Local Obituaries
Julia Elizabeth "Judy" Martin Mercer
Jan 21, 2022
Julia Elizabeth “Judy” Martin Mercer Dry Branch, GA- Julia Elizabeth Martin “Judy” Mercer, 79, passed away January 21, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Monday January 24, 2022 in Stone Creek Baptist Church. Dr. Mark Grinsted and Pastor Rusty Smith will be officiating. Burial will follow in Stone Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Mercer was born...
William Arthur "Little Bud" Fowler
Jan 17, 2022
William A. Fowler DANVILLE – William Arthur “Little Bud” Fowler, 77, of Carden Rd., passed away Monday January 17, 2022 at his home. Graveside services will be held 11 am Thursday January 20, 2022 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Elder Franklin Bryant will be officiating. Mr. Fowler was born in Twiggs County to the late William Isaac Fowler...
William Bradley "Brad" Newby, Jr.
Jan 10, 2022
William Bradley “Brad” Newby, Jr. JEFFERSONVILLE, GA – William Bradley Newby, Jr. 66, of Ballpark Rd. passed away January 10, 2022 at his residence. Graveside memorial services will be held Friday January 14, 2022 at 2pm in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Harold Reece, Jr. will officiate Mr. Newby was born in Macon and was the son of the...
Russell Edmond Lucas
Jan 10, 2022
Russell Edmond Lucas DANVILLE - Russell Edmond Lucas, 49, of Canton Rd., passed away Monday January 10, 2022 at his residence. Graveside services will be held 2pm Wednesday January 12, 2022 in Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Charles Carter and Harold Reece, Jr. will be officiating. Mr. Lucas was born in Macon, GA, the son of the late...
Steven Ray "Steve" Rickerson
Dec 27, 2021
Steven Ray “Steve” Rickerson DANVILLE – Steven Ray “Steve” Rickerson, 48 of Atwell Rd., passed away Monday at his residence. Services will be held Thursday December 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM in Reece Funeral Home. Harold Reece, Jr. will officiate. Steve was born in Dublin, GA and lived his life in Danville, GA. He attended Wilkinson County Schools. He...
Evelyn Smallwood Eddy
Dec 21, 2021
MACON, GA – Evelyn Smallwood Eddy, 82, passed away December 21, 2021. Funeral services will be held 3:00pm Sunday December 26, 2021 at New Haven Baptist Church. Pastor Loretta Faulk will be officiating. Burial will follow in the New Haven Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Eddy was born in Ivey, GA to the late Willard Lee Smallwood and Lillian Aretta...
Norman Oscar Meyer
Dec 17, 2021
Norman O. Meyer JEFFERSONVILLE, GA – Norman Oscar Meyer, 83 passed away December 17, 2021. Funeral services will be held Tuesday December 28, 2021 at 11 am at the Voice of Truth Church 505 Cross Justice Rd. Irwinton, GA 31042. Pastors Terry Sark, Phil Mills and Richard Jones will be officiating. Burial will follow at 3pm at Zion Hope...
Bobby Joe Davidson
Dec 10, 2021
Bobby Joe Davidson DUBLIN – Bobby Joe Davidson, 79 passed away Friday at his residence. Services will be held Sunday December 12, 2021 at 3pm in the chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Danville. Mr. Davidson was born in Allentown, Ga to the late Joe Victor Davidson and Lillian Louise...
Frank M. Shepherd, Jr.
Nov 28, 2021
Frank M. Shepherd, Jr. Jeffersonville, GA- Frank M. Shepherd, Jr. passed away Sunday November 28, 2021 in Rock Hill, SC. Funeral services will be held Friday December 3, 2021 at 2 pm in the Jeffersonville Church of God. Burial will follow in the Dublin Memorial Gardens. Jeff Shepherd, Kevin Shepherd and Calvin Anderson will be officiating. Mr. Shepherd was...
Wynell Tidwell Willis
Nov 26, 2021
Wynell Tidwell Willis MACON – Wynell Tidwell Willis, 78, of Hickory Court, passed away Friday November 26, 2021, at her residence. Services will be held Tuesday November 30, 2021 at 2pm in the Chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Cochran, GA. Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. Mrs. Willis was born in...
