Macon Magazine

ANTHONY DORSEY December 17, 1939 – November 14, 2022 ANTHONY DORSEY, Maconite and professional trombonist affectionately called "Tony Bone," was also a bandleader, composer and arranger. By the 70s, his musical talents had landed him a dream job traveling with Paul McCartney and Wings of the "Wings Over the World," and "Wings Over America" tours. Tony at one point wanted to be a music teacher and studied music at university. He decided he could make more money "selling pencils in New York." He then joined the Air Force as a trombonist and became their arranger. He served in the Air Force four years, then began to take on various celebrated gigs. At one time he was the band leader for Percy Sledge and worked with such artists as Al Green, Candi Staton, The Delfonics and Clarence Carter. He joined up with Mary Holmes in the late 70s and formed Bone, Holmes and Friends, who toured the Southeast until the 2010s. A gi ed artist who brought Macon music across the world and served his country through song, Tony is missed by this community, his colleagues, his immediate family members living in Macon and nearby, and his host of nieces and nephews. Alice Bailey: trailblazing DJ, public health advocate, community leader January 31, 1942 – March 31, 2023 ALICE BAILEY was born in Macon and attended St. Peter Claver School like her sisters and mother before her. From there she went to excel at what was known as Ballard Hudson, the first Macon high school for African Americans. She described both schools as wonderful, as they taught not only what was in the books but also how to be people and adults during the difficult time of growing up in the South in the 40s and 50s. During these school years, Alice enjoyed her life on Plant St. in the Tindall Heights neighborhood, where she was an eyewitness to remarkable moments in Otis Redding, Little Richard, and James Brown's lives, inspiring her to become Macon's first female, Black DJ. Alice took her high school education and the experience as a local disc jockey at station WIBB, where she was known as the "Party Doll," to Xavier University in New Orleans in 1960. By that time, her mother had moved to Philadelphia near relatives where Alice settled a er graduation. During the coming years she threw herself into the community where she was known as "the health fair lady." She worked for KYW television where she reported on-the-scene of the health of Black people in Philadelphia. Alice was driven by this mission and moved forward and provided these type services across the country and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A er building her career, she resolved to return to her roots in Macon, Georgia, and she did in 1998. Once back in Macon she continued her passion for helping out in the community and, the Phoenix Project awarded her with the "Woman Who Leads Award" for her contributions to the Central Georgia community; one of many accolades she garnered as a result of her devotion to helping those around her. "Gone too soon but never forgotten," for all she did for her community of Macon, Georgia and beyond. SUBMITTED PHOTO JUNE/JULY 2023 | maconmagazine.com 95

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