Obituaries

Aug 10, 2025

Danny Richard Smith, 73, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025. A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at Hart’s at the Cupola. Funeral services will also be held at Hart’s on Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Burial will follow the service at Glen Haven Memorial...

Aug 10, 2025

Iris Dorando Hill, 77, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in the Chapel of Hart’s at the Cupola, with Rob Betzel, Nate Edmonds, and Don Watson speaking. Iris requested that attendees wear Georgia Bulldog, Atlanta Falcons, or Atlanta Braves attire with blue...

Aug 9, 2025

Ms. Nan Payne Cleveland, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2025, at the age of 84. She was born in Hall County, Georgia, on September 2, 1940, to the late John Alphus "Al" Payne and Rubye Elizabeth Titshaw Payne.

A longtime resident of Macon, Nan became the first female deputy sheriff for Bibb County Georgia, in 1979. She remained with the...

Aug 6, 2025

Amelda Andrews Chapman, 78, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 11:00AM, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, with the Reverend Bryan Hinson officiating. Interment will be held in the Church’s Memorial Garden. Following the service, the family will greet friends in the undercroft of the...

Aug 1, 2025

Muriel Barbara "Bobbi" Yvonne Grant Campfield passed away peacefully Friday, August 1, 2025 at the age of 101, just a month and a half away from being 102. She was born September 23, 1923 in Hastings/St. Leonards-On-Sea, Sussex, England. She was the daughter of the late Major Alexander John Stevenson Grant and Muriel Louise Wormwell Grant, also of Hastings.

Bobbi attended...

Jul 31, 2025

James “Jamie” Timothy Thornton II, 36, passed away unexpectedly on July 31, 2025.

Jamie was born on April 25, 1989, to Tim Thornton and Tammy Thornton, both of whom survive him. He was also deeply loved by his sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Tony Morris; his brother, Madison Hughes; his girlfriend Amanda Baker and his beloved nephew and best buddy, Kyler...

Jul 29, 2025

Gloria Ann Maddox Stiles was born in Forsyth, Georgia on June 26, 1927, to Bernard Oliver Maddox and Minnie Pearl Burke Maddox. She attended elementary school in Forsyth and graduated from Miller High School for Girls in 1945, while living and working at the Methodist Home for Children.

In 1949, she married Joseph E. Stiles, Jr. of Macon, a WWII Army...

Jul 28, 2025

P. Dale Hodges, 51, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on July 28, 2025. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Ingleside Baptist Church. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery.

Dale was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 10,...

Jul 26, 2025

CW4 (Ret.) Henry "Hank" Hunt, 71, of Gray, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 2:00 PM, at Sunshine Methodist Church, off Hwy 11, in Round Oak, Georgia. Reverend, and longtime friend, Wesley Patton will be officiating. The burial will follow the service in the church cemetery....

Jul 25, 2025

Malissa Angel Blodgett, affectionately known as "Sweet Malissa” and “Sissy,” passed away on July 25, 2025, in Macon, Georgia at the age of 51. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025, at Hart’s at the Cupola with Reverend Joey Ellis officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. A...

Jul 23, 2025

James “Doc” Herndon, 76, of Gray, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am, on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Central Baptist Church, located on the corner of Gray Highway and Graham Road in Gray, Georgia. Mr. Ken Maples and Dr. Tommy Jordan will be officiating the service. His visitation will...

Jul 21, 2025

Robert Ira “Dr. Bobby” Schwartz, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and treasured pediatrician, passed away on July 21, 2025, at the age of 94. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Hart’s at the Cupola, with Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar officiating. Burial will private at New Sha'arey Israel Cemetery at Rose Hill.

Son of the late...

Jul 11, 2025

James Louis “Jamie” Gibson, 71, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on July 11, 2025. A visitation will be held at Hart’s at the Cupola from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.  Funeral services will be held at Northminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. with the Reverends Bob Brunson and Danny...

Jul 11, 2025

Betty Ricks Wall, age 103, died peacefully in her sleep on July 11, 2025.  A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Ingleside Baptist Church.  The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service in the sanctuary.

Betty was born in Hampton, Georgia to Lloyd Clifford Ricks and...

Jul 10, 2025

Robert “Bobby” G. Hooks, Jr., age 77, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Piedmont Macon Hospital.

Bobby was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on October 29, 1947, to Robert and Elizabeth Hooks.  Bobby was a jovial man and had a great sense of humor.  He always wanted to make people laugh.  He believed...

Jul 7, 2025

Carl Grayson Crowe, Jr., of Macon, Georgia, passed away at age 72 on July 7, 2025, following an extended illness, leaving behind a legacy of kindness, dedication, and love.

Born in Lawton, Oklahoma (Ft. Sill), and raised in a military family, with parents, Lt. Col. Carl G. Crowe and Jeannette Crowe. Carl spent his childhood in Germany,...

Jul 4, 2025

Ramona Hutchings Hunnicutt, 96, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2025.  A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Hart’s at the Cupola. Funeral services will follow on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 10:00 AM at Ingleside Baptist Church, with Dr. Mark Hudgins officiating.  The family will...

Jul 2, 2025

Michele Lee Highsmith (née Sherman)- affectionately known as Mickey to everyone but the government and bill collectors-was born on December 19, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Carl Clyde and Jessie Miles Sherman. On July 2, 2025, at the age of 76, she passed away peacefully at her home of 27 years in Roberta, GA, after a long and...

Jun 30, 2025

William Eason Henson, 81, of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date this Fall.

William was born on April 4, 1944, in Albany, Georgia, to the late Carl Fred Henson and Rosa Lee Hysler Henson. He was a proud graduate of Auburn University.

Jun 29, 2025

PAUL FRANCIS LOCKARY, beloved son, husband and father, died in Macon, Georgia, on Sunday, June 29, 2025.  He was born on June 15, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he grew up, with many a Saturday at Fenway Park watching his favorite team, the Boston Red Sox.  He later became a huge fan of the Atlanta Braves, who originated in...