Arletta First

Arletta First, 61, passed away June 29, 2022. She was born March 10, 1961, to the parentage of the late Benn Greene and Martha Thurman. She attended Jones County Public Schools where she graduated. After graduation, she attended college and received a Bachelor and her Masters Degree.

Ms. Joann Pruett

Ms. Joann Pruett, 81, of Gray, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022. Funeral services were held Thursday, July 7, 2022, at 2:00PM at Elam Baptist Church with Jeff Stark officiating. The family greeted friends at 12:30PM before the service. Interment followed the service at Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Gray.

Dorothy Nell Stowe “Dotty” Jones

LAKE SINCLAIR: Dorothy Nell Stowe “Dotty” Jones, 81, of Old Plantation Trail, passed away, Friday, July 1, 2022, at her residence. Memorial services were held at 6:00pm, Thursday, July 7, 2022, in the chapel of Gray Memorial Chapel. Mrs.

Marilyn Elaine Hamrick Kaylor

Marilyn Elaine Hamrick Kaylor, 69, of Gordon Drive, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at her residence. Services will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Graham, Alabama. Mrs. Kaylor was born September 5, 1952, in Chamblee and had lived in Jones County for most of her life.

Linda Kay Bratcher Reid

Linda Kay Bratcher Reid, 74, of Gray, GA passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 2, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Bradley Baptist Church. The family will greet friends one hour prior to service.

Patricia G. Steed

Patricia G. Steed, 68, of Round Oak, Georgia, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. at Sunshine United Methodist Church with the Reverend Deborah Wallace officiating. The family greeted friends one hour prior to the service.

Jesse Louie “Lou” Bennett

Jesse Louie “Lou” Bennett, 70, of Panama City Beach, Florida, passed Friday, June 17, 2022. A memorial service will be held Thursday, June 30, 2022, 2:00 p.m. at New Salem Baptist Church in Gray, Georgia. Lou was born Jan 10, 1952, in Macon, Georgia to the late George and Richie Weaver Bennett.

Clay Wood

Jones County: Clay Wood passed away peacefully on June 14, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at Opus Care Hospice. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Thursday June 23, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Gray Memorial Chapel 4378 Gray Highway, Gray, Georgia.

Alexia “Lexi” Marie Benton

Alexia “Lexi” Marie Benton, 19, of Macon, gained her angel wings on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The family greeted friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, June 20, 2022, at Hart’s Jones County Chapel, followed by a memorial service at 11:00 a.m.

Shirley Elizabeth Hogg

Shirley Elizabeth Hogg, 79, of Stone Gables Court, passed away, Friday, June 17, 2022, at a local hospice facility. Services will be private. Mrs Hogg was born March 10, 1943, in Cuthbert and had lived in Gray since 1993. She was the daughter of the late Willie Beard and Vera Lindsey Beard.