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Roberta Ann Stovall
May 20, 2005
Roberta Ann Stovall, 65 of Lakeland passed away Friday morning May 20, 2005, at her residence following declining health for several years. She was born in Winchester, Illinois moved to the Lakeland area in 1986. She was a clinical records librarian for the Parkwood Development Center in Valdosta before ill health forced her retirement. She never gave up her love...
Helen Bennett Harrison
May 20, 2005
Helen Bennett Harrison-78 Of Stockton Georgia passed away Friday morning May 20, 2005 in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland after a lengthy illness. She was born in Cook County Georgia and lived in the Valdosta, Naylor Georgia area most of her life. She was preceded in death by her Parents, Henry and Vella Bennett, a Daughter Kim Harrison,...
Hope Hand
May 16, 2005
Hope Hand -41 Of Valdosta passed away late Monday evening May 16, 2005 in South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born November 19, 1963 in Lowndes County Ga. To Mrs. Billie Green and the Late Ronald E. Green. Hope worked in South Georgia Medical Center in the Radiology Department for the past 8 years. She attended...
Jack Lamar Sheffield
May 6, 2005
Jack L. Sheffield – 57 Of Ray City passed away Friday Night May 6, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on April 29, 1948 to the late William Harvey Sheffield and Eula Sheffield of Tampa, Fl. He was a member of Stockton Baptist Church. Mr. Sheffield enjoyed being in the outdoors. Some of...
Mary Lucille Westberry
May 3, 2005
Lucille Westberry – 86 Of Valdosta, GA passed away Tuesday May 3, 2005 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born June 11, 1918 in Miami, Fl and had lived in Valdosta for the past 15 years. She was a very gifted artist, and avid bowler, and was a member of WIBC at Jac’s Lanes. She was preceded...
Tracy D. Southerland
May 3, 2005
Tracy D. Southerland – 35 Of Valdosta passed away Tuesday May 3, 2005 in Brooks County Hospital after a sudden illness. He was born on September 24, 1969 in Hahira, GA. He worked as an electronic superintendent at Langboard, Inc in Quitman. Mr. Southerland was an avid Nascar & baseball fan. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. being his favorite driver. He also...
Jennifer Rose Cabaniss
May 3, 2005
Jennifer Cabaniss - 56 Of Stockbridge, passed away early Tuesday May 3, 2005 afternoon in Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge, Ga after a lengthy illness. She was born October 12, 1948 in Lowndes County, Ga to the late William and Verna Godwin Sewell. She worked for and was very proud to be a part of the Wal-mart stores. Survivors include:...
James Daniel Pearson
May 2, 2005
Rev. James Daniel Pearson – 78 Of Quitman, Georgia was born May 15, 1926 in Berrien County, the son of James Calvin & Beckie Jane Pearson. Rev. Pearson pastored for a total of 50 years. He began his ministerial work in North, Florida in the early 50’s. He later moved to Georgia where he began his pastoral work at the...
Billy M. Williams
Apr 28, 2005
Billy M. Williams-53 Of Ray City passed away Thursday, April 28, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born in Ellajay, Georgia to Coy & Ruby Williams and lived in Poulan, Georgia before moving to Ray City. He was a member of the Ray City United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by an...
Louise Gay Massey
Apr 25, 2005
Louise Gay Massey – 85 Of Lake Park passed away Monday morning April 25, 2005 in Marietta, Georgia after a lengthy illness. She was born on July 4, 1919 in Colquitt County, GA to the late Samuel H. and Sally Ann Gay. She had lived most of her life in Lowndes County. Being a very devoted mother she enjoyed spending...
Robert V. Plehn
Apr 23, 2005
Robert V. Plehn LAKELAND — Dr. Robert V. Plehn, 83, of Lakeland, passed away at his residence Saturday, April 23, 2005, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Scottsbluff, Neb., on Feb. 11, 1922, to Dr. Frank Wallace and Elipha Effie Peters Plehn. He was being cared for by his wife Geraldine, and his extended family, the staff of...
Lena Mae Butler
Apr 22, 2005
Lena Butler -95 Of Valdosta passed away late Friday April 22, 2005 night at her residence after a brief illness. Mrs. Butler was born January 4, 1910, in Covington County, Alabama to the late Roach H. and Donie Chisum Aughtman. Her favorite time of the year was Christmas because of being able to give and receive She enjoyed her doll...
Jeanne Weed
Apr 9, 2005
Jeanne Murray Weed -70 Of Lakeland, passed away early Saturday April 9, 2005 at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Ms. Weed was born January 1, 1935 to the late Ainsworth “Buck” and Jessie Mae Screws Murray. She was a member of the Lakeland United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, Suzanna Wesley Circle and the Action Bunch...
Jackie Dasher
Apr 9, 2005
Jackie Dasher -78 Of Valdosta, passed away late Saturday April 9, 2005 evening at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Dasher was born January 8, 1927 to the late William O. and Norah Gardin Brown in Athens Tenn. She was a member of Airport Church of Christ. Along with her parents, her Brother, Thomas Brown, Precedes her...
Horace Vaughn, Jr.
Apr 2, 2005
Horace Vaughn, Jr. - 77 Of Lakeland passed away Saturday Afternoon April 2, 2005 in Tifton after a sudden illness. He was born in Berrien County to the late Horace and Lula Vaughn, Sr. He had lived in Lakeland for the most of his life. He was a member of the New River Free Holiness Church where he served faithfully....
Pope John Paul Ii
Apr 2, 2005
Karol Józef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and...
Ruby Christine Mills
Apr 1, 2005
Ruby Christine Mills – 69 Of Lakeland passed away Friday Afternoon April 1, 2005 at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in Berrien County and had lived in Lakeland for most of her life. She retired form the United States Army and Air Force Exchange Service after more than 25 years of service. She was a member...
Otis Jerry Jerald Bryant
Apr 1, 2005
Odis Jerald Bryant Jerry – 68 Of Quinlan, TX passed on to his heavenly home Friday evening, April 1, 2005, following a lengthy illness. He fought a courageous battle and will be deeply missed. His legacy to his wife and three sons was his unfailing capacity for unconditional love. Jerry had a great love for Paleontology, the art of Bonsai,...
Margaret Elizabeth Hall
Mar 28, 2005
Margaret E. Hall Margaret E. Hall, 81, Lakeland, passed away early Monday morning March 28, 2005, at Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Ware County and had lived in Lakeland most of her life. She worked at HallÂ’s Department store in Lakeland with her mother and father-in-law; she also worked in civil service at...
Margaret Leaf
Mar 21, 2005
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Leaf RAY CITY — Margaret “Peggy” Leaf, 53, of Ray City, passed away Monday, March 21, 2005, in Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville after a lengthy illness. She was born Sept. 27, 1951, in Pulaski, Va., and had lived in Ray City for the past 14 years. She was a member of the Knights Memorial Church. She was...

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