Obituaries
Rebecca Ann "Butterfly Becky" Milner
Jan 20, 2019
Rebecca Ann “Butterfly Becky” Blankenship Milner, 77, of Albany, GA, died January 20, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. First United Methodist Church in Walden Chapel. Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate. Interment will be held at Leesburg Cemetery.
A native of Rome, GA, Mrs. Milner had lived in...
Curtis B. "Curt" Rhodes
Jan 17, 2019
Curtis B. “Curt” Rhodes, 81, of Albany, GA died January 17, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Sam Hartline and Minister Faron Hamner will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Acree, GA, Curt was born to the late Arkless...
James Robert Dixon
Jan 17, 2019
James Robert Dixon, 68, of Worth County, GA died January 17, 2019 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate. Military Honors will be conducted by the American Legion Honor Guard. Private interment services will be held at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Robert was a...
Charlotte L. Rutledge
Jan 16, 2019
Charlotte L. Rutledge, 87, of Albany, GA died January 16, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Ogden and Dr. Henry Rutledge will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Sebring, FL, Mrs. Rutledge was a high school graduate and received her degree in...
Travis "Hubert" Rogers
Jan 14, 2019
Travis “Hubert” Rogers 85, of Lee County, GA, died January 14, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Hubert was born in Doerun GA, on May 9, 1933 to the late Dewey and Julia Rogers and...
Carol A. Snyder
Jan 12, 2019
Carol Cowell Snyder, 74 of Albany died Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Willson Hospice House.
A native of Detroit, MI, Mrs. Snyder is a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, serving her country for eight years. She moved to Albany, GA in 1977 and was previously employed with Wal-Mart for fifteen years.
Survivors include her daughter Kimberly (Tom) Cook,...
Newell K. Sanders
Jan 12, 2019
Newell K. Sanders, 78 of Lee County died Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 3 PM Wednesday at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Sanders will officiate.
A native of Newton, Mr. Sanders had lived in Lee County for the past 57 years and farmed all of his life.
Survivors include his wife of...
Robert Willie Cook
Jan 10, 2019
Robert W. Cook, 69, of Albany, GA died Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate.
Born in Opp, AL, Mr. Cook had resided in Albany, GA most all of his adult life. He was a truck driver...
Annette Davis
Jan 8, 2019
Annette Davis, 75, of Worth County, GA, died January 8, 2019 at Tift Regional Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Visitation will be held from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM before the funeral at Mathews Funeral Home followed by the funeral procession to the Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis...
Julia Bishop (Jube) Tucker
Jan 7, 2019
Julia Bishop (Jube) Tucker, 96, died Monday, January 7, 2019 at Eatonton Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Fitzgerald, GA, Mrs. Tucker had resided in Albany, GA since 1953 moving here from...
Teresa "Teri" F. Burnsed
Jan 7, 2019
Teri F. Burnsed, 63, of Lee County died Monday, January 7, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her memorial service will be 11 AM Saturday, January 12, 2019 at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Chris Ortega will officiate.
Born at Travis Air Force Base, California. Teri had lived in Lee County for the past twenty-seven years
She was preceded in death...
Olin Latimer Jones
Jan 6, 2019
On Sunday, January 6, 2019, Olin Latimer Jones closed his eyes and entered into eternal life, with his loving wife and daughter by his side, at home in Saint Johns, FL.
“OJ” as he was known to his friends, “fought the hard fight, finished the race and kept the faith.” OJ was born on September 19, 1949, in Orlando, FL...
Lawrence "Larry" Joseph Dupell, III
Jan 6, 2019
Lawrence J. “Larry” Dupell, III, 78, of Albany, GA, passed away January 6, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, June 15, 2019 at River Pointe Golf Club.
Larry was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 21, 1940 to the late Lawrence J. and Margaret T. Dupell, Jr., graduating from St. Thomas...
Sara A. Houston
Jan 4, 2019
Sara A. Houston, 78, of Americus, GA formerly of Sylvester, GA, died January 4, 2019 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 1:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Aaron McCulley and Ronnie Poole will officiate.
Mrs. Houston was born in Dothan, AL on December 26, 1940 and had lived in Albany, GA...
Dr. Laurence Tarver Crimmins, DVM, MD.
Jan 4, 2019
Dr. Laurence Tarver Crimmins, DVM, MD, 92, of Albany, GA died Friday January 4, 2019 at the Willson Hospice House. Visitation will be Tuesday January 8, 2019 1:00 PM First United Methodist Church of Albany in Ford Hall. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM in the sanctuary. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate.
Born October...
Terry Wesley Lunsford
Jan 3, 2019
Terry W. Lunsford, died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 2 PM Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson. Rev. Allen Bingham will officiate.
A native of Weston, Mr. Lunsford lived most of his life in the Albany area and had managed several hotels in the area, the last...
Carol Wilson Corbett
Jan 3, 2019
Carol Oleda Wilson Corbett, 67, of Albany, GA died Thursday, January 3, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Monday, January 7, 2019 at 5:30 PM at the Adventist Fellowship Church, 381 Fussell Road, Leesburg, GA 31763. The family will receive family and friends at 6:30 PM in the church’s Fellowship Hall, immediately following...
Sara Cushenbery Willis
Jan 3, 2019
Sara Margot Cushenbery Willis, 95, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Pruitt Health Care-Sylvester. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 7, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wallace Willis and Dr. Johnny Nixon will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Born in Dawson, GA, Mrs. Willis had resided in Albany, GA and...
Donald E. Lee
Jan 2, 2019
Donald E. Lee, 83, died January 2, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Hanna and Rev. Donnie Burke will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum.
A native of Westville, FL, Mr. Lee was born to the late Roy and...
Stanley Terrell Dowda
Jan 2, 2019
Stanley Terrell Dowda, 80, of San Diego, CA died at his residence on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. His remains will be interred at Miramar, CA with full military honors on February 1, 2019.
A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Dowda was a retired Signalman, 1st Class, US Navy. He was Company Commander at the Naval Training Center at San Diego,...
