Obituaries

Michael Franklin Stiltner
Nov 3, 2018
Michael Franklin Stiltner, 64, of Bronwood died Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His memorial service will be Tuesday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Lamar Petties will officiate.
Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Michael was a parts manager at Raymar Supply in Sasser. He was a member of the Church of Christ on Gaines Ave. He...

Raymond Lee Avera
Oct 30, 2018
Raymond Lee Avera, 71, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 2, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Moultrie, GA, Mr. Avera had resided in Albany, GA most all of his adult life. He was retired from...

Dougie Batchelor
Oct 29, 2018
Dougie Batchelor, 48, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, October 29, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Ezell and Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Batchelor had resided in Albany, GA...

Teresa Holley Smith
Oct 24, 2018
Teresa Holley Smith, 62, of Doerun, GA, died October 24, 2018 at Pruitt Health Care in Moultrie, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation one hour before the service. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Teresa was a native of Albany, GA and was born...
Antwan Q. Evans
Oct 23, 2018
Antwan Evans was born November 18, 1985 in Albany, Georgia to Beverly Evans and the late Jasper C. Evans.
He confessed Christ at an early age and was baptized in 1993 and became a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church in Bronwood, Georgia under the leadership of Rev. H. C. Wilson. There he served as a junior usher....

Deloris Knight Underwood
Oct 21, 2018
Deloris Knight Underwood, 57, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, October 21, 2018 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted on Friday, October 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at Kinchafoonee Baptist Church, 219 W. Century Road, Leesburg, GA 31763.
Born in Albany, GA, Ms. Underwood was a life long resident of Dougherty Co. and Lee Co. She was self employed...

Raymond Fredrick Ralston
Oct 21, 2018
Raymond Fredrick Ralston, 81, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date.
Raymond was born in Mountain View, NJ, to the late Forrest and Betty Ralston. He was a Certified Mechanic, Machinist and Welder with the West Milford, NJ Department of Public...
Vicki Oglesby Marchman
Oct 21, 2018
Vicki Oglesby Marchman, 65, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at First Methodist Church of Albany in Walden Chapel. Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate.
Born in Americus, GA to Lester and Gloria Garrett Oglesby, Vicki graduated from Northside High School in...

JoAnne Barbre Hutchinson
Oct 20, 2018
JoAnne Barbre Hutchinson, 81 of Albany, died Saturday October 20, 2018 at the Willson Hospice House.
Her funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens.
Born in Albany, Mrs. Hutchinson was retired from Sunnyland Farms as their office Manager. After her retirement she moved to Lake Park, GA and...

Ruby Dove Smith
Oct 16, 2018
Ruby Dove Smith, 81, died Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. David Benton will officiate. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. Pallbearers will be Kevin Greene, Colton Sellars, Tanner Smith, Michael Smith, Clint Smith, and Shane Tyndal.
Born...

Thomas Jackson "Jack" Brice
Oct 14, 2018
Thomas Jackson “Jack” Brice, 75, of Albany, died Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His memorial service will be Thursday 11 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Born in Montgomery, AL Jack moved to Albany in High School. He was an Air traffic Controller in the U.S. Air Force and served in the...

Donna Marie Head
Oct 14, 2018
Donna Marie Head, 75, of Lee County, GA, widow of Jerry Ben Head, died October 14, 2018 at her daughter’s residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Randy Graham, Dr. Darrel Quinn and Mr. Robert Clay will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
A native of DeFuniak Springs, FL, Mrs. Head...
Christine Helen Withrow
Oct 14, 2018
Christine Helen Withrow, 63, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2018 at her residence. The family will receive friends on Friday, October 19, 2018 from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Christine was born in Fort Knox, KY, on August 6, 1955 to the late Raymond and Simone Mulligan. She moved to Albany, GA from...

Janice Farmer Miller
Oct 5, 2018
Janice Blalock Farmer Miller, 75 of Worth County passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving husband on Friday, October 5, 2018.
Her funeral service will be Tuesday 3 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Oakview Cemetery. Rev Bobby Joe Brown will officiate.
Janice was born to the late Paul J. Blalock, Jr. and Margie Hamlin Blalock...

Pearl R. McDonald
Oct 5, 2018
Pearl Edna McDonald, age 88, of Albany, Georgia, passed away in Bridgeport, Alabama, on Friday, October 5, 2018, following an extended illness. Mrs. McDonald was born in Canton, Georgia. She was of Baptist faith.
She is survived by a host of nieces, nephews, and friends. She was preceded in death by husband Leonard W. McDonald, parents Isaac and Cena Brown...

Tyler Ray Cook
Oct 2, 2018
Tyler Ray Cook, 22, of Lee Co., GA died Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bruce Pittman will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Born in Altamonte Springs, FL, Tyler had resided in Lee Co. most all of his life....
Richard Wayne Wallace
Sep 27, 2018
Richard Wayne Wallace, 65, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, September 28, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Born in Ozark, AL to the late James Edward and Bertha Mae Wallace, Richard moved with his family to Albany, GA...
Maybelle Jane Krueger
Sep 26, 2018
Maybelle Jane Krueger, 76, of Lee County, GA, died September 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private funeral services will be held.
A native of Elizabeth, NJ, Mrs. Krueger graduated from Carteret High School and was employed with the Penn Yan Boat Factory for many years. She moved from Penn Yan, NY to Albany, GA in 1983. Mrs. Krueger...
Mildred Nunnelley Crabtree
Sep 24, 2018
Mildred Nunnelley Crabtree, 82, of Albany, GA died Monday, September 24, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate.
Born in Joppa, AL to the late Homer J. and Icel Gay Copeland...
Lisa Pundavela
Sep 24, 2018
Lisa Pundavela, 51, of Worth Co., GA died Monday, September 24, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Friday, September 28, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at 2727 Somerset Drive, Albany, GA 31721. Pastor Josh Corbin will officiate.
Born in Charleston, SC, Lisa had resided in Worth Co., GA for the past thirty years. She was the...