Obituaries

Wesley Glenn Reynolds

Mar 18, 2018

Wesley “Weso” Glenn Reynolds, 39, of Albany, GA died March 18, 2018. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at the Warwick United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Jerome Granade and Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate. Visitation will be held before the service from 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM at the church fellowship hall. Wesley was born in...

Matthew B Ward

Mar 17, 2018

 

Matthew B. "Matt" Ward, 24, of Albany, GA, died March 17, 2018 in a one vehicle automobile accident in Terrell County, GA. Services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Lee County, GA. Pastor Steve Youngblood will officiate. The family will have a private interment service in Fairmont, GA.

A native of Tyler,...

Doris Tanner Metts

Mar 16, 2018

Doris Tanner Metts, 79, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, March 16, 2018 at her residence.  Private graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery.  Mr. Ross Powell and Rev. Steve Youngblood will officiate.  Doris will lie in state at Mathews Funeral Home on Monday, March 19, 2018.

 

Born to the late Jack...

Fred Wayne Carter

Mar 16, 2018

Fred Wayne Carter, Sr., 85, of Albany, GA, died March 16, 2018 at his residence.  Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Chuck Oates will officiate. 

The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM Sunday at Mathews Funeral Home.

Mr. Carter was born on June 9, 1932 in Cairo, GA...

Barbara Grace Holton

Mar 16, 2018

Barbara Grace Holton, 81, of Lee County, GA, died March 16, 2018 at her residence.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate.  Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.

A native of Macon, GA, Mrs. Holton was born to the late Orin and Christine Stripling, Sr.  She moved to Albany,...

Curtis Eugene Cross

Mar 15, 2018

Curtis E. Cross, 80, of Doerun, GA, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018 at his residence.

No formal funeral services will be held.  He will be interred at Andersonville National Cemetery at a later date. 

 

Born to the late Charlie and Lucille Cross, Curtis was raised in Baker County.  He joined the United States Air Force and served 25 years retiring...

Sally A. Bloom

Mar 12, 2018

Sally A. Bloom, 79, of Colquitt County, GA, died Monday, March 12, 2018 at Evergreen Assisted Living Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Southside Baptist Church in Norman Park, GA. Pastor John Myrick will officiate. Interment will follow in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Climax, GA. A native of Climax, GA Mrs. Bloom was born...

Torri Dianne Baker Harman

Mar 11, 2018

Torri Dianne Baker Harman, 65, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ti Barnhill will officiate. Interment will follow in the Colquitt City Cemetery, Colquitt, GA at 3:00 p.m. Born in Bainbridge, GA, Ms. Harman had resided...

George Lee Barrow

Mar 10, 2018

George L. Barrow, 76, died Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital while visiting his wife of over fifty-four years, Janet Barrow. The couple moved to Albany for retirement from Connecticut where they were both born. Mr. Barrow was preceded in death by his father, George A. Barrow. Survivors include his wife, Janet Barrow, Albany, GA, his mother,...

Virginia Broome Brooks

Mar 8, 2018

Virginia Broome Brooks, 92, of Albany, GA, died March 8, 2018 at Phoebe Hospice. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tommy White and Pastor Robert E. Varnadore will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Brooks is the daughter of the late Leonard and Eunice Broome and was a native and...

Donald Cobb Merritt

Mar 8, 2018

Donald Cobb Merritt, 65, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family.  Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.  A private interment will be at Springvale-Morris Cemetery in Randolph Co., GA. 

Born in Albany, GA, Mr....

Norma Ellan Stinson

Mar 7, 2018

Norma Ellan Stinson, 70, of Lee County, GA, died March 7, 2018 at her residence.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 P.M. at Friendship Baptist Church of Leesburg.  Rev. Barney Austin, Rev. Reagan Marsh and Rev. Walter Hare will officiate.  Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.

A native of Dalton, GA, born to the late Dewey and Lizzie...

Roger Wade Pollock

Mar 1, 2018

Roger Wade Pollock, 63, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018 at his residence.  Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Liberty Parkway Church of God, 1301 Schley Ave., Albany, GA, 31707, at 2:30pm.  Pastor Matthew Schluckerbrier and Brother Chris Turner will officiate. 

Born in Pelham, GA, Roger moved to Albany and entered the HVAC and...

V. Gail Paul Church

Feb 27, 2018

V. Gail Paul Church, 74, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 2, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullen will officiate. Interment will follow in New Light Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Calhoun Co., GA. Born in Leary, GA, Mrs. Church...

Charles Wayne Lovelady

Feb 26, 2018

Charles Wayne Lovelady, 63, of Albany, GA, died February 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 5:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Patrick Williams will officiate. A native of Oklahoma City, OK, Mr. Lovelady graduated from Capitol Hill High School and joined the United States Army during Vietnam. He was employed in...

Nellie Ree Wohlforth

Feb 20, 2018

Nellie Ree Wohlforth, 87, of Leary, GA, died February 20, 2018 at Willson Hospice House.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate.  Interment will follow at 12:00 Noon at Andersonville National Cemetery.

 

A native of Calhoun County, GA, Mrs. Wohlforth grew up and graduated from Morgan High School...

Nettie Hill Willis

Feb 16, 2018

Nettie Hill Willis, 91, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 16, 2018 at Southeastern Georgia Health System in Brunswick, GA.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:00 AM graveside at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.  Pastor Pete Daughtry will officiate.

 

A native of Tuscaloosa, AL, Mrs. Willis was born to the late Thomas and Sara Hill...

Russell "Terry" Wood, Sr.

Feb 15, 2018

Russell “Terry” Wood, Sr. 70, of Lee County, GA, died February 15, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Bob Brooks, Dale Saunders, Richard Boyd, Lee Williams, Charlie Thorne and Tom Wilson. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Arlington,...

Sharon Evon Maddox Gay

Feb 15, 2018

Sharon Evon Maddox Gay, 61, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted Monday, February 19, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Gray will officiate.

Born in Fort Stewart, GA, Mrs. Gay had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1994 moving from Albany,...

Donna Sue Ferrell

Feb 14, 2018

Donna Walters Ferrell, 56, of Albany, passed away, Wednesday February 14, 2018, at her residence.  Memorial services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.

A native of Opelika, AL, Ms. Ferrell resided in Albany since 1974.  Ms. Ferrell graduated from Westover High School in 1979. She then attended the University of Georgia.

 

She loved...