Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas

Thomas Charlie Finney

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

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

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

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

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

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.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.)

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...

Shona Ann Kincaid Yates

Shona Ann Kincaid Yates

Jul 30, 2018

On the evening of Monday, July 30, 2018, Shona Ann Kincaid Yates passed into the hands of the Lord at the Doctor’s Hospital in Augusta. She was 49. Shona was born in Dublin, Georgia on July 16, 1969. She moved to Warner Robins where she attended Northside High School and graduated from Chapel Hill Academy in Macon. After school, Shona...

John William Pickett, Sr.

John William Pickett, Sr.

Jul 30, 2018

John William Pickett, Sr., 81, entered into rest on Monday, July 30, 2018. John was born on June 1, 1937 in Louisville, Mississippi to the late William Eldridge and Grace McKinley Pickett. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force and retired from Robins Air Force Base with 32 years of civil service where he worked with...

Frances Jean Banks

Frances Jean Banks

Jul 30, 2018

Frances “Jean” Banks passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018. Mrs. Banks was born in Greenbrier County, West Virginia to Warren G. and Elizabeth Zicafoose Cummings. She spent some of her happiest times growing up with her cousins at the family farm on Muddy Creek Mountain, near Lewisburg, West Virginia. Mrs. Banks was a graduate of Smoot High School in...

Ray Dewberry

Ray Dewberry

Jul 29, 2018

On the morning of Sunday, July 29, 2018, Ray Dewberry went to be with the Lord. He was 71 years old. Born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 7, 1947, Stephen was the son of the late William R. Dewberry, Sr. and Elnora Stephens Harbin. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and retired...

Juanita C. Parrish Graham

Juanita C. Parrish Graham

Jul 29, 2018

Juanita C. Parrish Graham, 87, walked into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Juanita was born on October 26, 1930 in Berrien County, Georgia, one of 12 children to the late Columbus Wiley and Maudie Hester Carr. At the age of 18, she moved to Macon and later made Houston County...