Obituaries

Daniel Warren Scarborough, Jr.
Aug 21, 2014
Daniel Warren Scarborough, Jr., died Thursday, August 21, 2014. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at 3:00PM at Macon Memorial Park. The family will greet friends at the graveside following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to Children's Health Care of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, 1001 Johnson...
Eulalia "Eukie" Jeanette Evans
Aug 18, 2014
Eulalia Jeanette Evans "Eukie", 94, entered into new life in Christ August 18. She was the daughter of the late Isabelle and Edmond Solt and was preceded in death by her husband John B. Evans, Jr. and a brother, Allen F. Solt. Born in Washington DC, she spent her early years there and many in Arlington, Virginia before moving...
John Ray Preston
Aug 18, 2014
John Ray Preston, age 77, passed away on August 18th after an extended and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. Mr. Preston was born on April 14, 1937 in Macon and was the son of the late Elizabeth Walker Preston and the late John Gray Preston. A graduate of Lanier High School and Georgia Tech, he was a member of...
Arthur Griffith Anderson
Aug 18, 2014
Arthur Griffith Anderson of Macon, aged 97, died August 18, 2014. He was born in Ayersville in Stephens County, Georgia on August 15, 1917, and was the oldest son of Lydia Ayers Anderson and Ezekiel Mack Anderson. He grew up in Mt. Airy, Georgia, after which he lived in Swainsboro, GA and in Greenville, SC, where he worked at...
Evelyn Durham Etheredge
Aug 17, 2014
Evelyn Durham Etheredge, 90, passed away Sunday August 17, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 12:00PM Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Forest Hills United Methodist church, 1217 Forest Hill Road, Macon, GA 31210. The Reverend Teresa Edwards will officiate. Burial will be private at Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at...

William "Bill" Williams
Aug 16, 2014
William "Bill" Williams, 92, of Macon went home to his heavenly Father on August, 16, 2014. Mr. Williams was born on July 26, 1922 in Danville, Georgia. He was retired after 30 years of service as a cost accountant at Robins Air Force Base. The family will greet friends from 5:00PM until 7:00PM, on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at...
James Anderson Berg, Sr.
Aug 15, 2014
James Anderson Berg, Sr., Architect, Retired, Age 91 died Friday, August 15, 2014. Funeral services will be held in Mulberry Street United Methodist Church on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 3:00 PM with Rev. Tommy Mason officiating. James Anderson Berg was born in Macon, the youngest of three sons of Leonard (Len) and Willie Lee Darby Berg. He was...
Helen Cook Bethune Sharpe
Aug 14, 2014
Helen Cook Bethune Sharpe, affectionately known as "Foonie", 89, of Macon passed away on August 14, 2014. Services will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 11:00AM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street with the Reverend Joe McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends at 10:00AM at the funeral home....
Barbara Handley Roberts
Aug 12, 2014
(1927 - 2014) Barbara Handley Roberts passed away on August 12, 2014. A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the chapel of Hart's The Cupola, 6324 Peake Road at 10:30 a.m. The Reverend Alan Benson will officiate. The family will greet friends immediately following the service at Hart's at the Cupola. Burial will...
Dr. Robert Granville Gardner
Aug 11, 2014
Dr. Robert Granville Gardner, 90, husband of Anne Fargason Gardner, died at his home in Macon on August 11. A memorial service will be held at the First Baptist Church of Christ, 511 High Place, on Friday, August 15, at 2:00 p.m. Born in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Ernest Granville and Gertrude Roberts Gardner. After service...

Dorothy (Dottie) Hill
Aug 10, 2014
Dottie was born in Mt. Vernon Illinois she graduated from Mt. Vernon High in 1964 and attended college there as well. Dottie was a friend to all and mother to those she was closest to. Her selflessness and caregiving didn't go unnoticed but she never asked for praise or acknowledgment and always put others needs before hers. She was...
Ernestine Lucille Vance Clay
Aug 9, 2014
Ernestine Lucille Vance Clay, of Macon, Ga passed away on August 9, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones after a long battle with lung cancer. She was born on February 2, 1932 in Cedartown, Georgia to Hoyt and Lucille Vance. Later the family moved to Tift County, where she finished Tift County High School in 1949. Ernestine moved to...
Landon Haines Brent
Aug 7, 2014
Landon Haines Brent, Sr. died Thursday, August 7, 2014. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, August 10, 2014 at 2:00PM at Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to The Gideons, 524 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 or to Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Mr. Brent was...
John Nolan Mcgarity
Aug 7, 2014
John Nolan McGarity, D.D.S. of Macon, Georgia passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2014. He was a resident of Carlyle Place. Nolan was born on November 11, 1921 in Royston, Georgia to the late John Otto and Cordie Mae McGarity. He was a graduate of the Emory University School of Dentistry, class of 1951, after completing his pre-dental studies...

David L. Smith
Aug 7, 2014
David L. Smith, 65, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2014. A graveside service will be held Sunday, August 10 at 3:00PM in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens, 3225 Joycliff Road, Macon, Georgia 31211. The family will greet friends Saturday 5:00 PM to 7:00PM at the funeral home. David was born in Abbyville, Georgia to the late Robert and Agnes Smith...
Hazel "Mama T" Floyd Tidwell
Aug 5, 2014
Hazel "Mama T" Floyd Tidwell, 86, of Macon, died Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 11:00AM at Macon Memorial Park. The Reverends William Tyre and John Hughey will officiate. The family may be contacted at the residence of Peggy Moulton and will greet friends on Friday from 6:00PM until 9:00PM...
Jeanelle Arnette Darity
Aug 5, 2014
Jeanelle Arnette Darity, of Macon, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 11:30AM on Monday, August 11, 2014 at Hart's at the Cupola with Dr. Mark Hudgins officiating. The family will receive visitors beginning at 11:00AM on Monday at the funeral home. A private interment will follow at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery...
Ronnie Thrift
Aug 4, 2014
Ronnie Thrift, 42, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 7:00PM on Friday, August 8, 2014 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, with Celebrant Sonny Seneker officiating. A reception will follow the service. Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Georgia Sea Turtle Center, 214 Stable Road, Jekyll Island,...
James Chadwick Stuart
Aug 4, 2014
James Chadwick Stuart Feb 17, 1971 - August 4, 2014 Macon , GA - James Chadwick Stuart, 43, of Macon, Georgia, died Monday, August 4, 2014. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 10:00AM at Riverside Cemetery with David Israel officiating. The family will greet friends following the service at the graveside. Chad graduated from...

Elizabeth "Bebe" Baker Cook
Aug 3, 2014
Elizabeth Baker Cook, 80, of Fernandina Beach passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Nassau Baptist Medical Center. She was fondly known as Bebe. Bebe was born on April 19, 1934 in Macon, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Baker. Bebe graduated from Gainesville High School in 1952. She attended Auburn University for two...