Obituaries

Sep 9, 2019

Rebecca Morrison Smith, 68, of Lee County, GA, died Monday, September 9, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rebecca was born in Albany, GA to the late Eugene and Lucia Morrison on October 21, 1950. She lived...

Sep 9, 2019

1stLt. Donald E. Wolf, U.S.M.C (ret), of Albany, died Monday, September 9, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer. 

His funeral service will be Friday 12 noon at Andersonville National Cemetery with full military honors.  Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. 

He was born on March 31, 1936 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Ethel Cornett...

Sep 8, 2019

William Troy Whatley, Jr., 87, of Albany, GA died Sunday, September 8, 2019 at The Phoenix of Albany. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Fort Valley Presbyterian Church. Rev. Susan Alley will officiate. 

Mr. Whatley was born in Reynolds, GA and was raised in Taylor County, GA. He graduated from Reynolds High...

Sep 7, 2019

Benjamin Forrest Rawlins, 25, of Lee Co., GA died Saturday, September 7, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation to follow. Rev. William Collins will officiate. There will be a private family service and interment conducted Friday, September 13, 2019 at Lebanon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chambers...

Sep 7, 2019

Richard Christopher Ward, IV, 45 of Albany died, Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

His memorial service will be Wednesday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Dr. Ric Veal will officiate.

Born in Arlington Chris had lived in the Albany Area most of his life and was an Environmental Specialist with the Department of Natural Resource.

Survivors...

Sep 6, 2019

Nellie Ruth Childree Brown Kimbro, 86, of Albany, GA., died Friday, September 6, 2019 at her residence. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 10: 00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate.

Born in Atlanta, GA., to William J. and Nellie Childree Mrs. Kimbro volunteered at Palmyra Park Hospital where she worked...

Sep 4, 2019

Bennett Lee Jones, 8, of Lee County was perfectly healed on Wednesday, September 4 at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

His Celebration of Life will be Tuesday 4 PM at First Baptist Church of Albany with interment to follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Bennett is a 2nd grader at Lee County Primary...

Sep 1, 2019

Billy Jack Jones, Sr., 77, of Albany, GA, died September 1, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Joe Poitevint will officiate.  Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Billy Jack was a native of Colquitt County, GA born to the late Willie and Rachel Jones. ...

Aug 31, 2019

Joseph Anthony Mikilitus, 81, of Albany Georgia, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019 at Pruitt Health- Palmyra Nursing Home, around 1:00 pm, his health has been declining and he was under Hospice Care.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.

He was born August 1, 1938, in Newark, NJ, at St. Michael Hospital. Joseph lived in Kearny,...

Aug 28, 2019

Mr. Jack Bryant, 76, of Albany, GA, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at his residence. A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

Mr. Bryant was born in Edison, GA, on August 11, 1943 to the late Irvin and Lourie Harrison Bryant. He was employed by...

Aug 28, 2019

Aug 26, 2019

Donald Lee Wars, 73, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Monday August 26, 2019 at Willson Hospice House.  The family will hold a private Memorial Service at a later date.

Survivors include his wife Chesley Bedenbaugh Wars, his children John Wars (Jamye) of Tallahassee, FL, Haley Wars and fiancé Danton Parker of Savannah, GA, and Taylor Wars (Laura) of Leesburg, GA,...

Aug 24, 2019

Judge Stephen S. Goss (Steve) of Albany, GA died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Robert Greene, Rev. Eric Newman and Judge Herbert E. Phipps will officiate.

A native southwest Georgian, Steve grew up on the family farm in Sale City, Mitchell County,...

Aug 23, 2019

Gwendolyn H. "Gwen" Hasty, 76, of Albany, Ga passed away Friday, August 23, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 26, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

Born in Little Rock, AR, Mrs. Hasty had resided in Albany, GA since 1960. Prior to this, she graduated high...

Aug 23, 2019

Perry Phillip Willis, 66, of Albany, died Friday, August 23, 2019 at his residence.  Per his request he has been cremated and a gathering will take place at a later date.

Phil was a mechanic and most recently working with the City of Albany and served in the United States Marine Corps.

Survivors include his sisters, Gloria Willis Rix, Plains, Jackie Phelps...

Aug 22, 2019

Mrs. Davis requested no services.

Aug 21, 2019

Virgil Leon Moore, 85, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, August 23, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Skip Nichols will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Born in Ravenwood, WV to the late Rodney Sam Moore and Mildred Fannie Pepper Moore, Mr. Moore...

Aug 21, 2019

John Gilbert Sorenson, 58, of Leesburg, GA, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at his residence. A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday August 24, 2019 at Northgate Presbyterian. Pastor John Albano will officiate.

Born in Fort Lauderdale, FL, John graduated from Boca Raton High School 1979. He enlisted in the U.S Navy in 1979-83 as a Navy...

Aug 19, 2019

Gary Lee Wray, 85, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2019.

Gary was born on November 18, 1933 in Gastonia, NC, the second of four sons born to Odell and Joy Wray. He was preceded in death by two of them, Daniel Coit Wray and Glenn Hemingway Wray. Gary spent many happy days in Gastonia with his brothers and cousins, and...

Aug 18, 2019

Diane Diez Saunders, 72 of Albany, GA., peacefully died Sunday, August 18, 2019 at her residence. The family will have a private memorial service at a later time.

A native of Tampa, FL., Mrs. Saunders resided in Albany for forty seven years. She married Mackey Saunders in 1972 and worked as a business administrator for SRJ Architects. She was a...