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Allison Paige Fender
Jun 14, 2022
Allison Paige Fender – 39 Of Valdosta passed away on June 14, 2022 at her residence. She was born on October 12, 1982 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late James Kenny Fender and Elizabeth McIntyre Rambo. She enjoyed listening to music, dancing, fishing and riding dirt roads. She loved her grandbabies and always talked about how special they were to...
Ssgt Timothy Cody Adams
Jun 13, 2022
SSgt Timothy Cody Adams, USAF, age 32, of Valdosta, Georgia, passed away, June 13, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta. Timothy was born on January 9, 1990, in Dalton, Georgia to Vanessa Smithers Adams Acosta and Timothy Russell Adams. Timothy was a Murray County High School graduate and was stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia. He was...
Mcduffie "Mack" Cribb
Jun 13, 2022
McDuffie “Mack” Cribb – 84 Of Hahira passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022 in the Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Mack was born in Whiteville, NC on September 27, 1937 to the late Ruth Todd and Anthony Cribb. He was employed in the construction industry for over 45 and last worked with Quillian Powell Construction. He enjoyed reading, especially...
Lorrie May Stearns Proal
Jun 11, 2022
Lorrie Stearns Proal, age 69, of Lakeland, Georgia, passed away at her home, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in the presence of her loving husband. Lorrie was born July 25, 1952, in Greenfield, Massachusetts to the late Norma Pastille Stearns and Dwight Parker Stearns. She was employed at Valdosta State University as a purchasing agent. She was a loving wife and...
Dean Ray Sikes
Jun 9, 2022
Ray Sikes – 65 Of Howell, Georgia passed away suddenly on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at his home. Mr. Sikes was born March 9, 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Dean Ruel and Myrtle “Honey” Sikes. Ray owned and operated “Sikes Saw Mill” and helped produce the lumber to build the family homes. He made his career as an...
George Brown Rudd
Jun 7, 2022
George Brown Rudd, age 71, of Valdosta, Georgia passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. He was born April 19, 1951 to the late Lillie Mae Creamer Rudd and Robert Washington Rudd in Valdosta, Georgia. Mr. Rudd was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County, and a proud veteran of the United States Army...
Raymond Lee Brantley
Jun 6, 2022
Raymond Lee Brantley – 71 Of Valdosta, Georgia passed away Monday, June 6, 2022 at his residence. He always said that he was born in a barn on February 8, 1951 in Naylor, Georgia to the late Richard Lee and Myrtice Harris Brantley. He was a Commercial Truck Driver by trade. In addition to his parents, Mr. Brantley was preceded...
William Eugene Bennett
Jun 5, 2022
William Eugene Bennett Of Stockton, Georgia passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at Harborview Satilla Nursing Home in Waycross. He was born on December 9, 1956 in Miami, Florida to the late George Bennett and Naomi Bennett Twiggs. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Bennett was a truck driver for many years having worked with...
Mary Faye Moore
Jun 3, 2022
Mary Faye Moore – 84 Of Hahira Georgia passed away Friday, June 3, 2022 at Fellowship Home - Brookside after a brief illness. Mrs. Moore was born April 18, 1938 in Omega, Georgia to Ira and Marie Harrod Johnson. She was an avid television watcher with a longtime interest in watching the Kentucky Derby. In years past she enjoyed bowling...
David Irvin Hathaway
Jun 2, 2022
David Irvin Hathaway – 66 Of Lake Park, Georgia passed away Thursday, June 2, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born on September 10, 1955, in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Donald S. and Gladys Doris (Baker) Hathaway. He worked as a service technician with Fire Safety, Inc. and was an avid Atlanta Falcons...
Jack Lee Rihm
May 30, 2022
Jack Rihm passed away at the age of 83 on May 30, 2022, in Valdosta, GA. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends. His parents, Norbert and Mary Ann (Heim) Rihm; his oldest brother, David N. Rihm; and his beloved wife of 42 years, Judith Ann (Schultz) Rihm, preceded him in death. He is survived by his...
Jackie Allen "Chip" Lambert Jr
May 30, 2022
Jackie Allen “Chip” Lambert Jr. – 48 Of Stockton, Georgia passed away on Monday, May 30, 2022 South Georgia Medical Center Lanier Campus, Chip was born on May 24, 1974 in Valdosta Georgia to the late Jackie Allen Lambert, Sr and Sharon Stith Lambert. Chip was a machinist and enjoyed working in his shop, fishing and driving his tractor. He...
Bobby Jack Hendley Sr.
May 30, 2022
Bobby Jack Hendley, Sr – 84 Of Lakeland passed away on Monday, May 30, 2022 in the South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. He was born as the middle child of 10 siblings on November 9, 1937 in Nashville, Georgia to the late Webster and Ollie Green Hendley. In the late 1970s he owned the Lakeland City Barber Shop and...
Betty Lou St. Cyr
May 28, 2022
Betty St. Cyr 72, of Valdosta, better known as “Nana”, gained her wings early Saturday morning, May 28, 2022 at her residence. She was born on August 12, 1949 to the late James and Maxine Putnal at Fort Benning Army base in Columbus, Georgia. Betty loved to sit and “people watch” as often as possible. She had a heart for...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Evans
May 28, 2022
Patricia “Pat” Ann Evans, age 76, of Valdosta, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at her residence surrounded by her family. Pat was born on June 3, 1945 to the late Gladys Irene Touchton Casteen and Asa Judson Casteen in Jasper, Florida. Before retiring, Pat worked for the Lowndes County school system as the driver of bus #17 before...
Jolena "Jolie" Elizabeth Green
May 28, 2022
Jolena “Jolie” Elizabeth Green, age 19, of Valdosta, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, from injuries sustained in an accident. Jolie was born December 30, 2002 in Gainesville, Florida to Deborah Sizemore Green and John Emmett Green, IV. Jolie was a 2021 graduate of Valwood Preparatory School and currently a sophomore at Valdosta State...
Melvin L Blankenship
May 27, 2022
Melvin L. Blankenship – 83 Of Hahira, Georgia passed away Friday, May 27, 2022, peacefully at his home surrounded by family and very close friends. Melvin was born on November 04, 1938, to the late Cordie Kate Ely and Buster Brown Blankenship in Dublin, Texas. Mr. Blankenship was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Having attained the rank...
James Archie Stone
May 25, 2022
Archie Stone – 67 Of Nashville, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center. He was born on February 28, 1955 in Adel, Georgia to the late Archie Stone and Alice Mae (Exum) Stone. Mr. Stone owned and operated his exterminator business for many years. He enjoyed playing music and was talented with his guitar....
Frank "Buddy" Leo Bohanan, Jr.
May 24, 2022
Frank “Buddy” Leo Bohanan, Jr., age 60, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at his residence. Buddy as he was affectionately called, was born in Iowa City, Iowa on August 24, 1961 to the late Ruth Philinda Benjamin and Frank Leo Bohanan, Sr. He was a truck driver with RBI of Cairo, Georgia. He was a loving husband, father, and...
Maxine Evelyn Bowling
May 22, 2022
Maxine Evelyn Bowling – 97 Of Stockton, Georgia passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022 in the South Georgia Medical Center. She was born on February 19, 1925 in Valdosta Georgia to the late Max Elliott and Pearlie Ganas Cox. She started working with the United States Postal Service at the age of 16 where she retired after a long...
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