Meet Our Staff

Our staff provides excellent funeral planning services

We have years of experience caring for families from all walks of life, cultures and faiths. Our unsurpassed staff and our family provide kind, caring, professional service. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession who are dedicated to excellence in service, adhere to the highest funeral industry standards, and have exceptional integrity. We consistently earn phenomenally high customer satisfaction survey results.

Our licensed, professional staff is here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please call 1-478-746-4321 anytime. We will even come to you to make arrangements in the comfort of your home.

Prompt, compassionate service is always just a phone call away, where and when you need it.

Milton Heard IV

Owner, President, and Licensed Funeral Director

Craig Moore

Vice President and Licensed Funeral Director

Craig grew up in Perry, GA and lived there until graduating from High School. He went on to graduate from Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science. Craig was hired by Hart’s Mortuary as a full-time employee in November of 1995. He served as an Apprentice Funeral Director and became a licensed Funeral Director in 1998.

Craig lives in Macon with his wife Susanna. Between them they have 5 children ranging from 5th grade to college.

Steve Daniels

Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer

Rickey Blackburn

Funeral Director and Embalmer

Roy Miller

Funeral Assistant and Family Services Counselor

Steve Johnson

Marketing Director/ Chaplain

Becky Hataway

Hart's Petuary Operations

Kristy Laux

Administrative Assistant

Preston Curlee

Administrative Assistant

India Godfrey

Administrative Assistant

Kerry Bucher

Funeral Assistant

Dan Bartoli

Facilities Manager

Gaye Hattaway

Administrative Assistant

Vicki Brown

Hart's Petuary Manager

As manager of the Petuary I maintain an inventory of merchandise including pet urns, keepsake items, burial products, memorial markers, memorial stones and jewelry. I maintain a professional service relationship with veterinary clinics. It is my responsibility to counsel bereaved pet owners and ensure that they are aware of all the services that Hart’s Petuary provides. I treat pet owners and their pets with the same respect and dignity we reserve for our family members. Your wishes are respected for your beloved pet.

I have worked at Hart’s since 2002.

My family consists of myself, my good friends and my six faithful companions – Chloe’/Bassett Hound, Bruster/Boston Terrier, Lucy Lu/Boston Terrier, Rascal/Jack Russell Terrier, Winston/Boston Terrier and Cha Cha/Chihuahua Terrier Mix.

I enjoy social interaction with citizens who need companionship, reading, crafts, gardening, out door activities.

I volunteer with different Humane Society groups.

It is important to me to help people who have lost a pet or a loved one. I have experienced loss in my life and realize how important it is to convey a word of comfort in difficult times. I feel a pet is a very important part of the family.

Telephone: 1-478-741-0409

Gena Ford

Administrative Assistant

Cecil Ethridge

Funeral Assistant

Cecil Ethridge grew up in Gray, Georgia and graduated from Jones County High School. He received his BS and MED degrees from Georgia College and his EDS degree from University of Georgia. Prior to becoming a realtor, Cecil was an educator for 30 years in Jones, Bibb, and Monroe counties before retiring as an assistant principal of Monroe County Middle School in 2003. Cecil and his wife, Betty, have one son who is an attorney in Atlanta, GA. They are also members of First Baptist Church of Gray, where he serves on several committees.

Cecil is the Vice-Chair of the MidSouth Federal Credit Union Board. He serves on the boards of the Gray Downtown Development Authority, Gray Tree City USA, The Cannonball House, and the Jones County History and Heritage Group, where he was awarded the Hamilton-Williams Preservation Award in 2018. Cecil has served as a director of the Middle GA Association of Realtors Board. He was awarded the MGAR Realtor Spirit Award in 2006, MGAR Community Service Award in 2008, and the MGAR realtor of the year in 2012.

He is an active life member of the Circle of Excellence Multi-Million Dollar Production group. He was awarded the William A. Fickling Team Builder Award in 2018. Cecil is a member of the Jones County Kiwanis Club where he has served 3 terms as President. He is also a member of the Jones County Rotary Club.

Chad Williams

Hart's Petuary Operations

Chad Dupree

Funeral Assistant

John Haney

Chaplain and Funeral Assistant

Sherrie Feagin

Funeral Assistant

Elaine Morgan

Greeter

Elaine was born and raised in Lizella where she and her husband live now. She graduated from A.L. Miller High School in Macon and attended Albany Jr. College in Albany, Ga. Banking was her occupation - retiring from SunTrust Bank and Atlantic Southern Bank. Elaine has three sons, eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one deceased grandson. She enjoys crocheting, quilting, working puzzles, square dancing and reading. She has worked with Harts since 2010.