Local Obituaries
Joey Eugene Tidwell
Dec 18, 2020
Joey E. Tidwell MACON – Joey Eugene Tidwell, 57, of Phillips Drive Rd., passed away Friday in Macon. Services will be held Monday December 21, 2020 at 1:00 PM at Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Cochran. Pastor Bo Turner will officiate. Mr. Tidwell was born in Dublin, GA, the son of the...
Sheryl Ann Defore Sanders
Dec 13, 2020
Sheryl Ann Sanders WARNER ROBINS – Sheryl Ann DeFore Sanders, 59, of Lake Joy Rd., passed away Sunday in Perry. A Gathering of Family and Friends to Celebrate Sheryl’s life will be held Thursday December 17, 2020 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at Reece Funeral Home. Mrs. Sanders was born in Macon, GA the daughter of the late George DeFore....
Earnest O'Neil "E.O." Payne
Dec 5, 2020
Earnest O’Neil Payne JEFFERSONVILLE – Earnest O’Neil “E.O.” Payne, loving Husband and father passed away Saturday December 5, 2020 at the age of 91. Services will be held Tuesday December 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Jeffersonville City Cemetery. Rev. Bob Powell will officiate. Mr. Payne was born in Bullock County,...
Kelly Allen Floyd
Nov 29, 2020
Kelly Allen Floyd JEFFERSONVILLE - Kelly Allen Floyd, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 29, 2020. Services will be held Wednesday December 2, 2020 at 2:00PM at Prospect United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Jimmy Smith, Elder Dan Bryant and Rev. Nick Hazleton will officiate. Mr, Floyd was born...
Donnie Hugh "Don" Dixon
Nov 20, 2020
Don H. Dixon MONTROSE – Donnie Hugh “Don” Dixon, 77, went home to be with the Lord on Friday November 20, 2020. Graveside services were held Monday November 23, 2020 at 3:00PM at Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Dexter, GA. Mr. Dixon was born in Dublin, GA, the son of the late Willard and Alma Knight Dixon. He...
Elizabeth Ann Loyd Brooks
Nov 18, 2020
Ann Brooks DRY BRANCH – Elizabeth Ann Loyd Brooks, 76, of Kaolin Heights Rd., passed away Wednesday in Macon. Services will be held Saturday November 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Stone Creek Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Sam Loyd and Rev. Samuel “Gabby” Loyd will officiate. Mrs. Brooks was born in Dublin, GA,...
Felix Floyd
Nov 15, 2020
Felix Floyd DANVILLE – Felix Floyd, 81, of Sam Floyd Rd., passed away Sunday at his residence. Services will be held Wednesday November 18, 2020 at 2:00PM at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Floyd Family Cemetery. Rev. Todd Hamlin will officiate. Please observe restrictions related to COVID 19 by practicing social distancing and all safety...
Muriel Elizabeth Alexander
Nov 5, 2020
Muriel Elizabeth Alexander JEFFERSONVILLE, GA – Muriel Elizabeth Alexander, 97, went home to be with her Lord on November 5, 2020. Mrs. Alexander grew up in Portsmouth, OH, where she met and married her husband Tom Alexander, Jr. after WWII. They were married for 57 years. Mr. Alexander preceded her in death. Shortly after marriage, they moved to Corbin,...
James Garland "Jim" Maddox, Sr.
Oct 29, 2020
James Garland (Jim) Maddox JEFFERSONVILLE - James Garland (Jim) Maddox passed away on October 29, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years Theodora Nicas (Teddy) Maddox and by his parents Jesse Garland Maddox and Esther Ann Palmer, and brother Cordell (Grubby) Maddox. Mr. Maddox is succeeded by his children Angela Maddox (Ricky) Hicks and...
Shirley Louise Clevenger Weldon
Oct 27, 2020
Shirley Louise Weldon DANVILLE – Shirley Louise Clevenger Weldon, 85, of Hwy 112, passed away Tuesday in Macon. Services will be held Saturday October 31, 2020 at 2:00PM at Reece Funeral Home. Rev. Randy Mimbs will officiate. Mrs. Weldon was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Earl and Margaret Brown Clevenger. She was preceded...
