Obituaries

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...

Jul 24, 2017

Joan P. Brown, 83, of Albany, GA, died July 24, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Sylvester, GA.  Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery.  Pastor Bruce Smith will officiate.

 

A native of Saugerties, NY, Mrs. Brown was born December 12, 1933 to the late Gustav and Dorothy Knauert.  She grew up...

Jul 20, 2017

Eva Batton Stoudenmire, 86, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Willson Hospice House.  Funeral services will be held Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Robert Greene and Rev. Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. A private interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.

 

Born in Jacksonville, FL, Mrs. Stoudenmire had...

Jul 20, 2017

Eva Collins Suggs, 74 of Baconton Georgia, died Thursday July 20, 2017 at Regency Hospital in Macon, GA.

Her funeral service will be Monday 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Putney GA with interment in Mt. Enon Cemetery, Mitchell County, GA.  Rev. Danny Evans will officiate.

Born in Mitchell County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Westley Collins and...

Jul 20, 2017

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Hilda McCorkle Vann, 96, of Dawson, GA died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Interment will follow at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Edison, GA.

 

Born in Edison, GA, Mrs. Vann had resided in Dawson, GA since...

Jul 20, 2017

Cynthia Oliver Harrold, 58, of Lee County, died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at her residence.  

Her memorial service will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home.  

A native of Albany, Cindy was a home maker. She loved staying home and taking care of her two children. As they grew and became adults, she took up gardening...

Jul 18, 2017

Otilia V. Beasley died Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services are scheduled at this time. Born in San Juan, PR, Mrs. Beasley was a long time resident of Albany and Leesburg and was retired from M.C.L.B. She had attended St. Teresa’s Catholic Church and volunteered with the American Red Cross. She was preceded in death...

Jul 17, 2017

Victor Carlysle Sullivan, Jr., 87, of Albany, Georgia, died July 17, 2017, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be heldSaturday, July 22, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. “Biff” Coker and Dr. Paul E. Luthman will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post # 30 will perform Military...

Jul 15, 2017

Sylvia Annette Thomas Murry, 80, of Americus, GA, formerly Albany, GA died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Perfect Care in Americus, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.

Born in Luverne, AL, Mrs. Murry had resided in Albany, GA since 1957 and moved to...

Jul 13, 2017

Floyd Wilburn Nicholson, 82, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, GA.  Funeral services will be held Monday, July 17, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone, Rev. Wayne Martin and Mr. Nicholas Barry will officiate.  Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.

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Jul 13, 2017

Kenneth Wayne Hailey, Master GySgt USMC (Ret.), passed on July 13, 2017. He leaves to cherish his memories his wife of forty three years, Diane and his two daughter, Heidi and Vera, son in laws, David and Eric and his cats. Ken had a very special place for neighbor Rachel Tippins and thought of her as one of his own...

Jul 12, 2017

Deborah Lynn Fowler, 46, of Albany, GA, died July 12, 2017 at Columbus Specialty Hospital, Inc. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. 

A native of Moultrie Ga, Miss Deborah was born to the late Jerry and Connie Fowler.  She grew up in Moultrie and moved to Tifton. In...

Jul 11, 2017