Obituaries

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

Leroy P. Fincher, Jr.

Leroy P. Fincher, Jr.

Dec 17, 2011

Leroy P. Fincher, Jr., 68, entered into rest on Saturday, December 17, 2011.Mr. Fincher was born on September 18, 1943 in LaGrange, and was a 1962 Warner Robins High School graduate. He served his country with pride and honor in the United States Navy before working at Southern Bell as an Installer. He enjoyed coaching Little League Baseball. Second Baptist...

Russell Hughes (Hugh) Nelson, Jr.

Russell Hughes (Hugh) Nelson, Jr.

Dec 17, 2011

Russell H. (Hugh) Nelson, Jr., 64, died Saturday, December 17, 2011. Visitation will be Sunday, December 18, 2011, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 11:00 a.m., Reverends Bill Martin and Lloyd Britt officiating. Burial will follow in Glen...

Michael John (Bear) Mccullough, Sr.

Michael John (Bear) Mccullough, Sr.

Dec 14, 2011

Michael John "Bear" McCullough, Sr., 49, entered into rest on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 after a long battle with kidney failure.Michael was born on June 13, 1962. He was a self-employed welder for many years and a proud veteran of the Army National Guard. His parents, John and Dora McCullough, preceded him in death.His memory will forever be treasured by...

Randall ''Randy'' Alan Marsh

Randall ''Randy'' Alan Marsh

Dec 14, 2011

Randy Alan Marsh, 55, entered into rest on Wednesday, December 14, 2011.Randy was born on November 3, 1956, in Augusta, Georgia. He worked over twenty years as a Sheet Metal Mechanic at Robins Air Force Base in civil service. His favorite hobbies were Gemology, music, and working on cars. He was a member of Unity Baptist Church. His father, Paul...

Harold Jerome Lewand

Harold Jerome Lewand

Dec 14, 2011

Harold Jerome Lewand, 92, entered into rest on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 in Mesa, Arizona where he lived for the past four years.Mr. Lewand was born on February 11, 1919. A veteran of WWII, he served in the United States Army as a Technician 5th Grade, Battery D, 918 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. He was employed at Robins Air Force...

Bobbi (Bj) Burnett Walsh

Bobbi (Bj) Burnett Walsh

Dec 13, 2011

Bobbi "B.J." Walsh, 46, entered into rest on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.B. J. was born on January 19, 1965 in Warner Robins, Georgia to the late Robert M. and Jean Barnes Burnett. She was of the Baptist faith. A 1982 graduate of Northside High School, B.J. worked as a Paralegal. She proudly served her country in the United States Navy...

Royce E. Bryant

Royce E. Bryant

Dec 13, 2011

Royce Eugene Bryant, 80, entered into rest on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.Mr. Bryant was born on October 26, 1931 in Vienna, and moved to Warner Robins in 1974, where he worked with Getz Pest Control and Warner Robins Supply. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force for twenty-two years in Communications before retiring...

Jessie Gregory Yates

Jessie Gregory Yates

Dec 12, 2011

Jessie Yates (nee Gregory), 88, passed away at Summerhill Nursing Home in Perry, Georgia on December 12, 2011 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Jessie was born on December 22, 1922 to Walter and Nancy (nee Combs) Gregory in Haddix, Kentucky. She was the sixth child of nine children. Jessie attended school in Breathitt County, Kentucky and Berea College...

Bobbie Jo Webber

Bobbie Jo Webber

Dec 11, 2011

In loving memory of Bobbie Jo Shackelford Webber, 74, she went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 11, 2011.Mrs. Webber was born on February 21, 1937 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Early in her life, she worked for the Houston County Board of Education and later at TJ Maxx for a brief period. A devoted homemaker, she was a member...

James E. Stewart, Jr.

James E. Stewart, Jr.

Dec 9, 2011

James E. Stewart, Jr., 87, entered into rest on Friday, December 9, 2011.Jim was born on August 5, 1924 in Ellaville, Georgia. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, he proudly served his country during World War II. He was in the 5th Marine Division where he saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima, and later occupied Nagasaki. Jim...

