Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Wayne Keith Foskey
Aug 11, 2018
Wayne Keith Foskey, 53, passed from this life to his eternal reward on the morning of Saturday, August 11, 2018 after an extended illness. Wayne was born in Warner Robins on December 14, 1964 to Daniel Lanier and Christine Carroll Foskey. He was a 1983 graduate of Warner Robins High School. During his career, Wayne worked in the airline industry...
Carolyn C. Zirkle
Aug 9, 2018
Carolyn C. Zirkle, 84, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 9, 2018. Carolyn was born on February 17, 1934 in Milan, Georgia to the late Jackson Lee and LaVanna Hullet Cravey. A Civil Service retiree at Robins Air Force Base, she was a devoted member of Sandy Valley Baptist Church where she worked in the library and was a...
Sherry J. Morrone
Aug 9, 2018
Sherry J. Morrone, 65, entered into rest on Thursday, August 9, 2018. Sherry was born on June 13, 1953 in Macon, Georgia to the late Eugene and Helen Faye Johnson Tanner. She graduated from Northside High School and worked for a number of years at McGlamry Properties. Sherry loved baking, catering, family get-togethers, traveling, and time spent with friends. The...
Vera F. Gordon
Aug 8, 2018
On the afternoon of Wednesday, August 8, 2018, Vera F. Gordon held hands again with her beloved husband, Harvey Gordon in heaven. She was 86. Vera was born in Wilkinson County, Georgia on October 31, 1931 to the late Myles Mitchell and Willie Mae Whitaker Fountain. Of the Baptist faith, she dedicated her life to faithfully serving her husband and...
Ruth Hattaway Ford
Aug 7, 2018
Ruth Hattaway Ford, 93, joined her belated husband of 45 years, Thomas J. Ford in heaven on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Born in Bibb County, Georgia on February 10, 1925, Ruth was the daughter of the late Frank and Avie Hattaway. She retired in April of 1987 from the Kroger Company after 36 years of dedicated service. Ruth was a...
Thomas Charlie Finney
Aug 7, 2018
Mr. Thomas C. Finney, 58, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Thomas was born in Macon in 1960 to the late Thomas Collins Finney and Myrtis Christine Byrd Finney. In 1965 his family moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he was a 1978 graduate of Nathan B. Forest High School. Thomas moved back to Warner Robins in 1983. Following high...
Nelson F. "Jimbo" Saddler
Aug 7, 2018
Mr. Nelson F. “Jimbo” Saddler, 95, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Mr. Saddler was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1922 to the late Thomas F. and Bertha Howell Saddler. He was married to the late Margie Beasley Saddler who passed away in 2011. After graduating from high school, Mr. Saddler went on to receive an...
Joe Keen Black
Aug 7, 2018
Joseph (Joe) Keen Black, 76, died unexpectedly at his residence in Kathleen, Georgia on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Joe was born in Macon, Georgia on January 8, 1942 to the late Jake and Imogene Black. He was married to Bunny Black, and together they enjoyed 54 years of marriage. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1965 with...
Martin Allen Elbell
Aug 6, 2018
On Monday morning, August 6, 2018 Martin Allen Elbell joined his Lord and Savior in heaven. Mr. Elbell, the youngest of 13 children, was born on June 24, 1941 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania to the late Luther and Cora Smith Elbell. He grew up in the community of Clearfield, Pennsylvania and graduated from Clearfield High School where he excelled as a...
Elizabeth Windham
Aug 5, 2018
Elizabeth Windham, 81, entered into rest on Sunday, August 5, 2018. Liz was born in South Carolina on October 19, 1936 to the late Melvin Johnson and Sarah Ethridge Jackson. She retired from Robins Air Force Base with many years in Civil Service and worked at various convenience stores in her retirement years. Liz’s loving personality, wealth of selflessness and...
Maria Beltran Cantres-Lewis
Aug 3, 2018
Maria Lewis, 51, entered into rest on Friday, August 3, 2018. Maria was born on September 2, 1966 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. She spent many years teaching the “First Kids” class at First Baptist Church of Centerville. Maria showed great love for the children she taught and valued the difference she made in their lives. She was full of...
Tsgt Gary P. Hester, Usaf (Ret.)
Aug 3, 2018
Gary Hester, 79, entered into rest on Friday, August 3, 2018. Gary was born on June 30, 1939 in Alton, Illinois to the late J.D. and Kathleen Hester. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force during Vietnam. Gary retired after twenty one years of dedicated service. He had natural ability in everything he...
Amanda Carter Bentley
Aug 3, 2018
Amanda Carter Bentley, 71, entered into rest on Friday, August 3, 2018. Amanda and her beloved husband, Neal moved to Decatur, Alabama from Georgia to be with their daughter, Lisa Herren (Clark) and granddaughter Callie Herren. They are members of the First United Methodist Church in Decatur. Amanda was born in Byron, Georgia to the late Fred W. Carter and...
Pierre Jules "Pete" Michel
Aug 3, 2018
Pierre “Pete” Jules Michel, 70, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 3, 2018 at his home in Perry, Georgia. Pierre Michel was born on July 21, 1948 in Manchester, New Hampshire to the late Eugene and Marie-Jeanne Michel. He was widely known in the karting industry beginning with the opening of Michel’s Kartway, Inc. on October 1, 1967 in Miami,...
Loftin Danis Richey
Aug 2, 2018
On the morning of Thursday, August 2, 2018, Danis Richey joined his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in heaven. He was 78. Danis was born on April 29, 1940 in Dekalb County, Alabama to the late Ralph and Gwendolyn Loftin Richey. He retired from the Carnation Company as the district sales supervisor. A longtime member of Trinity United Methodist Church,...
Wilma Mae Wortman
Aug 2, 2018
Wilma Wortman joined her beloved husband, John R. Wortman in heaven on the morning of Thursday, August 2, 2018. She was 95 years old. Wilma was born in Confluence, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1923 to the late Henry and Mildred White Bahr. After marrying at a young age, she devoted her life to loving her husband, raising her children, doting...
Howard T. Kitchens
Aug 2, 2018
Howard T. Kitchens, 87, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 2, 2018. Howard was born on July 5, 1931 in the cut-off community of Macon County, Georgia, the son of the late Walter G. and Nellie Thompson Kitchens of Andersonville, Georgia. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran who served his country in the United States Air Force...
Terry Lea Bigler
Aug 1, 2018
Terry Lea Bigler, 62, passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Terry was born on February 20, 1956 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Archie Earl and Mary Nell Sterling Williams. She graduated from West Jefferson High School in Quinton Alabama and went on to attend Tennessee Temple University. After college, Terry worked at GEICO for a short period of...
Paul Douglas Masisak
Aug 1, 2018
Paul Douglas Masisak, 68, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 10, 1950, Paul was the son of the late Charles G. Masisak, Sr. and Irene Angeletti Masisak. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran who served his country with honor and valor for 10 years in the United States Air Force....
Ssgt. Paul Manuel Valencia, Usaf (Ret.)
Jul 31, 2018
Paul Valencia, 77, entered into rest on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Paul was born on June 17, 1941 in Cuba to the late Pablo Auriliano de Valencia and Josefina Blanco. He retired from the United States Air Force with the rank of Staff Sergeant and worked at Kay and Associates contracting firm at RAFB as an electronic technician. Paul was...