OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for McRae, GA, Telfair County and Surrounding Areas
Doris (Monfort) Welker
Aug 8, 2015
Doris Monfort Welker, 95, of Westland, MI, died Saturday, August 8. The family will receive friends at 11:00A.M., on Thursday, August 13, at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, GA, followed by a graveside funeral service at 3:00P.M., at Telfair Memorial Gardens. A native of Wheeler County, Ms. Welker was the daughter of the late Hugh Alexander Monfort and the late Stella...
Corey Mason
Aug 8, 2015
Jonathon Corey Mason, 20, of Lumber City, died Saturday, August 8. Funeral services will be held at 4:00P.M., Tuesday, August 11, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in Telfair Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Monday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A lifelong resident of Telfair County, Corey was a graduate of Ocmulgee Academy and was employed as a meat cutter with...
Emma Lee (Thompson) Crabb
Aug 7, 2015
Emma Lee Thompson Crabb of Cumming, formerly of McRae, died peacefully on Friday, August 7. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, August 12, at Telfair Memorial Gardens, and a memorial service will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, August 15, at Refuge Baptist Church, Cumming. A native of Dahlonega, Ms. Crabb lived in Atlanta for many years as...
Jerry Cleveland Vaughn
Aug 7, 2015
Jerry Cleveland Vaughn, 67, passed away peacefully on August 7, 2015 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. Mr. Vaughn was a son of the late Marion and Maxine Giddens Vaughn and the grandson of the late Joseph and Nannie (Rawlins) Vaughn and Chester and Claudie (Hart) Giddens. A resident of Henderson County for the past 10 years, he...
Paul Towns
Aug 7, 2015
Paul Towns, 72, of McRae, died Friday, August 7. Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Monday, August 10, at Community Church of God, Helena, with burial in Harrelson Family Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday, 6:00-8:00P.M. at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native and lifelong resident of McRae, Mr. Towns was the son of the late Guy C. and Christine Briley...

Harriette (Kelly) Reid
Jul 23, 2015
Harriette Kelly Reid, of Hazlehurst, died Thursday, July 23. A graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00A.M., Saturday, July 25, at Telfair Memorial Gardens, McRae. A native of Sanford, FL, Mrs. Reid was the daughter of the late Roan Harry Kelly and the late Irene Margaret McPhail Kelly. She attended Satilla Freewill Baptist Church and was a retired paraprofessional...

Angela (Stevens) Taylor
Jul 21, 2015
Finalized arrangements... Angela Stevens Taylor, 57, of Helena, died Tuesday, July 21. Funeral services will be held at 6:00P.M., Friday, July 24, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Harrelson Family Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A resident of Helena for most of her life, Ms. Taylor was the daughter of the late Jesse Edward...

Rachel (Heath) Spires
Jul 21, 2015
Rachel H. Spires, 74, of McRae, died Tuesday, July 21. Funeral services will be held at 2:30P.M., Friday, July 24, at McRae Church of God with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday, 7:00-9:00P.M. A native of Jackson, Ms. Spires was the daughter of the late Jarrell Wilson Heath and the late Rachel Elizabeth Patterson Heath, and was...
Mary Jeanette (Joiner) Pittman
Jul 18, 2015
Mary Jeanette Joiner Pittman, 84, of McRae, died Saturday, July 18. Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Tuesday, July 21, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with Rev. L.S. Seabolt officiating. Burial will be in Telfair Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Monday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native of Alamo, Ms. Pittman was the daughter of the late Franklin M. and Allie...
John Lee Thomas
Jul 15, 2015
John Lee Thomas, 84, of McRae, died Wednesday, July 15. Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, July 18, at McRae First Baptist Church, with burial at Telfair Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Friday, 6:00-8:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Thomas was the son of the late John Edward Thomas and the...

Lawrence "Lonnie" Elton Kahrmann
Jul 2, 2015
Lawrence Elton “Lonnie” Kahrmann, 84, of McRae, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, July 2. Visitation will be held at 12:30P.M., Friday, July 3, at Vaughn Funeral Home, followed by the graveside funeral service at 2:00P.M. at Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery. A native of Essex, N.Y., Mr. Kahrmann was the son of the late Arthur and Irene...
Jeynelle (Vaughn) Williams
Jun 16, 2015
Jeynelle Vaughn Williams, 97, of Milan, died Tuesday, June 16. Funeral services were held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, June 21, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in Milan Cemetery. A native of Toombsboro, Ms. Williams was the daughter of the late James W. and Lola Pearl Sigler Vaughn. A homemaker, she was a member of the 3M...
William "Bill" Edward Daniels
Jun 10, 2015
William Edward “Bill” Daniels, 86, of Milan, died Wednesday, June 10. Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, June 13, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Rebecca Church Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, June 12, 6:00 – 8:00P.M. A native of Milan, where he lived most of his life, Mr. Daniels was the son...
Joseph Franklin Prescott, Sr.
Jun 5, 2015
Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Prescott will be held at 11:00A.M., Monday, June 8, at Lumber City United Methodist Church with burial in the Riverside Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday, 5:00-7:00P.M. Joseph Franklin Prescott, Sr. was born to Wilbur and Lillian Prescott on November 9, 1926. A native of Burke County, Georgia, he graduated from Georgia Tech in 1950. Mr. Prescott...

Mary Della Burch
May 31, 2015
Mary Della Burch, 77, of Macon, died Sunday, May 31. Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, June 3, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. A native of Telfair County, Miss Burch was the daughter of the late Edgar Sylvester Burch and...
Jim Shelton Rhodes
May 21, 2015
Jim Shelton Rhodes, 84, of McRae, died Thursday, May 21. Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, May 24, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Central Grove Church Cemetery. Visitation is Saturday, 7:00-9:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Rhodes was the son of the late Joe and Margie Hulett Rhodes and...
Judy Mae (Clements) Gore
May 19, 2015
Judy Clements Gore, 75, of Gray, died Tuesday, May 19. Funeral services will be held at 1:30P.M., Friday, May 22, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with visitation beginning at 12:00 Noon. Rev. Terry Hedden will officiate. Born in Wheeler County and a native of Telfair County, Ms. Gore was the daughter of the late Clyde V. Clements...

James William "Jimmy" Pope
May 4, 2015
James William “Jimmy” Pope, Jr., 75, of McRae, died Monday, May 4. A memorial service will be held at 2:00P.M., Thursday, May 7, at McRae United Methodist Church with visitation one hour prior to the service. A native and lifelong resident of McRae, Jimmy was the son of the late James William Pope, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Holland Pope. ...

Ronald Alan Pittman
Apr 18, 2015
Ronald Alan Pittman, 60, of McRae, died Saturday, April 18. Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Monday, April 20, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. Visitation will be Sunday, 4:00-6:00P.M. A native of Jacksonville, FL, Mr. Pittman was the son of the late Oris Thomas Pittman and Jeanette Joiner Pittman. He was employed with Reeves Construction and...

James W. "Jimmy" Harwell
Mar 12, 2015
James W. “Jimmy” Harwell, 74, of McRae, died Thursday, March 12. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, March 15, at Oak Grove Cemetery. A gathering of friends will begin one hour prior to the service at the cemetery. A native of Savannah, Mr. Harwell was the son of the late Stewart Bascom Harwell and Dorothy Haney...