Obituaries
Barbara Jean Taylor
Sep 10, 2018
Barbara Jean Waldorf Taylor, 77, of Georgetown, GA died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate.
Born in Ithaca, New York, Mrs. Taylor had resided in Georgetown, GA for the past thirty years. She was a homemaker...
Lillian Amelia Cate
Sep 10, 2018
Lillian Amelia Cate, 84, of Albany, GA, died September 10, 2018 at Columbus Specialty Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at the Crown Hill Cemetery Mausoleum. Minister James Hall will officiate. Entombment will follow.
A native of Blakely, Mrs. Cate moved to Albany, GA early in life. She was a member of The Church of Jesus...
Ellen Williams Pearlman
Sep 8, 2018
Ellen Williams Pearlman, 74, of Albany, GA died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, September 10, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church of Lee Co., GA. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate.
Born in Moultrie, GA, Ms. Pearlman had resided in Albany, GA all of her life. She was preceded...

Clinton David Johnson
Sep 8, 2018
Clinton Davis Johnson, 67, of Albany, GA died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Fulford will officiate. Interment will follow in Milford Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors.
Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Johnson had resided in Albany, GA most...
Nora S Singleton
Sep 6, 2018
Nora S. Singleton, 83, of Leesburg, died Thursday, September 6, 2018 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation.
Her funeral service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Stan Glass will officiate.
A native of Albany, Mrs. Singleton had lived in Leesburg most of her life. She was a member of Westview...
Henry Ross Crain
Sep 6, 2018
Henry Ross Crain, of Lee County, GA was promoted on Thursday, September 6, 2018, at the age of 67 years. He is now face to face with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Born in Fort Knox, Kentucky to the late Chester and Suenette Crain, Henry graduated from Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi, served four years in the...
Sadie Louise Bryant
Sep 3, 2018
Sadie Louise Bryant, 81, of Bronwood, GA, died September 3, 2018 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.
A native of Cuthbert, GA, Mrs. Bryant grew up in Cuthbert and attended Randolph County High...
Mary Jean Seabolt
Aug 30, 2018
Mary Jean Seabolt, 80, of Gainesville, GA, passed peacefully on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation after an extended illness. A Memorial Service will be conducted Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Harmony Hall Baptist Church (4160 Mangum Mill Road Gainesville, GA 30507). Pastor John Kinsey will officiate.
Mary was born September 16,...
Sylvia L. Allen
Aug 28, 2018
Sylvia L. Marsden Allen, 78, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, August 31, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens.
Born in Montezuma, NY to the late Frank and Ella M. Hunt Marsden, Sylvia had been a resident of Albany since 1969, coming here from Philadelphia, PA....
Myra Jean Barkalow
Aug 28, 2018
Myra Jean Barkalow, 74, of McCalla AL, formally of Lee County passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Memorial services will be conducted at The Baptist Church at McAdory, McCalla, AL at 11:00 a.m. CST on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Pastor Bill McCall will officiate.
Myra graduated from Bessemer High School in Bessemer Al. After marrying, Myra lived in many States...

Jerry Dyess, Sr.
Aug 27, 2018
Jerry Dyess, Sr., 56, of Lee County, GA, died August 27, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Noah Phillips and Rev. Jason Blaylock will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.
A native of Worth County, GA, Jerry grew up in Poulan and attended Worth...

Tracy Marie Westmoreland
Aug 26, 2018
Tracy M. Westmoreland, 49, of Worth County, GA died August 26, 2018 at Emory University Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Troy Trip will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.
A native of Montezuma, GA, Tracy grew up in Ellaville, GA and graduated from Tri County High School. She attended...
Kenneth Myron (Mo) Moore
Aug 25, 2018
Kenneth Myron “Mo” Moore, 76, of Albany, GA died Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Navicent Health in Milledgeville, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Willis will officiate.
Born in Canton, OH to Myron and Mildred Paschal Moore, Mo had lived in Albany since 1978, moving here from...
Evelyn Diane Kirkland Bridges
Aug 21, 2018
Evelyn Diane Kirkland Bridges, 69, of Dawson, GA, died Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 27, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road 141, 5547 W. Lee Street, Dawson, GA, 39842. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate. Born in Albany, GA to the late Carl...

Philip Hatton Sumners
Aug 21, 2018
Growing up in Giles County Tennessee, Philip Hatton Sumners always wanted to be a farmer. He studied agriculture at UT Martin and UT Knoxville paying his way by working and living on the campus dairy. Graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Philip was soon hired to manage the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) dairy farm. Philip then...
Frank Horne
Aug 19, 2018
Walter Frank Horne, 90, of Albany, GA died August 19, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
A native of De Soto, GA, Mr. Horne moved from Americus to Albany, GA at a young age. He was a self -employed professional painter and...

Linda Jean Batchelor
Aug 18, 2018
Linda Harris Batchelor, 66, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 am at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Born in Albany, GA to the late Edward and Eula Harris, Linda was a caring, devoted, loving Wife,...
Patricia Ann Davis
Aug 15, 2018
Patricia Ann Davis, 70 of DeSoto, GA died Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at her residence.
A memorial service celebrating her life will be held August 25, 2018 at 4:00pm at the home of Neil Walker, 2290 Hwy 195, Leslie, GA 31764.
Born in Bainbridge, GA to the late Clinton T. Douthit and Jeanett Douthit, Ms. Davis lived in Americus most of...
Jessie Lee Pressley
Aug 12, 2018
Jessie Lee Pressley, 56, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, August 12, 2018 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Born in Columbus, GA, Mr. Pressley had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past twenty years moving from Albany, GA. He was a graduate of Albany High...
Guy George Everett, Jr.
Aug 10, 2018
Guy George Everett, Jr., 68, of Albany, GA died Friday, August 10, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Preston, GA. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn will officiate.
Born in Americus, GA to the late Guy George Everett, Sr. and Annie T. Pinkard Everett, Guy...