Obituaries
Laurence "Larry" E. Brown
Apr 10, 2018
Laurence E. "Larry" Brown, 73, of Gray, passed away April 10, 2018. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 10:00AM to 12:00PM at Hart's Chapel of Jones County, 307 Pecan Road, Gray. Graveside services will follow at 3:00PM at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens on Houston Road, Macon. The Reverend Steve Johnson and the Reverend Gary Thomas...

Christopher Mark Roberts
Apr 8, 2018
Christopher Mark Roberts passed away on April 8, 2018. A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018 at 6:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel with the Reverend John Haney officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service from 5:00PM-6:00PM at Jones County Chapel. Chris was the best of the best when...

Rebecca Ann Simons
Apr 7, 2018
Rebecca Simons, 87, of Macon, Georgia, died Saturday, April 7th, 2018. She was born October 28th, 1930 in Douglas, Arizona to Douglas and Dorothy Douthitt. Both of her parents were born in Arizona before it became a state.Her husband, Glenn Simons, preceded her in death in 2015 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Surviving are her three loving children, Donald...
Tammy Michelle Bledsoe
Apr 6, 2018
Tammy Michelle Bledsoe age 46, passed away Friday, April 6, 2018. Services will be held Thursday April 12, 2018. Visitation will begin at 5:30 PM and the memorial services at 6:30 PM at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, Gray, GA. Rev. Susan Balfour will officiate. Tammy was born September 27, 1971 in Milledgeville, Georgia to Judy Counts Bledsoe and...
Helon Hudson "Mudder" Magouirk
Apr 5, 2018
Helon Hudson "Mudder" MaGouirk passed away on April 5, 2018. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Hart's, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, Georgia with the Reverend Bob Hamilton officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at 10:00 AM at the Jones County Chapel. Interment...

Darlene Selman
Apr 5, 2018
Darlene Durden Selman, 71, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 5, 2018. Born in Macon, GA On September 18, 1946, she was the oldest daughter of the late William and Virginia Durden. She was preceded in death by daughter, Darsey Selman, and son, Greg Selman. She is survived by her long time companion, Glenn Dunn, aunt,...
Loretta Proctor Mears
Apr 4, 2018
Loretta Proctor Mears, 88, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, April 4, 2018, while surrounded by her loved ones. Loretta was born March 25, 1930 in Twin City, Georgia to the late Remer Francis and Bessie Johnson Proctor. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Maurice L. Mears, Sr.; step son, Robert E....
Rachel Lacora Douglas
Apr 3, 2018
LaCora Douglas, age 84, passed away on April 3, 2018. Born in Sandersville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Rachel Adams. A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 5 at 11:00am at High Point Church, 2963 Hollis Road in Macon (with visitation following the service, and a meal for immediate family and out-of-town guests)....
James Edgar Thompson
Apr 3, 2018
James Edgar Thompson, 84, of Macon passed away on April 3, 2018. Jim was a native of Dooly County and the son of the late Luther Hinton Thompson and Gussie Bowen Thompson and the stepson of Vera Thompson. He graduated from Byromville High School and attended the University of Georgia and ABAC. After serving in the Army, he moved...
Joel Max Horne
Apr 2, 2018
Joel Max Horne, 78, of Macon, passed away April 2, 2018. Services will be held at 4:00PM, Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Rob Robinson will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Muscular Dystrophy Association, 152 North Crest...
Walt Mitchell
Mar 30, 2018
Walt Mitchell, of Gray, passed away Friday, March 30, 2018. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 11:00 at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, with burial services following at Cleveland Newby Cemetery in Juliette Ga. The family will greet friends on Monday, April 2, 2018 from 6 until 8 in the Hart's Mortuary, Jones County...
Richard "Skeet" L. Ethredge
Mar 29, 2018
Richard L. "Skeet" Ethredge, 80, of Macon, passed away March 29, 2018. Services will be held at 2:00PM on Monday, April 2, 2018, at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Reverends Terry Reynolds and Steve Johnson will be officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00PM - 6:00PM Sunday, April 1, 2018 at Hart's at the Cupola....
Caryl Lorraine Branan
Mar 29, 2018
Caryl Lorraine Branan died at her home after a long illness on March 29, 2018. Born in Augusta, Georgia on September 17, 1946, she was raised in Macon by her grandparents and mother. At Miller High School, she enjoyed sports, excelling in ping pong and badminton. A faithful Christian, Caryl attended First Baptist Church, where she met her husband...
Ernest Franklin Davis
Mar 26, 2018
Macon, GA - Ernest Franklin Davis, 93, of Macon, Georgia passed peacefully on Monday, March 26, 2018, with his family by his side. He was born on October 13, 1924, in Macon, Georgia to the late Dewey Davis, Sr. and Beulah Sanderlin. Ernest proudly served his country in the United States Army Air Corps. He entered the military on...
Betty Lou Groover
Mar 25, 2018
A Memorial Celebration of Betty Lou Groover’s life will take place June 9, 2018, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Betty Lou Groover, 85, died peacefully, March 25, 2018 with her youngest and oldest two children, and son-in-law, close beside her. After a fall, she succumbed to...

Dr. John F. Gibson
Mar 25, 2018
Dr. John F. Gibson passed away March 25, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM Friday, March 30, 2018 at Vineville Baptist Church, 2591 Vineville Avenue, Macon, Georgia with Dr. Richard Kremer and Dr. Neal Wall officiating. Family will greet friends from 5:00-7:00PM Thursday, March 29, at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia, as well...

Elizabeth Jane Allen
Mar 23, 2018
Elizabeth Jane Allen of Annapolis, Maryland, died on March 23, 2018, in Macon, Georgia. The daughter of Charles Hadley Allen, M.D., and Elizabeth Roberts Allen, Jane was born in Atlanta on January 25, 1946 and grew up as a skilled horsewoman in Bremen, Georgia. Jane attended Gulf Park College for Women in Mississippi and graduated from Vanderbilt University with...
Bernice Gentry Willingham
Mar 22, 2018
Bernice Gentry Willingham, born December 11, 1929, passed away at her home in Macon GA on March 22, 2018. Services will be held at Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon, on Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 2PM, with Reverend Ed Chambless and Pastor Calvin Haugabrook officiating. The family will greet friends an hour before the service...
Jeffrey Cameron Burne
Mar 20, 2018
Jeffrey Cameron Burne, 61, of Macon, passed away March 20, 2018. Dr. Burne was a professor of biology and microbiology at Middle Georgia State University for 27 years. He earned his PhD from University of Arizona. Dr. Burne was an entomologist, known as the "Bug Man". He displayed his extensive insect collection at the Museum of Arts and Sciences,...
Forrest "Phil" Philip Cawley, Jr.
Mar 18, 2018
Forrest Philip "Phil" Cawley, Jr., of Macon, passed away Sunday, March 18th. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at St. Francis Episcopal Church on Wednesday, March 21st at 12:00PM. Visitation and reception will be held after the memorial in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, we kindly ask for donations to the St....