Local Obituaries
Clara T. Patton
Aug 14, 2018
Clara T. Patton JEFFERSONVILLE – Clara Todd Patton, 82, of Durham Mill Rd., passed away Tuesday in Macon. Services will be held Saturday August 18, 2018 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Patton Family Cemetery. Rev. Rex Odom will officiate. Ms. Patton was born in Windsor, North Carolina, the daughter of the late, Haley...
Kenneth "Ken" Edward Underwood
Aug 12, 2018
Kenneth "Ken" Edward Underwood RENTZ, GA - Kenneth "Ken" Edward Underwood was born December 18, 1955. He was the son of Mary Shepard Underwood, who survives him, and the late C. E. "Mutt" Underwood. He is also survived by his siblings, Sheryl Horton of South Carolina, Anita (Monty) Cochran of Dublin, Georgia; and Ted (Tammy) Underwood of South Carolina....
Frank Allen Downing
Aug 10, 2018
Frank A. Downing DANVILLE, GA - Frank Allen Downing passed away at his home in Danville, Georgia, on Friday, August 10, 2018. He was born in Tampa, Florida on October 6, 1945 to the late Clarence "Lee" Downing and Dorothy Lopez. He was a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He was known to many and loved by...
Sharon J. Herndon
Aug 9, 2018
Sharon J. Herndon MACON – Sharon Johnson Herndon, 62, of Old Gordon Rd., passed away Thursday in Macon. A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held Sunday August 12, 2018 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday August 18, 2018 at 3:00PM at the residence, at 9186 Old Gordon...
Bradley Keith Hamby
Aug 1, 2018
Bradley ‘Brad” Keith Hamby DANVILLE – Bradley “Brad” Keith Hamby, 47, of Atwell Rd., passed away August 1, 2018 in Macon. Services will be held Sunday August 19, 2018 at 2:00 PM in Mount Zion Baptist Church in Danville, GA. Rev. Dwayne Bedingfield and Rev. Tony Hamby will officiate. Brad was born in Atlanta, GA the son of the...
Phyllis M. Farmer
Jul 27, 2018
Phyllis Martin Farmer September 7, 1948 – July 27, 2018 MACON, GA Family, and those that considered themselves part of her family, mourn the loss of their beloved Phyllis, known as Gigi to her grandchildren, and to many others. She was fiercely loyal to the myriad of friends in her orbit. Phyllis celebrated good fortune when it was bestowed...
Roy Wilburn Kitchens
Jul 8, 2018
MACON – Roy Wilburn Kitchens, 83, of Kitchens Dr. (Twiggs County), passed away Sunday at his residence. Graveside services will be held Wednesday July 11, 2018 at 10AM in the Kitchens Family Cemetery. Ferrell Kitchens will officiate. Mr. Kitchens was born in Twiggs County the son of the late Ernest Wilburn and Sally Williams Kitchens. He was preceded in...
Mattie Jan Whitley
Jul 8, 2018
DRY BRANCH – Mattie Jan Whitley, 74, of Kaolin Heights Ct., passed away Sunday in Macon. Services will be held Thursday July 12, 2018 at 11AM at Stone Creek Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Dr. Mark Grinstead, Rev. Gabby Loyd and Rev. Sam Loyd will officiate. Mrs. Whitley, was born in Dublin, GA, the daughter...
Juanita D. Bowman
Jul 3, 2018
Macon, GA – Juanita Donaldson Bowman, 90, passed away July 3, 2018 at her residence. Funeral service will be held 1100 am Friday July 6, 2018 at Swift Creek United Methodist Church on Jeffersonville Rd. in Macon. The family will receive friends from 1030 till service time at the church. Rev. Leland Collins will be officiating. Interment will follow...
Kathaleen Lee Brake
Jun 27, 2018
MACON – Kathaleen (Kathy) Lee McClellan Brake, 73, of Morris Stevens Rd, passed away Wednesday in Macon. Services will be held Monday July 2, 2018 at 1 PM at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, GA. Dr. Brad Marchman will officiate. Mrs. Brake, (Kathy) was born in Dunsmuir, California, the daughter of the late William Henry and Mary...
