Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Dorothy T. ''Dot'' Railey
Jan 23, 2013
Dorothy T. ''Dot'' Railey, 89, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.Mrs. Railey was born on August 15, 1923 in Macon, Georgia. She retired from Civil Service at Robins Air Force Base and was a devoted member of First Baptist Church Centerville. Prior to moving to Warner Robins in 2007, she resided in Fort Valley where she was an...
Homer Lynwood "Buddy" Tharpe, Jr.
Jan 23, 2013
Homer Lynwood "Buddy" Tharpe, Jr., 69, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.Mr. Tharpe was born on September 4, 1943 in Macon, Georgia. He was a member of Second Baptist Church. Buddy earned his Bachelor's degree at Georgia College in Milledgeville. With pride, honor, and courage he served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam era....
Linda ''Sue'' Klingler
Jan 23, 2013
Linda ''Sue'' Klingler, 67, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 23, 2013.Sue was born on March 2, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a loving homemaker and member of Harmony Community Church. Her daughter, Sherri Scheffer; and parents, William Francis Chandler and Mamie Watts Chandler, preceded her in death. Her memory will forever be treasured by her children, Sandy Evans...
Nelda Dennard
Jan 22, 2013
Nelda Dennard, 82, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.Ms. Dennard was born on April 14, 1930 in Finlayson, Georgia to the late Thomas Jefferson Dennard and Jewel McGlamory Dennard. A longtime resident of Warner Robins, she was a 1949 graduate of Rumble High School. For many years she worked for Warner Robins Drug Store. Nelda was a charter...

Charles Edward Flagg
Jan 22, 2013
Charles Edward Flagg, 75, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.Mr. Flagg was born on January 13, 1938 in Waterville, Maine to the late Norman and Ethel Marcoux Flagg. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Charles earned his Bachelor's degree from Bates College in Maine and continued his education at Rutgers State University in New Jersey...
Kimberly "Kim" Kalch
Jan 18, 2013
Kim Kalch, 43, entered into rest on Friday, January 18, 2013.Mrs. Kalch was born on March 19, 1969 in Libertyville, Illinois. She was a loving mother, devoted wife and soccer mom at Veteran's High School. Kim loved life and spending time with family, friends and enjoyed concerts. She worked at Robins Air Force Base Child Development Center. She was a...
Irene A. Hofsash
Jan 18, 2013
On Friday, January 18, 2013, God took Irene Ann Hofsash to join her loving husband of sixty three years of marriage.Mrs. Hofsash was born to the late Peter Paul and Anna Catherine (Bujanowski) Chmielewski on December 26, 1927 in Scranton, Pennsylvania and was later raised by Florence Chmielewski after her mother's death. Irene loved traveling with her husband and thoroughly...

Thomas Luther Wells
Jan 17, 2013
Thomas Luther Wells, 90, entered into rest on Thursday, January 17, 2013.Mr. Wells was born on March 31, 1922 in Eastman, Georgia and lived most of his life in Warner Robins. He grew up in the Baptist faith and attended Centerville United Methodist Church. He retired from Robins Air Force Base after many years of dedicated employment in civil service....

Smsgt Okey Corneil Bowen, Usaf (Ret)
Jan 17, 2013
Okey Corneil Bowen, born October 19, 1922 to the late Ralph and Belle Bowen in Ripley, West Virginia died January 17, 2013 at Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins, Georgia. In addition to his parents, two sons, Bert Eugene Bowen and Vernon Charles Bowen, brother, Lawrence, and three sisters, Vera, Beetie, and Roberta, all preceded him in death. Okey joined...

Johnny W. ''Butch'' Barrett, Jr.
Jan 15, 2013
Butch Barrett, 68, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.Butch was born on January 29, 1944 in Trion, Georgia. A 1962 graduate of Warner Robins High School, he served in the United States Army in Germany and during the Vietnam Era and was a Purple Heart Recipient. Butch was also a former detective with the Warner Robins Police Department,...
Burl Sasnett
Jan 15, 2013
Burl Sasnett, 81, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.Mr. Sasnett was born on August 20, 1931 in Florala, Alabama. He was a longtime, faithful member of Westside Baptist Church. Burl was the owner and operator of Sasnett Fruits and Nuts. He was a hard working man who adored his family and was...
Cmsgt Billy M. Jones, Usaf (Ret)
Jan 13, 2013
Billy M. Jones, 76, went to his eternal home surrounded by his family on Sunday, January 13, 2013. He was born in Enterprise, Alabama to the late Samuel Jones and Carrie Baston Jones on January 17, 1936.After graduating from Enterprise High School, Enterprise, Alabama in 1954, he joined the United States Air Force where he spent twenty-four years of service,...
Ruby Wisham Felker
Jan 13, 2013
Ruby Wisham Felker, 91, entered into rest on Sunday, January 13, 2013.Mrs. Felker was born on April 8, 1921 in Butler, Georgia to the late Samuel Wisham and Leila Whatley Wisham. She retired from Robins Air Force Base where she worked for thirty years and nine months. She was a charter member of Second Baptist Church where she taught Sunday...
Cecil Labritt Walker
Jan 13, 2013
Cecil Labritt Walker, 89, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Sunday, January 13, 2013.Mr. Walker was born on August 1, 1923 in Pitts, Georgia to the late Reverend Henry Jefferson Walker and Wilmer Sailors Walker. He and his beloved wife, Marie, were founding members of Southside Church of God. Together, they donated the land and procured materials...
Floyd Daniel Rowell
Jan 11, 2013
Floyd Daniel Rowell, 85, entered into rest on Friday, January 11, 2013.Mr. Rowell was born on April 12, 1927 in Crawford County, Georgia. He retired from Robins Air Force Base and was a member of Green Acres Baptist Church and the End of the Rope Sunday School Class. Mr. Rowell was also very active in the community as a Freemason...

Dickie Lee Hall
Jan 10, 2013
Dickie Lee Hall, age 63, a resident of Dalton since 2002, passed away January 10, 2013. Dickie was born May 5, 1949 in Rockwood, Tennessee. Dickie retired from Anchor Glass, Warner Robins, Georgia in 2000. He enjoyed fishing, playing cards and football. Most of all, Dickie loved his entire family and his close friends. He is preceded in death by...

Joyce Marie Cunrod
Jan 9, 2013
Joyce Marie Cunrod, 71, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.Mrs. Cunrod was born on January 4, 1942 in Arlington, Texas. A lovely homemaker, she enjoyed time spent with her family and was a member of the NCO Wives Club. Her father, John Fielding, preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by her adoring husband of fifty-three...

Mechell Miller Fincher
Jan 9, 2013
Mechell Miller Fincher, 46, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.Mechell was born on June 9, 1966 in Montezuma, Georgia. She was of the Baptist faith. Mechell was a Manager at VEND Inc. /Canteen Food Services. She was a student at Middle Georgia Technical College where she was studying Information Technology. Mechell enjoyed spending time with her family, shooting...

Opal M. Phillips
Jan 9, 2013
Opal M. Phillips, 88, entered into rest on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Mrs. Phillips was born on July 6, 1924 in West Liberty, Kentucky to the late Douglas Adams and Minnie Lou Risner Adams. She was retired from the retail industry and was a devoted member of the New Life Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, her husband of...

Sara Wynn Story
Jan 8, 2013
Sara Story, 63, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.Sara was born on August 3, 1949 in Perry, Georgia to the late Charles Jewette Story, Sr. and Mary Newell Wynn Story. She retired from Wheeler Manufacturing and was of the Baptist faith. Sara was a devoted member of Westside Baptist Church where she was in the Senior Sunday School...