Local Obituaries
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...
Sgm Frank T. Mickler
Jul 24, 2021
SGM Frank T. Mickler SUISUN, CA – Frank T. Mickler, 85, of Harrisburg Ln., passed away Saturday July 24th 2021 in Suisun, CA. The Family will receive friends, Wednesday August 11th, 2021 at 6:00 PM to 08:00 PM at Reece Funeral Home in Jeffersonville, GA Service will take place on Thursday August 12th at 11:00 am, at Immaculate Conception...
Janice Rebecca Morton
Jul 20, 2021
Janice Rebecca Morton ALLENTOWN – Janice Rebecca Boatwright Morton, 65, of Allen Ave., passed away Tuesday at her residence. Services will be private. Mrs. Morton was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, the daughter of the late Jimmie Carroll Boatwright and Annie Marie Scott Boatwright. She was a Homemaker. Survivors include her children, Richard Boatwright, Jamie Cantu, Jeffrey Carbaugh and...
Robert Mitchell Blackerby, Jr.
Jul 6, 2021
Robert Mitchell Blackerby, Jr. Macon, GA – Robert Mitchell Blackerby, Jr, 68, passed away July 6, 2021 at his residence in Macon, GA. A celebration of life will be held Saturday July 10, 2021 in Washington Park in Macon at 11:00 am. Mr. Blackerby was born in Macon to the late Margaret Jones Lowe and was also preceded in...
Linda Maddox Edwards
Jul 5, 2021
Linda Maddox Edwards Dry Branch, GA – Linda Maddox Edwards was called home by our Heavenly Father Monday July 5, 2021. Linda was 69 years old, born December 26, 1951. She was a ray of hope and light to anyone in need, and would want everyone to celebrate her life and live a life worth telling use when she...
James Walton "Jim" Newberry
Jul 2, 2021
James Walton “Jim” Newberry, Sr. POWERSVILLE, GA - James Walton Newberry, Sr., loving husband and father of four, gained his angel’s wings on Friday, July 2, 2021, at the age of 80. Jim was born in Norfolk, VA, on December 17, 1940, to the late Jackson Irving Newberry, Sr. and Eula Hurdle Newberry. In addition to his parents, he...
Harold Everette Clifford
Jun 28, 2021
Harold Everette Clifford COCHRAN, GA - Harold E. Clifford, 66, of Limestone Rd., passed away June 28, 2021 in Perry GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday July 10, 2021, at 11:00AM in Elsharath Baptist Church in Cochran. Rev. Chuck Conkle and Rev. Eddie Moore will officiate. Mr. Clifford was born in Rush City, MN to the late Francis...
Sandy Gail Smallwood Morgan
Jun 27, 2021
Sandy Gail S. Morgan JEFFERSONVILLE – Sandy Gail Smallwood Morgan, 50, of Durham Mill Rd., passed away Sunday at home, surrounded by her family. Services will be held Friday July 2, 2021, at 10:00 am, at the Jeffersonville Church of God. Rev. Victor Gilbert and Rev. Chris Arnold will officiate. Sandy was born in Macon, the daughter of David...
Nancy Vonceil "Ceil" Parker
Jun 24, 2021
Nancy VonCeil Parker DUDLEY, GA - Nancy VonCeil “Ceil” Parker, 69, of Rebie Rd. passed away Thursday at her residence. Graveside services will be held Sunday June 27, 2021 at 3:00 PM in the Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. George Grimes, Mr. Gary Brown, and Mr. Tim Miller will officiate. Mrs. Parker was born in Laurens County, GA the daughter...
