Obituaries
Mary Lorine Rhodes
Nov 19, 2019
Mary Lorine Brinson Rhodes, 90, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 22, 2019 at Mathews Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Grady Co., GA at 3:00 p.m.
Born in Grady Co., GA, Mrs. Rhodes had resided in Albany, GA since...
Blanche G. Akridge
Nov 17, 2019
Blanche G. Akridge, 86, of Albany, GA, died November 17, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Matthew Schluckebier and Pastor Allen Bingham will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Valdosta, GA, Mrs. Akridge was born to the late Charlie and Jeffie...
Clifford Smith
Nov 17, 2019
Mr. Clifford Smith, 90 of Albany died Sunday, November 17, 2019 at his home.
His service will be Saturday 12 Noon, November 23, 2019 at Sherwood Baptist Church. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
A native of Prattville, AL, Mr. Smith retired from Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon, NJ as the Locker Room Supervisor.
Survivors include his siblings Rufus Smith...
Comalea Augusta Wingate
Nov 15, 2019
Comalea Augusta Wingate, 93, of Albany, GA, died November 15, 2019 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Cool Springs Cemetery in Faceville, GA.
Mrs. Wingate was born on Feb. 18, 1926 to the late Lee and Coma Kilpatrick in Selma, AL. She moved at a young age to...
Geneva Ann Heaven
Nov 15, 2019
Geneva Heaven, 51, of Lee County, died Friday, November 15, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral service will be 2 PM Monday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.
A native of Albany, Mrs. Heaven had lived in Florida for a number of years where she worked with the...
Charles F. "Sonny" Griner
Nov 14, 2019
Charles F. “Sonny” Griner, 80, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, November 18, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. Donald J. Burke will officiate.
He was born in Ocilla, GA on August 16, 1939. He graduated from Tift...
Teresa Jill Lyon Erickson
Nov 13, 2019
Teresa Jill Lyon Erickson, 48, of Lee County, GA, died November 13, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Eddie Garcia will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.
Teresa was born in Albany, GA on May 3, 1971. She attended Albany Public School, graduated from Monroe High School...
Theo Harris Peddy, Jr.
Nov 13, 2019
Theo Harris Peddy, Jr. 70 of Leesburg, Ga died Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Americus, Ga on September 14, 1949 and grew up in Dawson, Ga. Mr. Peddy had resided in Leesburg, Ga for a number of years. Mr. Peddy was a veteran who served in the Vietnam War as a Navy...
James Garrel Cribb
Nov 13, 2019
James Garrel Cribb (USAF, Ret.), 82 of Tifton, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died November 13, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be from 10:00 until 11:00 AM Monday November 18, 2019 at Mathews Funeral Home with funeral services beginning at 11:00 AM and entombment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate.
Mr. Cribb...
Harmon Relee Rhodes
Nov 11, 2019
Harmon R. Rhodes, 98, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 11, 2019. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Grady Co., GA.
Born in Moultrie, GA, Mr. Rhodes was a veteran of WW II serving...
Richard Clinton Hyde, Sr.
Nov 10, 2019
Richard Clinton Hyde, Sr., 84, of Leesburg, GA., died Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.
Mr. Hyde had lived in Leesburg since 2010 moving from Minnesota. He served our country and retired from the United States Air Force where he was an aircraft mechanic. After retirement Mr. Hyde stayed busy working various jobs and enjoyed working with his...
Alice Jeannette Johns
Nov 10, 2019
Alice Jeannette Johns, 98, of Homestead, FL, died November 10, 2019 at Homestead Baptist Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, December 6, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Randy Johns will officiate.
Mrs. Johns was born in Sumter County, GA on May 15, 1921 to the late James and Mattie Mae Hart. She grew up in...
Esther Seeley Foote
Nov 10, 2019
Esther Naomi Foote, 88, of Kearny, NJ, died Sunday, November 10, 2019 at her daughters home here in Worth County.
There will be a service here in Albany, Wednesday 6 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Her burial will take place in Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ.
Mrs. Foote was a retired bookkeeper with the Salvation Army.
She was preceded in death...
Grover "Buddy" Charles Woolard
Nov 9, 2019
Mr. Grover Charles (Buddy) Woolard, 82, of Albany, Georgia, entered his eternal rest Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Willson Hospice House. He was born on April 16, 1937, in Sylvester, Georgia. Before his retirement, Buddy was the owner and operator of Woolard Oil Company in Sylvester, Georgia. He was an Army veteran.
Buddy became a follower of Jesus Christ at...
James "Jamie" Johnson
Nov 9, 2019
James “Jamie” Edwin Johnson, 66, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, November 09, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A private interment will be held on Saturday at Rocky Mount Methodist Church cemetery near Bakerhill, AL.
Jamie was...
Braxton Lee Weaver
Nov 5, 2019
Braxton Lee Weaver, infant son of Brandon Weaver and Hannah Walker, died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at Beverly Knight Olsen Children’s Hospital in Macon.
His funeral service will be Friday 1 PM at Sherwood Baptist Church with interment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Ken Bevel will officiate.
He is also survived by his grandparents Cherie and David Valis,...
Craig Carson Howell
Nov 4, 2019
Craig Carson Howell, 49, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 4, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Joshua Copron and Pastor Brynn Copron will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA, Craig attended Riverview Academy and graduated from Westover High School and attended Valdosta State College....
Gail Watson Hall
Oct 31, 2019
Gail Watson Hall, 79 of Albany, died Thursday, October 31, 2019 at her residence.
Her memorial service will be Monday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ed Deming will officiate.
Born in Miami, FL, to George and Margaret Watson, Gail grew up in Cordele, Ga. where she graduated from Crisp County High. After marrying, she lived in several different cities in the United States and Germany. In 1972 she moved to Albany and had resided there ever since. She provided many adventures for her family that provided education and fun throughout their childhood....
Burl Ercell Parks
Oct 30, 2019
Burl Ercell Parks, age 68, of Sky Valley, Georgia, passed away on October 30, 2019.
Burl was born the son of the late Ercell F. Parks and the late Elizabeth Louise Lovett Parks-McCathern on July 31, 1951 In Greenwood, South Carolina.
Burl was a Christian and a member the Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church. He was the past Rotary president, the...
Elease Vanzant Glover
Oct 29, 2019
Elease Vanzant Glover, 90, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Stan Glass will officiate.
Born in Ashburn, GA, Mrs. Glover was educated in the Turner Co. school system and after marriage became a military wife. She was a...
