Obituaries
C. Joyce Hornsby
Dec 10, 2017
Celia Joyce Davis Hornsby, 87, of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 10, 2017 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, December 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Andersonville Nat’l. Cemetery. Mr. Bobby Willis will officiate. Born in Worth Co., GA, Mrs. Hornsby and her family moved to Albany, GA when she was a child. She married the...
Judy Mattox
Dec 9, 2017
Judy Carter Mattox, 71, of Lee County, passed away Saturday, December 09, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date. Judy was born in Thomasville, GA on June 21, 1946 to the late Hazel and James Carter. She was a beautiful, strong, sweet, loving woman who loved her daughters and...
Jimmie Gordon Haire
Dec 9, 2017
Jimmie Gordon Haire, 71, of Albany, GA died Saturday, December 9, 2017 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Fulford will officiate. Born in Albany, GA to Henry and Barbara Clark Haire, Jimmie was a life-long resident of Albany, graduating from Albany High School in 1964....
James Leroy Tyson
Dec 9, 2017
James Leroy Tyson, 92, of Albany, GA, died December 9, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate.
A native of Cook County, GA, Mr. Tyson grew up on a farm near Sparks. He served his Country during World War II in the...
Samuel Phillip "Phil" Smith
Dec 8, 2017
Samuel Phillip Smith, 66, of Albany, GA, died December 8, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 12, at 2:00 PM at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Chad Ellis and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
A native of Greensboro, GA, born on December 4, 1951, Phil grew up in Albany...
Mary S. Albano
Dec 7, 2017
Mary S. Albano, 76, of Lee County, GA, died December 7, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate. A private interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery on Monday, December 11, 2017. A native of McCrae, GA, Mrs. Albano was raised and lived in...
Brian G. Gosa
Dec 6, 2017
Brian Gosa, 41, of Smithville died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at his residence.
His funeral service will be Sunday 3 PM at Smithville City Cemetery. Rev. Patsy Hammock will officiate.
Brian was a lifelog resident of Lee County and graduated from Lee County High School in 1995. He had worked at M.C.L.B, Millis Transport, was an avid UGA fan and...
Brenda Glover
Dec 4, 2017
Brenda Douglas Glover, 66, of Albany, GA died December 4, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ronnie Youngblood will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Cordele, Brenda moved to Albany during Grammer School and graduated from Albany High School in 1969. She attended...
Kanella Varveris
Dec 4, 2017
Kanella Stanos Varveris, 90, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2017 at her home in Albany, Georgia. Kanella leaves behind her son Atty. Nicholas M. (Dr. Maria Y.) Varveris, of Columbus, Ohio, son Dr. Michael P. Varveris, of Naples, Florida, daughter Frances I. (Dr. Andrew) Michas of Leesburg, Georgia and grandchildren Ariana, Alexandra, Alexandria, Michael, Efrosini and Anastasia as well...
Margaret Campbell Reever
Dec 1, 2017
Margaret Rosella Willis Reever passed away Dec. 2nd 2017 in Kings Mt. NC at 67 years old.
Her funeral service will be Thursday 2 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate.
Mrs. Reever grew up in a military family, she joined the U.S. Air force after High School Graduation, left...
Roosevelt Brown, Sr.
Dec 1, 2017
Roosevelt Brown, Sr., 79, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, December 1, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Leesburg, GA with military honors. Pastor Sterling Calhoun will officiate. Interment will be in Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA at a later...
James "Red" W. Hall
Nov 29, 2017
James W. “Red” Hall, 91, of Cumming, GA., formerly of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Gracemont Assisted Living in Cumming, Ga. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 4, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the American Legion Post...
Doris "Diddy" Hill
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...
Captain Rudolph L. Carter
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...
Dr. Carl E. Findley, Jr.
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...
Bobby G. Strickland
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...
Christina Marie Amos
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...
Mary Jac Williams
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...
Stephen Douglas Burton
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...
Karen Frances Berry
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...
