Obituaries
Norma (Green) Stokes
Dec 26, 2015
Mrs. Norma Stokes, age 87, of Winston, GA was called to her eternal home by her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 26, 2015. She was born March 29, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest daughter of the late Norman S. Green and Elizabeth H. Green. Norma touched the many lives of her students at J. Colin English and Tropic...
Virginia P. Grant Thigpen
Dec 25, 2015
Virginia P. Grant Thigpen passed away on December 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 28, 2015 at 11:00AM at Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210. Dr. Mark Hudgins and Reverend Jimmy Duke will be officiating. The visitation will be one hour prior with burial following at Riverside Cemetery. In lieu...
Thomas William "Bill" Preston
Dec 25, 2015
Thomas William "Bill" Preston, 85, went into the arms of Jesus on Friday, December 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 11:00AM at Hart's Mortuary Jones County Chapel with Reverend Danny Lyles officiating. Burial will follow at Glen Haven Cemetery on Houston Road in Macon, GA. The visitation will be held Monday, December...
Charles W. "Buck" Shepard
Dec 25, 2015
Charles W. "Buck" Shepard died December 25, 2015. Graveside services will be held at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens on Monday, December 28, 2015, at 3:15 PM. The family will greet friends at Hart's at the Cupola on Monday from 2:00 until 2:45 PM. Mr. Shepard was a member of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church and a member of the...

Joseph T. Arnett
Dec 25, 2015
Joseph T. Arnett, 75, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015. He was born on February 18, 1940 at the Macon Hospital. Funeral services will be 7:00PM on Thursday, December 31, 2015 in the chapel of Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Family will greet relatives and friends one hour before at the Cupola. Mr. Arnett delivered groceries for...
Arthur Leroy Mcconnell
Dec 24, 2015
Arthur L. McConnell passed away on December 24, 2015 at the age of 96. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 12:00PM at New Salem Baptist Church, New Salem/Miller Church Road, Jones County, GA. Reverend Eddie Windham will be officiating and the visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. The...
William Benton
Dec 23, 2015
William Benton, 64, of Jones County, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Benton Family Cemetery in Twiggs County. The Reverend Eddie Benton will be officiating. Mr. Benton was a graduate of Jones County High School. He was an equipment operator for Benton Brothers Construction. Mr. Benton...
Murray Ashley Nixon
Dec 22, 2015
Murray Ashley Nixon, 18, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015. Funeral services will be at 3:00PM on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Vineville United Methodist Church with Dr. Jimmy Asbell and the Reverend Ted Goshorn officiating. Burial will be private at Riverside Cemetery. Family will greet friends between 3:00-5:00PM on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Hart's at the Cupola,...
Joseph Millard (Joe) Hendricks
Dec 19, 2015
Joseph (Joe) Millard Hendricks Joseph Hendricks, age 81, of Macon, Georgia, died December 19, 2015, at his residence surrounded by his family. Private interment will take place at his farm in Talbot County. A Celebration of Life will be held on January 23, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. on the Mercer University campus. Joe was born September 10, 1934, in...
Stacy Crosby
Dec 18, 2015
Stacy Crosby, 44, passed away on December 18, 2015. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 2:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA 31032. Stacy was born in Leesburg, Florida on July 19, 1971. She was a member of Henderson Baptist Church, drove a special education school bus for seven...
Jessie "Ronnie" Ronald Chambers
Dec 17, 2015
Jessie Ronald "Ronnie" Chambers, 62, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015. Family will greet friends between 5:00-7:00PM on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Mr. Chambers was a graduate of Northeast High School. He was a manager at Piggly Wiggly for 25 years. He was a diehard UGA fan as well as a...
Mary Jackson Wheeler
Dec 17, 2015
Mary Jackson Wheeler of Macon, Georgia died Thursday, December 17, 2015. She was born August 5, 1930 in Matthews, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Cortez A. Jackson and the late Edith Jones Jackson. She graduated from Glascock County High School and received her B.S. degree in Home Economics from Berry College. While teaching at Jones County...

Estelle Voll Nirenstein
Dec 15, 2015
Estelle Voll Nirenstein, 86, formerly of Macon, Georgia, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. After her husband, Henry, passed away, she moved to Augusta to be near one of her sisters. Two years ago she moved to St. Petersburg to be near her daughter, Lois. She was a Latin teacher for many years at Stratford Academy prior...
Nathan Daniel Joyner
Dec 14, 2015
Nathan Daniel Joyner passed away on December 14, 2015 at the family's lake house at Lake Sinclair. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 2:00PM at Hart's Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA 31032, with Dr. Jason Wade and Reverend Ricky Tidwell officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fort Valley,...
Jean Davidson Couch
Dec 14, 2015
Jean Couch passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 3:00PM at Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. The Reverend Sonny Seneker will be officiating. Jean was predeceased by her parents John and Nellie Davidson; and her siblings, Kenneth Davidson, John Davidson, Margaret Davidson Spence and Shirley Davidson Darsey. She...
Margaret "Margo" Jenkins
Dec 12, 2015
Edna Margaret "Margo" Jenkins, age 94, died Saturday, December 12, 2015, at her home in Lombard, Illinois. Graveside services will be held at noon on Friday, December 18, 2015, at Riverside Cemetery in Macon. There will be a celebration of life service at First Baptist Church of Oak Park, Illinois, at a date yet to be determined. Ms. Jenkins...
Sara Vaughn Alexander
Dec 12, 2015
Sara Vaughn Alexander, age 88, died Saturday, December 12, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Riverside Cemetery, with the Reverend John Kinser officiating. The family will greet friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Monday at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Memorial donations may be made to...
Hazel Crosby Emilio
Dec 11, 2015
Hazel Crosby Emilio, 86, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Christ Episcopal Church, 582 Walnut Street, Macon, GA 31201, with the Reverend Robert Ott and the Reverend Bryan Hinson officiating. Burial will be at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery following the service. Visitation will be Tuesday,...
Joseph Thomas Hadaway
Dec 10, 2015
Joseph Thomas Hadaway passed away on December 10, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, Georgia 31032, with the Reverend Brennan Jackson officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Ridge Cemetery. A visitation will be held Friday, December 11, 2015 from 5:00PM-7:00PM at Hart's...
Mavis Purvis Putnal
Dec 10, 2015
Mavis Purvis Putnal, 95, of Macon Georgia, passed away peacefully Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Pine Pointe Hospice. Funeral services to celebrate her life will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 4:00PM in the chapel of Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, with Sonny Seneker officiating. Family will greet friends one hour before the service at...