Local Obituaries
John Earl Hinson
Sep 11, 2019
John Earl Hinson MACON - John Earl Hinson, 92, passed away September 11, 2019 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, GA. Services will be held Saturday September 14, 2019 at 2:00PM at Stone Creek Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Dr. Mark Grinsted and Dr. Donnie Sutton will officiate. Mr. John was born on...
Rex Preston Lucas
Sep 2, 2019
Rex P. Lucas ALLENTOWN - Rex Preston Lucas, 60, died of cardiac arrest at his Allentown residence Monday, September 2nd. Graveside services will be held Friday September 6, 2019 at 11:00 AM in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rex was born June 18, 1959 to Johnny “Bud” Lucas and Joyce Hasty Lucas. He lived most of his life in...
Robert Wayne Simpson
Aug 9, 2019
Robert Wayne Simpson DRY BRANCH – Robert Wayne Simpson, 63, of Crider Lane, passed away August 9, 2019 at his residence. Services will be held at a later date. Mr. Simpson was born in Atlanta, GA, the son of the late Roy and Gladys Pendly Simpson. Mr. Simpson was a carpenter with Sandy Pines Mobile Home Park. Survivors include...
Melinda Alicia Decastro Asbell
Aug 7, 2019
Melinda Alicia Asbell MACON – Melinda Alicia Decastro Asbell, 63 of Redbud Dr.., passed away Wednesday at her residence. Services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Asbell was born in Macon, GA the daughter of the late Mervin A. Decastro and Johnnie Cheshire Decastro. She was a former Secretary at Robins Air Force Base and was a...
Bernard R. "Bud" Whisinand
Aug 5, 2019
Bernard R. Whisinand WARNER ROBINS, GA - Bernard “Bud” Whisinand passed away Monday, August 5, 2019 at his home after a short illness. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August , 7, 2019 at ElSharath Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Dr. Bob Dilk will officiate. He was born June 10, 1929 to the late George and Grace...
William Burch Horton
Jul 31, 2019
Burch Horton DRY BRANCH, GA – William Burch Horton, 73, went to be with the Lord July 31, 2019. Funeral services will be held 11 am Saturday August 3, 2019 in the chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Jeffersonville City Cemetery. Rev. Charles Carter and David Brown will be officiating. Burch was born in Macon, GA...
Joseph Franklin Walker, Jr.
Jul 24, 2019
Joseph Franklin Walker, Jr. DRY BRANCH – Joseph Franklin Walker, Jr., 74, of Old Gordon Rd., passed away Wednesday in Jeffersonville. Services will be held Monday July 29, 2019 at 1:00PM at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens in Macon, GA. Mr. Walker was born in Enid, OK, the son of the late Joseph Franklin Walker, Sr., and Hazel Elizabeth Ball....
Wayne Allen Mercer
Jul 23, 2019
Wayne Allen Mercer DRY BRANCH – Wayne Allen Mercer, 71, of Hwy 80, passed away Tuesday. Services will be held Saturday July 27, 2019 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2:00PM to 3:00PM before services. Mr. Mercer was born in Macon, GA, the son of the late Charles Callaway Mercer and Martha Capps...
Harold Richard Knowles
Jul 21, 2019
Harold Richard Knowles COCHRAN – Harold Richard Knowles, 81 of Rainbow Rd., passed away Sunday in Macon, GA. Services will be held at a later date in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL. Mr. Knowles was born in West Palm Beach, FL, the son of the late Cecil and Louise Stalvey Knowles. He was preceded in death by...
Evelyn Thompson Land
Jun 29, 2019
Evelyn T. Land MACON – Evelyn Thompson Land, 90, of Irwinton Rd., passed away Saturday in Macon. Services will be held Tuesday July 2, 2019 at 11:00AM, at Stone Creek Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Dr. Donnie Sutton and Dr. Mark Grinsted will officiate. Mrs. Land was born in Twiggs County, GA, the daughter of...
