OBITUARIES

Forsyth, GA Obituaries

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

Capt. Emmett Lee Bryant, USA (Ret)

Capt. Emmett Lee Bryant, USA (Ret)

Jun 21, 2020

Capt. Emmett Lee Bryant, USA (Ret) passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020. Funeral services for family will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel, with full military honors.  Rev. Jeff Holcomb will officiate.  Burial will be in Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville.

Mr. Bryant, the son of the late Ervin James Bryant...

Betty Jean Dungy

Betty Jean Dungy

Jun 17, 2020

Betty Jean Dungy, 71, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on June 17, 2020 of cardiac arrest. She was born Sept. 7, 1948 in Columbia, Tenn. to Marcia Garrett Smith and Johnny Clayton Bray, both of whom preceded her in death.

Betty, her husband, Wendell, and children moved to Forsyth in 1980. She has been an employee at Quality Inn in...

Dell Elkins, Jr.

Dell Elkins, Jr.

Jun 14, 2020

Foy Delano Elkins, Jr. passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Midway Baptist Church Cemetery, 1200 Moseley Road, Macon, GA 31220.  Rev. Josh Gale will officiate. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the graveside.

Dell, the son of the late Foy...

Troy Michael Myrick

Troy Michael Myrick

Jun 13, 2020

Troy Michael Myrick passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020, following a motorcycle accident.  A private graveside service for family will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens.  Rev. Jason Comer will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation.

Troy was born July 20, 1995 in Macon, Georgia. He...

William Boyd Murphy

William Boyd Murphy

Jun 13, 2020

William Boyd Murphy (Bill) passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020, after a long battle with cancer due to his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.

Due to COVID-19, there will be a limited visitation at Monroe County Memorial Chapel, 86 West Main Street, Forsyth, GA 31029 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2020, and then a private...

Jenia Lynn Tolbert

Jenia Lynn Tolbert

Jun 11, 2020

Jenia Lynn King Tolbert passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020. A private service for family will be held Sunday, June 14, 2020 at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens.  Rev. Brian Moore will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation. 

Jenia, the daughter of the late John D. King and Virginia Francis Dean King was born...

Dillon Ray McCoy

Dillon Ray McCoy

Jun 5, 2020

Dillon Ray McCoy our beloved son and brother, passed away June 5, 2020.  Dillon was a kind, giving, loving, and funny young man and will be greatly missed.  He was born October 8, 2003 and is survived by his parents Mark and Sheyna McCoy, brothers Nicholas and Aaron McCoy, grandparents, Bill and Brenda Culver, Tom and Jackie Gilbert, Pat and...

Richard Harrison Presley

Richard Harrison Presley

Jun 5, 2020

Richard Harrison Presley, our beloved husband, dad and friend went home to be with God on June 5, 2020.  We will all miss him terribly but we know he is in a much better place.

He is survived by his wife of almost 63 years, Luella Small Presley; four children:  Richard Keith Presley (Sharon), Clayton Edward Presley (Marie), Susan P....

Randy White

Randy White

Jun 4, 2020

Hugh Randy White passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020.  Service and burial will be private.

Randy, the son of the late Ellis White and Effie Kate James White Dunbar was born November 1, 1948, in Forsyth, Georgia. He was retired from a lawn care service.

Randy is survived by his niece, several nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Monroe County...

Linda Gail Allen Mingee

Linda Gail Allen Mingee

Jun 3, 2020

Linda Gail Allen Mingee passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2020.  She was cremated.  Service and burial will be private.

Mrs. Mingee, the daughter of the late William Clyde Allen and Ruby Nell Henderson Allen was born August 24, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Her daughter Deidre Williams preceded her in death.  She retired from the State of Georgia as a secretary.

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Annice Haygood Trevitt

Annice Haygood Trevitt

May 29, 2020

Annice Haygood Trevitt passed away Friday, May 29, 2020. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 1, 2020 at Forsyth City Cemetery. Rev. Stanley Harrell and Rev. Brian Moore will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a formal visitation. 

