OBITUARIES

Forsyth, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Forsyth, Georgia, Monroe County, & Surrounding Areas.

William Thomas Owens, Sr.

William Thomas Owens, Sr.

Dec 14, 2014

William Thomas Owens, Sr. Forsyth . . . William Thomas Owens, Sr. went to be with his Heavenly Father Sunday, December 14, 2014. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Dames Ferry Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Martin Dillon will officiate. The family will greet friends the day of the service...

Annie McCrary Smith

Annie McCrary Smith

Dec 13, 2014

Annie McCrary Smith Forsyth . . . . Annie McCrary Smith died Saturday, December 13, 2014, in Forsyth. She was the daughter of Nolen and Winifred Roberts McCrary. She was born January 5, 1926 in Macon, GA. She was a graduate of Miller High School in 1943 and Macon Hospital School for Nursing in 1946. She also was in the...

Marcus Ray Hooks, Jr.

Marcus Ray Hooks, Jr.

Dec 12, 2014

Marcus Ray Hooks, Jr. Forsyth . . . Marcus Ray Hooks, Jr. passed away Friday, December 12, 2014. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 18, 2014, at The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 2617 Vinson Hwy, Milledgeville, GA. Rev. Eric Byrd will officiate. Mr. Hooks, the son of the late Marcus Ray Hooks, Sr. and Lois Elizabeth...

Grover Cleveland Faulkner, Jr

Grover Cleveland Faulkner, Jr

Dec 12, 2014

Grover Cleveland Faulkner, Jr. Forsyth . . . Grover Cleveland Faulkner, Jr. passed away Friday, December 12, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with burial in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 15, 2014, at Monroe County...

Lucille Dorothy Kowatch

Lucille Dorothy Kowatch

Dec 7, 2014

Lucille Dorothy Kowatch Charleston, South Carolina . . Graveside services for Lucille Dorothy Kowatch, 89, formerly of Forsyth will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 12, 2014, at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends the day of the service from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m., at Monroe County Memorial Chapel Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge...

Billie Wilder Baxley

Billie Wilder Baxley

Dec 6, 2014

Billie Wilder Baxley Billie Wilder Baxley, age 89, of Forsyth, Ga. passed away December 6, 2014, with her five children at her side, due to complications from pneumonia. Mrs. Baxley was the daughter of Francis Millard and Minnie Green Jackson of Jones County. After the loss of her mother at age 6, she went on to live in Hapeville Ga....

Waymon Merrill Autrey, Sr.

Waymon Merrill Autrey, Sr.

Dec 6, 2014

Waymon Merrill “Bo” Autrey, Sr. Forsyth . . . Waymon Merrill “Bo” Autrey, Sr. passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at Henry Baptist Church, 4035 Jodeco Road, McDonough, Georgia. Burial will be private at a later date in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville. Rev. Archie Norman...

Johnny Bradford Thornton

Johnny Bradford Thornton

Dec 5, 2014

Johnny Bradford Thornton Forsyth . . . Johnny Bradford Thornton passed away Friday, December 5, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 8, 2014, at Paran Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Reverend Baker Earwood and Rev. Dan Gatlin will officiate. The family will greet friends the day of the funeral from 10:00 a.m....

Beatrice Alexander Bedford

Beatrice Alexander Bedford

Dec 4, 2014

Beatrice Alexander Bedford Forsyth . . . Beatrice Alexander Bedford passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014. Memorial service and burial will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Bedford, the daughter of the late Henry Ruffin and Amy Victoria Abernathy Ruffin was born May 18, 1921, in Monroe County, Georgia. Her husband, John Henry Bedford preceded her in death. She...

Marguerite Welch Truitt

Marguerite Welch Truitt

Dec 3, 2014

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTEMarguerite Welch Truitt Forsyth . . . Marguerite Welch Truitt passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, 2014, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with burial in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends the day of the service from 12:00 p.m. until 12:45 p.m., at Monroe...

Lois Williamson McGaha

Lois Williamson McGaha

Nov 29, 2014

Lois Williamson McGaha Forsyth . . . Lois Williamson McGaha passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at Rocky Creek Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Reverend Franklin Etheridge and Matthew McGaha will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Monday, December...

