Obituaries

Frances Elizabeth Haulbrook Gowder

Frances Elizabeth Haulbrook Gowder

Feb 16, 2016

Frances Elizabeth Haulbrook Gowder, 97, was called to be with the Lord on February 16, 2016 following a long, healthy life. Services will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016, in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, 765 Cherry Street, at 2:00PM with Dr. Bill Hammonds officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1:00PM...

William  Daniel Day,  Jr.

William Daniel Day, Jr.

Feb 15, 2016

William "Danny" Day, 69, also affectionately known as "Bubba" to his family & close friends, passed away peacefully in a local hospital on Monday, February 15th, 2016. A Celebration of his life will be held in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, 765 Cherry Street, at 11:00AM on Thursday, February 18, 2016 with the Reverend Tommy Perkins officiating . Burial...

John  L. Teipel,  Sr.

John L. Teipel, Sr.

Feb 11, 2016

Mr. John L. Teipel, Sr., 86, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2016. Funeral services will be private. Family will greet friends Saturday, February 13, 2016 between 2:00-4:00PM at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Mr. Teipel was born in Birmingham, Alabama and spent his early years in Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida. He was a graduate of the...

John  Wendell Howell

John Wendell Howell

Feb 9, 2016

John Wendell Howell, 76, passed away Tuesday, February 09, 2016. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at First Presbyterian Church with the Reverends Chip Miller and John Kinser officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery with the Reverend Tab Howell, his nephew, performing the graveside service. Family will greet friends one hour prior...

Jo Ann Helen Relf

Jo Ann Helen Relf

Feb 8, 2016

Jo Ann Helen Relf, 85, of Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, died Monday, February 8, 2016. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Tabor, South Dakota. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to University of South Dakota Foundation, Tribute Scholarship Fund, P. O. Box 5555, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Mrs. Relf,...

Etta Reese Tinker Sheffield

Etta Reese Tinker Sheffield

Feb 7, 2016

Etta Reese Tinker Sheffield, 83, of Macon, Georgia, died Sunday, February 7, 2016. Services will be held at Christ Church on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 11:00AM with the Reverend Bryan Hinson officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery at Christ Church. The family will greet friends on Thursday following the service at the church. In lieu of flowers,...

Jennie Marie Patrick Nicholson

Jennie Marie Patrick Nicholson

Feb 6, 2016

Jennie Marie Patrick Nicholson died Saturday, February 6, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, February 12, 2016 at Pine Forest Baptist Church with the Reverend Jimmy Corbitt officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Thursday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake...

Christopher "Chris" Clark Molton,  Sr.

Christopher "Chris" Clark Molton, Sr.

Feb 6, 2016

Christopher "Chris" Clark Molton, Sr. went to be with his heavenly father on 02/06/2016, following a brief illness. He was born at the Macon Hospital on February 2, 1961. Chris was the son of Harold Clark Molton Jr. and Margaret "Margie" Molton. He was preceded in death by his beloved mother and his step-mother, Sherry Belote Molton. He is...

Milton Thomas "Tommie" Clinard

Milton Thomas "Tommie" Clinard

Feb 6, 2016

Milton Thomas "Tommie" Clinard died Saturday, February 6, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Daystar Church of God, 5874 Wesleyan Drive North, with the Reverend Robbie Shepherd officiating. The family will greet friends on Monday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Memorial...

Jerry  Richard Greene

Jerry Richard Greene

Feb 3, 2016

Jerry Richard Greene passed away on February 3, 2016. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 4:00PM at Haddock Baptist Church with the Reverends Ron McClung and Maxie Threatt officiating. A visitation will be held at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA on Friday, February 5, 2016 from 6:00PM-8:00PM. In lieu...

Betty  Hunter Dumas

Betty Hunter Dumas

Feb 1, 2016

Betty Hunter Dumas went home to be with her Lord on February 1, 2016. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 12:00PM with the visitation beginning at 11:00AM at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA 31032, and the burial will follow at Macon Memorial Park. Pastor Chris Peavy will be officiating....

