Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Laura Carol Barrett
Aug 28, 2007
Laura Barrett, 66, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Ms. Barrett was born on March 13, 1941 in Telfair County, Georgia. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Always willing to help others, Carol was a caregiver with Heart of Georgia Hospice. She was a resident of Houston County since 1941. Her parents, Cleveland C. and Laura...
Noah Blake Forbus
Aug 28, 2007
Noah Blake Forbus, 12, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Noah was born on July 6, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was in the sixth grade at Robins Elementary School and a member of Southside Baptist Church.Family members include his parents, Jeremy and Deborah Forbus, Warner Robins; sister, Kylie Nicole Forbus; grandparents, Louis and Teresa Hearn, Kentucky, Robert...

Leon Stark
Aug 24, 2007
Leon Stark, 88, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2007. Mr. Stark was born on February 23, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. With loyalty and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force during WWII. Mr. Stark retired from Robins Air Force Base where he was Director of Grounds Safety for the Air Force Reserve. He also...

Eileen Glidewell Kelley
Aug 24, 2007
Eileen G. Kelley, 79, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2007. Mrs. Kelley was born on September 18, 1927, to the late Alec and Eva Glidewell of Lincolnton, Georgia. A resident of Warner Robins since 1944, she moved here with her two sisters, Hope Glidewell and Henrietta Glidewell McIntyre, to work in the secretarial pool on Robins Air Force Base....

Mike Thompson
Aug 23, 2007
James Micheal Thompson, 57, affectionately known as “Soul Man”, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2007. Mike was born on August 19, 1950 in Macon, Georgia the son of the late Bette Austin and Charlie Thompson. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Centerville. With a full life in the car business, Mike never met a stranger. Mike...

Diane M. Long Rhodes
Aug 21, 2007
Diane M. Rhodes, 59, passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer. Diane was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 21, 1948 and lived most of her life in Jackson, Mississippi and Warner Robins. Prior to being diagnosed with breast cancer, she was active with the American Heart Association. An interior decorator, she was very...

Jack R. Morgan
Aug 21, 2007
Jack R. Morgan, 77, passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2007. Mr. Morgan was born on April 17, 1930 in Washington, D.C., son of the late Eugene Rodney and Mabel Elizabeth Hill Morgan. He was of the Presbyterian faith. Jack retired from Robins Air Force Base where he worked in civil service as Operations Avionics Supervisor. He also retired from...

Leon Pete Mcduffie Gill
Aug 17, 2007
Leon McDuffie Gill, 86, affectionately known as Pete, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2007. Mr. Gill was born on February 14, 1921 in Taylor County, Georgia the son of the late Lum McDuffie and Amy Desmond Gill. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church. Pete was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during WWII. Proudly,...

William Ryon Henson
Aug 17, 2007
William R. Henson, 85, passed away on August 17, 2007. Mr. Henson was born on September 7, 1921 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and resided in Warner Robins since 1996. With loyalty and honor, Mr. Henson served in the U.S. Air Force for twenty years. He served in WW II, in Vietnam as an aircraft mechanic from April 1967 to November...
Edward A. Hawkins
Aug 15, 2007
Edward Allen Hawkins, 79, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2007. Mr. Hawkins was born June 4, 1928, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, the son of the late Albert Sydney and Ethel Brown Hawkins. He attended First Baptist Church of Warner Robins. With loyalty and honor, Ed served in the United States Navy during WWII aboard the USS Lexington Carrier. After thirty...
Jess Morgan Cosby, Jr.
Aug 13, 2007
Jess Morgan Cosby, Jr., 57, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2007. Jess was born on May 25, 1950 in Greensboro, Georgia. For many years, he was employed as a car salesman in the Middle Georgia area. His father, Jesse Morgan Cosby, Sr., preceded him in death.He will be missed by his mother, Annie Laurie Cosby, Warner Robins; children, Jennifer...

Charles Joseph Yeager
Aug 12, 2007
Charles Yeager, 88, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2007. Mr. Yeager was born on November 13, 1918 in Coal Township, Pennsylvania. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Warner Robins. With loyalty and honor, he served his country in the United States Army. Mr. Yeager retired from civil service at Robins Air Force Base where he...

Dorothy Ann Lendo
Aug 11, 2007
Dorothy Ann Lendo, 84, passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2007. Mrs. Lendo was born on October, 12, 1922 in Calverton, New York. Dorothy retired from Robins Air Force Base where she worked in Clerical Logistics. She was past President of Post #172 and past District President of the American Legion Auxiliary 6th District.Survivors include her beloved husband of forty...

Robert Paul Gosa
Aug 8, 2007
Robert Paul Gosa, 44, passed away on Wednesday, August 08, 2007. Mr. Gosa was born on June 25, 1963 in Warner Robins, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his father, Glen W. Gosa.He will be missed by his mother, Vivian Gosa of Warner Robins; and many friends.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 10,...
Gene E. Forrester
Aug 7, 2007
Gene E. Forrester, affectionately known as “Papa Gene”, 73, passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2007. Mr. Forrester was born on June 22, 1934 in Griffin, Georgia. Gene retired from Robins Air Force Base where he worked in civil service as an Engineering Planner. With honor and commitment, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving during...

Thomas Seth Lester
Aug 6, 2007
Mr. Thomas Seth Lester, 55, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2007. Mr. Lester was born on April 29, 1952 in Watertown, New York. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church where he was in the Adult Men’s Sunday School class and proudly served as a Deacon. Thomas was formerly employed by Clean Control. His parents, Arthur and Polly...
Mary Pauline Coleman
Aug 6, 2007
Mrs. Pauline Coleman, 87, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2007. Mrs. Coleman was born on May 29, 1920 in Butler, Georgia. She was of the Baptist faith. Pauline was a fabulous wife, mother to her two sons, grandmother, and homemaker. Her husband, Wayne Coleman and her parents, Howard and Claudia Wainwright Hancock, all preceded her in death.She will be...

Sung Ok Rylance
Aug 6, 2007
Mrs. Sung Ok Rylance, 56, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2007. Mrs. Rylance was born on August 9, 1950 in Teagu, South Korea. She was a loving wife, mother, and a wonderful homemaker. Always eager to help others, she enjoyed cooking and cleaning, not only for her immediate family, but for friends and neighbors. She was a true inspiration...

Harry Vaughn Dyer
Aug 6, 2007
Mr. Harry V. Dyer, 78, passed away at his residence on Monday, August 6, 2007, after a long illness. Mr. Dyer was born on July 18, 1929 in Cornelia, Georgia. He grew up mostly in North Georgia, where his father was a school teacher and principal. He also lived in Atlanta for a number of years as a young man....

Gladys Olene Chatham
Aug 4, 2007
Gladys Olene (Granny) Chatham, 94, went to be with the Lord Saturday, August 4, 2007, following an extended stay in a local nursing home, where she received excellent care. She was born July 30, 1913, in Cullman, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her husband Woodrow Chatham. She is survived by sons James Sanford (Jim) Chatham, Macon; Douglass Chatham,...