Obituaries

Aug 20, 2017

Aug 19, 2017

On August 19, 2017, Addison Lindsey Short, 23, lost his battle with addiction. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Ministry Center of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. William Collins, Rev. Bruce Pittman and Rev. John Spencer will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at...

Aug 18, 2017

Vivian Breit  Borom, 94, of Albany, GA, died August 18, 2017 at her residence.  Mr. Dave Smoot and The Women of the Moose will conduct Funeral Rites Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 8:00 PM.  Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time at Ransom...

Aug 18, 2017

Dorothy (Dot) Nell Tresslar, 81, of Albany, GA died Friday, August 18, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.

 

Dorothy was born in Ben Hill County, Georgia on October...

Aug 17, 2017

Frances Stoddard Dunn, 94, a resident for many years at Morningside of Albany, Georgia, died on August 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at Gillionville Baptist Church on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:00 PM. The family will be holding private graveside services at the family cemetery in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017...

Aug 12, 2017

Henry William Farris passed peacefully on August 12, 2017. He was born at 2:51 a.m. and passed away at 5:00 a.m. the same day. Private graveside services will be conducted. Rev. Chuck Knight will officiate. Survivors include his parents Zachary and Sarah Farris, a brother Zander Tabb Farris, maternal grandparents Brandon and Cindy Kyzar, paternal grandparents Bobby and Lisa Farris...

Aug 11, 2017

Bobby Norris Keys, Sr died at Phoebe Senior Center ( formerly known as Morningside) . Services will be held 10:30 am on Tuesday, August 15th at First Baptist Church with Shawn Parker officiating.  Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery .  Visitation is at First Baptist Church on Monday, August 14 from 5-7 pm.  Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in...

Aug 11, 2017

John C. Harris, Jr., 72, of Tallahassee, FL died Friday, August 11, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Beau Cooksey will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Harris was born in Albany, GA and had resided in Tallahassee, FL for the past...

Aug 11, 2017

Margaret Elizabeth Baxley Pellicano, 94, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. Rev. Charles Brown will officiate, Rev. Charles Jones will be the vocalist and her...

Aug 7, 2017

Wanda Strenth Boyd (Johnson) age 83 passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Danielsville, Ga. Mrs. Boyd was a longtime resident of Albany who operated an in-home daycare for many years. She was a former member of Beacon Baptist Church and a member of Red Oak Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jim...

Aug 7, 2017

Patricia Faircloth Puckett of Dawson, Georgia passed away after a battle with cancer at the home of Bobby and Deborah McConnell in Leesburg, Georgia on Monday, August 7, 2017. Patricia was a registered nurse and worked at Dawson Rehabilitation Center for many years. She was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Barfield Faircloth, and father, Frank Faircloth. She is...

Aug 6, 2017

Maj Samuel E. Thames, USMC retired, 85, of Albany, GA, passed away August 6, 2017 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until the funeral hour. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery on Friday August 11, 2017...

Aug 6, 2017

Donald Jathon (Jay) Corbitt. Jr., 49, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Lillian Carter Health and Rehabilitation in Plains, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. William H. (Bill) Raney, III will officiate.   Born in the Republic of Panama, Mr. Corbitt was a...

Aug 5, 2017

Anne Marie Eubanks, 17, daughter of Becca and Jason Eubanks, died August 5, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg.  Rev. Todd Sullens and Wayne Naramore will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.

Anne was born in Montgomery, AL on Feb.5,...

Jul 30, 2017

Shirley Ann Collins Green, 74, of Lee Co., GA died Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery. Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Green had resided in Lee Co., GA...

Jul 30, 2017

Robert Wesley Merriam, 75, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at his residence.  A memorial service will be conducted on Wednesday at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Malcolm C. Parker will officiate.

 

Born in Buffalo, NY, Bob relocated to California where he lived the majority of his life with his family and worked at CDC/FDM...

Jul 28, 2017

Carolyn Joyce Lovett, 70, passed away on July 28, 2017, at Wilson Hospice House in Albany, Ga. She was born on September 24, 1946, in Lambert, MS to Juanita Roeder Martish. Carolyn grew up in Earle, AR and moved to Chicago, IL with her mother Juanita during her high school years. She graduated from Main East High School in Chicago,...

Jul 27, 2017

Sherrie Lynn Hodges Cowart, 50, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, July 27, 2017 at her parents’ residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Craig Howell will officiate. Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Cowart had resided in Lee Co., GA all of her life. Before her illness Sherrie was...

Jul 25, 2017

Mary Jean Remington Oaks, 82, of Albany passed away at Willson Hospice House on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. A native of Akron, Colorado, Jean was born on 06/12/1935 to the late Mary Kincheloe and Fred Remington. She graduated from the University of Colorado in Greeley where she met and married a marine, so she lived in California, Hawaii, and Virginia...

Jul 24, 2017

James Patrick Beasley, 39, of Albany, GA, passed away July 24, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. William “Butch” Knight will officiate. 

 

Born in Albany, GA, James Patrick Beasley attended Monroe Comprehensive High School. For several years he worked as an...