Harold Alden Lynch
Nov 19, 2018
Harold Alden Lynch, 87, of Nashville died Monday November 19, 2018 at his residence.
He was born June 10, 1931 in Nashville to the late Henry Matthew Lynch and the late Mahalah Gibbs Wilson Lynch. He was born into a farming family who farmed the areas of Nashville, Tifton, Adel and the areas surrounding. Once the family...
Jeanette Selph Dieas
Nov 14, 2018
Jeanette Selph Dieas, 90, of Alapaha died Wednesday November 14, 2018 in Tift Regional Hospital.
She was born February 8, 1928 in Tift County to the late John Henry Selph and the late Martha Malissie Hall Selph. She was a homemaker, a retired teller with the Bank of Alapaha, former postal clerk and a member of Alapaha...
George Raymond Paulk
Nov 11, 2018
George Raymond Paulk, 78, of Alapaha died Sunday November 11, 2018 in Tift Regional Medical Center.
He was born May 12, 1940 in Berrien County to the late Joe Brown Paulk and the late Eva Williams Paulk. He was landscape/caretaker for the J. H. Harvey Co and the widower of Peggy Joanne Strickland Paulk who died in...
Mitch Ray
Nov 5, 2018
Mitchell Ellis "Mitch" Ray, 63, of Lake Park died Monday November 5, 2018 at South Georgia Medical Center.
He was born March 9, 1955 in Hahira to the late Howard Ellis Ray and the late Dorothy Pierce Ray. He was a hotel owner/operator and a member of Francis Lake Baptist Church.
He is survived by...
Loretha Akins Thiele
Nov 4, 2018
Loretha Akins Thiele, 69, of Nashville, died Sunday, November 4 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta. She was born on March 25, 1949 in Valdosta to the late Alton Barney & Lucile Parrish Akins and grew up in Nashville in the New Lois Community where she attended the Community Methodist Church.
Her mother recognized & nurtured Loretha's...
Nadine Purvis
Nov 2, 2018
Lillian Nadine Purvis, 95, of Tifton, died Friday November 2, 2018 in Irwinton, GA.
She was born June 21, 1923 in Gadsden, TN to the late Hobert Shackelford and the late Ida Meddlin Shackelford. She was a homemaker and retired office manager with Storer Communications. She was a member of Tifton First United Methodist Church and very...
Gene Luke
Nov 2, 2018
Ronald Eugene "Gene" Luke, 78, of Alapaha, died Friday November 2, 2018 at his residence.
He was born October 27, 1940 in Berrien County to the late Claude Eston Luke and the late Ollie Mae Foxworth. He was a welder, tractor mechanic and operated Smokey Bar-B-Que Grills. He was a member of Flat Creek Church and an...
Herbert Gaskins
Nov 2, 2018
Herbert Gaskins, 86, of Nashville died Friday November 2, 2018 at his residence.
He was born November 28, 1931 in Berrien County to the late Lucius Gaskins and the late Ellen Solomon Gaskins. He was retired after 40 years as a bus driver for Berrien County Board of Education and worked in maintenance at Chaparral Boats. He...
Leon Jeffrey "Jeff" Kent
Oct 29, 2018
Leon Jeffery "Jeff" Kent, 73, of Nashville, died Monday October 29, 2018 at his residence.
He was born January 29, 1945 in Pavo, GA to the late Wesley Austin Kent and the late Alma Louise Coleman Kent. He was employed with the Cadillac Ranch, farmed with Bobby Kimble and Bryan Lanier. He served in the U.S. Army,...
Tanner Allen Tennison
Oct 28, 2018
Tanner Allen Tennison, 25, of Nashville, died Sunday October 28, 2018 at SGMC Berrien Campus.
He was born April 26, 1993 in Lowndes County to Cecil Eric Tennison and Greta Kay Allen Tennison. He was employed with Chaparral Boats and a member of Flat Creek Church. He was a 2011 graduate of Berrien High School where he...
