U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
John Wesley Jr.
MILLEDGEVILLE - Services for John J. Wesley Jr. will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Slater's Funeral Home with burial in Bone Cemetery. Wesley died Monday, Nov. 30, 1998. He was retired from Griffin Pipe Co.
Survivors include his wife, Annie Wesley; children, Mary Wesley of Conyers, Joann Ranford of Lithonia, Donald Wesley, Louis Evans and Bernestine Gibson, all of Milledgeville; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Barbara Williams
JEFFERSONVILLE - Services for Barbara M. Williams will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Jeffersonville Church of God with burial in Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville. Williams, 70, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998. A former resident of Macon, she was the daughter of the late John McAfee. She was a member of Jeffersonville Church of God and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her daughter, Glenda Little; mother, Elsie McAfee of Jeffersonville; brother, John McAfee Jr. of Eatonton; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Reece Funeral Home.
Diane Young
FITZGERALD - Services for Diane G. Young will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Paulk Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Young, 52, died Monday, Nov. 30, 1998. She was a supervisor at Y&W Sportswear and formerly worked at H.R. Kaminsky & Sons. She was a member of Englewood Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, J.W. Young; children, Jamie Young and Gina Thompson, both of Fitzgerald; mother, Gladys Garrett of Fitzgerald; and two grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Elizabeth Bruskie
GRAY - Services for Elizabeth Bellamy Armstrong Bruskie will be at 3 p.m. today in Riverside Cemetery, Macon. Bruskie, 82, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998. Born in Americus, she had lived most of her life in Macon. She was the daughter of the late O.A. and Mary Tower Armstrong. She graduated from Mount de Sales Academy. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her children, Pamela Wyche of Swainsboro, Martha Preston of Blairsville, Mrs. Frank Miguel Jr. of Bradenton, Fla., J.B. Bruskie Jr. of Dallas, Texas , and John Bruskie of Macon; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Centenary United Methodist Church, 1290 College St., Macon 31201 or Humane Services of Middle Georgia, P.O. Box 6560, Macon 31208-6560. Hart's Mortuary in Macon has charge of arrangements.
Hillyer Carey
MONTICELLO - Services for Hillyer Joseph Carey will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Jordan Funeral Home with burial in West View Cemetery. Carey, 86, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998. A lifelong resident of Jasper County, he was the son of the late Edward J. and Aurie Odell Carey. A Navy veteran of World War II, he worked at Jasper County High School and the U.S. Postal Service. He was a member of Monticello Baptist Church.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in the funeral home.
Dianne Carroll
LYONS - Services for Dianne Turner Carroll will be at 3 p.m. today in Ronnie L. Stewart & Son Funeral Service, Vidalia, with burial in Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Uvalda. Carroll, 49, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998, in a Vidalia hospital. She was a distributor for The Macon Telegraph. She was a member of New Corinth Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Wayne Carroll; children, Sonja Clements of Lyons and Justin Clements of Baxley; brothers, Emory Wallace Turner and Charles Eric Turner, both of Uvalda; and four grandchildren.
Essie Chastain
HAZLEHURST - Services for Essie M. Chastain were Wednesday in Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Burial was in Upson Memorial Gardens. Chastain, 89, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 1998. Born in Cowan, Tenn., she had lived in Upson County most of her life. She was a spooler, retired from Martha Mills. She was a member of Silvertown Baptist Church.
Survivors include her children, James Chastain of Rancho Cordova, Calif., Gerald Chastain of Thomaston and Jack Chastain of Hazlehurst; sister, Mary Roush of Orlando, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Virginia Cofer
LOUISVILLE - Services for Virginia McDonald Cofer will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Louisville Associate Reform Presbyterian Church with burial in Louisville City Cemetery. Cofer, 86, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998. She was a homemaker and member of Louisville Associate Reform Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her children, Michael Cofer of Louisville and Edith Hall of Sanford, Fla.; sister, Margaret Thompson of Greenwood, S.C.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in Johnson-Grier Funeral Home.
