Obituaries

Nov 29, 2017

Doris "Diddy" Hill, 69, of Sallisaw, OK, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away November 29, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 11 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Albany, GA. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A daughter of a distinguished military...

Nov 27, 2017

Captain Rudolph Lavon Carter, 86, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 27, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 1, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ernie Beckwith will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Springhill Christian Church Cemetery, Ochlocknee, GA. Born in Thomasville, GA, Captain Carter had resided...

Nov 26, 2017

Dr. Carl E. Findley Jr., D.M.D., of Albany, Georgia, died at his home, Whisperwood Plantation, on November 26, 2017. He was 70 years old. Dr. Findley was born in Ocilla, Georgia on January 17, 1947 to the late Carl E. Findley Sr. and Mary Lee Warren Findley. He attended Fitzgerald High School, where he led the Purple Hurricanes to victories...

Nov 25, 2017

Bobby G. Strickland, 77 of Albany, GA, died November 25, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services will be held at this time. A native of Dawson, GA, born to the late Jimmy and Elizabeth Strickland, Mr. Strickland grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1959. He graduated from the University of Georgia with...

Nov 23, 2017

Christina Marie Amos, beloved wife of Jonathan Amos, 27, of Albany, GA died November 23, 2017. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Ben Steffens will officiate. A native of Charleston, WV, Christina grew up and attended school in Worth County, GA. She had lived in Albany, GA for the past two years...

Nov 23, 2017

Mary “Jac” Williams, 52, of Anderson City, SC, formerly of Lee County, GA, died November 23, 2017 at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter, SC.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Sheryl Giles, Millicent Burgess and Lori McCalvin will officiate.

 

A native of Charlotte, NC, Mary Jac graduated from West Mecllenburg High School...

Nov 20, 2017

Stephen D. Burton, affectionately known as Oompa, 72, of Albany, GA, died November 20, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Friday at the residence of his son, Stump Burton, 125 Flat Ridge Court, Leesburg, GA 31763. A native of Chicago, IL, Mr. Burton grew up in Tinley Park, IL...

Nov 20, 2017

Karen F. Berry, 79, of Albany, GA went to be with our Lord on Monday, November 20, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Born in Columbus, GA, Mrs. Berry was a graduate of Albany High School in 1955...

Nov 19, 2017

Janice Anne Jarvis Jordan, 74, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017 at her residence. A memorial service honoring her life will be held Saturday, November 25, 2017, at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Janice was born February 2, 1943, to Francis J....

Nov 19, 2017

Mandell D. Dorminy, 87, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, November 19, 2017 at his daughter’s residence in Bainbridge, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. William E. (Butch) Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Poulan City Cemetery, Poulan, GA.

Born in Worth Co., GA, Mr. Dorminy was  a...

Nov 19, 2017

Elizabeth Duane Harrell, 71 of Albany passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at her residence with her family by her bed side. Her remains have been cremated and no services are planned at this time. A native of Bainbridge, Ms. Harrell was born July 6, 1946 and had lived in Albany for the past 45 years. She was...

Nov 17, 2017

Joaneva “Joany” Coleman Burns, 64, of Lee County died Friday, November 17, 2017 at her residence.

Her funeral service will be Tuesday 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with interment in Floral Memory Gardens.  Rev. Doug Hudson will officiate.

A native of Augusta, Mrs. Burns had lived in Albany and Lee County for last 60 years.  She was retired from...

Nov 15, 2017

Fannie Ellen (Nell) Carr, 91, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, November 15, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Terry Siniard will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Born in Lyons, GA in Toombs County, Mrs. Carr had resided in Albany, GA for the past sixty-...

Nov 15, 2017

Charles Fredrick Joseph Sehl, 80, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Phoebe North Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA. Rev. Paul Ladda will officiate.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Sehl was born to the late Harold Sehl and Marie Spencer Sehl. He...

Nov 14, 2017

Mrs. Syble Perry Worsley, 87, of Albany died Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends at Mathews Funeral Home on Wednesday, November 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., with a funeral following on Thursday, November 16 at 11:00 a.m. led by Rev. Nate Lehman.

She was born in Cedar Springs, GA in 1930...

Nov 14, 2017

Barbara Bigham Robinson, 77, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care Palmyra.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Ross Powell will officiate.  Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

A native of Chester, SC, born June 15, 1940 to the late William and Margaret Bigham, Mrs. Robinson...

Nov 10, 2017

Suzanne Hagin Rudrow, 61, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 at Miller County Hospital.  Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 11:00 am at Westview Cemetery in Moultrie, GA.

 

Born in Banbarry, England, she has resided in Albany, Ga since 1963. She was a very loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister...

Nov 10, 2017

Thomas Lucineo Marez, 86, of Albany, died Friday, November 10, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health & Rehabilitation. No formal memorial service will be held. Thomas was born in St. John’s, Az. He was the oldest of 4 children. He later moved to California to pursue a career in agriculture. He then went on to work for the U.S. Forestry Service....

Nov 9, 2017

Nov 7, 2017

Mary Ann Coston, 83, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Coston was born in Coffee Co., GA and had resided in Albany, GA since 1951. She was retired from Windover Apartments as their complex manager...