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

Rudy Walters
Nov 9, 2016
Rudy Walters, was "healed" in Jesus' name on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Rudy was born to the late Howard and Jewel Walters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated from George S. Gardner High School in 1963 in Laurel, Mississippi, graduated from Mississippi State University in Aerospace Engineering, and then continued his education, receiving a Master's degree in Business Administration from the...
Helen Lorene O'Neal Powell
Nov 8, 2016
Helen Lorene O'Neal Powell went home to celebrate new life with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. She is predeceased by her husband, Thomas Pershing Powell, her daughters, Lillian Jeanette McClellan and Linda Marie Holmes, granddaughter, Katherine Lorene Howell, and great-grandchild, Thomas Weldon Powell.Born on March 27, 1922 to the late James Isaac and Dolar...
Brice T. Chesnut
Nov 7, 2016
On Monday, November 7, 2016, Brice Chesnut escaped the confines of this earth having been surrounded by loved ones at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon. He enjoyed 21 challenging yet remarkable years filled with love and laughter among his family and so many friends whose lives were all made better simply for having known him. Born to Ginger Fish Chesnut...
Patricia "Meme" Grant Cranford
Nov 7, 2016
Patsy Cranford, 77, walked through Heaven's gate on Monday, November 7, 2016.Patsy was born on June 1, 1939 in Newry, South Carolina. Along with her family, she moved to Warner Robins in the 1940's when Robins Air Force Base opened. Patsy was a graduate of the Warner Robins High School class of 1958. She was a devoted wife and mother...
Pastor Clyde E. Johns
Nov 7, 2016
Pastor Clyde E. Johns, 73, was called home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 7, 2016.Clyde was born on November 29, 1942 in Coffee County, Georgia, in his family's old wooden shack home. When he was five years old, the family moved to Wray, Georgia where Clyde grew up and later graduated from Irwin County High School in...
Patrick Michael Sondron
Nov 6, 2016
Patrick was born on July 21, 1975 in Miami, Florida to Michael and Patricia Sondron. After graduation from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. After honorably serving his country, Patrick chose a career in law enforcement where he continued his service to others. Patrick joined the Fort Valley Police Department in 1999, later transferring to the...

Donnie Carroll Roberts, Jr.
Nov 6, 2016
Donnie Roberts, Jr., 62, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016.Donnie was born on August 21, 1954 in Moultrie, Georgia to the late Donnie and Willamina Thompson Roberts. With great pride and honor he served in the United States Marine Corps. Following his military service, he became a truck driver and a plumber at Moore and Murphy. His memory will...

Thomas Jackson Stokes
Nov 6, 2016
In the early morning hours of Sunday, November 6, 2016, T.J. Stokes passed away from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was 24 years old.Born and raised in Warner Robins, Georgia, T.J. made his entrance into the world on June 3, 1992. He was a 2010 graduate of Northside High School where he was in the Blue Wind Marching...
Charles Dexter Sylvester
Nov 5, 2016
Dexter Sylvester, 58, suddenly passed away on the evening of Saturday, November 5, 2016.Born on October 24, 1958 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Dexter moved with his family to Warner Robins as a young man and graduated from Warner Robins High School in 1975. Following graduation, he joined the United States Marine Corps where he served proudly as a...
Harvy Allen Burnette
Nov 4, 2016
Harvy Burnette, 65, entered into rest on Friday, November 4, 2016.Harvy was born to the late Grady H. and Eva Lou Moore Burnette on September 6, 1951 in Hawkinsville, Georgia. He dedicated thirty-three years of service to Robins Air Force Base as a Civil Service employee. Harvy was an avid trumpet player and taught the adult men's Sunday school class...
Louise Marie Frost
Nov 4, 2016
Marie Frost, 90, went home to the Lord on Friday, November 4, 2016.Marie was born on August 12, 1926 in Americus, Georgia a daughter of the late Irene and Deal Jordan. She was a devoted wife to the late Everett Frost and dedicated mother to her three children. Mrs. Frost was a proud policewoman for five years and retired from...
Nathan Andrew Driver
Nov 4, 2016
Nathan Driver, 61, entered into rest on Friday, November 4, 2016.Born in Macon, Georgia on November 24, 1954, Nathan was a longtime resident of Fort Valley where he retired from Blue Bird Body Company after 26 years. He was also a devoted member of the Apostolic Church of Warner Robins.On May 14, 1976, Nathan married his one true love, Linda...

Bessie Hancock Young
Nov 3, 2016
Bessie Young, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 3, 2016.On September 21, 1924 in Winterville, Georgia, Bessie was the seventh of eight children born to the late Alexander Lafayette and Bessie Melton Hancock. She was a trailblazer, playing women's high school basketball in the early 1940s, helping her Winterville team to win the state championship...

Alleene Brown Lee
Nov 2, 2016
Alleene Brown Lee, born October 30, 1927 in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Howard and Ethel Presson, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at her residence in Perry, Georgia. She was 89 years old.A Middle Georgia resident for most of her life, Alleene was a self-employed accountant with Brown and Mitchell Tax Service in Centerville....
Anna M. Fabian
Nov 2, 2016
In the early evening hours of Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 95-year-old Anna Fabian entered into Heaven.Anna was born on November 23, 1920 in Borgo Val deTaro, Italy. In 1935 she and her sister moved to New York City. Two years later at the age of 17, she married the love of her life John Fabian. In 1942 they moved to...
Helen Snell Manning
Oct 31, 2016
Helen Manning, the most wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, October 31, 2016. She was 86 years old.Helen was born in Johnson County, Georgia, the daughter of the late William C. and Annie Laura Snell. She was a devoted homemaker and rock of the entire family,...
Wesley L. Dukes, Jr.
Oct 31, 2016
Wes Dukes, 56, entered into eternal rest on the evening of Monday, October 31, 2016.Wes was born in Valdosta, Georgia on December 17, 1959 to the late Wesley L. Dukes, Sr. and Zonnie Brooks Dukes. He graduated from Northside High School and proudly joined the United States Air Force, following in his father's footsteps. Wes was a self-employed wood craftsman...
Ricky "Rick" Shelton Hatten
Oct 31, 2016
Rick Hatten, 64, from Fort Valley, Georgia, was called from death to eternal life on Monday, October 31, 2016 after complications following surgery. Rick was born on October 9, 1952 in Macon, Georgia to Arthur G. Hatten and the late Juanita Powell Hatten. He lived in many places growing up, but eventually settled in the Athens area, where he obtained...
Bessie Howell
Oct 29, 2016
In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 29, 2016, Bessie Howell, 91, went to be with the Lord.Bessie was born on January 13, 1925 in Cordele, Georgia to the late John Henry and Clara Whiddon Musslewhite. She was a long time member of Central Baptist Church and the For His Glory Sunday School Class. Bessie was a member of...
Maj. Stephen A. Lauer, Usaf (Ret.)
Oct 29, 2016
On the morning of Saturday, October 29, 2016, Stephen Lauer, 82, passed away peacefully.Stephen was born on January 23, 1934 in Syracuse, New York to the late Arthur and Gladys Lauer. Following high school, he attended and graduated from the University of Buffalo. Then with great pride and honor Stephen served in the United States Air Force for 21 years....