Obituaries
Diane Suess Kelly
Oct 23, 2017
Diane Suess Kelly, 62, passed away on Monday, October 23, 2017.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Bobby Brooks will officiate. A private family interment will follow.
Diane was born in St. Cloud, MN to Marylene and Lambert Suess and moved to Albany, GA at the age of three. She attended...
Cathy Ann Johnson
Oct 18, 2017
Cathy Ann Windham Johnson, 64, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, October 23, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Cathy was born in Albany, GA and had been a life-long resident. She was a graduate...
Blanche Ruth Dekle
Oct 18, 2017
Blanche Ruth Smallwood Dekle, 89, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Pruitt-Health Palmyra. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Born in Albany, GA and a life-long resident, Mrs. Dekle was retired from Flint River Textiles. She...
Thomas Newell York
Oct 18, 2017
Thomas “Tommy†Newell York, 71, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, GA. A native of Worth Co. in the Gordy Community, Mr. York was born to the...
Marylene Suess
Oct 17, 2017
Marylene Suess, 83, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. A private family service was held Friday, October 20, 2017 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Affectionately known to her family as “Baby Zola,†she was born to the late Florence and Charley Walls in Hawkinsville, GA and was raised during the depression on a farm in Hazlehurst, GA....
William "Bill" Blake Pressley
Oct 16, 2017
William Blake (Bill) Pressley, 62, of Lee County, GA, died October 16, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. A celebration of life service will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. A. B. Stroud will officiate. Please come dressed as you are comfortable. Military Honors will be provided by the American Legion Post # 30 Honor Guard and...
Phillip Joe Nolan
Oct 16, 2017
Phillip Joe Nolan, 69, of Sylvester, died Monday, October 16, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His memorial service will be at a later date. A native of Fort Pierce, FL, Mr. Nolan had lived in Albany since 1957. He was a Marine Corps veteran serving during Vietnam and was retired from the Marine Corps Logistics Base. Mr. Nolan was...
M. Frances Law
Oct 13, 2017
Mary Frances Law, 90, formerly of Jackson, TN, passed away October 13, 2017 at her daughter's residence. Graveside memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, October 17 at 11:00 am at the Hollywood Cemetery, in Jackson, TN. Mary Frances was preceded in death by her husband Howard Law, and two brothers Bobby and Billy Williams. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Conger...
Travis Eugene Wade, Sr.
Oct 13, 2017
Travis Eugene Wade, 65, Of Baconton, GA died Friday, October 13, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Newman will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Colquitt County, GA, born to the late Thomas E. and Zola Wade, Travis grew up...
Emily R. Lindler
Oct 13, 2017
Emily R. Lindler, 95, daughter of Wilfred and Gertrude Rivers, passed away peacefully at her home in Palm Bay, FL, on Friday, October 13. She is survived by her daughters, Louise L. Jenkins of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and Gertrude R. Lindler of Gainesville, FL.; grandson, Keith Jenkins and granddaughter-in-law, Sarah Kotecki of San Diego, CA. Emily was preceded in...
Jimmie B. Broadaway, Sr.
Oct 11, 2017
Jimmie B. Broadaway, Sr. 75, of Albany, died Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House.
His graveside service will be held 11 AM Friday at Black Jack Baptist Church Cemetery in Bainbridge. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate.
A native of Bainbridge, Mr. Broadaway had lived in Albany since 1972. He was a former machinist Southwest Georgia Machine Shop...
Ann R. Sims
Oct 5, 2017
Ann R. Sims, 81, of Albany, GA, passed away, Thursday, October 5, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 10:30 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Butch Knight will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 pm in Oakhill Cemetery in Quitman, GA. Pastor Steve Lindenmeyer will officiate.
Born July 14, 1936 in Atlanta,...
Jeanette Joyce Penberthy
Oct 5, 2017
Jeanette Joyce Penberthy, 72, of Albany, GA, died October 5, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 12:00 noon at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Pastor Jason Spears will officiate.
A native of Green Cove Springs, FL, Jeanette was born to the late Fred and Evelyn Lynch. She was raised in New Smyrna Beach,...
Melvin Taylor Parr
Oct 3, 2017
Melvin Taylor Parr, 90, of Lee County, GA, died October 3, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors provided by the American Legion Post # 30. A native of Baker County, GA, born to the...
Gonzalo Andres Valdes-Trench
Oct 2, 2017
Gonzalo Andres Valdes, 32, died in Albany, Georgia on Monday, October 2, 2017. A memorial will be held on Thursday, October 5 at 5:30 pm at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, Georgia. Visitation with the family will follow from 6-8:00 pm.
Gonzalo was born December 31, 1984 in Santiago, Chile. He moved to Albany in 1995 and worked as...
James "Jimmy" C. Hayes
Sep 28, 2017
James Charles “Jimmy” Hayes, 63, of Lee County, GA, died September 28, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Harris and Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Jimmy was born in Albany, attended Albany High School and lived...
Katherine Renee Stewart
Sep 26, 2017
Katherine Renee Stewart, 46, of Griffin, GA formerly of Albany, GA died Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Spalding Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.
Katherine was born in Sumter County, GA to the late Charles Stewart and Nancy...
Roger Dale Lewis
Sep 25, 2017
Roger Dale Lewis, 64, of Lumpkin, GA, died September 25, 2017 at his residence. No services will be held. A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Roy Yance Lewis and Agnes Lewis Fisher, Roger graduated from Albany High School and attended Darton College. He was Police Officer or a Paramedic for most of his career and had lived...
Earline C. Thomas
Sep 25, 2017
Earline C. Thomas, 89, of Albany, GA passed into eternal rest on Monday, September 25, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment 3:00 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery, Quitman, GA. Mr. Michael Pace will officiate.
Born in Thomaston, GA, Mrs. Thomas had resided in...
Geraldine Stewart Jenkins
Sep 22, 2017
Geraldine Stewart Jenkins, 72, of Lee County died Friday, September 22, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral service will be Monday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with entombment in Crown Hill Mausoleum. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate.
Mrs. Jenkins was an optician at My Eye Doctor (formerly Hour Glass) for 28 years. She was a loving wife,...
