Obituaries
Dorothy "Dot" McClain
Apr 11, 2018
Dorothy J. “Dot” McClain, 82, of Albany, GA, died April 11, 2018 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Aubrey F. McClain of Albany, GA, three daughters and...
Julian Foye Moncus
Apr 10, 2018
Julian Foye Moncus, 93, of Leesburg, GA died April 9, 2018 at his residence. Graveside services will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM at Floral Memory Garden Cemetery. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. The American Legion Post #30 will provide Military Honors and serve as pallbearers. Born in Parrott, GA, to Charlie and Mary Lou Moncus, Mr....
William Pope (Billy) Hembree
Apr 8, 2018
Mr. William (Billy) Pope Hembree, 67, departed this life on Sunday, April 8, 2018. Born in Moultrie, Georgia and a native of Sale City, Georgia, Billy was born to the late James Arthur and Mary (nee Brewer) Hembree on October 3, 1950. Billy is survived by his wife of 38 years, Sharon Kaye Hembree (nee Breckenridge) and he was...
Betty Ann Rachals
Apr 8, 2018
Betty Ann Rachals, 76, of Baconton, GA formerly of Albany, GA died April 8, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate. A native of Trion, GA, Mrs. Rachals moved to Albany in her early teens. She was employed with Flint River Textiles, her...
William J. Cuff
Apr 7, 2018
William Joseph Cuff, 66, of Lee Co., GA died Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. A funeral mass will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Paul Ladda will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Cuff graduated from Crafton High...
Kenneth L. Crabtree
Apr 6, 2018
Kenneth Leroy Crabtree, 77, of Albany, GA, died Friday, April 6, 2018 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church, Albany, GA. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Baxter, AR, Mr. Crabtree was born...
Karen Frances Reilly
Apr 5, 2018
Karen Frances Reilly, 71, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Prayer service will be held Monday, April 16, 2018 at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church at 4:00 p.m. Rev. Paul Ladda will officiate. A native of Queens, NY, Mrs. Wallace and lived in Leesburg for the past twenty years and was a manager of...
Betty Jean Clark
Apr 5, 2018
Betty Jean Clark, 86, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Wynfield Park. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Born in Mitchell County, GA to Wiley Maloy and Jewell Maloy, Mrs. Clark graduated from Pelham High School....
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...
