Macon Funeral Home Obituaries
Monday, August 29, 2016Saturday, Sept. 3, 2 p.m. at Bosque Bella Cemetery, Fernandina Beach, Fla. The Rev. Chris Wingard will officiate with military honors also to be conducted.Funeral arrangements are provided by Macon Funeral Home and Oxley Heard Funeral Home.Sympathy may be expressed at maconfuneralhome.comMelissa S. StewartMelissa S. Stewart, 39, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., passed away Wednesday (Aug. 24, 2016) at St. Vincents Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla.She was born at St. Vincents Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 10, 1976, the daughter of Danny and Sue Stewart, of Folkston. She grew up on the farm near Folkston, and she attended Brantley County High School graduating in the class of 1994. She furthered her education at Georgia Southern College in Statesboro and Florida Junior College in Jacksonville, Fla.During those years, she worked in many restaurants and became associated with Pompeos Italian Restaurant in Fernandina Beach, Fla. She worked there until they closed several years ago. She then worked as an executive chef and steward in the private railroad car charter field and traveled throughout the country. She was also associated with Pablos Restaurant in downtown Fernandina Beach until her health failed.She leaves behind her beloved son, Jeb Stewart; her parents, Danny and Sue Stewart; her brother, Domingo and Kandice Stewart, of Oakland, Tenn.; her sister, Traci and Brent Whitaker, of Waycross; her aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday at Shepard Funeral Home, Folkston.The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Grace Chapel Baptist Church near Folkston with the pastor, the Rev. John Boatwright, assisted by the Rev. Wayne Clark, officiating.Melissa will be laid to rest with her grandparents in Pineview Cemetery, Folkston.“We are thankful and blessed for Melissa. Her courage, her sweet soul and her example of steadfast faith. Let us love all those around us, friends or strangers as unconditionally as Melissa did. Let us strive daily to have even a smidgen of absolute joy for life as Melissa had,” said Katy Huling.Flowers are accept and appreciated and memorials may be made to The H.O.P.E. Program, c/o The St. Vincents Foundation, 1 Shircliff Way, Jacksonville, Fla. 32204.Oxley-Heard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Lindsey Lamar LeeLindsey Lamar Lee, 87, of Georgetown, Texas, passed away on Sunday (Aug. 21, 2016).He was born in Waycross, son of Virgil Vilas and Corine Altman Lee on April 26, 1929. He married Thelma Ruth Taylor on July 31, 1951, in Waycross. In 1948, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country for nine years.He spent most of his life working as a diesel mechanic repairing 18 wheelers at Cummins Sales and Service in Odessa, Texas, and was bestowed the nickname “Peaches” for his Georgia roots.He was a member of First Baptist Church in Georgetown, where he enjoyed playing Mexican Train with friends at Senior Game night.He is survived by his wife, Thelma Ruth Lee, of Georgetown, Texas; daughters, Cheryl Wilkinson (husband, Mitchell Wilkinson), o...