Mrs. Trevitt, the daughter of the late Charlie B. Haygood, Sr. and Jessie Mae...

Debra Ann Watkins

Debra Ann Watkins

May 25, 2020

Debra Ann Watkins passed away Monday, May 25, 2020. Private funeral services will be held Thursday, May 28, 2020. Pastor Darrell Corbin and Rev. Ruth Gravitt will officiate.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a formal family visitation. 

Debra, the daughter of the late Oliver Jack Johnson and Margarette Beatrice Moore Johnson was born October 28, 1957,...

Jeffrey Guy Barker

Jeffrey Guy Barker

May 24, 2020

Jeffrey Guy Barker passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020 at Upson Regional Medical Center, Thomaston, GA. He was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Culloden, Ga. He is a graduate of Mary Persons High School, Forsyth, GA and a retired poultry farmer in Culloden GA.Jeffrey is survived by his daughter and her husband, Brooke and Andrew Eck, his...

Audrey Pippin Little

Audrey Pippin Little

May 23, 2020

Audrey Clarice Pippin Little passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020. A private graveside service will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens.  Rev. Franklin Etheridge will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation. 

Audrey, the daughter of the late Gus Rudisill Pippin and Alice Elizabeth Roquemore Smith was born June...

Donald Eugene Bostick

Donald Eugene Bostick

May 23, 2020

Donald Eugene Bostick of 357 Candler Drive, Macon, GA passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA.  He was born and raised in Juliette, GA March 19, 1936.  He loved the Juliette Community and lived there the majority of his life.

Mr. Bostick was predeceased by his parents, Curtis E. Bostick and Vilula L....

John Joseph Ptak, Jr.

John Joseph Ptak, Jr.

May 19, 2020

John Joseph Ptak Jr. went home to be with the Lord on May 19, 2020 following a battle with cancer. Services will be held at a later date.

Preceding in death his grandparents, Dominick and Josephine Fiduccia, his parents, John Joseph Ptak Sr. and Josephine Fiduccia Ptak; son John Joseph Ptak ll;  one brother Robert James Ptak.

A member of Maynard Baptist...

Sarah Shirley Pilkington

Sarah Shirley Pilkington

May 15, 2020

Sarah Shirley Taylor Pilkington passed away Friday, May 15, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, a private graveside service for family will be held Monday, May 18, 2020, in Andersonville National Cemetery with no formal visitation.  

Mrs. Pilkington, the daughter of the late Russell Homer Smith and Virginia LaVerne Wheeler Smith was born August 6, 1935, in Mobile, Alabama. Her...

Earl E. Collins

Earl E. Collins

May 15, 2020

Earl E. Collins, 82, of Dry Branch, passed away on May 15, 2020. Services will be held at a later date.

He was born in Wilkinson County, but lived most of his life in Macon and later moved to Dry Branch. He graduated from Dudley Hughes High School and went on to serve in the Army. He retired from the...

Barbara Goggans Waldrop

Barbara Goggans Waldrop

May 13, 2020

Barbara Anne Goggans Waldrop, age 93, of Forsyth, Georgia, died of Covid-19 on Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

Barbara was born May 25, 1926, in Cabiness, Monroe County, Georgia to Mary Florence (Fayr) Watts Goggans and Edward Littleton Goggans.

She was preceded in death by her spouse, Lewis Neal Waldrop in 2009.

Barbara graduated from Mary Persons High School in 1942. She...

Ronnie Dale Walters

Ronnie Dale Walters

May 10, 2020

Ronnie Dale Walters passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, a private graveside service for family will be held Saturday, May 16, 2020 in Dames Ferry Baptist Church Cemetery with no formal visitation.  Rev. Bryan Moore will officiate.

Ronnie, the son of the late Dale Walters and Jeanne Chriswisser Walters was born October 14, 1944...

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