Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Willa Deene Rozeboom
Feb 27, 2012
Willa Deene Rozeboom, 69, entered into rest on Monday, February 27, 2012.Willa was born on June 7, 1942 in Richton Pointe, Mississippi. A longtime member of Central Baptist Church, she sang in the choir and was in the Singles Sunday School Class. Willa was involved in several organizations and was a much-loved member of the Eagle Springs Garden Club, Middle...
Lee ''Ted'' Warren Taylor
Feb 27, 2012
Lee "Ted" Warren Taylor, 79, entered into rest on February 27, 2012.Ted was born on February 17, 1933, in Milan, Georgia. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force before working and retiring from the United States Postal Service as a letter carrier. He enjoyed fishing and farming, and especially loved spending time with...
Samuel W. Long
Feb 27, 2012
Samuel W. Long, 70, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 27, 2012.Samuel was born on November 29, 1941in Ray City, Georgia. He was a member of First Baptist Church Centerville. With pride and honor he served his country in the United States Army. Samuel worked for the City of Lawrenceville as a Lineman. His parents, John...
Msgt William Wayne Walker, Usaf (Ret)
Feb 24, 2012
William Wayne Walker, 77, entered the gates of Heaven on Friday, February 24, 2012.Mr. Walker was born on February 20, 1935 in Oxford, Mississippi to the late Haywood and Eva Mae Spencer Walker. For over thirty years, he was an active member of Shirley Hills Baptist Church where he taught the Betty's Bunch Sunday School Class. A resident of Warner...

Louise Myers Phillips
Feb 22, 2012
Louise Myers Phillips, 78, entered into rest on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.Ms. Phillips was born on September 11, 1933, in Old Town, Maine. A devoted homemaker, she was a loving and selfless foster mother to over seventy children. Her heart and her passion were taking care of her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Henry Phillips;...
Paula Edith Hague
Feb 20, 2012
Paula E. Hague, (Nana Paula), formerly of Marco Island, Florida, 71, born in Shreveport Louisiana on March 5, 1940, completed her journey here on earth on Monday, February 20, 2012. Paula has gone to join her long beloved husband Frank, her sister Margie, and her parents, Doris and Billy Walters. While battling cancer, Paula finally ended the suffering and has...
Pat Pettis
Feb 20, 2012
Pat Pettis, 79, entered into rest on Monday, February 20, 2012.Ms. Pettis was born on November 5, 1932 in Columbus, Georgia. She was a member of Women of the Moose Chapter 1353, was a past Regent, and held a Collegian Degree. Pat lived in the Moosehaven Retirement Community for the past eight years. Her loving husband, Joseph D. Pettis; daughters,...
Phillip Wayne ''Papa'' Burdeshaw
Feb 20, 2012
Phillip Wayne ''Papa'' Burdeshaw, 73, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, February 20, 2012.Wayne was born on August 22, 1938 in Dothan, Alabama to the late James Allie and Vassie Burdeshaw. They later moved to Warner Robins where he met and married his childhood sweetheart, Barbara, then started and raised his family. Wayne owned and operated...
Virginia Self Mccook
Feb 19, 2012
Virginia Self McCook, 76, entered into rest on Sunday, February 19, 2012.Virginia was born on November 5, 1935 in Broxton, Georgia. A kind and caring homemaker for most of her life, she also devoted fifteen years to teaching in childcare. Virginia was a member of Fort Valley Church of Christ, and she loved arts and crafts, baseball, and gardening. Her...

