Local Obituaries
Hazel Diane Wallace Beckner
Sep 27, 2021
Macon, GA – Hazel Diane Beckner, 65, passed away September 27, 2021 at her residence surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Friday October 1, 2021 in the Chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Carter will be officiating. Burial will be in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Bleckley County. Mrs. Beckner was born...
Mary Cynthia Stapleton
Sep 22, 2021
Cynthia Stapleton MCINTYRE – Mary Cynthia Stapleton, 83, passed away Wednesday in Dublin. Graveside services will be held Sunday September 26, 2021 at 3:00 pm in New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkinson County. Rev. Samuel Wilson will officiate. Cynthia was born in McIntyre, GA the daughter of the late William Washington “Watt” Stapleton and Bonnie Estelle Reece Stapleton....
Kelley Rennee Smith
Sep 19, 2021
Kelley Rennee Smith WARNER ROBINS – Kelley Rennee Smith, 49, of Tinker Boulevard, passed away Sunday September 19, 2021, at her residence. Services will be private at a later date. Ms. Smith was born in Rockford, Illinois. Kelley was a former Retail Store Manager and a self employed General Contractor. Survivors include her children, Arreana Wilkins (Tyler Bell), Alicia...
Edward Marshall Saylor
Sep 16, 2021
Edward Marshall Saylor JEFFERSONVILLE, GA - Edward Marshall Saylor, 90, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, and formerly of Closplint, KY passed away Thursday, September 16, 2021 in Jeffersonville, GA Born May 8, 1931 in Closplint,KY, he was a retired coal miner. He served his country in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean Conflict. Marshall was a member of...
Linda Earle Butler
Sep 16, 2021
Linda Earle Butler Warner Robins, Georgia September 20, 1946 - September 16, 2021 The death of Linda Earle Butler, age 74 occurred Thursday, September 16, 2021, in Warner Robins. Services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday September 19, 2021, from the Chapel of Reece Funeral Home, 15548 Hwy 80 Jeffersonville, GA 31044 with Rev. Jerry Bradley officiating burial will...
Alfred Truitt Payne
Sep 15, 2021
Alfred Truitt Payne DANVILLE, GA – Alfred Truitt Payne, 70, passed away September 15, 2021 at his residence. Graveside services will be held Friday September 17, 2021 at 2:00 PM, in the Walnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Norm Yuckers, Harold Reece, Jr. and Heather Floyd will be officiating. Mr. Payne was born in Dublin to the late Alfred...
Randall Warren "Randy" Meier
Sep 7, 2021
Randall Warren “Randy” Meier DRY BRANCH – Randall Warren “Randy” Meier, 59, of Hwy 129 passed away Tuesday at his residence. Services with Masonic Rites, will be held Saturday September 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM, in Reece Funeral Home. Mr. Meier was born in Macon, Ga the son of the late Rex Stanford Meier and Doris Edwards Meier. Randy...
Steven Roy Adkins
Sep 5, 2021
Steven Roy Adkins Macon, GA – Steven Roy Adkins “Chicken”, 61, passed away Sunday September 5, 2021. Memorial services will be held Saturday September 11, 2021 at 12:00 pm in Stone Creek Baptist Church. Dr. Mark Grinsted will be officiating. Mr. Adkins was born in Macon, GA and was the son of the late Hubert Andrew Adkins. He worked...
David Wayne Barton
Aug 28, 2021
David Wayne Barton MACON, GA – David Wayne Barton, 57, passed away August 28, 2021 at his residence surrounded by family and friends. A Memorial service will be held Saturday September 4, 2021 at 2pm in Bridges of Hope and Restoration in Twiggs County. Rev. Loretta Faulk and Brother Mark Morey will be officiating. Mr. Barton was born in...
Phillip Steven "Steve" Sellers
Aug 20, 2021
Phillip Steven “Steve” Sellers JEFFERSONVILLE - Phillip Steven “Steve” Sellers, 68, of Hamlin Floyd Rd., passed away Friday August 20, 2021 in Dublin. Services will be held Tuesday August 31, 2021 at 11:00AM at Mount Zion Baptist Church, in Danville, GA. Burial will be in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, GA. Rev. Dwayne Bedingfield will officiate. Mr....
