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

Catherine Dorothy Nelson
Dec 28, 2008
Catherine Dorothy "Kitty" Nelson, 83, entered into rest on December 28, 2008. Ms. Nelson was born on December 29, 1924, in Kingston, England. A devoted mother and grandmother, she was a member of the Daughters of the British Empire and attended First Presbyterian Church in Warner Robins. She retired from Travelers Insurance Company. Her husband, John Nelson, and parents, Albert...

Steven William Myers
Dec 28, 2008
Steven William Myers, 52, passed away peacefully December 27, 2008, after a long and courageous two year battle with leukemia. Mr. Myers was born on December 18, 1956, in Fort Knox, Kentucky. His parents, Elbert and Gisela Myers, preceded him in death. Steve grew up in West Point, Mississippi, where he made many lifelong friends. After his father's passing, Steve...

Lavada Spires Mcdaniel
Dec 28, 2008
Lavada Spires McDaniel, 80, entered into rest on Sunday, December 28, 2008. Ms. McDaniel was born on March 29, 1928, in Telfair County, Georgia. She was a seamstress and of the Baptist Faith. Her husband, Myrl McDaniel, and parents, Robert Spires and Rosa G. Jones Spires, preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by her daughters, Jane Moon...

Judith Whiddon
Dec 26, 2008
Judith Whiddon, 69, entered into rest Friday, December 26, 2008. Mrs. Whiddon was born on January 17, 1939, in Kingston, New York. Her parents, Fred and Helen Schoonmaker and son, Robert Whiddon preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by her husband of forty seven years, Bobby Whiddon; sister, Carol Hoffstatter; brother, Alan Schoonmaker and several nieces and...
Mary Jane Shea
Dec 25, 2008
Mary Jane Shea went home to God on December 25th, 2008. Mary Jane Shea was born on May 23rd, 1924 in Sunnyside, UT to Byron and Margaret Townsend. "Jane", as she was referred to by her family and friends, was the oldest of three children and grew up during the depression and the beginning of World War II. Her father,...

John L. Newton, Jr.
Dec 24, 2008
John Lynn Newton, Jr., 65, entered into rest on Wednesday, December 24, 2008.Mr. Newton was born on December 31, 1942, in Augusta. He raised his sons as a single parent and always remained close to them and involved in their lives. He was a former active member of the Warner Robins Jaycees. He was predeceased by parents, John Lynn Newton,...

Laura Jane Bland
Dec 24, 2008
Jane Bland, 77, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at the Heart of Georgia inpatient unit in Perry. Mrs. Bland was born on May 13, 1931, in Ocilla, Georgia. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard Elton Bland; son, Richard Stanley Bland, and parents, Colbert Ashurst and Nellie Bryson Ashurst.Mrs. Bland was a teacher for the Muscogee County School District in...

Neppie Dott Harrison
Dec 24, 2008
Dott Harrison, 82, entered into rest Wednesday, December 24, 2008.Mrs. Harrison was born on June 7, 1926 in Pepperton, Georgia. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother she had a love of animals, fishing and the Atlanta Braves. She retired from Robins Air Force Base in 1975. Her parents, Luther and Genevieve Turner; husband, James Harrison; siblings, Ray Turner, Martha Thurston,...
Janice Lord Shepherd
Dec 21, 2008
Janice Lord Shepherd, 72, entered into rest on Sunday, December 21, 2008. Mrs. Shepherd was born on August 24, 1936 in Laurens County, was raised in Cochran, and resided in Warner Robins for over fifty years. Mrs. Shepherd graduated from Cochran High School and Middle Georgia College; she retired from Robins Air Force Base with over thirty years of dedicated...

August Friedrich Stark
Dec 20, 2008
August Friedrich Stark, 78, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, December 20, 2008.Mr. Stark was born on March 8, 1930 in Judenberg, Austria. He was a retired packaging engineer and of the Catholic Faith. His parents, August Brunner and Maria Bergmaier Stark, preceded him in death.His memory will forever be treasured by his wife of fifty-two years, Hildegard Stark, Centerville;...