Mark  Jay Gunnells

Mark Jay Gunnells

Jan 31, 2016

Mark Gunnells, 28, passed away suddenly on Sunday, January 31, 2016. He was a life-long resident of Jones County and graduated from Jones County High School in 2007. He is survived by his mother, Tracey (Bucher) Gunnells, his father , Jimmy Gunnells, and his brother, Landon Gunnells all of Jones County. A celebration of life will be held on...

Patricia Ann Stembrdge Chafin

Patricia Ann Stembrdge Chafin

Jan 31, 2016

Patricia Ann Stembridge Chafin Our beautiful mother, Pat Chafin, was welcomed into heaven on Sunday, January 31, 2016. She was born February 6, 1929 in Macon, Georgia to Jack C. Stembridge and Thelma Dobson Stembridge. Pat was preceded in death by her loving husband, Loran "Cotton" Chafin; and her sister, Louise Stembridge Holloway. She was a graduate of Miller...

Helen  Moye Smith

Helen Moye Smith

Jan 30, 2016

Helen Moye Smith died peacefully Saturday, January 30, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Camellia Mausoleum of Riverside Cemetery, with Dr. Jake Hall and the Reverend Cass DuCharme officiating. The family will greet friends from 4:00PM until 5:00PM in the Grand Ballroom at Carlyle Place, 5300 Zebulon Road. In lieu...

Maude  Kilgore Wall

Maude Kilgore Wall

Jan 29, 2016

Gray- Maude Irene Kilgore Wall, 86, of Gray, passed away, Friday, 29 January 2016 at her residence. The family will greet friends Monday, 1st of February, 11a.m. until 12 Noon, in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary in Gray. Funeral hour will follow. Burial will be at Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Gray. Nephew, Mr. Daryl Brazil, will officiate. Mrs. Wall was...

Barbara  Frances Mathews

Barbara Frances Mathews

Jan 28, 2016

Barbara Frances Valentine Mathews, 75 years old passed away on January 28, 2016 in Macon, GA. She was born in Charleston, SC. Survivors include sister Carolyn Gay, daughters Kimberly Lee (husband Larry Lee), Tracie Mathews Fitzgerald (husband Steven Fitzgerald), Shawn Chante Rogers; grandchildren Lauren C. Lee Jr (Colt), Virginia Lee, Savannah Lee, Jade Alexis Rogers, Matthew Shane Rogers. She...

Wilbur Gale "Will" Holladay

Wilbur Gale "Will" Holladay

Jan 27, 2016

Wilbur Gale "Will" Holladay passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Born in Newton, Mississippi, on 4/23/1924, to the late William Byron Holladay and Lydia Belle Bounds Holladay, Will's depression-era upbringing as the eldest of six siblings instilled traits of responsibility, hard work, and thrift that served him throughout his life. Completing public schools in Newton at the height...

Earline Johnson

Earline Johnson

Jan 26, 2016

Earline Johnson went home to be with her Lord after a short illness on January 26, 2016. Graveside services will be held at Middle Georgia Memory Gardens on Joycliff Road, on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 2:00PM. A visitation will be held prior to the service at 12:00PM at Hart's Mortuary Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA...

Kathryn  Hinton Overman

Kathryn Hinton Overman

Jan 26, 2016

Interment services for Kathryn Hinton Overman, who died January 26, 2016, in Winston-Salem, NC, will be held at Riverside Cemetery in Macon, Georgia on Sunday at 2:00 PM. Mrs. Overman was preceded in death by her husband, John Overman. Born on April 7, 1926, she was the daughter of Bessie Hickman Hinton and Charles Jackson Hinton. She received her...

Norman Zerkus

Norman Zerkus

Jan 24, 2016

Norman Zerkus, 77, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016. Memorial services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 29, 2016 at Martha Bowman United Methodist Church with the Reverend Tim Steffen officiating. Family will greet friends one hour prior. Burial will be private. Mr. Zerkus was a member of Martha Bowman United Methodist Church. He was retired from...