Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Warner Robins, GA, Houston County & Surrounding Areas
Francis Joseph Sasso
Apr 20, 2012
Francis J. (Frank) Sasso, 68, entered into rest on, Friday April 20, 2012.Mr. Sasso was born on September 22, 1943 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was retired from Robins Air Force Base in the Electronic Warfare Division as an Engineer. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church for thirty-eight years where he was involved with many organizations. Mr. Sasso...
Mary P. Hood
Apr 20, 2012
Mary Leona Poteat Hood, 79, was called to Heaven by God on Friday April 20, 2012 to be with the Angels. She passed peacefully with her family by her side.Mrs. Hood was born on March 5, 1933 in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Mary loved her family and her church family at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. She loved the Georgia Bulldogs. Mary...
Lt Col Craig Branning, Usaf (Ret)
Apr 17, 2012
Craig Branning, 55, entered into rest on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.Craig was born on September 25, 1956 in High Point, North Carolina. He was of the Methodist faith. With honor, courage, and commitment, Lt Col Branning proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. Subsequent to his military retirement, he worked as Chief, Strategic Basing Branch in civil...
Patty Lee Kitchen
Apr 16, 2012
Patty Lee Kitchen, 68, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, April 16, 2012.Patty was born on September 30, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. She was a member of Shirley Hills Baptist Church and was a stewardess with National and Pan Am Airlines for twenty-seven years. A loving wife, stepmother, sister, and friend, she...

Kathleen Ellen Ondik
Apr 16, 2012
Kathleen Ellen Ondik, 42, entered into rest on Monday, April 16, 2012.Kathleen was born on April 4, 1970 in Hermiston, Oregon. She attended St. Joseph Catholic Church. A wonderful and loving homemaker, Kathleen enjoyed time spent with her family more than anything. She will always be remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. Her father, Richard Holskey, preceded...
Tressie (Terri) L. Ruberti
Apr 16, 2012
Tressie "Terri" L. Ruberti, 82, entered into rest on Monday, April 16, 2012.Mrs. Ruberti was born on May 11, 1929 in Eastman, Georgia. Terri was a longtime resident of Warner Robins; proudly graduating from the first graduating class of Warner Robins High School in 1946. Terri was a homemaker most of her life and was truly grateful for time spent...
Cmsgt Gilbert William Young, Usaf (Ret)
Apr 14, 2012
Gilbert Young, 82, entered into rest on Saturday, April 14, 2012.Mr. Young was born on August 31, 1929 in Sylvester, Georgia. With pride and honor, he served his country in the United States Air Force retiring as Chief Master Sergeant. His parents, Charles and Mamie Young and son, Philip Allen Young preceded him in death.His memory will forever be treasured...
Kim Odom
Apr 13, 2012
Kim Odom, 41, entered into rest on Friday, April 13, 2012.Kim was born on July 13, 1970 in Warner Robins, Georgia. She graduated from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada and attended technical college. She was a console operator with the Georgia Department of Transportation, and was also a part-time cashier at K-Mart. Kim was always a loving and giving...
Nell D. Fordham
Apr 13, 2012
Nell Fordham, 76, entered into rest on Friday, April 13, 2012.Nell was born on February 10, 1936 in Emanuel County, Georgia. She retired from Robins Air Force Base and was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church and served as the church secretary. As an accomplished poet Nell received several awards.Her parents, Earl and Nannie Duckworth; son, John Fordham and...

Jerlene A. Howell-Key
Apr 12, 2012
Jerlene A. Howell-Key, 75, entered into rest on Thursday, April 12, 2012.Mrs. Howell-Key was born on January 8, 1937 in Cadwell, Georgia. She retired from Civil Service at Robins Air Force Base after thirty-nine years, eleven months, and five days of service, and was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star – Martha Berry Chapter #351 and...

