Obituaries
Gladys S. Etheridge
Mar 14, 2017
Gladys S. Etheridge, 91, of Albany, GA died March 14, 2017 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.Born in Dublin, GA, Mrs. Etheridge was raised in Laurens County and moved to the Albany area from Macon, GA in 1952. She worked in her home caring...
Mollie Frances Davis Turner
Mar 12, 2017
Mollie Frances Davis Turner, 71, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray Methodist Church Cemetery (Calhoun Co., GA) Born in Tallahassee, FL, Mrs. Turner moved to Calhoun Co., GA...
Linda Jean Rodgers
Mar 5, 2017
Linda Smith Rodgers, 67, of Montezuma, GA. died March 5, 2017 at Heart of Georgia Hospice in Perry. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Linda was born in Montezuma, GA on December 27, 1949 and had resided in Macon County, GA for most of her life. She graduated from Macon County High School in...
Mercer M. (Buck) Allegood
Mar 3, 2017
Mercer M. (Buck) Allegood, 80, of Lee County, GA died March 3, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul and Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Colquitt, GA, Mr. Allegood grew up between Moultrie and Funston. He...
Betty Rusk Worrell
Mar 3, 2017
Betty Rusk Worrell, 80, of Lee County, GA, died March 3, 2017 at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. A native of Alexandria, LA, Mrs. Worrell was born to the late Dewey and Melissa Rusk on April 13, 1936. She graduated...
Agnes K. (Ms. Kitty) Harris
Mar 1, 2017
Agnes K. (Ms. Kitty) Harris, 81, of Lee County, GA, died March 1, 2017 at the Phoebe North Campus. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Life Spring Church. Pastor Mark Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Kimball Methodist Church Cemetery in Anderson City.A native of Highpoint, NC, Mrs. Harris grew up in Baker County, GA...
Ed Stevens Williams, Sr
Feb 28, 2017
Ed Stevens Williams, Sr., 70, of Dawson, GA died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 3, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA. Rev. David W. Unkles will officiate.Born in Atlanta, GA, Mr. Williams had resided in Dawson, GA all of his life. He was formerly employed...
Tracy Marie Tumlin
Feb 28, 2017
Tracy Marie Tumlin,48, of Albany, GA., died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Friday, March 3, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Richie Marbury and Mr. Jimmy Tumlin will officiate.A native of Vidalia, GA., Tracy was a graduate of Westover High School and attended Albany Junior College. Ms. Tumlin was a...
Bobby C. Gibson, Sr
Feb 28, 2017
Bobby C. Gibson, 76, of Georgetown died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.His service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 10 AM until funeral time.Born in Cleveland, AL, Mr. Gibson moved to Albany 20 years ago from Dothan. He was an Air Traffic...
Reba Sinquefield Gillis
Feb 27, 2017
Reba Sinquefield Gillis, 80, of Lee County, GA, died February 27, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum.Reba was born on November 1, 1936 in Randolph County, GA to the late Truman...
Ruth A. Stack
Feb 26, 2017
Ruth Avaleen Key Stack, 94, of Albany, GA died Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 3, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery at 12:00 p.m.Born in Pilot Mountain, NC, Mrs. Stack had resided in Albany, GA...
Jimmy Starr
Feb 25, 2017
Jimmy Wilton Starr, 81, of Fort Gaines, GA died Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, AL. Memorial services will be held at his residence, (1367 Cottonhill Road), on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.Born in Arlington, GA, Mr. Starr had resided in Fort Gaines, GA since 2010 moving there from Ellijay, GA. He had...
Rev. Bobby C. Moye
Feb 25, 2017
Rev. Bobby C. Moye, 83, of Albany, GA, died February 25, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Tom Pollock, Rev. Bobby Harrell and Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg City Cemetery.A native of Soperton, GA born to the late Dewey...
Danny J. Hatcher
Feb 24, 2017
Danny J. Hatcher, 68, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Brother Rickey Griner will officiate.Mr. Hatcher was born in Albany, GA, and had resided here his entire life. Danny was a veteran and served in the...
Whitney Blake Strickland
Feb 24, 2017
Whitney Blake Strickland, 33, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, February 24, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Eidson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Whitney was a life-long resident of Albany, GA and Lee Co., GA. She was graduate of...
Davest L. (Kip) Hardin, Jr
Feb 22, 2017
Davest L. (Kip) Hardin, Jr., 61, of Albany, GA, died February 22, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Bush and Sandy Hilton-Jacob will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the funeral services at the funeral home.Kip was a native of Muscogee County, GA and...
Myra Wanda Morrison
Feb 21, 2017
Myra Wanda Morrison, 92, of Hampton, GA., died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Vitas Hospice- Stockbridge. Graveside funeral services will be held, Friday, February 24, 2017, 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Colquitt, GA., Mrs. Morrison was an emeritus and lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked in retail...
Pearlie Merline Rainey
Feb 20, 2017
Pearlie Merline Rainey, 86, of Albany, GA, died February 20, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Enterprise, AL born to the late Robert and Zula Jones, Mrs. Rainey was married to her late husband, Benjamin Franklin...
Ben Sawyer, Jr
Feb 20, 2017
Ben Sawyer, Jr., 80, of Morgan, GA, died Monday, February 20, 2017 at Miller County Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Morgan Methodist Cemetery. Rev. Chris Holdorf, Rev. David Crowdis, and Rev. Bobby Hall will officiate.A native of Randolph County, GA, Mr. Sawyer grew up in Calhoun County. He was a graduate of...
Billy J. Brown
Feb 19, 2017
Billy J. Brown, 80, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Born in Briceville, TN, to the late Franklin and Martha Brown, Mr. Brown had resided in the Albany area most of...
