Feb 20, 2005
Ellen Valentine Altman Wainright Middlebrooks Mrs. Middlebrooks, age 84 and a resident of Valdosta, Georgia, died Sunday, February 20, 2005 after a lengthy illness. For the past four years, she had made her home at The Presbyterian Home in Quitman, Georgia residing in the McElroy wing where she served as President of the Residents Council. Mrs. Middlebrooks was a native...
Myrtle Knight
Feb 20, 2005
Myrtle Knight -79 Of Lakeland, passed away Sunday February 20, 2005 evening in Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born December 12, 1925 in Clinch County to the late Gilford and Harriet Browning Fender. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Rufus Knight, and two Sons, Walton Hayward Knight, and John Avery Knight, Great...
Robert Phillips
Feb 15, 2005
Robbie Phillips – 27 Of Lakeland passed away Tuesday February 15, 2005 in Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born on July 3, 1977 in Augusta, Georgia and had lived in Lakeland most of his life. Mr. Phillips was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Survivors Include: Father Charles Ander Phillips, Lakeland, GA Mother Judy M....
Morris Clinton Register
Feb 15, 2005
Morris C. Register -71 Of Valdosta, Passed away early Tuesday February 15, 2005 in Lake Haven Nursing Home after a brief illness. Mr. Morris was born in Hamilton County, FL on May 3, 1933 to the late O.K. and Gertrude Spellers Register. Mr. Register had a great love for writing songs and playing many string instruments. He was preceded in...
David Sinclair Quarterman
Feb 15, 2005
David Sinclair Quarterman died peacefully in his sleep at home, Tuesday afternoon, 15 February 2005. He was born on 5 July 1914 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late David Sinclair Quarterman and Alla Irene Peek Quarterman. He lived in Lowndes County all of his life. He was a Deacon and then an Elder in First Presbyterian Church of Valdosta, Georgia....
Christine Young Strickland
Feb 14, 2005
Christine Young Strickland-80 Of Lakeland passed away early Monday morning February 14, 2005, at her residence after declining health for several months. She was born in Turner County, Rebecca, GA and had lived in Lanier County most of her life. She was a graduate of Georgia WomenÂ’s College in 1944, with a degree in education. Mrs. Strickland was an educator...
Virginia Thomas Ganas
Feb 10, 2005
Virginia T. Ganas – 82 Of Naylor passed away Thursday February 10, 2005 in the Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center after declining health for some time. She was born on December 11, 1922 to the late William Oscar & Rosa Bell Thomas in Lowndes County and had lived in Lanier County most of her life. She was a member of Good...
Jewel Carter Douthit
Feb 6, 2005
Jewel Carter Douthit – 91 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday February 6, 2005 in South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born on December 16, 1913 to the late W. J. “Will” & Lota Robinson Carter in Lanier County and had lived in Florida most of her life. Mrs. Douthit was Methodist by faith. She was a...
James Chester Conine
Feb 4, 2005
J. Chester Conine – 82 James Chester Conine of Lakeland passed away Friday, February 04, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital. He was born in Lanier County to the late James D. and Minnie E. Conine on December 22, 1922. Mr. Conine was a member and Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Lakeland. He served in the United States...
James Emory Mills Iii
Feb 3, 2005
James E. Mills - 37 Of Piedmont, S.C. passed away Thursday, February 3, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Valdosta, Ga. to James Emory Mills, Jr. and Louise Sirmans Sanders, both of Valdosta. He was employed by Robert Bosch Corp. in Anderson S.C. Survivors Include: Wife, Katherine Dienes Mills and one Son, James Aaron Mills, a Daughter, Carlie...
Georgia Starling Clowers
Feb 3, 2005
Georgia Starling Clowers – 92 Of Lakeland passed away early Thursday morning February 3, 2005 in Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Berrien County on June 7, 1912 and had lived most of her life in Lakeland. She was a member of the Lakeland Church of God. Mrs. Clowers was preceded in death by...
Talley Lewis Skinner
Feb 3, 2005
Talley L. Skinner, Jr. – 77 Of Nashville passed away early Thursday morning February 3, 2005 in Tift Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on January 6, 1928 to the late Talley L., Sr. and Minnie Stone Skinner in Lanier County and had lived most of his life in Nashville. Mr. Skinner is preceded in death...
Robson Garfield Rice
Jan 30, 2005
Robson Garfield Rice, 69, passed away early Sunday morning, January 30, 2005, at his residence in Valdosta, GA. Mr. Rice was a native of West Virginia, but lived the majority of his life in Ohio, where he retired from LTV Steel. Mr. Rice was the son of the late Roy Calvin Rice of Fayetteville, WV. He is survived by mother,...
Thomas Franklin Hampton, Sr.
Jan 26, 2005
Thomas Franklin Hampton Sr. 64 Of Lakeland, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at his residence after a brief illness. Mr. Hampton was born November 8, 1940 in Pavo, GA. to the Late Tom Hampton and Irene Cummings Hampton. He was retired from Levis after more than 30 years of service. Thomas enjoyed working with wood and working in his...
Robert Ray Brown
Jan 24, 2005
Robert R. Brown – 86 Of Homerville, GA passed away Monday January 24, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Sanford, FL where he grew up, had lived in Homerville for over 50 years. He served his country in the Air Force during World War II spent 29 months in the China, Burma India area....
Johnny Carson
Jan 23, 2005
John William Carson, the veteran comedian and talk show host who ruled late night TV for 30 years, died on Jan. 23 of emphysema. He was 79. Born in Corning, Iowa, and raised in Norfolk, Neb., Carson was an above-average student who made his mark as the class clown. He performed magic tricks for local Rotary groups, impersonated Jack Benny...
