Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Earnestine Y. Martin
Oct 30, 2013
God called Sister Earnestine Y. Martin from labor, to rest on Wednesday, October 30, 2013.She was born on June 27, 1933 to parents, Herman York and Anna Belle Sampson York. Sister Martin accepted Christ in her life at the age of seven at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church. When she married and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, she united...
Jon Allen Nixon
Oct 28, 2013
Jon Allen Nixon, 70, entered into eternal rest on Monday, October 28, 2013.Mr. Nixon was born on September 17, 1943 in Bangor, Maine to the late John Porter Nixon and Iris Tozer Nixon. Jon was a lifelong resident of Middle Georgia and a graduate of Warner Robins High School. A 1967 graduate of the University of Georgia and 1969 graduate...

William Elbert Chambers, Jr.
Oct 28, 2013
William Elbert Chambers, Jr., 87, entered into rest on Monday, October 28, 2013.William was born on April 1, 1926 in College Park, Georgia. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy during World War II and retired Civil Service from Robins Air Force Base. William was also a member for several years of the Twin Bridges Fire Department...

Dave Lee Shavey
Oct 28, 2013
Dave Lee Shavey, 83, entered into rest on Monday, October 28, 2013.Mr. Shavey was born on February 2, 1930 in Minneapolis, Kansas to the late Darrel Ned Shavey and Lela G. Shavey. With courage and commitment, he served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean conflict. Dave was a Pharmacist with Walgreen's Pharmacy. His memory will forever...
Rebecca Ann Alegre
Oct 27, 2013
Rebecca Ann (King) Alegre, "Bec" to those that loved her, 62, went home to be with Our Lord on Sunday, October 27, 2013.Bec was born on March 2, 1951 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to the late Robert and Marian King. She graduated from Altoona Area High School in 1969. A member of the worshipping communities of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warner...
Kenneth Ray Gainous
Oct 27, 2013
Kenneth Ray Gainous, 43, entered into rest on Sunday, October 27, 2013.Kenneth was born on December 30, 1969 in Warner Robins, Georgia. He was of the Baptist faith. Kenneth was a 1987 graduate of Warner Robins High School. A loving father, he enjoyed spending time with his son. Kenneth enjoyed rocketry target practice and being outdoors. His father, James Perry...

Newell Ledbetter
Oct 26, 2013
Newell M. Ledbetter, 75, entered into rest on Saturday, October 26, 2013.Newell was born on July 28, 1938, in Robbinsville, North Carolina. He retired from Robins Air Force Base after thirty years civil service. Newell was an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church for over forty years. Newell started the Food Bank, served as a deacon and was a...
Ruth Halverson
Oct 25, 2013
Ruth Halverson, 88, entered into rest on Friday, October 25, 2013.Ruth was born on November 26, 1924 in Pixley, California. After graduating high school in 1943, she graduated from Albany Technical College in 1950. She was a Board Certified Dental Hygienist from 1954 until her retirement in 1991, during which she worked for Jack A. Bell, DDS and Alex Bell,...
Dean Edward Chriss
Oct 24, 2013
Dean Edward Chriss, 82, entered into rest on Thursday, October 24, 2013.Dean was born on July 8, 1931, in Caldwell, Ohio. He proudly served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Dean enjoyed self-employment through real estate, home improvement, rental property and HVAC contracting for thirty years. His parents, John and Gladys Chriss, preceded him in death.His...
Mary G. Booth
Oct 24, 2013
Mary Gallegos Booth, 79, entered into rest on Thursday, October 24, 2013.Mary was born on June 17, 1934 in Casper, Wyoming to the late George and Veda Gallegos. She was of the Catholic faith. Mary retired from civil service at Robins Air Force Base where she worked as a Microfilm Stripper. She was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. and...
Lt Col William Franklin "Frank" Harmon, Sr. (Ret) Usaf
Oct 23, 2013
William Franklin "Frank" Harmon, Sr., 81, took his final flight on Wednesday, October 23, 2013.Mr. Harmon was born on September 18, 1932 in Union, Mississippi. He was a dedicated member of Trinity United Methodist Church involved in any capacity he was needed to serve. Frank was a strong supporter of Reverend Joyce Payne's missionary missions. He graduated with a Bachelor's...
Rose H. Brooks
Oct 23, 2013
Rose H. Wilson Brooks, 96, entered into rest on Wednesday, October 23, 2013.Rose was born on July 1, 1917 in Macon, Georgia to the late William Calvin Hays and Miriam Graves-Hays. She was an active member of the Baptist church since she was eighteen years old and continued to attend Sunday School until the age of 90. First Baptist in...
Alton David Apperson, Jr.
Oct 20, 2013
Alton David Apperson, Jr., 61, joined his heavenly father on October 20, 2013.David was born in Perry, Georgia on August 1, 1952. He attended Warner Robins High School before joining the United States Army in 1970 and became disabled while on duty in Berlin, Germany.David was a lifelong resident of Warner Robins except for the times he was a patient...
Ssgt James W. Johnson, Usaf (Ret)
Oct 17, 2013
James W. Johnson, 69, entered into rest on Thursday, October 17, 2013.Jim was born on February 23, 1944 in Lakeview, Michigan. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force for twenty years retiring with the rank of Staff Sergeant. Jim was a pastor and called the Church of God in Barnesville his church home....

Paula Jean Burton
Oct 17, 2013
Paula Burton, 55, entered into rest on October 17, 2013, following a courageous battle with COPD. Mrs. Burton was born on January 8, 1958, in Anderson, South Carolina. After moving to Warner Robins from Savannah, Paula graduated from Warner Robins High School in 1976. She earned her cosmetology license and worked as a hairdresser in Warner Robins. A collector of...

Billy Richard Trussell
Oct 16, 2013
Billy Richard Trussell went to be with his Heavenly Father, October 16, 2013. Mr. Trussell was born July 10, 1953, in Montezuma, GA. He graduated from Northside High School in Warner Robins, Middle Georgia College in Cochran and Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He was a faithful member of Green Acres Baptist Church, and served as a civil servant...

Ennis Michael "Jay" Johnson
Oct 14, 2013
Ennis Michael "Jay" Johnson, 61, entered into rest on Monday, October 14, 2013.Jay was born on September 27, 1952 in Macon, Georgia to the late Clarence Elbert Johnson, Jr., and Bettie Ruth Stokes Johnson. He retired from civil service at Robins Air Force Base where he was a parts management technician. Jay was a lifetime musician; he loved music and...
Henrietta B. ''Tana'' Kuhn
Oct 13, 2013
Henrietta B. ''Tana'' Kuhn, 94, of Belleville, Illinois, born October 29, 1918 in Fults, Illinois, went to be with Jesus in Heaven on Sunday, October 13, 2013. She passed away in Kathleen, Georgia at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and James Hamrick, Jr.Henrietta worked for many years in the cafeteria at Belleville Township High School East and...

Alice "Jean" Martin
Oct 13, 2013
Alice "Jean" Martin, 68, entered into rest on Sunday, October 13, 2013.Jean was born on December 24, 1944 in Blenheim, New Zealand to the late Angus and Christina Gordon. She attended Marlborough College in New Zealand. She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church in Warner Robins, Georgia where she served as an Elder. Jean was a loving wife,...
Joe Wall
Oct 12, 2013
Mr. Joe Wall of Thomasville, Georgia, previously a long-term resident of Warner Robins died Saturday, October 12, of pneumonia at age of 83. Mr. Wall was born along with his twin brother Gene 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...