Obituaries
H. B. "Papa" Churchwell
Aug 20, 2015
H. B. "Papa" Churchwell passed away on August 20, 2015. Services will be held on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 3:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, Georgia 31032. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mr. Churchwell is predeceased by his loving wife of 51 years Faye Minton Churchwell; his parents Hill...
Thelma Sledge Price
Aug 12, 2015
Thelma Sledge Price, 89, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM on Saturday, August 15, 2015 in the chapel of Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, with Pastor Will Johnson and the Reverend Bob Price officiating. Family will greet friends between 12:30-2:00PM before the service at the Cupola. There will be a private...
Maudie F. Strozier
Aug 12, 2015
Maudie F. Strozier passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 11:00AM in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, with Dr. Shannon Back officiating. Burial will follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends Friday, August 14 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at...
Ed Scott, Jr.
Aug 11, 2015
Ed Scott, Jr., 73, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 4:00PM on Saturday, August 15, 2015 in the chapel of Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Mr. Scott loved to fish and hunt. He loved to watch sports, especially baseball and boxing. Mr. Scott is survived by his three children, Chelesa Hill...
Robert "Rusty" Russell Gunn, Ii
Aug 10, 2015
Robert Russell Gunn, II, beloved husband and father, died Monday, August 10, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 11:00AM at Northminster Presbyterian Church with visitation to follow in the Fellowship Hall. Burial will be private on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Oconee Hills Cemetery in Athens, Georgia. A native of Athens, Georgia,...
Barbara Lamb
Aug 8, 2015
Barbara Lamb passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015. Services will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 1:00pm in the chapel of Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. Mrs. Lamb was born in Macon, Georgia on December 9, 1935 to Catherine and Cecil Molton. She graduated from A. L. Miller High School for girls. She was...
Harvey Kaplan
Aug 8, 2015
Harvey Kaplan passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015. Services will private. He was predeceased by his parents Richard M. Kaplan and Frances Poll Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan was retired from the United States Army and worked as a Regional Liability Administrator for GEICO Insurance Company. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Jeannie Bartlett of Gray, Georgia;...
Patricia C. "Pat" Pence
Aug 7, 2015
Patricia C. "Pat" Pence passed away on Friday, August 7, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at Wheeler Heights Baptist Church with the Reverend Kenny Parham officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The visitation will be held on Monday from 6:00-8:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street. In lieu of flowers, contributions...
Donald I. Rosen, Sr.
Aug 6, 2015
Donald I. Rosen, Sr., age 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, died August 6, 2015 at his home at Carlyle Place after battling Alzheimer's disease. Don's engineering background can be credited for his organizational skills and precise planning, even to the point of his writing his own obituary five years ago. Known by many as the consummate...
Cletus Fred "Freddy" Smith, Jr.
Aug 6, 2015
Mr. Smith passed away on August 6, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Smith was retired from Jones Automatic Sprinkler Co. He was preceded in death by his mother Aurie Smith. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife Teresa Smith and four children, Ben Smith, Ivy Smith, Faith Smith and Sam Smith; sisters Mona Little (Jimmy)...
Maitland Mccord Hudson
Aug 5, 2015
Maitland McCord Hudson, a former legislative aide, entrepreneur, teacher and mother of two, died August 5 of a heart attack at her home in Macon, Georgia. She was 67. Born in Macon on October 1, 1947, she was an avid equestrian as a girl. In 1965, she graduated salutatorian and was voted Best Citizen at Stratford Academy. She went...
Eleanor C. Pope
Aug 4, 2015
Eleanor C. Pope, 92, died Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 3:00PM at Riverside Cemetery with the Reverend Scott Dickison officiating. Miss Pope was predeceased by her parents, Marvin and Jewel Pope, and two brothers, Bill and Howard Pope. She was born in Wheeler County but had been a resident...
Douglas Wayne Bennett, "Doug" Jr.
Aug 4, 2015
Douglas Wayne Bennett, Jr. "Doug" died Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Services will be held on Friday, August 7, 2015 at 11:00AM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street, with burial in Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Thursday from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at the funeral home. Doug was born in Macon, Georgia on September 5, 1970...
Stewart L. Gordon Sr.
Aug 3, 2015
Stewart Leslie Gordon, Sr., 60, passed away at his home on Monday, August 3, 2015. The only child of Lucille P. and Sid Leslie Gordon, he lived in Jones County all his life. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 11:00AM at Plentitude Baptist Church, 145 Plentitude Church Road, Gray, GA 31032 with Rev. Tommy...
Vernon Bob Coulter
Jul 31, 2015
Vernon Bob Coulter, 75, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 3, 2015, at 11:00AM, at Faith Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kitchens Family Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 2, 2015, from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel. Mr. Coulter was a veteran of...
Maurice . Gwinner
Jul 27, 2015
LTC Maurice Gwinner, (US Army Ret.) died July 27, 2015. Born in Daytona Beach in 1930, he was the son of LTC Harold Henry and Mary Groover Gwinner (deceased). He attended the University of Mississippi and finished school at the University of Texas, Austin, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity and the ROTC. Following in...
Richard B. Coker
Jul 25, 2015
Richard B. Coker, 78, passed away on July 25, 2015. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 11:00AM at the Haddock Baptist Church, 180 Ethridge Road, Haddock, GA 31033. Visitation will be held on Monday July 27, 2015 from 6:00-8:00PM at the Hart's Jones County Chapel, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, GA 31032. Mr. Coker was...
Ida Inez Thomas
Jul 24, 2015
Ida Inez Horton Thomas died Friday, July 24, 2015. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Tuesday from 5:00 until 7:00 PM at Hart's at the Cupola. Mrs. Thomas was the head cashier for several Winn Dixie stores in Macon. She was predeceased...
Mary Francis Knight
Jul 23, 2015
Mary Francis Knight died Thursday, July 23, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015, at 11 AM in the chapel of Hart's at the Cupola. Burial will be at Middle Georgia Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Knight was a lifetime member of Cross Keys Methodist Church....
Robert "Bob" James Carlson
Jul 23, 2015
Robert "Bob" James Carlson passed away on July 23, 2015. There will be a private graveside service at a later date. Mr. Carlson is predeceased by his wife, Lee Borman Carlson. He was a resident of Clearwater, Florida for over thirty-five years and he served as a bartender at the Carlouel Yacht Club in Clearwater, Florida for twenty years....