Gloria Faye Usher
Apr 12, 2012
Gloria Fay Usher, 70, entered into rest on Thursday, April 12, 2012.Ms. Usher was born on July 3, 1941 in Athens, Georgia. She was of the Baptist faith. Gloria was a Guard with the Youth Development Center in Macon. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Her parents preceded her in death.Her memory will forever be treasured by her children,...
Jack Lenn Chandler
Apr 11, 2012
Jack Lenn Chandler, 67, entered into rest on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.Mr. Chandler was born on January 25, 1945 in Warner Robins, Georgia. He attended Byron Baptist Church. Lenn retired from the City of Warner Robins where he was employed for many years as the Assistant Fire Chief. He was an avid fisherman and truly enjoyed spending time with his...

Eloise Vinson Murphy
Apr 11, 2012
Eloise Vinson Murphy, 91, formerly of Macon, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, surrounded by her family.Eloise was born on October 24, 1920 in Merom, Indiana to the late Ferd and Estella Johnson. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Eloise was preceded in death by her first husband, William ''Bill'' Vinson; brother, Bill Johnson;...
Otha Lee Albritton
Apr 10, 2012
Otha Lee Albritton, 77, entered into rest on Tuesday, April 10, 2012.Mr. Albritton was born on October 8, 1934 in Taylor County, Georgia. He was a member of Westside Baptist Church for over forty four years. He truly enjoyed his Sunday School Class and was well known for joking and making people laugh. Even though he had been through several...

Msgt James Duncan Hamilton, Usaf (Ret)
Apr 10, 2012
James Duncan Hamilton, 83, entered into rest on Monday, April 9, 2012.Mr. Hamilton was born on September 18, 1928 in Kinston, North Carolina. He was of the Methodist faith. With honor, courage, and commitment, MSgt Hamilton served his country in the United States Air Force, retiring after twenty three years of dedicated service. He truly enjoyed spending time with his...

Marie B. Fears
Apr 9, 2012
Marie B. Fears, 82, entered into rest on Monday, April 9, 2012.Mrs. Fears was born on July 8, 1929 in Jay Bird Springs, Georgia. She was a charter member of Central Baptist Church and was a secretary for Citizen State Bank. Some of her hobbies included crocheting and knitting, and she loved to fish at her place in Lake Sinclair....
Edward Calvin Butler
Apr 9, 2012
Edward Calvin Butler, 77, went home to be with Jesus on Monday, April 9, 2012.Calvin was born on June 3, 1934 in Turner County, Georgia. He was a member of Parkway Assembly of God Church in Macon, Georgia. With pride and honor, Calvin served in the United States Navy, serving during the Korean conflict. After twenty four years of dedicated...
Clare Lillian Lawler Premo
Apr 8, 2012
Clare Lillian Lawler Premo, 88, of Warner Robins, GA died April 8, 2012 after a long and wonderful life.Clare was born August 9, 1923 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, to Hector James Lawler and Queenie Mildred Ansell Lawler. A young secretary during World War II, she met Harold Premo, an American pilot in Townsville, Australia. They were married in 1945, and...
Aileen R. Dollar
Apr 8, 2012
Aileen R. Dollar, 84, entered into rest on Sunday, April 8, 2012.Mrs. Dollar was born on March 24, 1928 in Cedartown, Georgia. A dedicated Christian homemaker, she was entirely devoted to her precious family who loved her old-fashioned southern cooking. Mrs. Dollar was active in the Middle Georgia Crochet Club and adored designing patterns for her friends. She was also...

Estelle S. Lynch
Apr 3, 2012
Estelle Smith Lynch''Mother of Martha L. Moncus'' Estelle S. Lynch, 89, of Marietta, Georgia, formerly of Warner Robins, Georgia for sixty-four years, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012. She is preceded in death by her husband of forty-one years, Edward Leon Lynch; her son, Frederick Wayne Lynch and his wife, Barbara Findley Lynch; a sister, Inez Mitchell; a brother, Wheeler Smith;...