The Good Grief Guide
Compiled by Sonya Claire Milam, MFT, Family Therapist • Certified Grief Coach • Widowed Mom • Author • Blogger • Ordained Baptist Deacon
Updated: July 5, 2025, to be updated monthly
FAITH-BASED GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS, GRIEFSHARE
- Central Baptist Church1120 Lake Joy Road, Warner Robins, (478) 953-9319
- Southside Baptist Church1040 South Houston Lake Road, Warner Robins, (478) 953-9388
- Trinity United Methodist Church 129 South Houston Road, Warner Robins, (478) 923-3797
- First Presbyterian Church 682 Mulberry Street Macon, (478) 746-3223
- Forest Hills Church 1217 Forest Hill Road Macon, (478) 477-1161
- Ingleside Baptist Church 834 Wimbish Road Macon, (478) 477-7251
- Stone Edge Church 5659 Zebulon Road Macon, (478) 477-7251
SUPPORT AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD, THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS. MIDDLE GEORGIA CHAPTERS
- Chapter 1 (Byron) Byron Baptist Church100 W White Road, Byron GA 31008
- Meeting Time: 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM
- Chapter 2 Christ Chapel Macon, 170 Starcadia Drive, Macon, GA 31210
- Meeting Time: 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM (except November and December)
- Contact: Teresa at (478) 319-3526 or the chapter line at (478) 954-4592
HOSPICE & BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
- Georgia Hospice Care:
- 645 Tallulah Trail, Suite 202, Warner Robins, GA 31088
- (888) 428-7348
- georgiahospicecare.com
- Offers family support, and bereavement services.
- Gentiva Hospice:
- 105 Jim Mason Court, Suite 100, Warner Robins, GA 31088
- (478) 953-1016
- GentivaHS.com
- Provides hospice and family bereavement support.
- Heart of Georgia Hospice:
- Warner Robins, GA
- 478-953-5161
- info@heartofgahospice.org
- Individual bereavement counseling
- Monthly community grief support groups partnering with McCullough Funeral Home. Educational resources. Community remembrance events. Annual Camp Wings for children.
- Hospice Care Options:
- 486 New St. Macon, and 306 N. Davis Drive, Suite C, Warner Robins, GA 31093
- (800) 563-8680
- info@hcoga.com
- Bereavement counseling. “The Mourning After” grief support groups. Children’s Camp Good Grief. Memorial services. Family grief education.
- Amedisys Hospice Care:
- 3377 Northside Drive Macon
- 478-745-0944
- Bereavement counseling
- Atrium Health Navicent Hospice Pine Pointe:
- 6261 Peake Road, Macon
- (478) 633-6068
- navicenthealth.org/service-center/pine-pointe-hospice-navicent-health
- Bereavement services for children, teens, and adults
FUNERAL HOME & AFTERCARE SUPPORT
- Burpee-Scott Memorial Chapel:
- 2932 US Highway 41 North, Fort Valley, GA 31030
- (478) 333-3006
- burpeescottmemorialchapel.com
- Provides 365 Days of Healing emails and online book, Verbal First Aid by Judith Acosta for ways to help kids experiencing a loved one’s death. 365 Days of Healing
- Heritage Funeral Home:
- 701 Carl Vinson Parkway, Warner Robins, GA 31093
- (478) 202-2722
- altogetherfuneral.com.
- Provides family support services.
- McCullough Funeral Home:
- 417 South Houston Lake Road, Warner Robins, GA
- (478) 953-1478
- Offers grief support resources and year-long grief support email messages. Groups in parnership with Heart of Georgia Hospice.
- Richardson & Son Funeral Home:
- 0405 S. Third Street, Warner Robins, GA 31088
- (478) 929-1707
- richardsonfuneralhomes.com
- Provides online grief support and materials.
- FairHaven Funeral Home:
- 4989 Mount Pleasant Church Road, Macon
- (478)788-2929
- Offers grief support resources and grief support group information.
- Hart’s Mortuary:
- 765 Cherry Street, Macon
- (478)746-432
- hartsmort.com
- Provides grief support resources, children’s grief materials, and bereavement education.
- Snows Memorial Chapel:
- 1419 Bass Road, Macon, GA 31204
- (478)841-9433
- Snow's at Macon Memorial Park:
- 3969 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA
- (478) 477-5737
- Provides on line article for grievers and those supporting grievers.
FIND A GRIEF THERAPIST
- Local grief therapists may be found through Psychology Today: psychologytoday.com
- Sonya’s Employer, Georgia Behavioral Services:
- 104 Borders Way STE 500 and 106 Patriot Way, Warner Robins, GA
- (478) 333-2182
- georgiabehavioralservices.com
WIDOW COACHING & GRIEF SUPPORT
For grief support, grief companion support, widow coaching, speaking engagements, and resources:
outtanowherebook.com
BOOKS ABOUT GRIEF
From the appendix of Outta Nowhere
- Carry On: Encouraging Words for Widows
- Hayball, A (2024). Carry On: Encouraging Words for Widows. Blue Hat Publishing
- Don’t Cry Past Tuesday: Hopeful Words for Difficult Days
- Poole, C. E., MDiv (2012). Smyth and Helwys Publishing
- Your Loss Matters: Real Talk About Grief in a World that Doesn’t Get It
- Devile, M (2023) Wise Ink Publishers
- The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss.
- O'Connor, M. F., (2022) Harper One
- It’s OK If You’re Not OK
- Devine, M. (2023). Sounds True Inc
- Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved
- Bowler, K. (2018). Random House
PODCASTS
- The Widowed Mom Podcast with Krista St Germain
- Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
FACEBOOK GROUPS
Be careful friends on here! There are so many opportunities for fraudulent activities here. These are the few I have concluded have the most safety features and that have brought me positive encounters with each of these grief experts and now friends:
- The Widowed Mom Podcast Community by Krista St Germain
- Michele DeVille- Dare to Grieve
- David Kessler
- Ashley Hayball Heald (Sonya’s personal grief coach)
- Terri Lynn Chaplin (Sonya’s Grief Coach Certification Instructor)