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

Frances F. Balletto

Frances F. Balletto

Dec 18, 2011

Frances F. Balletto, 102, entered into rest on Sunday, December 18, 2011.Mrs. Balletto was born on May 23, 1909 in Sperlonga, Italy. She moved from Florida to Georgia in 2003. She worked as a waitress most of her life in Florida, and later as a caregiver. She enjoyed ceramics, knitting and making homemade blankets. She was an avid cook, specializing...

Harris R. Vickers

Harris R. Vickers

Dec 17, 2011

Harris R. Vickers, 77, entered into rest on Saturday, December 17, 2011.Mr. Vickers was born on April 26, 1934 in Ashburn, and had lived in Middle Georgia since 1965. An Army Veteran, he was Assistant Manager at Wal-Mart for ten years, and had retired as a Route Supervisor from Flowers Bakery after working for seventeen years. He was an avid...

Msgt James Franklin Humphries, Sr., Us Army (Ret)

Msgt James Franklin Humphries, Sr., Us Army (Ret)

Dec 17, 2011

James Franklin Humphries, Sr., 86, entered into rest on Saturday, December 17, 2011.Mr. Humphries was born on March 24, 1925 in St. Petersburg, Florida. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Army, retiring as Master Sergeant. His church home was Lake Ellen Baptist Church in Crawfordville, Florida. He was preceded in death by his beloved...

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...