Hansford D. Heath
Feb 18, 2012
Hansford D. Heath, 85, entered into rest on Saturday, February 18, 2011.Mr. Heath was born on August 16, 1926, in Jacksonville, Georgia, and was of the Methodist Faith. He retired from Robins Air Force Base in civil service after working thirty-six years as an Electronics Inspector. His various memberships included being a 32nd degree Mason of the Tyrian Lodge #101,...
Roland ''Smoke'' Gocken
Feb 18, 2012
Roland "Smoke" Gocken, 80, of Kathleen, GA passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 in Perry, GA. Smoke was born June 30, 1931 in Crescent City, IL, a son of Edward and Martha Lehman Gocken. He married Ruth Hofer on March 8, 1952 in Cissna Park, IL and she preceded him in death on January 19, 1986. He later married Betty...
Doris G. Mason
Feb 18, 2012
Doris Gene Highsmith Mason, 84, entered into rest at her home at 231 Fairways Drive after an extended illness on Saturday, February 18, 2012.Ms. Mason was born on September 22, 1927, in Folkston, Georgia. A devoted homemaker, she was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel D. Mason; parents,...

Dell Chambers
Feb 18, 2012
Novice Loydell "Dell" Favors Chambers, 73, entered into rest on Saturday, February 18, 2012.Mrs. Chambers was born on October 17, 1938, in Dunbar, Kentucky. A 1956 Warner Robins High School graduate, she attended Crandall Business College. She was very active with the Senior Citizens, Good News Singers, and was a Pink Lady for twenty-seven years. A devoted homemaker, she was...
Vernon Allgood, Sr.
Feb 17, 2012
Vernon Allgood, Sr., 97, entered into rest on Friday, February 17, 2012.Mr. Allgood was born on June 18, 1915, in Meridian, Mississippi. He and his wife, Dorothy Allgood, established Allgood Electric Company. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Army during World War II, where he received the Bronze Star for Bravery and a Purple...

Msgt Carnell Poston, Usaf (Ret)
Feb 16, 2012
Carnell Poston, 77, entered into rest on Thursday, February 16, 2012.Mr. Poston was born on March 10, 1934 in Pamplico, South Carolina. He was a member of Centerville United Methodist Church. MSgt Poston proudly served his country in the United States Air Force for twenty three years. Subsequent to his military retirement he worked for State Wholesale Foods Company for...

Ann Turner
Feb 16, 2012
Ann Turner, 78, entered into rest on Thursday, February 16, 2012.Mrs. Turner was born on June 6, 1933, in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. She retired from Houston Healthcare Hospital where she was a housekeeping manager. She enjoyed playing Bingo at the VFW and Moose Lodge, spending time with her family, and adored her grandchildren. Her loving husband of thirty-four years, Murrell Leverne...
Lonnie Fain Mcclintic, Jr.
Feb 14, 2012
Lonnie Fain McClintic, Jr., 38, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.Fain was born on July 17, 1973 in Warner Robins, Georgia. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Perry, Georgia. Fain was employed by Taylor Well Drilling as a Well Driller. He was an accomplished racer, holding outstanding records in go-cart...
Hugh ''Steve'' Lynch
Feb 13, 2012
Hugh ''Steve'' Lynch, 58, entered into rest on Monday, February 13, 2012.Steve was born on February 24, 1953 in Griffin, Georgia. He was actively employed in Civil Service at Robins Air Force Base where he worked as a planner. Over the years, Steve had been very active with the Second Baptist Church Bomber's Softball Team and was more recently a...

Joy Ila Rawls
Feb 12, 2012
Joy Ila Rawls, 82, entered into rest on Sunday, February 12, 2012.Mrs. Rawls was born on December 1, 1929 in Thomas County, Georgia. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Warner Robins. Joy was a wonderful homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family. Her husband, Charles Bennett Rawls, Jr., and her parents, Benjamin Franklin O'Neal and Marie...
Edward ''Eddie--Mr. D'' Dixon
Feb 7, 2012
Edward "Eddie—Mr. D." Dixon, 80, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.Eddie was born on March 10, 1931 in Crossville, Tennessee. A proud veteran of the United States Air Force, he retired after twenty-four years of service obtaining the rank of Master Sergeant. After retirement from the military, Eddie worked for over twenty-seven years with Children's Friend. There he...