Obituaries

Roderick Ronald Willingham

Jan 14, 2019

Roderick Ronald Willingham, 72, of Macon, passed away peacefully Monday, January 14, 2019. Burial service will be private at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. Rory was born in Purley, Surrey, England on April 14, 1946 to the late George Walter and Kathleen Easton Willingham of Atlanta. A gifted student, Rory spent three years of high school at Ecole Nouvelle...

Claude Eugene "Gene" Tucker, Iii

Jan 11, 2019

Claude Eugene Tucker, III, “Gene”, of Macon, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at 2:00 PM, at Centenary United Methodist Church. Dr. Tim Bagwell will officiate. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, entering through the North Gate. The family will greet friends 1:00 PM to service time at the...

Arthur A. Slocumb, Jr.

Jan 11, 2019

Arthur A. Slocumb, Jr., 69, of Keystone Heights, passed 11 January 2019. Services will be held at 12:00 PM (“High Noon”) on Saturday, 2 Feb 2019 at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel. Interment with military honors will follow in the Slocumb-Wheeler Cemetery on Monticello Highway, Jones County, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made “In Memory of...

Elizabeth "Bibbie" Spires Kendrick

Jan 10, 2019

Bibbie Kendrick was born and lived in Jacksonville, Fl. She attended Andrew Jackson High School where she was voted as Miss Andrew Jackson. Later, she was crowned after the carrier, Miss Lake Champlain.

Mrs. Kendrick married a young Marine, Harold Clark Kendrick, Jr., in 1953 in Kingsland Ga. after a world-wind six-month courtship. They moved to Athens,...

Johnnie Mae Taylor

Jan 7, 2019

Johnnie Mae Taylor, 81, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019 surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 11:00AM at Hart’s Mortuary, Cherry Street Chapel, 765 Cherry Street, Macon, GA with Reverend John Irwin and Reverend Jimmy Allen officiating. Interment will be held at the Kite City Cemetery at 3:00PM. The family will greet...

Harold Johnson

Jan 7, 2019

Harold Johnson, 78 of Conyers, Georgia passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Hart’s Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, Georgia 31032. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made...

Joseph “Joe” M. Carroll

Jan 1, 2019

Joseph “Joe” M. Carroll, 95, of Macon, went to be with the Lord on his late wife’s birthday, Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 12:00 PM at the Chapel of Hart’s at the Cupola. The Reverend Joe McDaniel will officiate. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service....

Marion Eugenia Kelly

Jan 1, 2019

Marion Eugenia Kelly, 93, of Macon, passed away on January 1, 2019. The family will greet friends from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 PM at Middle Georgia Memory Gardens with the Reverend Steve Johnson officiating.

Mrs. Kelly was the...

Beverly Bowden Pickard

Dec 31, 2018

Beverly Pickard was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Julia Preston (Hood) and George Thomas Bowden on March 29, 1938. She died peacefully at home on December 31, 2018, one week after her beloved husband, Carey Owen Pickard, Jr. An artist from a young age, Beverly’s talent was nurtured by her parents. She spent summers studying art in Burnsville, NC...

Reverend William Amos Cobb

Dec 29, 2018

Reverend William Amos Cobb, 86, of Macon, went to his heavenly home Saturday, December 29, 2018.

Funeral services will be held at Bradley Baptist Church of Gray, Friday, January 4, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. with Reverend Steve Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Macon Memorial Park in Macon. The family request to receive friends and family one...

Michael Jerry Carroll

Dec 29, 2018

Michael Carroll passed away December 29, 2018 after an extended illness.

Michael was born in Harlingen, Texas on February 28, 1953. He graduated from Southwest High School in Macon, GA in 1973. After graduation Michael went to the Atlanta area where he worked as a salesman in the telecommunication industry. He retired from the Digitel Corporation and...

Jackie Cox

Dec 28, 2018

Jackie Cox passed away December 28, 2018. Private graveside services will be held at Snow Hill Church Cemetery in Wilkinson County.

Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, has charge of arrangements.

Linda Carol Beasley

Dec 28, 2018

Linda Carol Beasley, of Ft. Valley, left us to join her husband in Heaven on Friday, December 28, 2018. Graveside services will be held Monday, December 31, 2018, at 10:00 AM, at Old Sardis Church Cemetery in Jones County. The Reverend Scott Ferguson will officiate. The family will greet friends from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM, at the graveside....

David "Hound" Blanton

Dec 27, 2018

David Lee Blanton, 64, of Gray GA, passed away on December 27, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, December 31, 2018 at Bradley Baptist Church, 821 Highway 11, Gray GA at 12:00 PM. The family will greet friends beginning at 10:30 at the church. Interment will be at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgville,...

George Phelps Wade

Dec 27, 2018

GEORGE PHELPS WADE was surrounded by his precious wife and children when he went to be with his Heavenly Father on December 27, 2018. He is the beloved son of Elizabeth Rowell and Marion Phelps Wade. Born August 15, 1941 and raised in Macon, Georgia, Phelps graduated from Lanier High School and afterwards attended the Georgia Institute of Technology...

Lewis Clair “Curly” Wright

Dec 26, 2018

Lewis Clair “Curly” Wright, 85, of Warner Robins, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Hart’s Chapel of the Cupola with Dr. Charles Michael Blizzard officiating. Family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to...

Carey Owen Pickard, Jr.

Dec 24, 2018

Carey Pickard was born to Lillian (McMichael) and Carey Pickard on March 27, 1937 and died at home on December 24, 2018 due to prostate cancer. Carey had an unusually happy childhood, much of it spent with friends on the banks of the Ocmulgee River. The yo-yo champion of Macon while at Alexander III and a sharp shooter from...

James “Jim” Dewitt

Dec 23, 2018

James “Jim” DeWitt, 61, of Macon, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018. A memorial service will be held Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Hart’s Mortuary at the Cupola. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Georgia Fallen Firefighters Association, 11 Fox...

Joseph "Joe" Jackson

Dec 22, 2018

Joseph “Joe” Jackson, 34, of Round Oak, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018. A graveside funeral service will be held on Monday, December 24, at 11:00AM, at Sunshine United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Reverend Cile Mitchell officiating.

Joe is survived by his parents, Rodney and Kathy Jackson of Round Oak; brother, John Jackson (Lindsey); nieces,...

Valynda Park Neisler Dunn

Dec 21, 2018

Valynda Park Neisler Dunn, age 95, passed away peacefully at Carlyle Place in Macon, Georgia on December 22; 2018. Her family and her loyal caregivers, Doris Prater and Amelia Hansford, were beside her until the end.

Valynda was born in Molena, Georgia on December 12, 1923, to Roe Marvin Park and Jewell Davis Park. She grew up...