Louise Tomberlin
Oct 22, 2018
Louise Tomberlin, 93, of Adel, formerly of Valdosta, died Monday October 22, 2018 in the Cook Senior Living Center.
She was born April 18, 1925 in Grady County. She was a homemaker and former employee with the Valdosta Daily Times. She was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church and was the widow of Charles Henry Tomberlin who...
Howard Wayne Gulley
Oct 15, 2018
Howard Wayne Gulley, 78, of Ray City, died Monday October 15, 2018 at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, FL.
He was born September 19, 1940 in Atlanta to the late Howard Gulley and the late Christine Davis Gulley. He retired as Territory Supervisor with Crown Central Petroleum in Valdosta and was a former Mayor of Ray City. ...
Shizue Kubota Kreager
Oct 12, 2018
Shizue (Susie) Kubota Kreager, 77, of Nashville, died Friday October 12, 2018 at Pruitt Crestwood in Valdosta.
She was born December 1, 1940 in Toyko, Japan to the late Koetsu Kubota and the late Toki Nakano. She was a retired office clerk with Macy's in Ocala, FL and while living in Cartersville, Ga was a volunteer at...
Julian Vickers
Oct 10, 2018
Julian A. Vickers, 87, of Nashville died Wednesday October 10, 2018 in Tift Regional Medical Center.
He was born October 27, 1930 in Berrien County to the late Freddy Pendleton Vickers and the late Rhoda Ellen Tyson. He was a retired construction superintendent with Southern Concrete and a member of Nashville First Baptist Church. He was preceded...
Marlene Ellis Carter
Oct 7, 2018
Marlene Ellis Carter, 69, of West Berrien died Sunday October 7, 2018 at Legacy Village in Tifton.
She was born February 25, 1949 in Lakeland, FL to the late Thomas Jefferson Ellis and the late Lucille Tyre Ellis . She was a retired educator with the Berrien County Board of Education, Tift County Board of Education, GED...
Vinson Luke
Oct 2, 2018
Ira Vinson Luke, 95, of Nashville, died Tuesday October 2, 2018 in the Fellowship Home of Nashville.
He was born March 28, 1923 in Berrien County to the late William Emmett Luke and the late Vera Hancock Luke. He owned and operated Vinson's Dry Cleaning for over 45 years, was a member and deacon of Nashville First...
Kenneth "Slim" Lee
Oct 2, 2018
Walter Kenneth "Slim" Lee, 84, of Alapaha, died Tuesday October 2, 2018 at his residence.
He was born August 15, 1934 in Irwin County to the late Richard Lee and the late Nina Davis Lee. He owned and operated his own trucking company, Ocilla Tire and Service Center and Ocilla Truck Stop. He was a member Glory...
Emory Julian Richardson
Sep 30, 2018
Emory Julian Richardson, 75, of Nashville died Sunday September 30, 2018 in SGMC Berrien Campus.
He was born August 11, 1943 in Berrien County to the late Lankford Richardson and the late Melba Ruth Rowan Richardson. He was disabled and a member of Liberty Primitive Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a son: Jim Richardson....
Dr. Clarke Harkins
Sep 26, 2018
Dr. G. Clarke Harkins, 85, of Nashville died Wednesday September 26, 2018 in the Berrien Nursing Center.
He was born September 2, 1933 in Union County to the late Ernest Lee Harkins and the late Ebbie Perry Harkins. He was a retired Chiropractor after 60 years of practice, a member of Nashville First Baptist Church - Deacon...
Alice Ruth Marks
Sep 24, 2018
Alice Ruth Marks, 87, of Nashville, died Monday September 24, 2018 at her residence.
She was born October 17, 1930 in Bremen, GA to the late Loyd Coleman and the late Mattie Rowell Coleman. She was a homemaker and worked for several years as a food server at Berrien Elementary School. She was the widow of Luther...
