U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
John Buckles
BYROMVILLE - Services for John Trout Buckles will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Friendship Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Buckles, 64, died Tuesday, April 27, 1999. Born in Houston County, he was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Survivors include his adopted daughter, Mary Johnson of Warner Robins; sisters and brothers, Melvin Wallace of Cordele, Nell McGhee, Mary Watkins, Dorothy Lawrence, Willie Webb and Diane Johnson, all of Henderson, Lillian Black of Ellaville, Curtis Bryant of Rochester, N.Y., James Taylor of Elizabeth, N.J., and Claude Buckles; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Bentley Carson Memorial Funeral Home in Cordele has charge of arrangements.
Nellie Champion
FITZGERALD - Services for Nellie B. Champion will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Paulk Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Champion, 88, died Tuesday, April 27, 1999, in an Atlanta hospital. She was formerly employed by H.R. Kaminsky & Sons and Dixie Peanut Mill and was a machine operator, retired from Fitzgerald Mills. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include her son, Emory Champion; brother and sister, William Barnes of Fitzgerald and Lee Walker of Milan; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Addril Clark
GLENWOOD - Services for Addril T. Clark will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Ronnie L. Stewart & Son Funeral Service, Glenwood, with burial in Edge Memorial Cemetery. Clark, 91, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999. A retired farmer, he was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Nora Clark; children, Lila Gibbs and Ernest Clark, both of Mount Vernon, J.P. Clark, Mary Cheek and Wilma Montford, all of Glenwood, Randall Clark of Uvalda, Reba Gibbs of Dublin and Bobbie Brooks of Vidalia; brothers, Grady Clark and Robert Clark; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Jessie Dill
OCILLA - Services for Jessie Hunter Dill will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Paulk Funeral Home, Ocilla, with burial in Ocilla Cemetery. Dill, 91, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999. She was the daughter of the late H.M. and Susie Luke Hunter. The widow of John Hoyt Dill, she was a nurse, retired from Irwin County Hospital and Osceola Nursing Home.
Survivors include her son, Jack Carlton of Bowling Green, Fla.; sister, Betty Bracket of Paradise, Calif.; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Levi Favors
WOODBURY - Services for Levi Favors will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Red Oak Baptist Church, Gay, with burial in the church cemetery. Favors, 66, died Saturday, April 24, 1999.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Crowder Favors; children, Elvie Favors of LaGrange, Fleicia Cox of Gay, Crosby Favors and Ray Favors, both of Greenville, Melinda Favors, Vanesa Favors, Cynthia Favors, Donald Favors, Victoria Favors and Vicky Bell, all of Woodbury; sisters and brothers, Ethol Bateman of Atlanta, Maggie Favors, Gertrude Favors, Sarah Reeves, Joseph Favors, Christine Reeves and Eulise Morman, all of Greenville.
Bentley & Sons Funeral Home in Thomaston has charge of arrangements.
J.C. Fitzpatrick
Services for J.C. Fitzpatrick will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Antioch Baptist Church, Dry Branch, with burial in the church cemetery. Fitzpatrick, 89, died Thursday, April 22, 1999, in a local nursing home. Born in Twiggs County, he was the son of the late Bennie Lee and Susie M. Fitzpatrick. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, was Sunday School superintendent for 56 years, assistant chairman of the deacon board for 38 years and chairman of the building union for 40 years.
Survivors include his aunt, Bessie Parker of Dry Branch; and cousin, Bennie Lee Calhoun of Macon.
The family may be contacted at Route 1, Bonds Kitchens Road, Dry Branch. Hutchings Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
William Greene
COCHRAN - Services for William Greene will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Lizzie Bloomer Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Greene, 83, died Friday, April 23, 1999. Born in Sumter County, S.C., he was the son of the late Hobert and Nethia Greene. An Army veteran of World War II, he was retired from Ford Motor Co. The widower of Viola Greene, he was a member of Lizzie Bloomer Baptist Church.
Survivors include his sisters, Louvenia Toles of Cleveland, Ohio, Thelma Pearman of Lithonia and Mary Anne Greene of Unionville, Pa.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Jerry Howard Funeral Home and may be contacted at the Greene residence, Porter Road.
James Harper Sr.
SPARTA - Services for James Harper Sr. will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hunt's Chapel AME Church with burial in the church cemetery. Harper, 34, died Sunday, April 25, 1999. A retired carpenter, he was a member of Hunt's Chapel AME Church.
Survivors include his wife, Brenda Harper; children, James Harper Jr. and Jameicia Harper, both of Sparta; parents, Roosevelt and Susie Harper; and brother and sisters, Edward Harper, Rosa Dennis and Lorretta Robbins, all of Sparta.
Ingram Brothers Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Helen Herndon
VIENNA - Services for Helen P. Herndon will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Shiloh United Methodist Church with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele. Herndon, 79, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999. Born in Dooly County, she was the daughter of the late Noah Alexander and Felton Margaret Powers. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, E.B. Herndon; children, Wendell Herndon, Wayne Herndon and Kay Cason, all of Vienna; brothers, Edward Powers and Doyle Powers, both of Macon, Marvin Powers of Cordele, Jack Powers and Sam Powers, both of Vienna, and Harold Powers of Athens; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Dekle Funeral Home.
