The Union Recorder | Obituaries

Kevin BlackwelderKevin Anthony Blackwelder

1966 - 2026

Kevin Blackwelder passed peacefully on Jan. 19, 2026, following a brief illness.
He was preceded in death by his father, Artis Blackwelder, and his brother, Richard Eugene Blackwelder.
He is survived by his loving mother, Doris Johns Blackwelder; his wife, Michele Blackwelder; and his daughters, Lyndsey Lavender...

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Carol BrooksCarol Ann Brooks

Carol Ann Trice Brooks was born on Nov. 5, 1953, in Upson County, Georgia. She passed away in Macon, Georgia, following a brief illness.
Carol was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Trice. She graduated from R.E. Lee Institute and later continued her education at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia, where she...

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John KitchensJohn Lewis Kitchens

Mr. John Lewis Kitchens, 87, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Funeral services will be con-ducted at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Thomas and Scott Hudson officiating. Interment will be held at 1 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2026, in Georgia Veterans Memorial...

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Anne HowellAnne Whitaker Howell

Anne Whitaker Howell, 78, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 5, at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home. Burial will be at Memory Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Howell was born in Milledgeville, Georgia on Jan. 13, 1947, to the late Woodrow Wilson Whitaker and Marie Marchman Whitaker....

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Rebecca HobbsRebecca Hobbs

Rebecca Pete Tribble Hobbs, 85, passed away on Dec. 31, 2025, at 4:30 a.m. peacefully in her home of Milledgeville, Georgia.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Victor Hugo Hobbs; son, Joel Vincent Hobbs, III (Michelle Rowland Hobbs), daughter, Rebecca Janice Hobbs Ward (Dennis Vance Ward). Surviving...

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Ann AndrewsAnn Harris Andrews

Mrs. Ann Harris Andrews, 92, formerly of Highway 16 Sparta, passed away at Fellowship Meriwether in Milledgeville on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, following an extended illness. A funeral service celebrating her life will be held on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at the Sparta Baptist Church, with burial in Culverton Baptist Church...

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Sammy BaxleySammy Baxley

Mr. Samuel Eugene "Sammy" Baxley, 88, passed away on Dec. 29, 2025. A funeral service for Mr. Baxley will be held on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at 3 p.m. in the Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jerry Pickard officiating. Burial will follow in Baldwin Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends on Friday from 1...

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