Wanda Carrier Braswell
Aug 18, 2021
Wanda J. Braswell December 18, 1949 – August 18, 2021 DANVILLE - Wanda J. Braswell, 71, passed away August 18, 2021. Funeral services will be held Saturday August 21, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Dwayne Bedingfield will be officiating. Mrs. Braswell was born in Greenville,...
Sherry Lynn Edwards Ashe
Aug 17, 2021
Sherry Lynn Ashe MACON - Sherry Lynn Edwards Ashe, 51, of Crystal Lake Dr., passed away on August 17, 2021. Sherry was born and raised in Macon the daughter of the late Hubert and Linda Maddox Edwards. She leaves behind a husband Petey Ashe, 3 daughters Jessica (Tracy) Slaughter, Stephanie (Timothy Rogers) Ashe and Macey (Timothy Rogers) Hartley. One...
Leroy Norman "Skip" Disbennett
Aug 16, 2021
Leroy “Skip” Norman Disbennett, Jr. DANVILLE. GA – Leroy “Skip” Norman Disbennett, Jr., 73, of Howell Rd., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday August 16, 2021, in Dublin. Funeral services will be held Saturday August 21, 2021 at 11:00AM at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Nobles Family Cemetery. Rev. Dwayne Bedingfield,...
Hezykiah Bryant
Aug 15, 2021
Hezykiah Bryant DANVILLE – Hezykiah Bryant, 81, of Cool Springs Rd., passed away Sunday at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday August 18, 2021 at 11:00AM at Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Elder Garry Hall and Elder David Crawford will officiate. Mr. Bryant was born in Danville, GA, living in...
Rachel Carter Spires
Aug 2, 2021
Rachel Carter Spires MACON – Rachel Carter Spires, 81, of Sgoda Rd., passed away Monday in Dublin. Graveside services will be held Friday August 6, 2021 at 2:00PM in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. Mrs. Spires was born in Danville, GA the daughter of the late Colothree and Lillian Louise Brewer Carter. She was...
J.B. Cannon
Jul 29, 2021
J.B. Cannon JEFFERSONVILLE – J.B. Cannon, 88, of Hwy 18, passed away Thursday in Macon. Services will be held Monday August 2, 2021 at 3:00 PM at Reece Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Hamrick will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Plains Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Cannon was born in Danville, GA / Wilkinson County, the son of the...
Jeanette Kitchens Crawford
Jul 29, 2021
Jeanette Kitchens Crawford MACON – Jeanette Kitchens Crawford, 81, of Donnan Rd., passed away Thursday in Macon. Services will be held Monday August 2, 2021 at 11:00 AM at New Haven Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Kitchens Family Cemetery. Rev. Sam Loyd will officiate. Mrs. Crawford was born in Macon, GA the daughter of the late Jeff...
Ruth Louise Melton Hamrick
Jul 27, 2021
Ruth M. Hamrick Ruth Louise Melton Hamrick, 95, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, died July 27, 2021. She was born in Shelby North Carolina to Columbus and Cellie Melton. She had lived in Jonesboro since 2018 moving here from Shelby. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and nine siblings. Survivors include her son Loyd Hamrick Jr. and wife...
Toni Hayes Tillery
Jul 27, 2021
Toni Hayes Tillery WARNER ROBINS - Toni Hayes Tillery, 71 of Vinson Dr., passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at her residence. Toni was born in Culloden Ga on June 13th 1950, the daughter of the late Lucy and Woodrow Hayes of Culloden, GA. She is preceded in death by all of her siblings, brother Woody Hayes and...
John Mitchell Evans
Jul 25, 2021
John Mitchell Evans GORDON – John Mitchell Evans, 28, passed away July 25, 2021 in Macon. Graveside services will be held Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Ramah Cemetery in Gordon. Rev. Bruce Bass will officiate. Mr. Evans was born November 24, 1992 in Burbank, California. John was an Automotive Manager with Wal Mart in Macon, where...
