Obituaries

May 22, 2018

Anthony Monfort (Tony) Bruner, 90, of Lee Co., GA died Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Kerry Reeves and Rev. Moses Clark will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery, Lee Co., GA.

Born in Clay Co., GA, the eighth...

May 22, 2018

Mrs. Kitty Cole, age 74, went to be with Jesus, May 22, 2018. 

Kitty was born in Worth County on February 17, 1944 and grew up in Waycross, Ga. She was the oldest of four children (Jerry, (deceased), Jack and Joe) born to the late Oris Lee and Helen Ruth Hancock Powell.

She was a retired Teacher having spent more...

May 20, 2018

Danny Eugene Johnson, 63, of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Danny Evans and Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate.

Danny was born to the late Lee Roy...

May 20, 2018

Chief Charles Ray Moore, 60, of Lee County, GA, died May 20, 2018 at Willson Hospice House after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg, GA. Rev. Lee Smith and Rev. Pete Daughtry will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery with the Georgia...

May 20, 2018

May 20, 2018

Patricia “Tricia” Joyce Jackson Banks, entrepreneur, creative genius, treasured wife and mother, died May 20, 2018. Born in Ft. Benning on January 19, 1957 to Robert and Edna, Tricia grew up with her 6 siblings in and around the South Georgia area. Tricia had a talent for creative pursuits like painting, drawing, singing, and writing. If it wasn’t moving then...

May 18, 2018

Lisa Kay Edwards, 46, of Albany, GA, died May 17, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wallace Willis will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. 

A native of Albany, GA, Lisa graduated from Lee County High School in 1990. She lived in the Albany...

May 17, 2018

Katherine W. Leber, 83, of Terrell County, GA, died May 17, 2018.  Mrs. Leber was born in Krypton, KY on August 16, 1934 to Walter and Gracie Whitehead.  She grew up in Kentucky, the oldest of her 9 siblings and was a longtime resident of Old Church, VA before moving in with her daughter in GA.  She was a homemaker,...

May 14, 2018

Melanie Melinda Hood, 49, passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 14th, 2018 in Albany,GA. Melanie had no savings or Life Insurance and had requested that I create a Fundraiser in lieu of flowers upon her death to assist with any final expenses. I am arranging her cremation which will cost data-widget-version="324" data-widget-config="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",700. Here is her story. She was born...

May 13, 2018

Albert “Bull” C. Swearingen, 75, of Leesburg, GA, passed suddenly Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Lillian G. Carter Health and Rehabilitation, in Plains, GA. The family will hold a memorial celebration of life at the home of Tracy and Christy Swearingen on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

Born in Marion County, GA to the late Joseph and Lora...

May 12, 2018

Albert L. Freeman, 68, of Lee County, GA, died May 12, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at the Albany Grace Church of The Nazarene. Rev. David Miller and Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.

Albert was a native of Albany, GA born on March 21, 1950 to...

May 12, 2018

Cynthia “Cindy” Lillis Collins, 56, of Albany, GA, died May 12, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Billy Lillis will officiate.

 

A native of Winchester, VA, Cindy grew up in Albany, GA and attended Albany High School.  She was baptized at the old Thomas Memorial Baptist...

May 11, 2018

Elizabeth “Marcie” Geeslin, 83, of Albany, GA, died May 11, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  A private Entombment Service will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at the Crown Hill Cemetery Mausoleum.  Brandon Jones will officiate.

Mrs. Geeslin was native of Albany, GA, born on January 26, 1935 to the late Cleveland and Daisy Morris.  She graduated from Albany...

May 11, 2018

Lavern Andrew Kistler, 84, of Albany, GA, died Friday, May 11, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Joey Cannon will officiate. Interment will follow at the Leesburg Cemetery.

A native of Rockingham, NC., Mr. Kistler has resided in Albany since 1974. He worked...

May 9, 2018

Elizabeth Paschal Wall, 90, of Albany, GA, died May 9, 2018 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Eric Newman and Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Eddie Haggerty, Glenn Zuern, Everett Morton, Mike Bowyer, Mark Daniel, and Keith Stephenson will serve as active pallbearers. Interment will follow at 2:30...

May 7, 2018

Mary Joe Cawley McGee passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018. A memorial service will be held at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 12 at 10 o’clock in the morning, followed by a reception in the parlor. Her remains have been cremated.

Widow of the late Dr. Jeff D. McGee, Jr., she was born on April 10,...

May 5, 2018

Verna Ray Adams, 89, of Calhoun Co., GA died Saturday, May 5, 2018 on his farm. Memorial services will be Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. Jerry Roe, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray Church Cemetery, Calhoun Co., GA.

A native and lifelong resident of Calhoun Co., GA, Mr. Adams was...

May 3, 2018

Limuel “Len” M. Yarbrough, Jr., 52, of Worth County, died Thursday, May 3, 2018 at his residence. His graveside service will be held Saturday 10:00 AM at Shady Grove Cemetery in Mitchell County. Rev. Bruce English will officiate.

Born in Tifton, and raised in Albany, Mr. Yarbrough had lived in Worth County for the past five years. He was a...

May 2, 2018

Richard M. Jackson, 73, of Albany, GA, died May 2, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Suggs and Rev. Charles Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Richard was born in Bainbridge, GA on April 30, 1945 to the late Andrew and Juanita...

Apr 30, 2018

Archie Ray Davidson “Trooper”, 72, of Parrott, formerly of Albany, died Monday, April 30, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held Saturday, May 5, from 3:00 until 5:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. According to his wishes, Mr. Davidson will be cremated.

A native of Panama City, FL, Mr. Davidson had lived in Parrott for the past...