Life

David James Kindschy, 86 of Hahira, died on March 27, 2023, in Cook County. Born in Arcadia, Wisconsin, on April 28, 1936, he was the son of the late Ralph C. and Gertrude Becker Kindschy. He was a 1954 graduate of Blair High School in Blair, Wisconsin. David proudly served his country in the United…

It is with deepest sympathy Godfrey Funeral Home announces Mrs. Renee Yvette Floyd Spears age 50, of Valdosta, GA, departed this life Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The Celebration of Life for the late Mrs. Renee Yvette Floyd Spears will be Saturday, April 1, 2023, 11:00 a.m., from the sanctuary of St. Paul AME Church, 419…

Carole Jean Damon, 79 of Valdosta, Georgia passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at Crestwood Nursing Home. She was born on July 21, 1943 in Winchendon, Massachusetts to the late John Jacob Damon and Barbara Ruth (Gore) Damon. Carole served her country in the United States Navy as a Nurses Assistant. Along with her…

Rev. Webster Levy Johnson, Sr, 97 of Hahira passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023 at South Georgia Medical Center. Rev. Johnson, a retired farmer was born in Lowndes County on July 11, 1925, to Edwin and Dura lee Johnson. He has lived most of his life in Cook County. He was sworn into the Army…

Patricia (Pat) Hamrick Davis, 85, of Valdosta, died on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House following a lengthy illness. She was born in Norcross, Georgia on November 11, 1937, to the late Dan Virgil and Dora Evelyn Holbrook Hamrick. She was the oldest of Dan and Dora’s five children. Pat was a homemaker…

Carol Wheeler Strout, 53, of Nashville, died Friday March 24, 2023 at the residence of her daughter in Nashville. She was born April 3, 1969 in Louisville, KY to the late Goldrick Gene Wheeler and the late Martha Hiers Skinner. She was homemaker, worked as an office assistant for Dr. Rick Wheeler and was employed…

Ouida Quinell Gaskins, 90, of Nashville, died Friday March 24, 2023 at the Fellowship Home in Nashville. She was born February 14, 1933 in Lanier County to the late Marvin Pearson and the late Anzie Sirmans Pearson. She was a retired LPN with Louis Smith Memorial Hospital and Berrien County Hospital. She was a member…

Hilda Grace Brooks Griffin, 80 of Quitman passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at Presbyterian Home Quitman. Mrs. Griffin was born October 22, 1942 to the late Henry Isaac & Grace Hobbs Brooks. Mrs. Griffin was a member of Northside Baptist Church and she worked for 27 years at the Citizens National Bank in Quitman.…

Florence Wilkinson Bone passed away on March 23, 2023 in her Hahira home after battling a long illness. While announcing this information is the purpose of this obituary, it is not the focus of the story that follows because she was so much more than the end of her life. She was born in Katy,…

Christin N. Lein, 23, of Dupont, GA, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 in Tifton, GA. She was born in Valdosta, GA, on April 29, 1999 to Christopher B. Lein and Valerie Carver Walters. Christin liked going to the beach and loved animals. She was dearly loved and had a big heart for helping…