Obituaries

Oct 2, 2008

Macon- Wilbur E. "Gene" Bush, Jr., 53, of 820 Dogwood Circle, died Thursday, October 2, 2008. Services will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery (North Gate). The family may be contacted at the residence of Wilbur Eugene Bush, Sr., 4665 Lattimore Drive and will...

Oct 1, 2008

Sallie Yates: 92, of Macon, Georgia passed away October 1, 2008. Graveside Services will be held Monday, October 13, 2008 at 11 a.m. in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Reverend Jimmy Duke will officiate. Born in Bibb County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Wyche and Lula McPherson Wyche. She was the widow of James William Yates, Sr....

Oct 1, 2008

Mr. C.L. Shearer, a WWII Army veteran, was raised in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta. A graduate of Boy's High, he was an exceptional athlete. As an avid golfer, he played to the best of his abilities into his early eighties. Scoring a double eagle while in his seventies was an accomplishment that brought him great pleasure.

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Oct 1, 2008

Macon-Kenneth Alexander "Alex" McCaskill, 91, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 1:00PM at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Macon. The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home. The family may be contacted at 6191 Peake Road. Alex McCaskill was born in Bainbridge, Georgia and...

Sep 30, 2008

Macon- Robert C. Yaughn, 69, of 129 Avalon Road, died Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Services will be held Friday, October 3, 2008 at 2:00PM at Henderson Road Baptist Church with the Reverends Wayne Pritchard and Gene McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. The family may be contacted at the residence and will greet friends on...

Sep 30, 2008

Kay Michael Brice, 67, 554 Rosa Taylor Drive, died Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Memorial services will be held Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 3:00PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with the Reverend Camille Hegg officiating. A reception will immediately follow the service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The family will greet friends from 5:00PM until 7:00PM on Friday at...

Sep 29, 2008

Macon- Frances Grant, 87, of 1830 Waverland Circle, died following an extended illness on Monday, September 29, 2008. Services will be held Friday, October 3, 2008 at 11:00AM at Highland Hills Baptist Church with the Reverend Cass DuCharme officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery (North Gate). The family will greet friends at 1830 Waverland Circle on Thursday from...

Sep 28, 2008

Macon- Bill "Merry Christmas" Meriwether, 89, of 1940 Winston Drive, died Sunday, September 28, 2008. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 3:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary with the Reverends Glenn Clower and Joe McDaniel officiating. Burial will be private at Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia. The family may be contacted at 1136...

Sep 27, 2008

Macon-Helen Barnwell Barron died Saturday, September 27, 2008.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 11:00AM at Riverside Cemetery, North Gate, with the Reverend Cass DuCharme officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the donor's favorite charity.

Mrs. Barron was a longtime resident of Macon. She...

Sep 26, 2008

Ralph Newton Cook, 71, died Friday, September 26, 2008.

Memorial services will be held at Wesleyan Drive Baptist Church Tuesday, September 30 at 2:30 pm, Reverend Norman Carter officiating. Immediately following the service, family will greet friends in the church fellowship hall. Burial will be private.

Mr. Cook was born in Lawrenceburg, TN and lived...

Sep 25, 2008

Macon- Bessie L. Peters, 74, of 50 Berry Road, died Thursday, September 25, 2008. Services will be held Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 3:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary with the Reverend Charles Hanson officiating. Burial will be in Hinson Cemetery, Twiggs County. The family may be contacted at the residence and will greet friends on Saturday from...

Sep 24, 2008

Macon-Thomas Hartley Hall, Jr., 99, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Graveside services will be held at 1:30PM Friday, September 26, 2008 at Riverside Cemetery with the Reverend David Probst officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Central Georgia, PO Box 6533, Macon, GA 31208. Mr. Hall was the son of the late Dr. and...

Sep 22, 2008

Macon- Beatrice Hudson, 71, of 1212 Gray Highway, died Monday, September 22, 2008. Services will be private. Mrs. Hudson was a member of New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Steven Hudson and Charlene Hencely, both of Macon and Rosemary McDonald of Norwalk, CT; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. The guest book may be signed at www.hartsmort.com. Hart's...

Sep 15, 2008

Macon- Kathy Diane Allen, 49, of Hilyer Avenue, #4, died Monday, September 15, 2008. Services will be held Friday, September 19, 2008 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary on Cherry Street with the Reverend Len Woodard officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Thursday from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at Hart's Mortuary....

Sep 15, 2008

Nancy Watson Barnes died Monday, September 15, 2008. Services will be private. The family may be contacted at the residence. Donations may be made to Little Carnegie of the South, 1954 Forsyth Street, Macon, GA 31201. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy Barnes Bolden and Alan R. Bolden of Macon, Claudia Barnes Luther and Michael S. Luther of Augusta,...

Sep 13, 2008

Delma Findlay Watson, 78, of Macon passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at the chapel of Ingleside Baptist Church. The Reverend Mark Hudgins and Dr. Tim McCoy will be officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be at Hart's at the Cupola, 6324 Peake Road, Tuesday,...

Sep 13, 2008

Ruth Agnes Lupo; 91, of Macon, Georgia passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008. Funeral services will be held at Vineville United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Burial will follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. Dr. Marcus Tripp and Reverend Jimmy Duke will officiate. Visitation will be held Monday, September 12, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. till...

Sep 12, 2008

Ernest W. Wilson of Macon, Georgia passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. in the Milner Baptist Church, Milner, Georgia. Entombment will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Camellia Mausoleum in Riverside Cemetery. Reverend Ben Taylor will officiate. Visitation will be held Monday from 5:00 p.m....

Sep 10, 2008

Catharine McClellan (Aunt Kate). To everyone she knew she was simply "Aunt Kate". She lived her life with energy, enthusiasm, caring and love for others. Whether she was planning a half-birthday party with her lifelong friend Marie or pulling practical jokes on her loving husband Paul or talking politics with whomever would listen, she did it with pizzazz. She...

Sep 7, 2008

Emily Joyce Whitehead Chafin passed away at Carlyle Place on Sunday, September 07, 2008 after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 2:00PM, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 the Chapel of Hart's at the Cupola, Peake Road, with burial in Macon Memorial Park. She was born in Macon, Georgia on July 11, 1936. She was preceded in death by...