Ruby Lee Morgan Floyd
Oct 26, 2020
Ruby Lee Floyd GRAY – Ruby Lee Morgan Floyd, 81, of McKay Rd., passed away Monday in Macon. Services will be private. Mrs. Floyd was born ion Pulaski County, Georgia, the daughter of the late LeRoy and Ruby Corine Little Morgan. She was the widow of the late Jeserell “Buddy” Floyd and the late John Adrian Floyd, Sr., and...
Earl Arnold Sloan
Oct 24, 2020
Earl Arnold Sloan ALLENTOWN – Earl Arnold Sloan, 85, of Hwy 80, passed away Saturday in Macon. Graveside services will be held Sunday October 25, 2020 at 3:00 PM in Walnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Jeff Alligood will officiate. Mr. Sloan was born in Pulaski County, GA the son of the late Earl and Lena Reunette Herrington Sloan....
Olivia Ann Blakely Peeples
Oct 11, 2020
Olivia Ann Peeples JEFFERSONVILLE – Olivia Ann Blakely Peeples, 64, of Denis Dr., passed away Sunday in Jeffersonville. Graveside services will be held Saturday October 17, 2020 at 3:00PM in Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Butler, GA. Ms. Peeples was born in Butler, GA the daughter of the late Claude Raybun Blakely and Mary Kate Burt Blakely. She...
Betty Jean Markel Nobles
Oct 9, 2020
Betty Jean Nobles MACON – Betty Jean Markel Nobles, 81, of Wimbish Rd., passed away Friday in Austell, GA Services will be held Friday October 16, 2020 at 3:00 PM in Reece Funeral Home, Pastor Tommy Freeman will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00PM to 3:00PM before the service. Mrs. Nobles was born in Springfield, Ohio, the...
Charlotte Ann Howell Maddox
Oct 9, 2020
Charlotte Ann Maddox MACON – Charlotte Ann Howell Maddox, 69, of Fox Rd., passed away Friday October 9, 2020 at her residence. Services will be held Wednesday October 14, 2020 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Maddox was born in Macon, GA the daughter of the late Basel Wright...
Dedrick Whiten
Sep 29, 2020
Dedrick Whiten JEFFERSONVILLE, GA – Dedrick Whiten, 62, of Spring Valley Dr., passed away September 29, 2020 in Macon, GA Services will be private. Mr. Whiten was born in Atlanta, GA the son of the late Wilburn Whiten and Joyce Elsie Williams Whiten. He was a Carpenter and worked with his brother Aubrey Whiten in the construction business. Survivors...
Cora Jean Johnson
Sep 26, 2020
Cora Jean Johnson MACON – Cora Jean Boone Johnson, 93, of Forsyth St., passed away Saturday in Jeffersonville. Per her request, no services will be held. Ms. Johnson was born in Gadsden, AL, the daughter of the late Caprus Monroe Boone and Mary Will Mappin Boone. She was preceded in death by her son, Phillip Ray Johnson and her...
Carl Dwayne Cochran
Sep 23, 2020
Carl Dwayne Cochran IRWINTON – Carl Dwayne Cochran, 59, of Hwy 96, passed away Wednesday September 23, 2020 at his residence. Services will be held Wednesday September 30, 2020 at 11:00AM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Dwayne Bedingfield will officiate. Dwayne was born in Orlando, FL the son of the...
Laverne Carter Brewer Joiner
Sep 22, 2020
Laverne C. Joiner DANVILLE – Laverne Carter Brewer Joiner, 91 of Hwy 358, passed away Tuesday in Macon. Graveside services will be held Saturday September 26, 2020 at 11:00AM at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Charles Carter and Rev. Dwayne Bedingfield will officiate. Mrs. Joiner was born in Danville, GA the daughter of the late Dudley and Alice...
Deborah Jean "Debbie" Morey
Sep 16, 2020
Deborah Jean Morey Deborah “Debbie” Jean Morey, 67, of Twiggs County, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at her home. A memorial service honoring her life will be held Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 2:00 at Bridges of Hope & Restoration Church. The church is located at 404 Big Oak Rd. Macon, GA. Debbie is survived by her husband...
