Obituaries
Virginia Ann "Dit" Roberts
Apr 5, 2018
Virginia Ann “Dit” Roberts, 92, of Albany, GA, died April 5, 2018 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Roberts was born November 6, 1925 in Hawkinsville, GA to the late David Franklin Jones and Alma...
Burton A. Thomas, Jr.
Apr 5, 2018
Burton A. Thomas, 91, of Albany, GA, died April 5, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 9, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. American Legion Post # 30 will provide Military Honors. A native of New Haven, CT, Mr. Thomas...
Helen Bruner Lush Tanner
Apr 2, 2018
Helen Bruner Lush Tanner, 86, formerly of Albany, GA and Sumter Co., GA died Monday, April 2, 2018 at her daughter’s home in Hampton, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Joy Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. She was born in Randolph County,...
Chung "Linda" Draper
Apr 1, 2018
Chung S. “Linda” Draper, 77, of Leesburg, died Sunday, April 1, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her memorial service will be Friday, April 6, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Mrs. Draper had lived in Leesburg since 1971. She was a homemaker and worked a brief time with Flint River Textiles....
Jerry Roger Hatcher
Mar 31, 2018
Jerry Roger Hatcher, 73, of Lee Co., GA died Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 3:30 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Born in Doerun, GA. Mr. Hatcher had resided in the Albany, GA...
Dorothy L. "Dot" Fondren
Mar 31, 2018
Dorothy L. “Dot” Fondren, 68, of Albany, GA, died March 31, 2018 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Robert Lewis will officiate. Mrs. Fondren was a native of Newton, NJ and was born on December 23, 1949 to the late Zera and Lydia Spargo. She lived in Albany...
James (Jim) A. Isberg
Mar 30, 2018
James A. “Jim” Isberg, 75, of Albany, GA, died peacefully on March 30, 2018 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 4th at 11am at the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. Bishop Clifford Dunn will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Jim was a native of Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada and was...
Margaret Elaine Strickland
Mar 28, 2018
Margaret Elaine Glisson Strickland, 84, of Albany, Georgia died Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday, March 30, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. William Collins officiated. Interment followed on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Olive Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Iron City, GA.
Born in Donalsonville,...
Bill A. Cecille
Mar 26, 2018
William “Bill” A. Cecille, 83, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted, Thursday, at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Mausoleum. Military Honors will be provided by the American Legion Post #30.
Bill was born in Chicago,...
Beatrice T. Allen
Mar 25, 2018
Beatrice Turner Allen, 71, of Albany, GA died March 25, 2018 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 11:00 AM Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray United Methodist Church Cemetery. Beatrice was one of fourteen children born in Calhoun County, GA to the late...
James M. "Jim" Moore
Mar 25, 2018
James M. (Jim) Moore, 76, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, March 25, 2018 at Augusta University Hospital in Augusta, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Born in Winnfield, LA, Mr. Moore...
Tamara L. Martin Mills
Mar 22, 2018
Tamara (Tammie) Louise Mills, 59, of Albany, died after a short illness on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral service of Holy Communion will be at 6:00 PM on Holy Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour/St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 4800 Old Dawson Rd. A potluck supper will be held directly...
Howard E. Bedenbaugh, Jr.
Mar 20, 2018
Howard E. Bedenbaugh, Jr., 84, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 23, 2018 at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate. Howard was born December 28, 1933 in Albany, GA, and had resided here most of his life. Howard earned a bachelor’s degree...
Dr. Hugh L. Studdard
Mar 20, 2018
Dr. Hugh L. Studdard, 79, of Albany, GA, died March 20, 2018 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his wife, Priscilla and his son, Brett. He leaves behind his grandson, Drew; brother, Jerry; and sister, Sadie. Dr. Studdard was an educator for forty years, the last twenty-eight at Albany State University, where he was Professor of Exercise...
Margie A. Stocking
Mar 20, 2018
Margie Matthews Stocking, 71, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 24, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Stephen Stocking will officiate.
A native of Albany, GA., Mrs. Stocking attended Albany High School. After high school she focused on raising her 3 sons, being...
Howard S. Davis
Mar 20, 2018
Howard S. Davis, 90, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Danny Thomas and Dr. Irvin Hyman will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with Military Honors.
The family will receive friends on Sunday...
Keith E. Wisener
Mar 19, 2018
Keith E. “Preacher” Wisener, 90, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, March 19, 2018 at Crisp County Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Smithville City Cemetery. Rev. Mark Kinservic will officiate. Born in Smithville, GA to the late Forrest and Ovada Wisener, lived in Lee County, GA most of his life. He was a Construction...
Geneva "Ginny" Stephens Swails Hayman
Mar 19, 2018
Geneva (Ginny) Stephens Swails Hayman, 84, of Albany, GA died Monday, March 19, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Joe Lumpkin will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Leila United Methodist Church Cemetery in Tift Co., GA. Ginny Swails Hayman was a wife,...
Jerry Ramsey
Mar 18, 2018
Jerry Michael Ramsey, Sr., of Albany, GA, died Sunday, March 18, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Billy Sprouse will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the family residence. Born February 8th, 1966, Jerry Michael Ramsey began his life in Asheville,...
Steven C. Devereaux
Mar 18, 2018
Steven C. Devereaux, 60, of Lee County, GA died March 18, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Danny Oliver will officiate. A native of Miami, FL, Steve moved with his family to Lee County, GA in 1971. He was preceded in death by a sister, Michelle...