Jo Lynn Ryles
Jun 19, 2018
MACON – Jo Lynn Mullis Ryles, 65, of Sgoda Rd. passed away Tuesday in Macon. Graveside Services will be held Friday June 22, 2018 at 11AM in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Rev. Steven Keith will officiate. Mrs. Ryles, was born in Sandersville, GA the daughter of the late Nute and Lena Brown Mullis. She was preceded in death by...
Darlene P. Parker
Jun 16, 2018
Mrs. Parker was born in Rhine, GA the daughter of the late, J.B. Pittman, Jr. and Catherine Williams Pittman Lowery. Darlene was preceded in death by her son, Christopher Darryl Parker. She was a retired Legal Secretary and bookkeeper for Mark Walter Shaffer and Cook Attorney’s at Law, and other firms. Darlene was a member of Mount Zion Baptist...
William Jack Stone
Jun 16, 2018
DRY BRANCH – William Jack Stone, 81 of Old Franklinton Rd. passed away Saturday at his residence. A Gathering of Family and Friends, to Celebrate Jacks Life will be held Monday June 18, 2018 at 2PM at his residence Mr. Stone was born April 9, 1937 in Dry Branch, GA, the son of the late Wilbur and Claudia Floyd...
Kathryn P. Payne
Jun 10, 2018
ALLENTOWN – Kathryn Purser Payne, 93, of Brookdale Dr., passed away Sunday in Cochran. Services will be held Wednesday June 13, 2018 at 11AM in the Allentown United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Allentown City Cemetery. Rev. Jeff Alligood and Rev. Billy Wicker will officiate. Mrs. Payne was born in Bleckley County, the daughter of the late...
Charles Leon Kitchens, Sr.
May 30, 2018
DRY BRANCH – Charles Leon Kitchens, Sr., 77 of Gailu Dr., passed away Wednesday at his residence. Services will be held Saturday June 2, 2018, at 1100AM, in Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Bill Linder and Rev. Marty Watson will officiate. Mr. Kitchens was born in Twiggs County, GA the son of the...
Betty Owens
May 18, 2018
DRY BRANCH - Betty Jo Byrd DuBose Owens, 83, of Marion Ripley Rd., met her Heavenly Father on May 18, 2018. Services will be held Sunday May 20, 2018 at 200PM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. Rev. Stephen Byrd will officiate. Mrs. Owens was born in Montgomery County, GA, the daughter of...
Mary Yancey Clark
May 10, 2018
Marietta, Georgia, - Mary Yancey Clark, 91, of Monmouth Road, passed away on May 10, 2018. A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 26, at 100 PM at the Jeffersonville City Cemetery in Jeffersonville, GA. Mary Yancey was born in Jeffersonville. She was the daughter of Walter McCrary and Nell Griffin Norris of Jeffersonville. She was the wife...
Andrew (Andy) Fountain
May 9, 2018
JEFFERSONVILLE – Andrew Lewis (Andy) Fountain of Hwy 96, passed away Wednesday at his residence. Services will be held Saturday May 12, 2018 at 100PM in the Jeffersonville Church of God. Burial will be in Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Gary Walker, Rev. Jimmy Smith, Rev. Walter Jarrell, and Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. Mr. Fountain was born...
Norma Jean Thompson
May 8, 2018
JEFFERSONVILLE – Norma Jean Keene Thompson, 70, of Prospect Church Rd., passed away Tuesday at her residence. Services will be held Thursday May 10, 2018 at 200PM in Mount Zion Baptist Church. Burial will be in Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery. Elder Franklin Bryant will officiate. Mrs. Thompson was born in Folkston, GA the daughter of the late Burl...
Daniel (Danny) Parker
May 4, 2018
DANVILLE - Daniel Lee (Danny) Parker, 48, of Second St. passed away Friday in Macon. Services will be held Tuesday May 8, 2018 at 2PM in the Byron City Municipal Complex . Chaplain Tim Sysmore will officiate. Burial will be in the Danville City Cemetery. Mr. Parker was born in Lafayette, Indiana, the son of the late Daniel Leroy...