Edward Arthur Bird, Jr.
Dec 19, 2008
Edward "Ed" Arthur Bird, Jr., 72, entered into rest on Friday, December 19, 2008.Mr. Bird was born on October 9, 1936, in Jasper, Tennessee. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, he served his country with pride and honor in the U.S. Air Force. He was a pilot and participated in the Korean Conflict. Subsequent to his military career, he...

Edna Mae Dominello
Dec 18, 2008
Edna Mae Reed Dominello, 77, entered into rest on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Ms. Dominello was born on July 29, 1931, in Meriden, Connecticut. She moved to Warner Robins seven years ago from Marianne, Florida, where she had retired from working as a Cafeteria Supervisor. Her husband, Robert J. Dominello, and parents, Sydney Reed, Sr., and Edna Mae Holman Reed,...

Marie Mccord Sullivan
Dec 18, 2008
Marie Sullivan, 51, entered into rest Thursday, December 18, 2008. Mrs. Sullivan was born in Macon on April 29, 1957. She was beloved for many years as a hairstylist at Cuts By Us. She was preceded in death by her father, Cajah Rudisell McCord and sister, Mary McCord. Treasuring her memory are her husband, Tommy "T.J." Sullivan, Warner Robins; daughters,...

Miron W. Mckinney
Dec 18, 2008
Miron Watson McKinney, 86, entered into rest on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Ms. McKinney was born on March 12, 1922, in Houston County. A devoted homemaker, she was a member of Oakland Baptist Church. Her husband, Thomas Cecil McKinney, infant daughter, and parents, John Watson and Mary Epps Watson, preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by her...
Terry Ann Fairchild
Dec 17, 2008
Terry Ann Fairchild, 59, entered into rest on Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Ms. Fairchild was born on May 16, 1949, in Washington, Georgia. She was a bus driver for the Houston County Board of Education and a member of Ekklesia of the Word. Her husband, Robert Neal Fairchild, Sr., and parents, Harold Crowley and Edna Looney Crowley, preceded her in...
Donald Carson Daye
Dec 17, 2008
Donald Daye, 77, went to be his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at home, and surrounded by his loving family, on Wednesday, December 17, 2008.Mr. Daye was born on May 1, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois. With pride and honor he served his country in the U.S. Air Force, and worked thirty-five years in civil service as a Lead Computer Programmer...
Ruby Ross
Dec 16, 2008
Ruby S. Ross, 88, entered into rest on Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Mrs. Ross was born on January 14, 1920 in Covena, Georgia. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Warner Robins. Her husband of sixty-five years, Cleave E. Ross, and parents, Samuel Smarr and Lennie McCallum Smarr, preceded her in death.Treasuring her memory...

Pauline D. Bohannon
Dec 15, 2008
Pauline Davis Bohannon, 77, a resident in a local nursing home, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2008. Born in Halifax County, Virginia, she lived most of her life in and around Danville, Virginia, prior to moving to Georgia in 2000. She was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Margie P. Davis of Ringgold, Virginia. Ms. Bohannon was...

Lt. Colonel Ann L. Isaacs Usaf (Ret.)
Dec 14, 2008
Ann L. Isaacs, 45, entered into rest on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Colonel Isaacs was born Ann Holstein in St. Marie's, Idaho, on October 9, 1963. She received her commission in 1986 from the University of Washington, Reserve Officer Training Corps. She also received a Masters Degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Her successful career saw her serve in a...

Bruce Allan Bowman
Dec 14, 2008
Bruce Allan Bowman, 67, entered into rest on December 14, 2008.Mr. Bowman was born on April 26, 1941, in Flint, Michigan. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United State Army during the Vietnam Era. Subsequent to his military career, he worked at General Motors as an electrician. An avid fisherman, he called Friendship Baptist Church his...