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

Geraldine Foster Weatherford
Feb 7, 2011
Geraldine Foster Weatherford, 93, entered into rest on Monday, February 7, 2011 in Perry, Georgia. Ms. Weatherford was born on June 6, 1917. Her parents, Clyde and Quinnie Foster, and her son, Larry Weatherford, preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by her daughter in law, Judy Weatherford and her husband Harry Roberts, Centerville, Georgia; grandchildren, Jay Weatherford...

Velma Lorene Gigliotti
Feb 7, 2011
Velma Lorene Gigliotti, 87, entered into rest on Monday, February 7, 2011.Mrs. Velma Gigliotti was born on May 18, 1923 in Barnard, Missouri. She was the daughter of Everett and Mina Throckmorton Tapscott. In 1936 the family moved to Lamonia, Iowa where she attended Scott's Elementary, graduated from Lamonia High and attended Graceland College for one year, before moving in...

Sadie Eloise Struth
Feb 7, 2011
Sadie Eloise Struth, 81, entered into rest on Monday, February 7, 2011. Mrs. Struth was born on April 8, 1929 in Etowah, Tennessee. A lifelong resident of Jacksonville, Florida, Sadie moved to Warner Robins, Georgia five years ago to be closer to her son; Dr. Alan Struth. She was an active member of Deermeadows Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Sadie retired...

Johnny Allen Turner
Feb 6, 2011
Johnny Allen Turner, 69, entered into rest on Sunday, February 6, 2011.Mr. Turner was born on January 8, 1942 in Waldo, Florida. With pride and honor he served in the United States Navy on the U.S.S. Sierra during the Cuban missile crisis. Mr. Turner was a carpenter and worked for Chris R. Sheardin-Williams Associates. He was preceded in death by...

Evelyn A. Dudney
Feb 5, 2011
Evelyn A. Dudney, 87, entered into rest on Saturday, February 5, 2011.Mrs. Dudney was born on September 6, 1923 in Centerburg, Ohio, and received her B.A. in Bible Education from Columbia Bible College in 1948. She was a civil servant for the United States Government in Washington, D.C. before retiring. Evergreen Baptist Church was her church home since 1956. She...
Janet Merritts Chapman
Feb 5, 2011
Janet Merritts Chapman, 77, entered into rest on Saturday, February 5, 2011.Mrs. Chapman was born on August 27, 1933 in Roswell, and had lived in Warner Robins for fifty-six years. She worked in civil service for thirty-eight years as an Administrative Assistant before retiring from Robins Air Force Base. A member of Green Acres Baptist Church and a former member...

Lois Keller
Feb 5, 2011
Lois "Kaycee" Keller, 81, entered into rest on Saturday, February 5, 2011.Mrs. Keller was born on November 15, 1929 in Huntington, West Virginia. She retired from Robins Air Force Base working as an Administrative Assistant in civil service. Kaycee was a cherished member of the Tortoise Club and a Past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star, Perry Chapter. She was...