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Recent Obituaries in Macon, GA
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Macon, GA area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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Cecil Johnson
Sep 9, 2020
Cecil Aldine Johnson, 81, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 with his family by his side after a 7 year battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 11:00 at Midway Baptist Church. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Reverend Mike Fuller and Dr. Alan Wheeler will officiate....
Crystal Rogers
Sep 8, 2020
Crystal Darlene Ward Rogers, 61, of Macon, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020. A graveside service will be held Friday, September 11, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Evergreen Cemetery. Pastor Robert Strumpf will officiate. Born in Macon, she was the daughter of Edna Annis Padgett and the late Bobby E. Ward. She attended High Point Church in Macon and...
Marion Sprinkle
Sep 6, 2020
Marion Dale Sprinkle, 95, of Lizella, passed away peacefully at his residence on September 6, 2020. A graveside service to celebrate his life will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Reverend Benjamin Newberry will officiate. Mr. Sprinkle was born on August 4, 1925 in Caddo Mills, Texas, to the late Loren...
William Richard "Ricky" Wasden
Sep 4, 2020
William Richard "Ricky" Wasden, 69, of Lizella, passed away peacefully at Pine Pointe Hospice on Friday, September 4, 2020. A graveside service with masonic rites, and military honors will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends one hour prior at the cemetery. Reverend Claire Davis will officiate...
Walter Sanders
Sep 1, 2020
Walter Larry Sanders, 81 of Musella, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at his residence. A private family graveside service will be held in the Lizella Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Chris Minton and Taylor Carter will officiate. Born in Lagrange, Georgia, he was the son of the late Walter Wallace Sanders and Bessie Karr Sanders. He was a retired...
Nancy Self
Aug 30, 2020
Nancy Jane Ambrose Self, 60, of Byron, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be private. Born in Roberta, Georgia, She was the widow of Dennis Wayne Self and a homemaker. She is survived by her children, Brian Self (Heather), Shannon Self (Tina) and Mickey Self (Sheri); Seven grandchildren; Sister, Marie Hightower(Ken). Friends may...
Chandler Grace Maine
Aug 30, 2020
Chandler Grace Maine, the infant daughter of Kevin Maine and Jordan Wainwright passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020. A graveside service will be held Friday, September 4, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Salem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Musella, Ga. Reverend Caleb Newberry will officiate. She is survived by other than her parents, her siblings, Molly, Johnny, and Rykker Wainwright, Bentley...
Hilary Moore
Aug 28, 2020
Hilary Windham Moore, 49, of Macon, won her battle with breast cancer and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The family will hold a celebration of her life on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Lizella Baptist Church Worship Center with Reverend Chris Minton officiating. Hilary was born in Mobile, Alabama...
William Thompson
Aug 27, 2020
William Markus Thompson, 51, of Eatonton, Georgia passed away Thursday, August 27, 2020. A memorial service will be held by the family on Saturday September 5, 2020 at 5:00 P.M. at Old Clinton in Gray Georgia. Born in Macon, he was the son of Shirley Ann Bell Barlow; Step father, the late Glen Barlow and the father, William Elijah Thompson....
Ovis Long
Aug 25, 2020
Ovis Etheredge Long Jr. 55, of Macon, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A celebration of his life will be held September 19, 2020 at Lawrence Drive Baptist Church (5774 School Rd. Macon, GA 31216). The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM with service beginning at 11:00 AM. Ovis...
Anna Edwards
Aug 25, 2020
Anna Lou Mills Edwards, 66, of Macon, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday August 28,2020 at 4:30 p.m. in the United Community Church. Pastor Corey Mauer will officiate. Born in Milledgeville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Doyle C. Mills and Lois E. Roberts Mills. She was of...
Steve Failor
Aug 22, 2020
Steve Jack Failor, 65, of Cumming, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020. Mr. Failor was born on May 20, 1955, in Bethesda, Maryland, to the late Jack Failor and Helen Joyce Failor. Driving was his life, as he was a retired trucker that most recently worked as a Lyft driver. Mr. Failor was man with many hobbies with some...
Clifton Bell
Aug 19, 2020
Clifton Harold Bell, 80, died at his residence on August 19, 2020 after an extended illness. He was born October 4, 1939 in Bullitt County, Kentucky, the son of Harley and Ricci Bell. Cliff served his country in the United States Army from 1963 to 1965. After leaving the Army he went to work for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp....
William Weeks
Aug 18, 2020
William Larry Weeks, 70, of Warner Robins, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 24, at 10:00 AM, in Lake Park City Cemetery in Lake Park, Georgia. Due to COVID-19 social distancing and face coverings will be required. Mr. Weeks was born on January 24, 1950, in Valdosta, Georgia, to the...
William Elmore
Aug 16, 2020
William Donald "Bill" Elmore, 86, of Byron, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 16, 2020. Born in Cleveland, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Ben Elmore and Irma Randolph Elmore. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering. Mr. Elmore was a retired industrial engineer with Robins Air Force Base with...
Richard Sayward
Aug 14, 2020
Richard C. Sayward, 82, of Fort Valley, Georgia passed away Friday, August 14, 2020. A graveside services with military honors will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Dr. Paul Cowles will officiate. Born in Rockland, Maine, he was the son of the late Earl and Eleanor Hussey Sayward. He had lived in...
Thomas Wynne
Aug 11, 2020
Thomas Ellis Wynne Jr., 52, of Macon, Georgia passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Funeral services will be private. Born in Macon, he was the son of Mary Kay Bush Wynne and the late Thomas Ellis Wynne Sr. He was the husband of the late Jaquelyn Davis Wynne. He was employed as a tow truck driver with 49 Wrecker Service....
Keiko Foster
Aug 11, 2020
Keiko Nakano Foster joined her Lord and Savior in heaven on August 11, 2020. She was 88. She was born in Sendai, Japan to the late Tatsuo and Haruno Nakano. She married and moved to the United States in 1955, becoming a US citizen in 1962. She lived in Macon for over 40 years, moved to Marietta in 2000, then...
Denise James
Aug 10, 2020
Denise Lou Aultman James, 59, of Gray, passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2020. A celebration of Denise's life will be held on Thursday, August 13, at 10:00 AM in the Mausoleum Chapel of Glen Haven Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Lee Griffin officiating. Due to COVID-19 social distancing and face coverings will be required. Denise was born on April...
Dwight Wallace
Aug 9, 2020
Dwight T. Wallace Sr. 75, of Marshallville, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 9, 2020. A celebration of life will be held outside at Fairhaven Funeral Home, Macon at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2020. Born in Dunn, North Carolina, he was the son of the late James Madison Wallace and Donnie Rachel Noble Wallace. He was the husband of...
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