Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Gwinnett Harper Young
Feb 27, 2011
Gwinnett "Gwin" Harper Young passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 27, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be Monday, February 28, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in the Chapel of McCullough Funeral Home, Pastor Joe Senter and...
Joanne E. Swartzlander
Feb 26, 2011
Warner Robins – JoAnne E. Swartzlander, 75, entered into rest on Saturday, February 26, 2011.Mrs. Swartzlander was born on February 15, 1936 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. A homemaker, she was a member of First Baptist Church of Warner Robins. She had a heart for shut-ins and nursing home patients and volunteered many hours singing for them. In 1999, she was...
Major Thomas Coy Hipps, (Usaf, Ret)
Feb 25, 2011
Centerville – Major Thomas Coy Hipps, (USAF, Ret), 80, entered into rest on Friday, February 25, 2011.Mr. Hipps was born on January 18, 1931, in Tifton. With pride and honor, Major Hipps served his country in the United States Air Force as a fighter pilot and participated in the Vietnam Era as a volunteer with the 602nd Squadron, where he...
Jarrelle B. Steffanini
Feb 24, 2011
Jarrelle B. Steffanini, 78, entered into rest on Thursday, February 24, 2011.Mrs. Steffanini was born on March 20, 1932, in Sycamore, Georgia. A civil servant at Robins Air Force Base, Mrs. Steffanini was a Contracting Officer; and was a faithful member of Northside Baptist Church. Her husband, Aldo V. Steffanini; and parents, Ollie Mott Baker and Daisy V. Camp Baker;...

Louise Speaker Quarles
Feb 22, 2011
Louise Speaker Quarles, 86, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Mrs. Quarles was born on June 20, 1924, in Rome, Georgia. She was a faithful member of Assembly of God Church where she enjoyed teaching Sunday school for many years. Louise's greatest passion was serving her Lord and Savior and being a wonderful Christian homemaker. She was the...

James Eugene Hatfield
Feb 22, 2011
James "Gene" Hatfield, 89, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 22, 2011.Mr. Hatfield was born on December 18, 1921 in Rembert, South Carolina. With pride and honor he served in the United States Army during World War II, he later went to work at Robins Air Force Base from 1953 until 1986 as an Aircraft Technical Services Specialist. Very active...

Glen Dallas Oody
Feb 21, 2011
Glen Dallas Oody, 72, entered into rest on Monday, February 21, 2011.Mr. Oody was born on January 31, 1939 in Harriman, Tennessee. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force. He later worked as a civil servant, as a Sheet Metal Mechanic at Robins Air Force Base until his retirement. His father, George W....
William Allen Spangenburg
Feb 21, 2011
William Allen Spangenburg, 44, lost his life February 21, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Allen, born September 9, 1966 in Marietta, worked at Dublin Construction as a Millwright Mechanic and was a carpenter for over twenty years. He was an active member and leader in Celebrate Recovery at Southside Baptist Church. Allen enjoyed fishing, hunting, golf and...
Glenn Lamar Hitchcock
Feb 18, 2011
Centerville – Glenn L. Hitchcock, 81, entered into rest on Friday, February 18, 2011.Born in Crisp County on March 26, 1929 to Lamar and Mary Lou Hitchcock, Glenn graduated from Crisp County High School and the Georgia State Teachers College. He received further degrees from Mercer University, Georgia State College and the University of Georgia. A proud United States Air...
Clifford Daniel Garretson
Feb 17, 2011
Clifford Daniel Garretson, 89, entered into rest on Thursday, February 17, 2011.Mr. Garretson was born on February 17, 1922 in Biglerville, Pennsylvania. With pride and honor he served his country in the United States Air Force during WWII and the Korean conflict. He had been a resident of Warner Robins since 1965; Clifford retired from Robins Air Force Base where...

Florence (Mamo) Johnson Moore
Feb 16, 2011
Florence J. Moore, 69, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Moore was born on April 26, 1941 in Sumter County, Georgia. A faithful member of Central Baptist Church, she was active in the Adult 4 Co-Ed A Sunday School class; involved in the youth ministry,...
Herbert Harley Degroot
Feb 15, 2011
Herbert Harley DeGroot, 89, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at his home. Born on the prairies of Wyoming to homesteading parents, Homer F. (came to this country from Holland) and Jeanette Chiron DeGroot (whose parents came from France). In 1926, Herbert, along with his parents, brothers Bud and Henry, and sister Sally, left Wyoming traveling in two T-Models to Paoli,...

Charles C. Edwards
Feb 15, 2011
Charles C. Edwards, 94, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.Mr. Edwards was born on January 10, 1917 in Pembroke, Georgia. With pride and honor he served in the United States Marines. He attended a Bible college and also started a Baptist church in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he served as a preacher. A civil servant employee, Mr. Edwards worked...
Ssgt Myron Jackson Crumpton, Usaf (Ret)
Feb 15, 2011
Myron Jackson Crumpton, 76, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.Mr. Crumpton was born on March 5, 1934 in Milan, Georgia. SSgt Crumpton proudly served his country in the United States Air Force serving during the Vietnam Era and Korean Conflict. After retirement from the Air Force, he continued his career at IBEW Local Union 1316 where he worked...

Charles V. Wheeler
Feb 13, 2011
Charles "Charlie" Wheeler, 72, entered into rest on Sunday, February 13, 2011.Mr. Wheeler was born on September 19, 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was of the Baptist faith. Charlie was a proud veteran, retiring from the United States Army, and serving during the Vietnam era at two separate deployments. His parents, William Wheeler and Thelma Morgan Wheeler, and brothers, Albert...

George Wayne Hester
Feb 12, 2011
George Wayne Hester, 62, entered into rest on Saturday, February 12, 2011.Mr. Hester was born on September 24, 1948 in Waycross, Georgia. With pride and honor he served in the United States Air Force, during the Vietnam era. A civil servant working at Robins Air Force Base he was in Aircraft Electronics. A lover of music and photography, he enjoyed...
Dennis Hardin Jones
Feb 11, 2011
Elder Dennis Hardin Jones, 83, entered into rest on Friday, February 11, 2011.Mr. Jones was born on March 20, 1927 in Inez, Kentucky. His greatest pleasure came from being baptized February 1960, becoming an ordained Deacon in 1964, then ordained into the ministry in July of 1969. For the next forty one years he faithfully served several churches. Dennis also...
Gene Wall
Feb 11, 2011
Mr. Gene Wall of Marshallville, Georgia, previously a long-term resident of Warner Robins, died Friday, February 11th of pneumonia. He was 81 years old.Mr. Wall was born, along with his twin brother Joe, on Christmas Eve, 1929 on a farm in Jackson County, Georgia. He was the son of Albert Glenn and Ettie Whitehead Wall, whose family eventually grew to...

Elizabeth Jones Groves
Feb 9, 2011
Elizabeth Jones Groves, age 88, entered eternal paradise on February 9, 2011 after a brave and protracted battle with life's infirmities. Visitation will be Saturday, February 12, beginning at 10:00 a.m. until service time. Services will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home in Warner Robins. Interment will be in...
Brenda Brillhart Sowers
Feb 8, 2011
Brenda Brillhart Sowers, 85, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. Mrs. Sowers was born on October 20, 1925 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Lutheran Church of The Redeemer was her church home. Brenda was a wonderful homemaker and her family meant everything to her. She was a member of the Eastern Star. Her husband, Howard William Sowers, Jr., and her...