Obituaries
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,...
Howard "H.W." Lee Wilson
Dec 31, 2018
Howard "HW" Lee Wilson was born in 1949 in Cuthbert, GA to Bernice Galloway Rogers and Wesley Howard Wilson. Howard graduated from Terrell County High School and attended college for a short time until he was offered a job with the State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries as Hatchery Superintendent. He later transferred to Albany Fisheries where he...
Florence Ann Holmes
Dec 31, 2018
Florence Ann Holmes, 74, of Albany, GA, died December 31, 2018 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappy will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Greenwood Lake, NY, Mrs. Holmes moved to California when she was grown. There, she met her late husband...
Imogene Weatherford Woody
Dec 29, 2018
Imogene Weatherford Woody, 94, of Albany, GA died Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 5, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Beebe, Arkansas, Mrs. Woody moved to Albany, GA in 1961. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist...
Frank E. Surface
Dec 26, 2018
Frank E. Surface of Albany, Georgia, passed away on December 26, 2018, at Willson Hospice House after a long battle with Vascular Dementia. In lieu of flowers, we ask that all who wish to participate make a donation in memory of Frank E. Surface to Alzheimer’s Caregiver Time Out (ACTO), P.O. Box 448, 314 N. Jefferson Street, Albany, Georgia 31702.
Raymond "Hawkeye" Sorrells
Dec 26, 2018
Raymond “Hawkeye” Sorrells 73, of Albany, GA died December 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 2 PM Friday, December 28, 2018 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Interment will be Sunday 1 PM at Stephens Memorial Gardens in Toccoa, GA.
Hawkeye was born in Toccoa, GA on March 22nd, 1945 to the late Claude and...
David E. Batts
Dec 24, 2018
David Edward Batts, 73, of Albany, GA, passed away December 24, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be conducted Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Matt Harrell will officiate. A private interment will follow at Hartsfield Cemetery in Colquitt County.
David was born in Moultrie, GA to the late Blanie...
Shirley F. Goff
Dec 23, 2018
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SHIRLEY FRANKLIN GOFF, 85, A RESIDENT OF ALBANY, GEORGIA WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2018 AT MATHEWS FUNERAL HOME, 3206 GILLIONVILLE ROAD, ALBANY, GEORGIA. THE FAMILY WILL GREET FRIENDS FROM 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2018 AT MATHEWS FUNERAL HOME 3206 GILLIONVILLE ROAD, ALBANY, GEORGIA. BROTHER ROY COOK FROM GILLIONVILLE...
Kenneth Alison Rupert
Dec 23, 2018
Kenneth Alison Rupert, 85, of Albany, GA., died Sunday, December 23, 2018, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Rev. Morris Harp and Rev. Johnny Nixon will officiate. Interment will follow at Providence Primitive Baptist Church, Sylvester, GA with military honors.
Born in Batavila, New...
Haskell Andrew "Andy" Cothran, III
Dec 23, 2018
Haskell Andrew (Andy) Cothran, III, 66, of St. Cloud, MN, formerly of Albany, GA, died Sunday, December 23, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 28, at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Herrington will officiate. A private family interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Austin, TX to Haskell Andrew Cothran,...
Christina Olivarez Price
Dec 19, 2018
Christina Olivarez Price, 80, of Leesburg, GA passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Willson Hospice. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Harry Stevenson and Mr. Gene Snipes will officiate.
Born in Kingsville, TX, Mrs. Price moved to Albany, GA fifty nine years ago from Kingsville, TX....
Patricia Carol Griffin
Dec 19, 2018
Patricia Carol Griffin, 63, of Worth County, GA, died December 19, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. James Johnson will officiate. The family will receive friends at Mathews Funeral Home one hour before the service.
Carol was born in Sylvester, GA on December 2, 1955 to...
Dolly Lorene Shaw
Dec 19, 2018
Dolly Lorene Shaw, 79, of Lee County, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.
Born in Leary, GA, to the late Dick and Lorraine Futch, Dolly graduated from Morgan High School. She married the late...
Betty Jean Vititoe
Dec 18, 2018
Betty Jean Vititoe, 88, of Dawson, GA died Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The family will receive friends Friday, December 21, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
