Obituaries

Jan 2, 2009

Raymond Manning Bailey: 62 of Macon, Georgia passed away Friday, January 2, 2009. Funeral service will be held Monday, December 5, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the Hart's Mortuary Chapel, Cherry Street. Burial will follow in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Reverend Kevin Sapp will officiate. Visitation will be Sunday, December 4, 2009 in the funeral home from 3:00 p.m....

Jan 1, 2009

Macon- Gladys Payne Yarbrough, 87, died Thursday, January 1, 2009. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 11:00AM at Macon Memorial Park with Dr. Bill Hardee officiating. The family will greet friends on Monday from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street and may be contacted at 1051 College Street, the residence of Gus Yarbrough....

Dec 30, 2008

Tucker, GA- Barbara Ketchie, 59, of 3993 Foxglove Road, Tucker, GA, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Graveside services will be held Friday, January 2, 2009 at 2:00PM at Macon Memorial Park with Wesley Shelnutt officiating. Donations may be made in memory of Barbara to Paws Atlanta,www.pausatlanta.org. Ms. Ketchie, a graduate of Georgia College, was retired from the Internal Revenue...

Dec 29, 2008

Macon- J. R. "Buck" Blanks, born June 8, 1923, died on December 29, 2008 following a brief illness. Buck was a World War II veteran, awarded the Bronze Star with "V" device and oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge. He was a lifetime Scouter and sustaining member awarded the Silver Beaver, a 32nd Degree Mason, a...

Dec 26, 2008

Jason Lineberger, born August 14, 1974, passed away December 26, 2008. The family will greet friends from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Monday, December 29, 2008, at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Reverend Jody Long officiating. Burial will be in the...

Dec 26, 2008

Warner Robins- James Fennell Sr. 81, died December 26, 2008 at Houston Medical Center of Warner Robins Ga. Mr. Fennell was born on April 28, 1927 in Alamo GA. He was the son of the late Charlie and Minnie Fennell. Mr. Fennell was retired from The Armstrong Company, Robins Air Force Base, and was known as the "Pony Man"...

Dec 25, 2008

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.

Dec 25, 2008

Vivian Hawkins Bridges, 88, of Macon, GA passed away December 25, 2008. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 11:00AM at Macon Memorial Park with the Reverend Tommy Martin officiating.

Mrs. Bridges was born August 22, 1920 in Jones County, GA. She was the daughter of the late Preston and Pearle Bonner Hawkins. She...

Dec 22, 2008

Macon- Elsie Hammock Williams, 83, of Macon, GA died Monday, December 22, 2008 at Myrtle Beach Manor, Myrtle Beach, SC. Born on February 12, 1925 in Twiggs County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Ellis and Julia Crosby Hammock. Mrs. Williams is survived by one son, Randall Walker Williams (Ruth) of Gordon, GA; two daughters, Judy Jones...

Dec 21, 2008

Jeanne Stanley, 82, died Sunday, December 21, 2008. Funeral services will be private in Eastman, GA. Mrs. Stanley was the widow of Calvin George Stanley. She was predeceased by two grandchildren, Stanley Higingbotham and Stephanie Higingbotham. Mrs. Stanley is survived by three daughters, Dee Young of Macon, Donna Gagliolo of Zephyr Hills, FL, and Dorothy Stanley of Pinellas Park,...

Dec 21, 2008

Macon-Jesse J. "Pug" Chambley, 75, died December 21, 2008. Services will be held 11:00AM Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road with the Reverend Chris Monton officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home.

Mr. Chambley served 20 years in the United States Air Force and was awarded...

Dec 20, 2008

Bess Parrish Beisner, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, after a brief illness in Macon. Mrs. Beisner was born in Pansey, Alabama on November 17, 1917, the daughter of the late Simon David Parrish and Leila Mae Glass Parrish of Thomasville, Georgia. During the course of her 62 year marriage to Col....

Dec 19, 2008

Christopher Clayton "Chris" Schoettler: 47, of Macon, Georgia passed away Friday, December 19, 2008. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in the chapel of Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road at 11:00 a.m. A visitation will be held Monday, December 22, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the funeral home. In lieu...

Dec 17, 2008

Betty Jane Atwater was born June 13, 1927, a twin, to Robert Edmond and Floried Harrison Atwater. A native and life-long resident of Macon, Miss Atwater attended Bruce School and graduated from Miller High School. She went to Wesleyan College where she earned her B.A. and graduated cum laude in the class of 1949. In 1955, she earned her...

Dec 17, 2008

Macon-Rena Lee Halliman Bullard, of Macon, died Wednesday morning at her daughter's residence. Mrs. Bullard was born on December 25, 1931 to the Reverend Gus Tom and Mellie Mae Urquhart Halliman of Phenix City, AL.

Mrs. Bullard was preceded in death by her husband, Henry N. Bullard, Sr., whom she was married to for 53 years, and...

Dec 17, 2008

Dry Branch,GA- Donnie Edgar McCay, Sr., 63, of 257 McCay Lane, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Services will be held on Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street. Burial will be in McCay Family Cemetery, Twiggs County. The family may be contacted at the residence and will greet friends at Hart's Mortuary...

Dec 16, 2008

Bonaire- Rosa Velez de Sanchez, 84, of 105 Brigantine Court, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Services will be held Friday, December 19, 2008 at 3:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, Cherry Street with Father Justin Ferguson and Father Allan McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. A rosary will be said on Thursday at 7:00PM at Hart's...

Dec 15, 2008

Macon- A memorial service for Helen V. Otto, who died Monday, December 15, 2008 will be held at St. Francis Episcopal Church on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 11:00AM. Born in Moline, Illinois on October 1, 1923, the daughter of the late Henning and Gerda Carlson, she was graduated from the University of Minnesota, B.S. and R.N. She worked...

Dec 15, 2008

Charles A Webb, Jr., Lt. Col Ret. went home to be with the Lord Monday evening Dec. 15, 2008. Charles Webb, better known as PaPa, was 92 years young. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, NC on July 18, 1916 and was the son of Mary Caroline & Charles A Webb, Sr. Mr. Webb was predeceased by his wife...

Dec 13, 2008

Macon-Amy Douglas Harris, 48, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Coliseum Hospital. Mrs. Harris was born in Florence, SC April 13, 1960. She was the daughter of Winston E. and the late Geneva Dunahoe Douglas. Services will be private. She is survived by her husband Mr. William Harris; one son, Brent Alan Huggins of Maryland; two sisters, Janice...