Elizabeth Anne Payne Nesmith
Nov 21, 2021
Elizabeth Anne NeSmith Danville, GA – Elizabeth Anne NeSmtih, 85, passed away November 21, 2021. Funeral services will be held Tuesday November 23, 2021 at 2 pm in Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Danville, GA. Elder Sammy Bryant, Elder Franklin Bryant and Elder Dan Bryant will be officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. NeSmith was...
Connie Jo Bennett Long
Nov 17, 2021
Connie Jo Long Danville, GA – Connie Jo Long, 58, passed away November 17, 2021. Funeral services will be held Saturday November 20, 2021 at 11am in the chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Elsharath Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Long was the daughter of the late Kenneth Bennett and Sally Rice Gilman. She attended Elsharath Baptist...
Jimmy Felton Little, Sr.
Nov 15, 2021
Jimmy F. Little, SR. October 13, 1951 - November 15, 2021 Jeffersonville, GA – Jimmy Felton Little, Sr, 70, passed away November 15, 2021, surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held 3PM Friday November 19, 2021 in the chapel of Reece Funeral Home in Jeffersonville. Burial will follow in the Jeffersonville City Cemetery. Rev. Danny Singletary...
Audrey Freeman Gray
Nov 14, 2021
Audrey Freeman Gray Macon, GA – Audrey Freeman Gray, 101 passed away November 14, 2021 in Lynn Haven Nursing Home in Gray, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday November 17, 2021 at 11 am in Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Wilkinson County. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Garden. Rev. Jeff Alligood and Rev. Billy Wicker will...
James Stephen "Steve" Watson
Nov 11, 2021
James Stephen “Steve” Watson JEFFERSONVILLE – James Stephen “Steve” Watson, 67, passed away Thursday in Macon. Services will be held Wednesday November 17, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Reece Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Hamrick and Harold Reece, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in the Jeffersonville City Cemetery. Mr. Watson was born in Macon, GA, the son of the...
Ethan Nathaniel "Nathan" Sauls
Nov 7, 2021
Ethan Nathaniel “Nathan” Sauls KINGSPORT, TN - Ethan Nathaniel Sauls, 31, passed away November 7, 2021, in Kingsport, TN. Gravesides services will be held Friday, November 12, 2021 at 2pm in the Allentown City Cemetery. Nathans brother Eric Sauls will be officiating. Nathan was born in Macon, GA on December 25, 1989 and was the son of the late...
Gerald Rufus "Jerry" Lowe
Nov 7, 2021
Gerald R. “Jerry” Lowe JEFFERSONVILLE – Gerald Rufus “Jerry” Lowe, 77, passed away Sunday. Services will be held at a later date in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Easley, South Carolina. Mr. Lowe was born in Saint Petersburg, FL, the son of the late Rufus and Majorie Lowe. He was the widow of the late Theda Corrrell Lowe and was...
Joan "Joann" Dupree Stone
Nov 5, 2021
Joan (Joann) Dupree Stone DRY BRANCH – Joan (Joann) Dupree Stone, 79 of Old Franklinton Rd. passed away Friday at her residence. A Gathering of Family and Friends, to Celebrate Joann’s Life will be held Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2:00PM at 320 Plentitude Church Rd, Gray, GA 31032. Mrs. Stone was born May 31, 1942 in Macon, GA,...
Doris Adkins Pettis
Nov 2, 2021
Doris Adkins Pettis DANVILLE – Doris Adkins Pettis, 93, of B.M. Richardson Rd., passed away Tuesday November 2, 2021. Graveside services will be held Thursday November 4, 2021 at 2:00 PM, at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Harold Reece, Jr. will officiate. Mrs. Pettis was born in Bleckley County the daughter of the late Aaron and Ellen Manning Adkins....
Charlotte Elizabeth Terhune
Nov 1, 2021
Charlotte Elizabeth Terhune WARNER ROBINS, GA – Charlotte Elizabeth Terhune, 78, of Tanglewood Dr., passed away Monday November 1, 2021, in Warner Robins. Services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Terhune was born in Westchester PA to the late Stanley Senneff and Elanor Smith Senneff. Mrs. Terhune had lived in the middle Georgia area for 36 years...