Doris M. Jordan

Doris M. Jordan

Nov 22, 2014

Doris M. Jordan, RN MACON – Doris M. Jordan, RN, 87, of Morgan Drive, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014. Private funeral services will be held in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville. Dr. Marcus Tripp will officiate. Mrs. Jordan was born May 6, 1927 and was raised at The Methodist Children’s Home in Macon. She graduated from A.L....

Robert Ervin Hopper

Robert Ervin Hopper

Nov 21, 2014

Robert Ervin Hopper Forsyth . . . Robert Ervin Hopper passed away Friday, November 21, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at New Providence Baptist Church. Burial will be private. Reverend Brian Moore will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at the church. Mr. Hopper, the son of the late...

Jean Mathews Bowdoin

Jean Mathews Bowdoin

Nov 20, 2014

Jean Mathews Bowdoin Forsyth . . . . Jean Mathews Bowdoin passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 22, 2014, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with burial in Forsyth City Cemetery. Reverend Franklin Etheridge will officiate. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home....

Annette Brewer

Annette Brewer

Nov 19, 2014

Annette Brooks Brewer Barnesville…..Annette Brooks Brewer passed away in her home on Tuesday, November 19, 2014. She is preceded in death by her parents Bailey and Velma Brooks. She is survived by son, Travis Brewer (&Becca), daughters Robin Collins and Shawn Mickle (&Jason Mickle),grandchildren Michael Hitt, Hannah McCurley, Aaron Harvey, LeeAnn Collins, Shaylee Gilmore, Gavin Allen, Phillip and Zander Mickle,...

Robert Wright

Robert Wright

Nov 14, 2014

Robert Wright Smiths Station, Alabama . . . Robert Wright passed away Friday, November 14, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, November 17, 2014, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with burial in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Reverend Franklin Etheridge will officiate. The family will greet friends the day of the service from 12:00 p.m. until 12:45...

Donald Eugene Chandler

Donald Eugene Chandler

Nov 13, 2014

Donald Eugene Chandler Forsyth . . . Donald Eugene Chandler passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014. A Memorial Service for Mr. Chandler will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 20, 2014, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Burial will be private. Mark Goolsby will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Mr. Chandler,...

William Grady Moore

William Grady Moore

Nov 9, 2014

William Grady Moore Forsyth . . . William Grady Moore passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Reverend Eric Byrd will officiate. The family will greet friends the day of the service from 10:00 a.m. until 10: 45 a.m., at Monroe County Memorial Chapel....

Ernestine Piland Vedder

Ernestine Piland Vedder

Nov 6, 2014

Ernestine Piland Vedder Macon . . . Ernestine Piland Vedder passed away Thursday, November 6, 2014. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 10, 2014, at Forsyth City Cemetery. Visitation will be held the day of the service from 1:00 p.m. until 1:45 p.m., at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of arrangements.

Ann Gilbert Jelks

Ann Gilbert Jelks

Nov 4, 2014

Jelks, Ann Gilbert “Misty” was born on May 5, 1924 in Atlanta, GA. She grew up in Jacksonville, FL. spending her summers in Forsyth, GA, she loved hosting dance parties on her front porch under the watchful eyes of her parents, Seabie & Emily Gilbert. She attended Stetson University where she pledged Delta Delta Delta Sorority and graduated with an...

Subscribe

Subscribe to get alerts on new obituary listings.

Please wait

Verifying your email address

Please wait

Unsubscribing your email address

You have been unsubscribed

You will no longer receive messages from our email mailing list.

You have been subscribed

Your email address has successfully been added to our mailing list.

Something went wrong

There was an error verifying your email address. Please try again later, or re-subscribe.

A Year of Grief Support

Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.

Please wait

Verifying your email address

Please wait

Unsubscribing your email address

You have been unsubscribed

You will no longer receive messages from our email mailing list.

You have been subscribed

Your email address has successfully been added to our mailing list.

Something went wrong

There was an error verifying your email address. Please try again later, or re-subscribe.

About

This is a collection of obituaries for Forsyth, GA & Monroe County. With services throughout Georgia that are updated regularly. Find local Forsyth, GA obituaries and join us in celebrating memories and honoring their lives and legacies.