Obituaries

Apr 23, 2011

Dr. Benjamin Robert Busbee, son of the late Floyd Edward Busbee, Sr., and Mary Ellen Busbee of Macon, Ga, died on Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Mobile, AL. Dr. Busbee was a native of Macon, Georgia, and a resident of Mobile, Alabama for the past thirty-four years. Dr. Busbee was an obstetrician and gynecologist with Azalea City Physicians for...

Apr 22, 2011

Richard Grove (Dick) Newman passed away Friday, April 22, 2011 of metastatic melanoma diagnosed in July 2010. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in Vineville United Methodist Church. Burial will be private. Dr. Marcus Tripp will officiate. Mr. Newman was the son of the late Richard Berryman and Dorothy Earl Grove Newman of Winchester, Virginia. He...

Apr 22, 2011

Hazel Strickland McCafferty died Friday, April 22, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Father Allan McDonald officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. A Scripture service will be held Monday, April 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Rd. The...

Apr 22, 2011

Juanita Lee Lunsford died, at the glorious age of 93, on the evening of Good Friday, April 22, 2011, at her home, surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, with the Reverend Ben Taylor and the Reverend Stan Braley officiating. Burial will be...

Apr 21, 2011

Corine Kay Clark Mayer: of Macon, Georgia passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. Funeral Services will be private. Born in Northville, Michigan, She was the daughter of the late Eural and Gladys Heeney Clark. She was a retired high school teacher with the Northville School System. She is survived by her husband Lawrence Mayer of Macon; son, Jon Mayer...

Apr 20, 2011

Macon- Carolyn Crisp Florea, 68, of 2667 Penbrook Lane, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Services will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 11:00AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Alan McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Macon Memorial Park. A rosary will be said on Monday at 6:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street. Flowers will be...

Apr 20, 2011

Louis Anthony "Lou" Friedel died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 after his battle with renal cell carcinoma. He was born in Oneonta, New York on February 6, 1930, the son of the late Louis and Louise Friedel. He attended college in Oneonta and served in the United States Air Force, stationed at Robins Air Force Base. As a civilian at...

Apr 19, 2011

Graveside services will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2011, at 2:00PM, at Macon Memorial Park.

Apr 17, 2011

Macon-Mary Eugenia Jackson, 85, died Sunday, April 17, 2011. Graveside service will be at 11:00AM on Thursday, April 21, 2011 in the Live Oak Cemetery in Live Oak, Florida with Dr. David Hunter officiating. Visitation will be between 4:00-6:00PM on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Family may be contacted at 2269 Unaliyi...

Apr 15, 2011

Athens- Andrew David Varn 94 died 4/15/10 at his residence within Iris Place in Athens, Ga - after a brief illness under the care of hospice. His wife Harriet Hudson Varn was at his side. He had been a lifelong resident of Bibb County until moving in 2001 to Athens to be near his daughters. He was retired from...

Apr 13, 2011

Altheda Williams passed away at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon, Georgia with her daughter and son-in-law at her side. She was 93 years old.

Born in Leolyn, PA on March 30, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Lulu Saxon McIlwain. Mrs. Williams graduated from Canton High School in 1936 and married Charles McKean...

Apr 12, 2011

Macon-Helen Harriett Gordon, 94, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Funeral services will be at 5:00PM on Monday, April 18, 2011 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Burial will be at the Fairmont Cemetery in Chatham, NJ.

Mrs. Gordon was born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Lora Daisey and the late Florence Murray Daisey....

Apr 12, 2011

Macon- Gary Bennett Cole, Jr., 38, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 17, 2011, at 2:00PM, in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary on Cherry Street. Burial will be in Magnolia Park Cemetery in Warner Robins. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the American Cancer Society. Visitation will be held on...

Apr 11, 2011

Milledgeville-G. Dexter Young, 68, died Monday, April 11, 2011. Graveside services will be at 12:00PM on Friday, April 15, 2011 at Baldwin Memorial Gardens with Sonny Seneker officiating. Visitation will be between 6:00-8:00PM on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,...

Apr 10, 2011

Macon-Mrs. Gaillean Carroll, 73, died Sunday, April 10, 2011. Funeral services will be private. Family may be contacted at the residence of Michael and Kelli Brown, 862 Captain Kell Drive, Macon, GA 31204. Survivors include her husband, Charles Francis Carroll, Sr. of Macon; son, Kenneth Robin Koehler of Jeffersonville, Indiana; daughter, Danita Watson of Griffin, GA; daughter, Alesa Jones...

Apr 7, 2011

Macon-Margaret Hardin Casey, 93, died Thursday, April 7, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at Macon Memorial Park with the Reverend Hubert Addleton officiating. Visitation will be between 6:00-8:00PM on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Evercare...

Apr 6, 2011

Macon- Helen King Wilkinson died at her residence on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 11:00AM in Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Wilkinson was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 24, 1918. She was the daughter of Clara Durden King and Allen King and was predeceased by her husband, John N. Wilkinson...

Apr 6, 2011

Macon- Viola Napier Murphy-Neel, 95, of 5300 Zebulon Road, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Graveside services will be held on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 11:00AM at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to Vashti School, Thomasville, Georgia or to the First United Methodist Church, Thomasville, Georgia. Mrs....

Apr 5, 2011

Macon- Patty Shores, wife of the late local architect, John R. Shores, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 following a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Shores was a lifelong resident of Macon and was the daughter of the late Nina Chaffin Kitchens and Travis Kitchens. A graduate of A. L. Miller High School, she also attended Business Training Institute (BTI)....

Apr 4, 2011

Macon- Joan Kitchens, 69, died peacefully in her home on Monday April 4, 2011. A life long resident of Jones County, she was retired as an aide to Dr. Earl Lewis, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Elmer, son Darrell (Stella), daughter Donna (Keith), grandchildren Lee, Ross (Dani), Lane...