Obituaries
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...
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...