Janelle Mccranie Cravey Piper

Janelle Mccranie Cravey Piper

Dec 7, 2011

Mrs. Janelle McCranie Cravey Piper died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, December 7, 2011. Nelle was born August 10, 1928 in Dodge County GA to Horton Edwin and Gertrude (Brown) McCranie. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Rick and Elizabeth (Betty) Cravey Hughes, along with her devoted friends; Catherine Bowers, Mike Goolsby and Eddie Bowers. She was preceded in death...

Mabel L. Ladd

Mabel L. Ladd

Dec 7, 2011

Mabel Lillian Ladd, 87, entered into rest on Wednesday, December 7, 2011.Mrs. Ladd was born on November 2, 1924 in Illinois. She was a member of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Mabel was a wonderful, loving homemaker and avid gardener. Her life and love was her family; she was passionate about spending time with them. Her husband of sixty years, Ralph...

Bertram ''Bert'' James Hawley, Stc, (Usn, Ret)

Bertram ''Bert'' James Hawley, Stc, (Usn, Ret)

Dec 6, 2011

Bertram "Bert" James Hawley, 83, entered into rest on December 6, 2011.Bert was born on December 24, 1927 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He retired in 1966 from the United States Navy after twenty-one and one-half years of loyal service. Following retirement from the Navy, he worked at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the Underseas Division for twenty-one years. He was preceded in...

Janice Elaine Sawyer

Janice Elaine Sawyer

Dec 6, 2011

Janice Elaine Covington Sawyer, 71, entered into rest on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.Ms. Sawyer was born on August 11, 1940 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was of the Catholic Faith. She was a retired from Flightline Restaurant where she worked as a waitress. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank L. Sawyer; parents, Paul J. Covington and Martha T....

Col Ralph A. Johnson, Usaf (Ret)

Col Ralph A. Johnson, Usaf (Ret)

Dec 6, 2011

Colonel Ralph Arthur Johnson, USAF (Ret), 92, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.Mr. Johnson was born on June 16, 1919 in Pikeville, Kentucky to the late John Martin Johnson and Cora Roberts Johnson. Ralph was the youngest of six boys. His brothers, Russell, Walter, Jack, Buford and Robert, also preceded him in death. Ralph attended Pikeville High School and Pikeville...

Cmsgt Harry O. Tolliver, Usaf (Ret)

Cmsgt Harry O. Tolliver, Usaf (Ret)

Dec 5, 2011

Harry O. Tolliver, 79, entered into rest on Monday, December 5, 2011.Mr. Tolliver was born on June 17, 1932 in Ravencliff, West Virginia. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church. CMSgt Tolliver proudly retired from the United States Air Force serving during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Era. A medical services technician, he also retired from Houston Healthcare...

Dorothy J. L. (Dot) Dauby

Dorothy J. L. (Dot) Dauby

Dec 5, 2011

Dorothy J. L. (Dot) Dauby passed away on Monday, December 5, 2011. Mrs. Dauby was a much loved and treasured mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and was sixty-five year resident of Warner Robins, Georgia. Mrs. Dauby was born on August 31, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was a homemaker and the mother of six children. Mrs. Dauby was a member of...

Maria Rosalia Cid

Maria Rosalia Cid

Dec 2, 2011

Maria Rosalia Cid, 102, entered into rest on Friday, December 2, 2011.Maria was born on June 13, 1909 in Galicia, Spain. After living in Lexington, North Carolina, she moved to Byron and has been a resident for the past seven years. She will be dearly missed as a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister. Her husband, Manuel Cid; and parents, Jesus...

Georgia Kelly

Georgia Kelly

Dec 1, 2011

Georgia Marie Rich Kelly, 66, entered into rest on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Mrs. Kelly was born on March 8, 1945 in Burt, Iowa. She retired from Anchor Glass Company, having worked in production. An avid gardener, she enjoyed fishing and volunteering her time for the needs of others, most importantly her grandchildren. She was a member of Calvary Way...

Msgt Carl  F. Sivilis, Usaf (Ret)

Msgt Carl F. Sivilis, Usaf (Ret)

Dec 1, 2011

Warner Robins – MSgt Carl F. Sivils, USAF (Ret), 71, entered into rest on Thursday, December 1, 2011.Carl was born on September 5, 1940 in Cullman, Alabama. A retired Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force, he also retired from Civil Service, totaling forty-six years of working for the United States Government. Carl was a resident of Warner Robins...