Joel Howard Sr.
Services for Joel Webster Howard Sr. will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Union Bibb Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Howard died Monday, April 26, 1999. Born in Bibb County, he was the son of the late Moses and Estella Howard. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his children, Joel Howard Jr. and Danny Howard, both of Macon; sisters, Slyvonia Thurman, Blondena Dumas, Elmira Eppinger and Florese Fambro, all of Macon, and Edna Hampton; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
The family may be contacted at 583 Adamson St. Bentley & Sons Funeral Home in Macon has charge of arrangements.
Little Joiner
ATLANTA - Services for Little Henry Joiner will be at 1 p.m. today in Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church, Forest Park, with burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Joiner, 61, died Sunday, April 25, 1999. Born in Butler, he was the son of the late Kacy and Emma Joiner. He was formerly employed by General Motors.
Survivors include his wife, Matilda Joiner; children, Brenda Joiner, Sheila Parker and Stanley Joiner, all of Atlanta; brothers and sisters, Willie C. Joiner, Bobby C. Joiner, Robert L. Joiner, Kacy Joiner, Evangelist Mozell Hubbard, Pastor Gladolia Slaton, Louvenia Coleman and Thelma Hinton, all of Atlanta, and Morris Joiner of Chicago; and six grandchildren.
The family may be contacted at 3500 Towanda Drive, Atlanta. Hicks and Sons Mortuary in Macon has charge of arrangements.
Albert Jones Jr.
WARNER ROBINS - Services for Albert Jones Jr. will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Nelson's Memorial Mortuary with burial in Ferguson Memorial Garden Cemetery. Jones died Sunday, April 25, 1999, in a local hospital. Born in Sumter County, he was the son of the late Albert Smith Sr. He was a brick mason and former member of New Zion Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Christine Jones; children, Jacquelyn King of Americus, and Homer Barlor and Alphonso Jones, both of Gainesville, Fla.; mother, Aggie Mae Smith of Detroit; sisters and brothers, Merlene Faulk of Cincinnati, Ohio, Willie Mae Collins, Mary Ann Collins, Johnny Williams, Freddy Williams and Cecil Williams, all of Detroit, and Lester Smith III of Warner Robins; and six grandchildren.
Lucius Jordan Sr.
Services for Lucius Jordan Sr. will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Hutchings Funeral Home with burial in Saints Rest Cemetery. Jordan, 67, died Monday, April 26, 1999, at his residence after a brief illness. Born in Houston County, he was the son of the late Willie Jordan Sr. and and Beatrice Mathis Jordan. He was a Korean War veteran and served in the Army Reserve. He was formerly employed as a fork-lift driver at Robins Air Force Base and was a supervisor at Macon Builders Supply for 30 years. He was president of the New Associated Men's Social & Savings Club.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine Jordan; children, Gladys Mae Jordan of Wenford, Del., and Pamela D. Wright, Carol M. Jordan, Demetric Moss, Felicia McCoy, Lucius Jordan Jr., James Dean, Kenneth Dean and Lonnie V. Austin, all of Macon; brothers and sisters, Alfonza Sutton of West Palm Beach, Fla., Harold W. Sutton, Willie Jordan Jr., John Wesley, Willie Washington , Marion Thomas, Dorothy Crockett and Barbara Curry, all of Macon, and Helen Curry of Jeffersonville; and 19 grandchildren.
The family may be contacted at 765 Williams St.
Joe Lawton
CORDELE - Services for Joe Lee Lawton will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Gethsemane Baptist Church with burial in Bethel Cemetery. Lawton, 50, died Monday, April 26, 1999. The son of the late Articy L. Epps, he was a nursing assistant.
Survivors include his children, Vannessa Lawton, Ansonia Lawton, Joe Lawton Jr., Joseph Vance and Ketta Vance, all of Miami, Mia Lawton, Felix Lawton, and Cynthia Pollock, all of Cordele; father, Sammie Epps Sr. of Cordele; sisters and brothers, Rosa M. Epps and William Epps, both of White Springs, Fla., Lois Carter, Barbara Roberts, Rosa L. Epps, Betty Epps, Dawndolyn Epps, F.D. Lawton, Sammie Epps Jr., and Roman Epps, all of Cordele, Ervin Lawton of Miami, and Shirley Epps of Tampa, Fla.
Bentley Carson Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Joseph May Jr.
Services for Joseph May Jr. will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Bentley & Sons Funeral Home, Macon, with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. May, 20, died Monday, April 26, 1999. He was born
and educated in Bibb County.
Survivors include his parents, Joseph May Sr. and Diane May; and brother and sisters, Travis May, Sabrina Yates, Althea May and April May, all of Macon, and Patricia May of Rome.
The family may be contacted at 820 Ell St.