Emanuel Daniel
KATHLEEN - Services for Emanuel E. Daniel will be at 11 a.m. today in Christopher-Smith Funeral Home, Warner Robins, with burial in Parkway Memorial Gardens, with full military honors. Daniel, 62, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998. Born in Alabama, he had lived in Middle Georgia since 1965. A Navy veteran and member of the Fleet Reserve, he was retired from Robins Air Force Base. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Daniel; children, Stephen Daniel of Allen, Texas , and Peggy Vess of Kathleen; sisters, Eunice Hill, Ruth Hastings and Evie Goolsley, all of Alabama; and four grandchildren.
The family will receive friends in the funeral home at 10 a.m.
J.S. Geoghogan III
MILLEDGEVILLE - Services for J.S. Geoghogan III will be at 11 a.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashburn. Geoghogan, 72, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998. He was a retired farmer. Born in Turner County, he had lived in Milledgeville for the past 10 years. He was the son of the late J.S. Geoghogan Jr. and Clara Peacock Geoghogan. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Ashburn First Baptist Church and Sycamore Masonic Lodge No. 210.
Survivors include his children, Randy Geoghogan and Susan McCard, both of Ashburn, and Larry Geoghogan of Titusville, Fla.; brothers and sister, H.L. Geoghogan of Ashburn, Jim Geoghogan of Tampa, Fla., and Doris McDaniel of Macon; and four grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Perry Funeral Home, Ashburn.
Dave Higinbotham
HAWKINSVILLE - Services for Dave J. Higinbotham will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Broad Street Baptist Church with burial in Orange Hill Cemetery. Higinbotham, 69, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998. He was a retired officer from the Georgia State Patrol and Georgia Bureau of Investigation and was retired from Turning Point Hospital as director of marketing and assistant administrator. He was a member and past president of Peace Officers Association, past president of Hawkinsville Lions Club, Scottish Rite Mason and member and past secretary of Mount Hope Lodge 9. He also was a member of Al Sihah Shrine Temple and member of Broad Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Higinbotham; children, Patty Nutt and Lewis Higinbotham, both of Eastman, Mike Higinbotham of Ellijay and Tommy Grinstead of Hawkinsville; sister, Irene Crowe of Eastman; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Clark Funeral Home and may be contacted at 1 Pettey Drive, Hawkinsville. The body will be in the church at 2 p.m. Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home in Eastman and Clark Funeral Home in Hawkinsville have charge of arrangements.
David Jackson Jr.
JEFFERSONVILLE - Services for David Jackson Jr. will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in Upper Mount Zion Baptist Church, Twiggs County, with burial in the church cemetery. Jackson, 61, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1998. Born in Twiggs County, he was the son of the late David Jackson Sr. Educated in Twiggs County, he was employed by D.B.K.
Survivors include his mother, Ada Jackson of Jeffersonville; and sisters, Ada Houston of Macon and Ida McBride of Columbus.
The family may be contacted at P.O. Box 641, Jeffersonville. Bentley & Sons Funeral Home in Jeffersonville has charge of arrangements.
Mae Johnson
IRWINVILLE - Services for Mae Hughes Johnson will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Paulk Funeral Home, Ocilla, with burial in Bethany Cemetery. Johnson, 87, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998. A homemaker, she was a member of Long Bridge Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sister, Jennie Richardson of Irwinville; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home.
Anthony Kennedy
WARNER ROBINS - Services for Anthony F. Kennedy will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with burial in Magnolia Park Cemetery, with full military honors. Kennedy, 66, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998. He was a decorated Air Force veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam War, when he was a B-26 bomber gunner. He was an electronics technician at Robins Air Force Base. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He was a fourth-degree knight and past grand knight in the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Kennedy; children, Kelly Coleman of Cordele, Michael Kennedy of Fort Valley, Russell Kennedy of Byron and Randal P. Kennedy of Bolingbroke; sisters, Ann Gardenor, Mary Aycotte, Teresa Fiske and Josephine Boisvert, all of Rhode Island; and four grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at 7 tonight in Christopher-Smith Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.
Dorazell Lake
AMERICUS - Services for Dorazell Lake will be at 3 p.m. today in Oak Grove Cemetery. Lake, 76, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998. Born in Wetumpka, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Henry F. and Tempie Grier. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda Hogg of Americus; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Hancock Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
