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

Georgiann Dees
May 25, 2009
Georgiann Long Dees, 75, entered into rest on Monday, May 25, 2009. Ms. Dees was born on October 30, 1933, in Starkville, Mississippi. She was a retired Houston County Board of Education School Teacher. Her church home was All Saint Episcopal Church. Her parents, Malfield Long and Lillian Thetford Long, preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by...

Mary Edna Stewart
May 22, 2009
Mary Edna Stewart, 81, entered into rest on Friday, May 22, 2009. Ms. Stewart was born on January 2, 1928, in Hoboken, and has lived in Warner Robins for the past twenty years. A homemaker and retired nurse, she was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Her husband, James William Stewart, and parents, James M. Courson and Lovie Jane...

Phyllis Murphy Rogers
May 21, 2009
Phyllis Murphy Rogers, 54, entered into rest on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Ms. Rogers was born on March 26, 1955, in McRae, Georgia. She was employed as a Bank Teller at Bank of Perry. She called Living Hope in Byron her church home, where she was active in AWANA. Her husband, William Michael Rogers, and parents, William James Murphy and...

Betty Laura Self
May 20, 2009
Betty Laura Watson Self, 77, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Mrs. Self was born in Warner Robins on May 28, 1931. A resident of Byron for the past forty years, she was a member of Byron Baptist Church and the Murdock Sunday School. She was a devoted mother and homemaker who loved to cook for family and...

Larry L. Tucker
May 20, 2009
– Larry L. Tucker, 63, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.Mr. Tucker was born on October 31, 1945 in Dalton. He was employed with Lithonia Lighting as an electrician since 1991. His parents, Bryant J. Tucker and Mary Alice Tucker preceded him in death. His memory will forever be treasured by his loving wife Judy Marie Tucker; daughters,...

Jessie Anderson Averyt
May 19, 2009
Jessie Anderson Averyt, 92, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Mrs. Averyt was born on September 2, 1916, in Mobile, Alabama. She moved to Georgia in 1965 where she was a homemaker and a member of Shirley Hills Baptist Church. Co-founder and member of The Middle Georgia Crochet Club, her many contributions were recognized in a number of...

Henry Clay Thompson, Sr.
May 17, 2009
Henry Thompson, Sr., 87, entered into rest on Sunday, May 17, 2009.Mr. Thompson was born on December 14, 1921 in Cheneyville, Louisiana. With pride and honor he served his country in the United States Army retiring with the rank of Major. Retired Civil service he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and locally;...

Mary Joann Chesser
May 16, 2009
Mary Joann Blocker Chesser, 70, entered into rest on Saturday, May 16, 2009. Ms. Chesser was born on August 6, 1938, in Bellville, Georgia. Of the Baptist Faith, she was a retired Computer Specialist from Northrop Grumman. She was preceded in death by her children, Richard Simmons and Carol Harbuck; and parents, Willie Blocker and Gladys Howington Blocker.Her memory will...
Ida Naomi Fitzgerald
May 16, 2009
Naomi Fitzgerald, 76, entered into rest Saturday, May 16, 2009. Mrs. Fitzgerald was born on November 2, 1932 in Plains, Georgia. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church since 1961 where she taught Sunday school, worked in Vacation Bible School and was the Social chairman for many years. Known as "Baby Doll" to her friends and loved ones, due...

Lois Pate
May 15, 2009
Lois Abbott Pate, age 75, departed on Friday, May 15, 2009 from her husband of 57 years to fly into the waiting arms of her life time love and Savior. Her faith that she would some day go to Him was never diminished, and that love was evident in the way she lived her allotted days on earth.She arrived in...

Beverly Harbuck Jones
May 14, 2009
Beverly Harbuck Jones entered into rest on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Mrs. Jones was born in Macon County, Georgia. After working as an Executive Secretary at The Daily Sun, she was an Administrative Assistant at the Mayor's Office at City Hall in Warner Robins, and then vice-president of the family owned business, Kelly-Christopher and Associates. She was preceded in death...

Michael John Meyer
May 12, 2009
Michael John Meyer, 58, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.Mr. Meyer was born on June 28, 1950 in Austin, Minnesota. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United State Navy for four years. He retired in 2008 after being employed for eighteen years as Waterford Golf Club's Superintendent. His father, John H. Meyer, preceded him...
Cmsgt. Dale Henry Wallace, Usaf (Ret.)
May 11, 2009
CMSgt. Dale Henry Wallace, 67, went home to our Lord Monday, May 11, 2009.Mr. Wallace was born on October 6, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enlisting in 1959, "Wally" served his country in the United States Air Force with great pride and honor. In 1963 he transferred to the South Carolina Air National Guard from which he retired in 1996 as...

Kyle Kenneth Willoughby
May 11, 2009
Kyle Kenneth Willoughby, 73, entered into rest on Sunday, May 10, 2009.Mr. Willoughby was born on November 26, 1935 in Bridgewater, New Hampshire. He proudly served in the United States Air Force and retired having attained the rank of Technical Sergeant. His parents, Edward Willoughby and Dorothy Willoughby, and brother Pete Willoughby, preceded him in death.His memory will forever be...

Paul J Fike
May 10, 2009
Paul J. Fike, 90, entered into rest on Sunday, May 10, 2009.Mr. Fike was born on March 6, 1919 in New Washington, Ohio. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church where his commitment was reflected in his many years of ushering and maintaining the grounds as a volunteer. He was a dedicated civil servant of Robins Air Force...
Robert Cecil Blanton
May 9, 2009
Robert Cecil Blanton, 74, entered into rest on Saturday, May 9, 2009.Mr. Blanton was born on May 20, 1934, in Argillite, Kentucky. He worked for the United States Government and retired as a Recruiter for the United States Air Force. He loved his family and friends while enjoying and loving life itself. His parents, John Blanton and Ruby Litteral Blanton,...

Christopher Brandon Bedgood
May 9, 2009
Christopher Brandon Bedgood, 7, passed from the arms of his earthly mother to those of his Heavenly Father, on May 9, 2009.Christopher was born on March 27, 2002 in Warner Robins. He attended Christ United Methodist Church and was a student at Christ School. He loved NASCAR racing and was thrilled to meet and visit with his favorite driver, Kasey...

Minnie Lee Johnson
May 7, 2009
Minnie Lee Johnson, 69, entered into rest on May 7, 2009. Mrs. Johnson was born on August 9, 1939 in Wrightsville, Georgia. Her parents, Charlie Ezell and Lucille Ezell, and son Mark V. Johnson; and grandson Joseph Wood preceded her in death.Committed to her community, she was a very dedicated Girl Scout leader for ten years and served as Associate...

Delphia Jo Nelson
May 7, 2009
Warner Robins – Delphia Nelson, 80, entered into rest on May 7, 2009. Mrs. Nelson was born on January 8, 1929, in Quinlan, Texas. Her husband Robert John Nelson and parents, Felix Edgar Griffin and Lynna Alice Griffin, preceded her in death.She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi and enjoyed doing ceramics and flower arranging. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church...
Teresa Kim Keever
May 6, 2009
Kim Keever, 51, entered into heaven on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Ms. Keever was born on January 26, 1958, in Avon Park, Florida. Employed by Houston County, she was a member of Christ Chapel; she was a true child of God who loved her family dearly. Her parents, Duke Pearce and Ruth Head Pearce, preceded her in death.Her memory will...