Local Obituaries
Edgar Eugene Evans
Oct 20, 2018
Edgar Eugene “Ed” Evans DANVILLE – Edgar Eugene “Ed” “Dub” Evans, 56, passed away Saturday at his residence. Services will be held Wednesday October 24, 2018 at 3:00PM in Prospect United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Nick Hazleton will officiate. Mr. Evans was born in Macon, the son of the late Jack Evans, Sr....
Rodney Wayne Lord
Sep 27, 2018
Rodney Wayne Lord MONTROSE – Rodney Wayne Lord, 59, passed away Thursday September 27, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday September 30, 2018 at 3:00PM at the Dudley Baptist Church. Mr. Lord was born in Dublin, GA, the son of the late Samuel Glynn “Sam” Lord. Rodney was a self employed Tree Surgeon who loved his...
John Phillip Harris
Sep 25, 2018
John Phillip Harris DRY BRANCH – John Phillip “Phil” Harris, 59, of Sapp Rd., passed away Tuesday at his residence. Services will be held Friday September 28, 2018 at 11:00am in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Harris Family Cemetery, 4159 Hitchcock Rd., Macon, GA 31217. Rev. Charles Carter will officiate Mr. Harris was born in Macon,...
Joe Lee Brown, Jr.
Sep 21, 2018
Joe Lee Brown, Jr. DANVILLE – Joe Lee Brown, Jr, 83, of Lucy Chapel Rd., passed away Friday September 21, 2018, in Macon, Georgia. Services will be held Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 3:00PM at Reece Funeral Home Chapel in Jeffersonville, GA. Burial will follow at Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2pm...
Dianne Johnson Moore
Sep 17, 2018
Dianne Johnson Moore WARNER ROBINS – Dianne Johnson Moore, 65, of Cherokee Dr., passed away Monday in Perry. Services will be private at a later date. Mrs. Moore was born in Twiggs County, GA the daughter of the late Robert Johnson. Dianne was a former Nurse at several hospitals and nursing homes. Survivors include her Husband, Billy Joe Moore....
Sarah Ann Burke
Sep 16, 2018
Sarah Ann Burke Sarah Ann Burke, age 33, died Sept. 16, 2018 at her residence in Salibury, NC. Sarah was born Oct. 22, 1984 at Mather AFB in Sacramento, CA, and was a blessing to her parents, Joel and Kayla Burke, of Thomaston. In addition to her parents, Sarah is survived by two daughters that she adored, Keelie and...
Carl Lee Bass
Sep 10, 2018
Carl Lee Bass MACON – Carl Lee Bass, 59, of Wilbur Way, passed away Monday, September 10, 2018 at his residence. Services will be held at a later date. Mr. Bass was born in Gainesville, FL the son of the late Oscar Lee “Buddy” Bass and Mattie Frances Dix Bass. He was a former Tree Surgeon with Gaston’s Tree...
Gerald Ronald "Ronnie" Jones
Sep 7, 2018
Gerald Ronald “Ronnie” Jones GRAY – Gerald Ronald “Ronnie” Jones, 67, of Gordon Dr., passed away Friday at his residence. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday September 15, 2018 from 2:00PM to 6:00PM at 171 Sgoda Circle South, Macon, GA 31217 for Family and Friends to attend. Mr. Jones was born in Athens, GA, the son of...
Dorothy U. Stuckey
Aug 30, 2018
Dorothy U. Stuckey DANVILLE – Dorothy Utecht Stuckey, 94, of Stuckey Rd., passed away Thursday at her residence. Graveside Services will be held Saturday September 1, 2018 at 10:00AM in Pleasant Plains Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Father Stephen J. Pontzer will officiate. Mrs. Stuckey was born in St. Paul Minnesota the daughter of the late Frank and Appolonia P....
William Henly Hopper
Aug 25, 2018
William H. Hopper FORSYTH – William Henly Hopper, 76, of Pine Valley Dr., passed away Saturday at his residence. Services will be held Saturday September 1, 2018 at 2:00PM in Friendship Baptist Church. Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. Mr. Hopper was born in Allentown (Wilkinson County), GA, the son of the late Harry Ervin and Sarah Katherine Maddox Hopper....
Sanders Oral Hall
Aug 21, 2018
Sanders Oral Hall DANVILLE, GA – Like the Psalmist David, Sanders Oral Hall, after he had served his own generation by the will of God fell on sleep Friday August 21, 2018. Most of his 92 years was lived on Old Macon Road, Danville, Georgia. He was blessed to stay at his home until his death. He was the...
Linda Wood Little
Aug 20, 2018
Linda W. Little DANVILLE – Linda Wood Little, 73, of Hwy 358, passed away Monday in Macon. Services will be held Thursday August 23, 2018 at 11:00AM in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville. Rev. Charles Carter will officiate. Mrs. Little was born in Byron, (Peach County), GA the daughter of the late John Hubert and Martha Elizabeth...
Mary Jo Cross
Aug 19, 2018
Mary Jo Hill Cross UNADILLA – Mary Jo Hill Cross, 85, of Calhoun Rd., passed away Sunday in Perry. Graveside services will be held Tuesday August 21, 2018 at 10:30AM in Walnut Cemetery in Unadilla, GA. Rev. Jim George and Rev. Bobby Carpenter will officiate. Mrs. Cross was born in Jeffersonville, GA the daughter of the late Robert F....
James Monroe Reece
Aug 18, 2018
James Monroe Reece MACON – James Monroe “Jimmy” Reece, 71, of Steeplechase, passed away Saturday in Dublin. Graveside services will be held Sunday August 19, 2018 at 3:00 PM in New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Ike Branch will officiate. Mr. Reece was born in Danville (Wilkinson County) Georgia, the son of the late William McKinley “Kenny” Reece and...
Anthony Scott Lewis
Aug 16, 2018
Anthony Scott Lewis MACON – Anthony Scott “Scotty” Lewis, 49, of Hwy 57, passed away Thursday at his residence. Services will be held Monday August 20, 2018 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Rev. Dan Hollomon and Rev. Loretta Faulk will officiate. Mr. Lewis was born in Macon, the son of the late Luther Bennett Lewis, Jr. He was...
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...
