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David James Mclean
Mar 19, 2005
David James McLean – 57 Of Valdosta passed away Saturday, March 19, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Oscoda, Mi on May 17, 1947 to the late James and Laura McLean. He had lived in Valdosta since 1982. Mr. McLean worked as a Harley Davidson Mechanic for many years but the past...
Virginia Wilkerson
Mar 17, 2005
Virginia “Ginnie” Wilkerson – 70 Of Valdosta passed away Thursday Afternoon March 17, 2005 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born August 19, 1934 in Havana, Fl. to the late David and Margaret Wiggins. During Most of her life she lived and worked in Adel as a Bank Teller at Farmers and Merchants Bank. She...
Elaine Reaves
Mar 16, 2005
Elaine Reaves – 61 Of Valdosta passed away Wednesday March 16, 2005 in South Georgia Medical after a brief illness. She was born on March 18, 1943 to the late Elijah Owen and Mary Cobb Palmer in Pavo, Georgia and had lived in Valdosta for the past 28 years. She had worked in Civil Service more than 25 years serving...
Charlie Carter
Mar 6, 2005
Charlie Carter -86 Of Valdosta, Passed away late Sunday evening March 6, 2005 in South Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Carter was born in Valdosta to the late Hiram and Pearl Storey Carter and had lived here all of his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lommie Lou Lightsey Carter. Being a farmer all his life, he enjoyed...
Kenneth Earl London
Mar 5, 2005
Kenneth E. London – 72 Of Homerville, GA passed away early Saturday morning March 5, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Bransford, TN to the late Sydney Allen and Nettie Lou Bradley London. He served his country in the Marines and Air Force before retiring in 1971. Because of a tremendous work ethic he...
Retired Chief Master Sergeant Perry L. Hoffman
Mar 3, 2005
Retired Chief Master Sergeant Perry L. Hoffman - 46 of Valdosta, Ga. passed away Thursday Evening March 3, 2005 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born in Flint, Michigan on May 28, 1958. He served in the United States Air Force for 28 years. While serving his country he and his wife moved around the world seeing...
James Orville Smith, Sr.
Feb 27, 2005
James O. Smith, Sr. – 65 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday Morning February 27, 2005 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Metter, Ga. after a Sudden Illness. He was born on January 28, 1940 in Homerville, Ga. to the late Virgil and Lola Smith. Mr. Smith had lived in Valdosta for most of his life. He worked with Owens-Illinois for...
Mary Kent Pressley
Feb 26, 2005
Mary Kent Pressley – 84 Of Lakeland passed away Saturday February 26, 2005 in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland from an apparent heart attack. She was born in Berrien County, Georgia and had lived in Lakeland most of her life. She was a nurses aid, but will be best known for her love for flower gardening outdoors. She...
Mannis D. Blanton
Feb 25, 2005
Mannis D. Blanton – 81 Of Valdosta, GA passed away Friday morning, February 25, 2005 in South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Blanton remained very active during his retirement. He was born in Berrien County Georgia and lived in Valdosta most of his life. He was the last surviving child of Lattie A. and Onnie M. Brogdon...
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...

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