Obituaries

Feb 5, 2018

Charles Samuel Wells, 72, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 5, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Smithville City Cemetery, Smithville, GA. Rev. William Collins will officiate.

 Born in Smithville, GA, Mr. Wells had resided in Albany, GA all of his adult life. He was retired from...

Feb 3, 2018

Stoy F. (Rob) Robinson, 79, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 2, 2018 at his son’s residence.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.  Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

 A native of the Charlesborough Community in South Carolina born to the late Walter and Nancy Robinson,...

Feb 3, 2018

Rhoda Dorothy Tillis, 74, of Albany, GA, died February 3, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Newton, GA. Ross Powell will officiate. A native of Towanda, PA, born to the late Leonard and Dorothy King, Rhoda moved to Albany at a young age...

Jan 31, 2018

Tina Renee Whitaker Hanners, 56, of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at her residence. Private memorial services will be held.

A native of Bremerton, WA., Tina has lived in Albany most of her life as well as in Crestview, FL. Mrs. Hanners was a loyal friend to many and loved helping those in need. She was an adventurous...

Jan 30, 2018

Wanda Tomlinson Cruz, 61, of Albany, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

 

Her memorial service will be Saturday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

 

A native of Palatka, FL, Mrs. Cruz was a retired Bookkeeper.  She was preceded in death by her parents Jim and Wilma Tomlinson, brother Jimmie...

Jan 29, 2018

Eley Cappleman Frazer, III, 91, of Albany, GA died Monday, January 29, 2018 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Albany, GA. Dr. William D. “Biff” Coker will officiate. Interment will be Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. CST in Lafayette, AL at Lebanon...

Jan 28, 2018

Walter Kenneth Usher, 76, of Albany died Sunday, January 28, 2018 at his home. His funeral service will be 11 AM Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Gerry Dorre’ and Pastor Eddie Usher will officiate.

A native of Union, SC Mr. Usher had lived in Albany for the past fifty three years moving from...

Jan 28, 2018

Minor Stanfield Jones IV, 77, of Albany, Georgia, passed away January 28, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2018 at The Coach House, 1308 Dawson Road, Albany, Georgia. He was a fourth generation Floridian, born in Winter Haven, Florida to the late Minor S. Jones III and Arlene Summerlin Jones. He grew up on...

Jan 28, 2018

Doris Russell, 85, of Albany, GA died Sunday, January 28, 2018 at Phoenix Assisted Living. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Deans, Rev. Damon Fountain and Rev. Paul Wilkes will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Born in Crisp Co., GA, Mrs. Russell had resided in...

Jan 26, 2018

Betty Jean Freeman Beamon, 67, of Smithville, GA died Friday, January 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loved ones, after battling a series of “one thing after another”. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.

Mrs. Beamon was born in Parrott, GA to Charles Hubert Freeman and...

Jan 24, 2018

Lillian Ruth Blackburn, 83, of Americus, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died January 24, 2018 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.  Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.

A native of Mobile, AL, born to the late John Patrick and Virginia Wigham, Mrs. Blackburn moved to Arlington, GA...

Jan 23, 2018

OLIVIA WILLIAMS STRICKLAND, daughter of William Isaiah Williams and Elizabeth Duff Williams, passed away on January 23, 2018, from ovarian cancer. Livie was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Cissy (Elizabeth Allen). Livie was born April 1, 1956 (which fell on Easter Sunday that year, as well as being April Fool’s Day) in Hampton, Virginia. Billy Williams (father)...

Jan 22, 2018

James Shawn Cox, 49, of Lee County, GA, died January 22, 2018 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA.  

A Funeral Mass will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church.  Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. 

A native of Dawson, GA, Shawn grew up in Lee County and graduated from Lee County High School in 1988.  He...

Jan 20, 2018

Carl Clayton Thompson, 84, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018 in Lake City, FL. His family will receive friends at 3:00 pm Friday, February 2, 2018 at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA, with a Celebration of Life to follow at 4:00 pm. Born in Mitchell County, GA on May 9, 1933, Carl was an Air Force Veteran, an avid...

Jan 18, 2018

Jan 18, 2018

Freddie Lee Rivers, 83, of Albany, died Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  There will be a private service held at a later date.

A native of Albany, Mr. Rivers had lived in Hartford , CT for a number of years before moving back home to Albany.  He was a member of Emanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church.

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Jan 17, 2018

Lilla Louise Bailey Doyle, 74, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at her daughter’s residence in Dawson, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA. Born in Colquitt...

Jan 17, 2018

Bland Brooks, 64, of Albany, GA, passed away January 17, 2018 at his residence. Graveside memorial services will be conducted Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 3:00 pm at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. Thomas Willett will officiate. Military Honors and Masonic Rites will be rendered.

Born in San Antonio, TX, Bland was raised in Albany, GA and graduated from Dougherty...

Jan 17, 2018

Oscar Tommy Conley, age 69, of Lee County, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Neal Hager will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Eddie Ferrer, J.W. Beaty, Donnie Mitchell, Josh Mullins, Clint Powell, Dalton Reynolds, and Blake...

Jan 17, 2018

 

Mary Ann Hobbs, 78, of Lee Co., GA, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Colquitt Regional Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn will officiate.

 

Mrs. Hobbs was born in Albany, GA and was a life-long resident until moving to Lee Co., GA....