Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Cheryl Kay Peace
Aug 8, 2012
Cheryl Kay Peace, 53, entered into rest on Wednesday, August 8, 2012.Cheryl was born on October 6, 1958 in Mobile, Alabama. She attended Shirley Hills Baptist Church. For over twenty years, Cheryl was employed by Robins Air Force Base as a Contract Specialist. She graduated from George Mason University in Virginia. Cheryl was also an excellent homemaker, who loved cooking...
Lydia Amerson Pierce
Aug 8, 2012
Lydia Amerson Pierce, 77, entered into rest on Wednesday, August 8, 2012.Lydia was born on September 12, 1934, in Stillmore, Georgia. She was a member of Second Baptist Church where she was a part of the Friendship Sunday School Class. She had lived in Warner Robins for the past ten years and enjoyed sewing, reading, needlework, and spending time with...

Susan Theresa Wennersten
Aug 7, 2012
Susan Theresa Wennersten, 65, entered into rest on Tuesday, August 7, 2012.Susan was born on September 30, 1946 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and very active with the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Susan retired from Houston County Department of Family and Children's Services where she was a Family Independence...

Jean Grant Henderson
Aug 7, 2012
Jean Grant Henderson, 77, entered into rest on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Jean was born on April 11, 1935 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Jean retired from Robins Air Force Base, and attended First United Methodist Church. She was proud of her five spoiled grandchildren. Her parents, Charles Grant and Louise Spencer Grant, preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be...

Roy Ellis Veal, Jr.
Aug 6, 2012
Roy Ellis Veal, Jr., 51, entered into rest on Monday, August 6, 2012.Mr. Veal was born on June 6, 1961 in Taipei, Taiwan. He attended Christ Chapel Warner Robins Campus and was a member of Celebrate Recovery at Southside Baptist Church. His parents, Roy Veal, Sr. and Marjorie Dickson Veal, preceded him in death.His memory will forever be treasured by...

Jewel C. Mcdowell
Aug 3, 2012
Jewel C. McDowell, 89, entered into rest on Friday, August 3, 2012.Mrs. McDowell was born on February 24, 1923 in Fort Myers, Florida. A lifelong resident of Fort Myers, she was a member of McGregor Baptist Church, a 1940 graduate of Fort Myers High School and a former Miss Fort Myers. Warner Robins has been her home for the past...

Helon Johnson Ryals
Aug 2, 2012
Helon Johnson Ryals, 97, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, August 2, 2012.Helon was born on April 29, 1915 in Wauchula, Florida, the first child of Bethel C. Johnson and Ruby Thurmond Johnson. Helon graduated from Manatee County, Florida High School and attended business school. She became the Senior Accountant and Treasurer and retired from the Citrus...

Rufus Bryant Dancy, Jr.
Aug 2, 2012
Rufus Bryant Dancy, Jr., 80, entered into rest on Thursday, August 2, 2012.Rufus was born on January 8, 1932 in Danville, Virginia. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was Owner and Operator of the esteemed Dancy's Tires for five years where his customers were always provided with...
Michael Taylor Mcmahan
Aug 1, 2012
Michael Taylor McMahan, 49, entered into rest on Wednesday, August 1, 2012.Michael was born on September 8, 1962 in San Antonio, Texas. With pride and honor, Michael served his country in the United States Army. He was self-employed as a Painter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sandra Jean McMahan, and parents, Lyle Taylor McMahan and Barbara Malone...
Claudia Blanchette
Jul 30, 2012
Claudia Blanchette, 66, entered into rest on Monday, July 30, 2012.Claudia was born on April 6, 1946 in Sandersville, Georgia. As a licensed cosmetologist, she owned and operated Country Lantern Beauty Salon for a number of years. She later became an accomplished floral designer before retiring in 2005 from Hobby Town USA. She was a member of the Middle Georgia...

Virginia H. Ray
Jul 28, 2012
Virginia Ray, 93, entered into rest on Saturday, July 28, 2012.Mrs. Ray was born on March 5, 1919 in Zebulon, Georgia. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and an employee with Robins Air Force Base Exchange for over twenty years. Her beloved husband of forty two years, Willie B. Ray; parents, Cicero and Mamie Huckaby and siblings, Harvey...
John E. Wilson
Jul 28, 2012
John Wilson, 82, entered into rest on Saturday, July 28, 2012.Mr. Wilson was born on November 12, 1929 in Rome, Georgia. He was an active and longtime member of Central Baptist Church for over fifty years and owner of Wilson's Grocery. His parents, Mack and Gladys Wilson and brother, Eldon Wilson, preceded him in death.He is survived by his wife...
Raymond George Winks
Jul 27, 2012
Raymond George Winks, 81, entered into rest on Friday, July 27, 2012.Mr. Winks was born on November 13, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With pride and honor he served his country as an Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class in the United States Navy from which he retired after twenty years of dedicated service. Ray was a member of VFW Post 6605....

Thomas L. Phillips
Jul 27, 2012
Thomas Lee Phillips, 80, entered into rest on Friday, July 27, 2012."Uncle Pete" was born on September 1, 1931 in Charlotte, North Carolina. With pride and honor he served his country in the United States Air Force having served during the Korean War. He was a member of Sharon Presbyterian Church and a 1951 graduate of East Mecklenburg High school....

Sara Schuessler Jones
Jul 26, 2012
Sara Schuessler Jones, 90, entered into rest on Thursday, July 26, 2012.Sara was born on December 26, 1921 in Lafayette, Alabama. She is preceded in death by her husband Tom, to whom she was married for fifty-eight years and daughter, Ann who recently passed away; parents, Zack and Mary Straiton Schuessler; brothers, Straiton, Zack and Richard Schuessler; sisters, Ella Brown...
Aelan Pak Tyler
Jul 26, 2012
Aelan Pak Tyler, 71, entered into rest on Thursday, July 26, 2012.Ms. Tyler was born on August 24, 1940 in Korea. She was a member of Korean Methodist Church in Mansfield, Ohio. A homemaker, Aelan was a resident of Kathleen, Georgia for one year and lived in Mansfield, Ohio most of her life. She will be fondly remembered by all...

Tsgt Gilbert ''Hank'' Sowash, Usaf (Ret)
Jul 25, 2012
Gilbert ''Hank'' Sowash, 78, entered into rest on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.Hank was born on May 15, 1934 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force from which he retired with the rank of Tech Sergeant and was also a talented amateur photographer. Hank was a devoted member of Green Acres Baptist Church...
Hellon Irby Barnhill
Jul 25, 2012
Hellon Irby Barnhill, 85, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.Mrs. Barnhill was born on January 28, 1927 in Meridian, Mississippi. She was a Charter Member of Green Acres Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for twenty five years. The wife of a Baptist Minister, she was the true epitome of a...
Mary Lois Lynn Kegin
Jul 25, 2012
Mary Lois Lynn Kegin, 101, entered into rest on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.Mrs. Kegin was born on May 8, 1911 in Kilmichael, Mississippi. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and previously attended the Singles 3 Sunday School Class. Mary Lois retired from civil service at Robins Air Force Base where she worked as an Executive Secretary. Her husbands,...
Lucile ''Lucy'' Cleghorn Neisler
Jul 24, 2012
Lucy Cleghorn Neisler, 80, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 after a courageous, long-term battle with Parkinson's Disease.Lucy was born on February 22, 1932 in Irwin County, Georgia to the late Avery Cleghorn and Essie Parks Cleghorn, and was the middle child of thirteen children. Her husband of forty-four years, Troy H. Neisler; parents; brothers, Jessie Daniel Cleghorn; and...