Rev. Arturo Villanueva

January 29, 1968 - December 12, 2021

Rev. Arturo Villanueva, age 53, of Eastman passed away Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Piedmont Hospital in Macon. Funeral services will be held at 1 m. Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Antioch Baptist Church #1 with Richard Steele officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 12 noon til 1 p.m. Rev. Villanueva was born January 29, 1968 in Ciudad Mante Mexico and moved to Texas in 1993. He was an insurance salesman and a pastor for thirty years, last serving at Iglesia Bautista Hispana Luz Y Vida Church in Eastman. He is survived by his wife, Maria Villanueva of Eastman; Children, Marcela Currier (Cory), Betty Villanueva, Becky Hatcher (Blake), and Ezequiel Villanueva; mother, Gloria Puente; grandchildren, Emmalyn Currier and Natalia Carrazco; siblings, Omar Garza and Matilde Duenez. The family request in lieu of flowers contributions be made to The Arturo Villanueva Funeral Fund C/o Hardy-Towns Funeral Home, 6399 Oak Street, Eastman, Georgia 31023. Hardy-Towns Funeral Home of Eastman is in charge of arrangements. www.hardy-towns.com