Obituaries

Jul 27, 2018

GySgt. James Michael Valentine (U.S.M.C., ret), 70, of Albany died Friday July 27, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

The family will receive friends Sunday 2 to 4 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.

A native of Brooklyn, NY, Mr. Valentine retired from the Marine Corps in 1988 and was called back to duty in 1991 due to the start of the...

Jul 26, 2018

Charlene Frye McIntyre 90, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, July 30, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will be graveside services Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in LaFayette Memory Gardens, LaFayette, GA. Rev....

Jul 25, 2018

Samuel D. Spivey,(CSM, US Army, Ret.), 93 of Alpharetta, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died July 25, 2018 at Alto Senior Living Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery will Military Honors.

Mr....

Jul 25, 2018

Claire M. Gordon, 76, of Albany, GA, died July 25, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. The Reverend Robert Green will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mrs. Gordon was born in Unadilla, GA to the late Paul and Hazel Moore. She graduated from...

Jul 23, 2018

Betty Joyce Powell, 82, of Albany, GA, died July 23, 2018 at Pine Point Hospice in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Lighthouse Ministries. Rev. Chris E. Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.

Mrs. Powell was born in Harrisburg, AR to the late Robert and Anna Mae Hanna. She graduated from...

Jul 23, 2018

Grace L. Horne, 94, of Albany, GA, died Monday, July 23, 2018 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Born in Pahokee, Fl., Mrs. Horne had resided in Albany, GA most...

Jul 23, 2018

Mr. Warren Keith Porter, 56 of Worth County, died Monday, July 23, 2018 at his residence. He will be interred at the family lot in Riverside Cemetery. His memorial service will be Saturday at 11:00 AM at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 775 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Albany, Ga 31705. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 AM at the...

Jul 19, 2018

Audrey Bryan Fulford, 96, of Albany, died July 19 at home surrounded by her family. Visitation with the family will be at 11 AM Monday at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church followed by a memorial service at noon.  The Reverend Lee Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will be private prior to the service.

 Born in Arlington, Georgia, Audrey was the daughter of the late William Cullen and...

Jul 18, 2018

James Calvin Fallin, II, 29, of Leary, GA died Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in an automobile accident. His family held a memorial service on Saturday, July 21, 2018.

Born in Albany, GA to James Calvin Fallin, I and Pamala Alderman Fallin, James was a heavy equipment operator for Jim Vickers Construction.

Survivors include his wife, Andrea L. Fallin of Leary, GA, his son,...

Jul 17, 2018

Jul 16, 2018

     

Ashley Lynn Gervin, 36, of Albany, GA, transitioned home on July 16, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, July 20, 2018 at Crown Hill Cemetery at 11:00 A.M. Reverends John Spencer and Mark Scardino will officiate the service.  

Miss Gervin was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA.  She graduated...

Jul 15, 2018

Joyce Y. Davis of Smithville, GA, died Sunday, July 15, 2018 at her residence in Smithville, GA.  She was being cared for by Affinis Hospice.  Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM. at the Smithville City Cemetery.  Rev. David Messer will officiate.

Born in Smithville, GA, Ms. Davis graduated from Lee County High School.  Mrs. Davis worked for...

Jul 14, 2018

Tracey Pruitt Mathis, 47, of Lee Co., GA died Saturday, July 14, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Les Reed and Rev. Bryan Gerstel will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Born in Albany, GA, Tracey had resided in Albany, GA...

Jul 13, 2018

Terry M. Wills, Sr., 70, of Leesburg, died Friday, July 13, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Born January 2, 1948, son of the late Wiley M. Wills and Ruth Davis Wills.

His funeral service will be 10 AM Monday at New Hope Baptist Church (1209 Grave Springs Rd, Leesburg) with interment in Bronwood City Cemetery.  Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate.

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Jul 13, 2018

Fred Gibson Howard, Jr., 68, of Albany, GA., died Friday, July 13, 2018. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, July 20, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Lighthouse Ministries, 2320 Liberty Expy., Albany, GA 31705.  Rev. Chris Turner will officiate.

A native of Baxley, GA., Mr. Howard was a Vietnam veteran serving in the United States Marine Corps. Fred was a...

Jul 10, 2018

Elton Eugene Baker, 93, of Albany died Tuesday, July 10, 2018.  His funeral service will be Friday 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens.  Rev. Paul Mason and Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.

Mr. Baker was born in Thomas County, GA on October 9, 1924 to W. H. Baker and Callie Branch Baker...

Jul 9, 2018

Elizabeth Ann Wilson, 71, of Camilla, GA, passed away Monday, July 9, 2018 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA.  Memorial services will be held on Thursday, July 12, at 11am at First Baptist Church of Putney.  Rev. Danny Evans will officiate.  A private interment will be held at Unity Methodist Church in Taylorsville, MS.

 

Born in Fayette, MS,...

Jul 9, 2018

Witcher (Will) Wilson, 76, of Albany, GA died Monday, July 9, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at Tifton Memorial Gardens, Tifton, GA. Pastor Mike Keown will officiate. Military honors will follow. Born in Muskogee, OK, Mr. Wilson had resided in Albany, GA since 1960 and moved to...

Jul 9, 2018

Leonard Millard Walls, Sr., 85, of Albany, GA died Monday, July 9, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 13, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Keith Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. A native of Moultrie, GA, Mr. Walls was born to the late...

Jul 7, 2018

John Edward Emmons (SSgt, USAF, Ret.) 89, of Lee County, GA, died July 7, 2018 at Lee County Health Care.  Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery.  Father Thomas Raines will officiate.  The United States Air Force and the American Legion Post # 30 will provide Military Honors.

A native of...