• 3171 Mercer University Drive Macon, GA 31204

    • Howards Pawn

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    Meet the Howard’s Pawn and Jew­el­ry Team

    As a fam­i­ly-owned busi­ness in Macon, GA, Howard’s Pawn and Jew­el­ry has been tak­ing care of its cus­tomers since
    2001. Howard Reed was born and bred in Macon and is com­mit­ted to the com­mu­ni­ty he calls home. He got his start
    work­ing in the pawn busi­ness after shift­ing gears from bonds near­ly 40 years ago. 

    Howard Reed — Own­er

    Howard Reed was born in Macon and worked in the pawn busi­ness for twen­ty years before open­ing Howard’s Pawn and Jew­el­ry in 2001. He has four chil­dren and one grand­child so far. Most days find Howard behind the pawn counter mak­ing friend­ly loans and enjoy­ing his cus­tomers. Howard loves spend­ing time with fam­i­ly, work­ing in his church, golf and fish­ing. Howard is also one of Geor­gia’s fore­most experts on coins, sports mem­o­ra­bil­ia and mil­i­tary col­lectibles.

    Howard spent twen­ty years at Arvin’s Pawn in down­town Macon, where he learned the ins and outs of the indus­try. In 2001, Howard start­ed look­ing for a place to call his own. When the own­er of J. D.‘s Pawn passed away, their build­ing became avail­able, and see­ing the oppor­tu­ni­ty, Howard pur­chased the prop­er­ty and turned it into Howard’s Pawn and Jew­el­ry.  It was ben­e­fi­cial to take the spot of anoth­er pawn shop with a begin­ning cus­tomer base in an area with lots of walk-in traf­fic.  

    Nathan Reed — Store Man­ag­er

    As Howard’s son, he has been a part of the busi­ness since day one in 2001. Besides his degree in Entre­pre­neur­ship from Auburn Unver­si­ty, he holds a Grad­u­ate Dia­mond Cer­tifi­cate from GIA and is cur­rent­ly work­ing on his Col­ored Stone Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. Nathan is our res­i­dent watch expert and also buys gun col­lec­tions for our store as well. Born in Macon, he mar­ried a Macon girl and they have one child. Nathan loves time with his fam­i­ly, golf and watch­ing Auburn foot­ball.

    Debi Reed (aka Miss Howard)

    Debi Reed (aka Miss Howard) works with our jew­el­ry cus­tomers to find just that spe­cial piece whether they are search­ing for an engage­ment ring, a spe­cial gift or buy­ing some­thing they love for them­selves. Debi has been sell­ing jew­el­ry grow­ing that inven­to­ry since she and Howard opened up back in 2001. She enjoys spend­ing time with fam­i­ly and friends as well as antiquing and trav­el­ing with Howard.

    Hunter Ward — Pawn Man­ag­er

    Hunter first came to work here in 2017. Hunter makes new loans, pur­chas­es and pro­vides cus­tomer ser­vice for the pawn side of our busi­ness. He is also here to help when it is time to pick up your loan or when you want to just get an offer on some­thing you want to sell. Born in Macon, Hunter enjoys music, work­ing out and cook­ing.

    Matt Dar­ley — Firearms Man­ag­er

    As our pri­ma­ry weapons buy­er, Matt is respon­si­ble for the huge inven­to­ry you are able to shop when you vis­it Howard’s. Matt can eval­u­ate indi­vid­ual weapons for trade or entire col­lec­tions for pur­chase. Matt also can help you with Class III pur­chas­es. He has been on the staff with Howard for over a decade and stays up with what’s new in the gun mar­ket so we can offer the fan­tas­tic selec­tion of firearms, acces­sories, safes, etc. at Howard’s. Matt was raised here in Macon as well and enjoys fish­ing, hunt­ing, cook­ing and gar­den­ing in his spare time.

    Errol Hall — Gun Sales­man

    Errol also served in the Marine Corps. As a vet­er­an we are proud to have Errol serve our cus­tomers at Howard’s for the last two years. He is always will­ing to help you learn more about guns in gen­er­al or the spe­cif­ic mod­el you are inter­est­ed in.

    James Put­nal — Gun Sales­man

    He has been with us for over five years and is great at using his vast knowl­edge of weapons to help you pick out just the right one. James loves hunt­ing, fish­ing and spend­ing time with his fam­i­ly.

    TJ Lane — E‑Commerce Spe­cial­ist

    TJ pro­duces and man­ages our Gun­bro­ker and Ebay list­ings. He is also our res­i­dent elec­tron­ics and musi­cal instru­ment and equip­ment expert. While most of his time is spent with e‑commerce cus­tomers, TJ can be seen assist­ing cus­tomers all over the store as need­ed. TJ is orig­i­nal­ly from Macon, enjoys music and spend­ing time with his beau­ti­ful daugh­ter, Ade­lyn.

    Jared Hunt — Gun Sales­man & ATF Com­pli­ance

    Jared Hunt joined the Howard’s staff in 2018. He was born and raised here in Macon. He is a top notch gun sales­man and helps with ATF com­pli­ance pro­cess­ing, e‑commerce, and soon will be cross train­ing to help any­one any­where in our store as well. He is an avid sports spec­ta­tor, loves spend­ing time with his fam­i­ly and enjoys Star Wars movies.