Obituaries

Jun 17, 2011

Robert C. "Buddy" Peyton, 95, died June 17, 2011. Mr. Peyton was born in Frankfort, Kentucky and was a graduate of Frankfort High School. He was a World War II Veteran, having served in the United States Army for four years. He retired from Stagg Distillery, where he worked as a security guard for thirty-five years. Mr. Peyton was...

Jun 16, 2011

Katherine Mercer Britt, 92, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM, Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Dr. Mark Hudgins will officiate.

Mrs. Britt, daughter of the late Johny Mercer and Cora Lee Edenfield Mercer, was born in Candler County, Georgia. She was retired from Robins Air Force...

Jun 16, 2011

Macon- Frances D. Michaels, 93, of 1330 Forsyth Street, died Thursday, June 16, 2011. Memorial services will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:00AM. Burial will be at St. James Cemetery at St. Phillips Church in Crossingville, Pennsylvania. The family will greet friends at Hart's Mortuary on Cherry Street on Sunday from...

Jun 15, 2011

Macon-Louis W. Dougherty, Jr., 91, passed on June 15, 2011. Visitation will be between 5 and 6 in the rotunda of Hart's at the Cupola on Friday, June 17, 2011. Funeral services will be private at Riverside Cemetery. Friends will gather at the Players' Club on Forsyth Road following visitation. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to...

Jun 15, 2011

Mr. Charles Francis Carroll, Sr., 75, of Macon, GA died Wednesday, June 15 at his home after an illness. Mr. Carroll was a native of Jeffersonville, IN. He was a retired manager with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., having worked in Louisville, KY before transferring to their facilities in Macon. He is survived by son Charles F. Carroll, Jr.,...

Jun 14, 2011

Juliette- Ivy Doyce Knight, 72, of Juliette, Georgia, passed away on June 14, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Faye Brake Knight; children, Tommy (Peggy) Knight, Sandy (Perry) Cook and Derrick (Christy) Knight; grandchildren, Justin Knight, Cassie and Candice Cook, Christian and Calen Knight. Memorial services will be held at Bethany Baptist Church in Bolingbroke on Friday, June...

Jun 13, 2011

Macon- Gertrude "Trudy" Baker Daugherty, died June 13, 2011, at the age of 92. She was the daughter of the late Ivanore Wood Baker of Atlanta and the late Frank Foute Baker of Macon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall H. Daugherty and daughter Carla McAuley. She is survived by a daughter, Deryl Dantzler of Macon;...

Jun 12, 2011

Arrangements are incomplete.

Jun 12, 2011

Macon- James C. Shelton, born in 1939 in Macon, Georgia, died on Sunday, June 12, 2011, following an extended illness. The family will greet friends on Saturday, June 25, 2011, from 1:00PM until 2:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at 2:00PM, in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary on Cherry...

Jun 12, 2011

Arrangements are incomplete.

Jun 10, 2011

Macon- Denise Pitts Bickford, 50, passed away Friday, June 10, 2011 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 13, 2011, at 11AM, in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary on Cherry Street. Burial will follow in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Chaplain Jay Jones will officiate. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 12, 2011,...

Jun 10, 2011

Macon- Fletcher Terry died at his residence on Friday, June 10, 2011. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at 11AM, at Riverside Cemetery entering through the north gate. He was born on December 12, 1925 to the late Robert Fletcher and Lois Irvin Terry in Terry, MS, a town founded by his great, great grandfather. He...

Jun 10, 2011

Norcross, GA- Myra Harris Odom, 82, of 4260 Ramey Court, died Friday, June 10, 2011. Services will be held Monday, June 13, 2011 at 11:00AM at Riverside United Methodist Church with the Reverend Steve Waldorf officiating. Burial will be private. The family will greet friends at the church immediately following the funeral service. In lieu of flowers, the family...

Jun 9, 2011

Macon- Doris Hubbard Sapp, 90, died Thursday, June 9, at Magnolia Manor in Macon, where she had lived for 27 years. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Rumford Center's Mills Chapel of The Methodist Home for Children and Youth in Macon. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Sapp was born...

Jun 6, 2011

Fort Valley-Tom Thigpen, 67, passed away June 6, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be held Friday, June 10, 2011 from 6PM-8PM at 307 Woodpoint Ct., Lizella. Interment will be in Birmingham, Alabama alongside his mother and father, C.W. Sr. and Helen Thigpen, who preceded him in death. Born in Wilmington, N.C., Tom lived in Birmingham until...

Jun 4, 2011

Marietta-Glenice Glawson Wright, 83, died Saturday, June 4, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 10:00AM on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta with funeral services following at 3:00PM at Bradley Baptist Church in Bradley with the Reverend Steve Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Bradley Baptist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations...

Jun 4, 2011

Marie Beasley Reid: 93, of Macon, Georgia passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Father Alan McDonald will officiate. A visitation will be held Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and a scripture...

Jun 3, 2011

Hollywood, Florida-Richard Daniel Reynolds, 69, died Friday, June 03, 2011 in Macon, Georgia. Services will be private. Mr. Reynolds was a retired chief with the United States Coast Guard. He was also a retired aircraft mechanic with Chalks Airlines. Survivors include his wife, Mary E. Reynolds of Hollywood, Florida; two sons, Russell Reynolds (Melinda) of Wellington, Florida and Franklin...

Jun 3, 2011

Dr. Rodney Mack Browne, 73, of Macon died Friday, June 3, 2011. Memorial services will be held at 11:00AM Monday, June 6, 2011 at Highland Hills Baptist Church with Dr. James C. Dant and Rev. Cass DuCharme officiating. Burial will be private at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be at Hart's at the Cupola on Sunday from 6:00PM to 8:00PM....

Jun 3, 2011

Reverend Robert Lee Porter, 86, died Friday, June 3, 2011. He is a member of St. Andrew Christian Church. Funeral services will be held 11:00AM on Monday, June 6, 2011 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, with the Reverends Bill Hammonds and Gene Cochran officiating. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be between...