Local Obituaries
Lauren Melissa Jones
Sep 4, 2017
JEFFERSONVILLE – Lauren Melissa Jones, 34, of Hwy 96, passed away Monday in Jeffersonville. Services will be held Thursday September 7, 2017 at 2:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Rev. John Troutman, Rev. Steve Hamrick and Mr. Roy Thompson will officiate. Miss Jones was born in Macon, and lived most of her life in Jeffersonville. Lauren was preceded in death...
Chester David Loyd
Aug 20, 2017
WILDWOOD, FL - Chester David Loyd, 76, of Bobwhite Rd., passed away Sunday August 20, 2017 in Florida. Services will be held Saturday August 26, 2017 at 2:00PM in New Haven Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. “Gabby” Loyd and Rev. Sam Loyd will officiate. Mr. Loyd was born in Macon, GA the son of...
Audrey Colline Beier
Jul 30, 2017
JEFFERSONVILLE – Audrey Colline Beier, 88, of Ball Park Rd., passed away Sunday in Perry. Services will be held Sunday August 6, 2017 at 2PM in the Asbury Classroom of Trinity United Methodist Church, 129 South Houston Rd. in Warner Robins. Burial will be in New Bern National Cemetery in New Bern, NC. Rev. Craig Hutto and Dave Schomer...
Mae Martin Sims
Jul 24, 2017
MACON - Mae Martin Sims passed away July 24, 2017. Graveside services will be held 11 am Thursday July 27, 2017 in Liberty Hill Church Cemetery, Gordon, GA. Rev. Jimmy Smith will be officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8pm Wednesday night at the funeral home. Mrs. Sims was born in Gordon, GA to the late...
Walter River Self, Jr.
Jul 23, 2017
DRY BRANCH – Walter River Self, Jr., 64 of Hickory Dr., passed away Sunday at his residence. Services will be held Wednesday July 26, 2017 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Loretta Faulk will officiate Mr. Self was born in Macon, the son of the late Walter River Self,...
Elizabeth Knight Pierce
Jul 18, 2017
DANVILLE - Elizabeth Knight Pierce, 82, of Knight Pond Rd., passed away Tuesday in Dublin. Services will be held Friday July 21, 2017 at 11:00AM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Plains Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Steve Hamrick, Rev. Jimmy Brown, and Elder Franklin Bryant will officiate. Mrs. Pierce was born in Wilkinson County, the...
Agnes Alaverne Hodge Moore
Jul 18, 2017
DANVILLE – Agnes Alaverne Hodge Moore, 91, of Moore Rd., passed away Tuesday at her residence. Services will be held Saturday July 22, 2017 at 3:00PM in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elsharath Baptist Church Cemetery. Elder Franklin Bryant and Rev. Eddie Moore will officiate. Mrs. Moore was born in Bluffton, SC, the daughter of the late...
Linda Faye Hutto Tanner
Jun 21, 2017
MACON – Linda Faye Hutto Tanner, 61, of Dorothy Dr., passed away Wednesday in Macon. Graveside services will be held Saturday June 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM in Andrews Cemetery. James Cannon will officiate. Ms. Tanner was born in Macon, GA the daughter of the late Arthur and Mary Alice Dixon Hutto. She was preceded in death by her...
Nellie Pauline (Polly) Blount
Jun 19, 2017
COCHRAN – Nellie Pauline (Polly) Blount, 93, of Sixth St. passed away Monday in Cochran. Graveside services will be held Wednesday June 21, 2017 at 3:00PM in Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Elder Franklin Bryant will officiate. Miss Blount was born in Twiggs County the daughter of the late Freeman G. and Pauline Crawley Sauls Blount. She was...
Dellena Sue Loyd
Jun 18, 2017
WILDWOOD, FL – Dellena Sue Phillips Loyd, 71, of Bobwhite Rd., passed away Sunday June 18, 2017 in Florida. Services will be held Sunday June 25, 2017 at 1:30PM in New Haven Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Samuel (Gabby) Loyd will officiate. Mrs. Loyd was born in Tell Cuty, Indiana, the daughter of the...
