Janelle B. Griffin

Janelle B. Griffin, 91, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, September 28, 2026 at her daughter’s residence in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday October 1, 2026 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Her son, Pastor Gene Rowell and Pastor Mark Bullock will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.

Mrs. Griffin was born on January 28, 1935 to David and Shirley Burson in Roopville, GA. She moved to Albany, GA at a young age, and started working at Coats and Clark at the age of fourteen and retired in 1995. Mrs. Griffin was a member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church and enjoyed her family and working in her yard and with her flowers.

Survivors include her children, Gene Rowell (Ann) of Gaston, SC and Leslie Brunswick (Randy) of Macon, GA, her sisters, Willene Hortman of Gainesville, GA and Theresa Valentine of Bainbridge, GA, eight grandchildren, Necole Brackett (Nathan) of Columbia, SC, Trey Rowell (Barbara) of North, SC, Andrea Gwaltney (Joey) of Gaston, SC, Joshua Brunswick (Adrene) and Samuel Brunswick (Amber) all of Albany, GA, David Brunswick (Katelyn) of Gray, GA ad Andrew Brunswick (Skyler) and Rylee Brunswick all of Macon, GA.