Lorene "Polly" Moore Clark
Jun 19, 2019
Eunice Lorene “Polly” M. Clark IRWINTON – Eunice Lorene “Polly” Moore Clark, 87, passed away Wednesday at her residence. Services will be held Friday June 21, 2019 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Gail Smith and Rev. Bill Harpe will officiate. Mrs. Clark was born in Dublin,, GA, and lived...
Wanda Sue Davidson
Jun 19, 2019
Wanda Sue Davidson JEFFERSONVILLE – The Lord called Wanda Sue Brantley Davidson, 59, home on June 19, 2019. Services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Davidson was born in Macon, the daughter of the late Leland Franklin Brantley and Virginia Ann McGee Brantley. Wanda was a Red Cross Volunteer and a substitute teacher for Wilkinson County Schools....
Mildred Caldwell Epps
Jun 17, 2019
Mildred C. Epps IRWINTON - Mildred Nadine Epps entered into eternal rest on June 17, 2019, just one month shy of her 91st birthday. She left her tired, broken body for a home going journey to join her Lord and Savior. A loving mother and grand-mother, Mildred was the center of a large family in a small community where...
Howard Earl Williams, Sr.
Jun 12, 2019
Howard Earl Williams, Sr. COCHRAN, GA - Howard Earl Williams Sr., 68, passed on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, peacefully at his home, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren as his battle was won. Services for Mr. Williams will be held Saturday, June 15, at 2:00pm at Cool Springs Primitive...
Murriel Moore Meadows
Jun 9, 2019
Murriel M. Meadows MACON – Murriel Moore Meadows, 90, of Foster Rd., passed away Sunday in Macon. Graveside services will be held Wednesday June 12, 2019 at 3:00PM in Elsharath Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Keith Rustin will officiate. Mrs. Meadows was born in Twiggs County, GA the daughter of the late John Patrick Moore, Sr. and Erlene Padgett Moore....
Henry A. Wynn
Jun 9, 2019
Henry A. Wynn MACON – Henry A. Wynn, 90, of Riggins Mill Rd., passed away Sunday in Macon. Services will be held Tuesday June 11, 2019 at 2:00PM, in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Franklin Etheridge will officiate. Mr. Wynn was born in Laurens County, GA, the son of the late...
Fred Walter Darley
Jun 7, 2019
Fred Walter Darley MACON – Fred Walter Darley, 72, of General Twiggs Dr., passed away Friday June 7, 2019. Services will be held Saturday June 15, 2019 at 2:00PM at New Haven Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Gabby Loyd and Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00PM to 2:00PM...
Leonard Earl Sangster
Jun 2, 2019
Leonard Earl Sangster MACON – Leonard Earl Sangster, 72, of Alfred Bond Dr., passed away Sunday in Macon. Services will be held Saturday June 8, 2019 at 11:00AM at Friendship Baptist Church. Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. Mr. Sangster was born in Twiggs County the son of the late Earl Eugene Sangster and Georgia Irene Thompson Sangster. He was...
Alvah Eugene Adams, Jr.
May 19, 2019
Alvah E. Adams, Jr. BYRON, GA – Alvah Eugene Adams, Jr., 80, of Adberry Lane, passed away Sunday in Macon. A private family service will be held at a later date. Mr. Adams was born in Butler, Georgia, the son of the late Alvah Eugene Adams, Sr. and Eva McDaniel Adams. He was a 1957 Graduate of Fort Valley...
Larry A. Reese
May 18, 2019
Larry A. Reese, USAF CMSGT Retired DANVILLE, GEORGIA - Larry A. Reese, 77, of Turkey Creek Road, passed away Saturday morning, May 18, 2019, at his residence. Service will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 3:00PM in the chapel at Reece Funeral Home in Jeffersonville, Georgia. The family will receive visitors from 2:00PM to 3:00PM before the service....