Gretchen C. (Teency) Sanders
Jun 15, 2017
DANVILLE – Edith Gretchen Carden (Teency) Sanders, 92, of Sanders Whitaker Rd., passed away Thursday at her residence. Services will be held Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 11:00am in Reece Funeral Home. Burial will be in Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Rex Odom will officiate. Mrs. Sanders was born in Danville, GA, the daughter of the late...
Linda Watson Young
Jun 7, 2017
JEFFERSONVILLE - Linda Watson Young, 57, of Main St. passed away Wednesday June 7, 2017 in Macon. Services will be held Saturday June 10, 2017 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Reece Funeral Home. Rev. Gary Walker and Rev. Steve Hamrick will be officiating. Interment will follow in Jeffersonville City Cemetery. Ms. Young was born in Macon, GA...
Carla P. Radford
Jun 7, 2017
Macon, GA – Carla Denise Peacock Radford, 49, passed away June 7, 2017, in Macon. Funeral service will be held Sunday June 11, 2017 at 3 pm in Real Life Church on Gray Hwy in Macon. Interment will follow in Antioch Baptist Church in Dry Branch, GA. Pastor Bo Turner will be officiating. The family will receive friends from...
Ellen Zue Dixon
May 31, 2017
MACON – Ellen Zue Dixon, 78, passed away Wednesday at her residence. Graveside services will be held Saturday June 3, 2017 at 3:00PM in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. Rev. Bob Hamilton will officiate. Mrs. Dixon was born in Clayton County, Georgia the daughter of the late Simeon Sylvester Stephens and Annie Ross Stephens. She was preceded in death by...
Brian David Loyd
May 29, 2017
MACON – Brian David Loyd, 32, of Sgoda Rd., passed away Monday in Macon. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday June 2, 2017, in New Haven Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. “Gabby” Loyd and Rev. Sam Loyd will officiate. Brian was born in Macon, GA, the son of the late Sheila Carol...
Jason Daryl Anderson
May 22, 2017
COCHRAN, GA – Jason Daryl Anderson, 31, of Rainbow Rd., passed away May 22, 2017 at his residence. Graveside services will be held 2 pm Friday May 26, in Elsharath Baptist Church Cemetery, in Twiggs County. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm prior to the graveside service at the church. Bishop William Evans will be officiating. Jason...
Sieglinde Roos Stevens
Apr 29, 2017
MACON – Sieglinde Roos Stevens, 76, of Sgoda Rd., passed away Sunday in Macon. Services will be held at 6:00 PM Thursday May 4, 2017 at Higher Ground Congregational Holiness Church. Pastor Georgia Bridgers will officiate. Mrs. Stevens was born in Esslingen, Germany, the daughter of the late Herman and Anita Kunz Roos. She was the widow of the...
Donnie Ray Tarpley
Apr 28, 2017
JEFFERSONVILLE – Donnie Ray Tarpley, 76, of Hwy 80, passed away Friday in Macon. Private Graveside services will be held Sunday April 30, 2017at 3;00PM, in the Tarpley Family Cemetery. Harold Reece, Jr. and Rev. Thomas Graham will officiate Mr. Tarpley was born in Macon, GA the son of the late Elbert and Lillian Starley Tarpley. He was preceded...
Tucci Hay Crosby
Apr 19, 2017
GORDON – Tucci Hay Crosby, the infant daughter of Russell and Samantha Crosby passed away Wednesday in Macon. Graveside services will be held Saturday April 22, 2017 at 11:00AM in New Haven Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Sam Loyd will officiate Tucci was preceded in death by her Grandmother Pamela Darley, her Grandfather (Big) Russell Crosby and her Great Grandmother...
Donald Sanders
Apr 19, 2017
DANVILLE – Donald Sanders, 55, of Little Rocky Creek Rd., passed away Wednesday in Macon. Services will be held Saturday April 22, 2017 at 11:00AM at Prospect United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Elder Stephen Dyer will officiate. Mr. Sanders was born in Hawkinsville the son of the late Maxie Sanders. He was preceded in...
