Obituaries
Nell Jennings Wall
Jan 21, 2017
Nell Jennings Wall, 97, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 25, 2016 at 11:00 am at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. Coker will officiate. A private interment will follow in Tazewell Cemetery.Mrs. Wall was born January 26, 1919 in Orangeburg, SC, to the late Mr....
Ruby Smith Drinkwater
Jan 21, 2017
Ruby Smith Drinkwater, 97, of Morgan, GA, passed away January 21, 2017 at Morningside Assisted Living in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 11:00 am at New Light Free Will Baptist Church, Morgan, GA. Rev. Watson McKemie, Rev. Mike McAfee and Rev. Joe Murkerson will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Born...
Susan Kay Hardee
Jan 21, 2017
Susan Kay Hardee, 56, of Lee County, GA, died January 21, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Christ United Methodist Church. Rev. Jeff Cook will officiate.A native of Troy, MO, Susan grew up there and graduated from Buchannan High School in 1978 and received her Bachelor Degree from Culver-Stockton...
Sarah Tappan King Mitchell
Jan 20, 2017
Sarah Tappan King Mitchell (1923 - 2017) passed peacefully from this life into her heavenly home, Friday January 20, 2017. Born in Sandersville, GA and raised in White Plains, GA, she lived in Albany, GA for most of her life. She was a long time member of Byne Memorial Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday School and Bible...
Kelley Leigh Pickett
Jan 19, 2017
Kelley Leigh Pickett, 58, of Albany, GA died January 19, 2017 at her residence. She was a kind, beautiful and amazing Grams, mother, Aunt, daughter, sister and friend who never laid judgement on a soul and showed compassion and unconditional love to all. A visitation will be held January 28, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the home...
Annette Priscilla Shadburn
Jan 19, 2017
Annette P. Shadburn, 65, of Albany, GA, died January 19, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Sylvester, GA, born to the late Ammonette and Lula Porter, Annette lived in Albany, GA most of...
Cheryl Ann Knaak
Jan 17, 2017
Cheryl Ann Knaak, 72, of Cobb, GA, died January 17, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Cheryl was born in Reno, Nevada on June 30, 1944, daughter of the late Walter and Hazel West. She moved...
Carmen A. (Dip) Dippolito
Jan 16, 2017
Carmen A. (Dip) Dippolito, 84, of Albany, GA, died January 16, 2017 at Phoebe North Campus. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Carlos Pinzon will officiate.A native of Norristown, PA, Mr. Dippolito was born to the late Anthony and Lucy Dippolito. He graduated from West Catholic High...
Dorothy Jean Pavy
Jan 16, 2017
Dorothy Jean Pavy, 87, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral at...
Belinda Diana Judy
Jan 16, 2017
Belinda Diana Judy, 62 of Albany, died Monday, January 16, 2017 at Pruitt Health- Palmyra.A memorial service will be held at a later date.Belinda worked in the legal field as a legal secretary and later as a legal assistant for approximately 22 years. She was a member of the Albany Legal Secretaries Association, serving three terms as president, as well...
Pamela Ann Lloyd
Jan 16, 2017
Pamela Ann Roberts Lloyd, 74, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, January16, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at First Southern Methodist Church. Rev. Fletcher Rawls and Rev. George Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in West Point, GA, Mrs. Lloyd had resided in...
Joseph B. Powell, Jr
Jan 15, 2017
Joseph B. (Joe) Powell, Jr., 87, of Albany, GA died January 15, 2017. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Porterfield United Methodist Church. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 PM at Fender Cemetery in Lakeland, GA with Rev. Nate Lehman officiating.A native of Lanier County, GA, Mr. Powell was...
Mildred Joy Spargo
Jan 12, 2017
Mildred Joy Spargo, 75, of Newton, GA died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. David Wolfe will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA.Born in Columbus, GA, Mrs. Spargo had resided in Newton, GA for the past seven...
Elizabeth Hatcher Taliaferro
Jan 12, 2017
Elizabeth Hatcher Taliaferro, 74, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Lillian Carter Nursing Home in Plains, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Leesburg, GA, Mrs. Taliaferro had resided in Albany, GA most of her life, retiring from J.C. Penney's as...
William Pollard
Jan 12, 2017
William H. "Bill" Pollard, Jr. of Albany, died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House. His memorial service will be 11 AM Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in the Walden Chapel of First United Methodist Church. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. A native of Grove Hill, AL, Mr. Pollard grew up in Daphne, AL and...
Irene Atkinson Cox
Jan 11, 2017
Irene Atkinson Cox, 91, of Lee Co., GA, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Seymour Southern Comforts Assisted Living in Bronwood, GA. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Ben Steffens will officiate.Born in Mitchell County, GA, Mrs. Cox had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1964. She was a...
Mary McCracken Johnson
Jan 10, 2017
Mary McCracken Johnson, 89, of Albany, GA, died January 10, 2017 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Pete Daugherty will officiate. Interment will follow in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.Mrs. Johnson was born in Hartsfield, GA to the late Charlie and Alma McCracken. She was raised in Moultrie,...
Kimberly Ann Barfield
Jan 9, 2017
Kimberly "Kim" Barfield, 41, of Lee County, GA, died January 9, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Matt Stone will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.Kim was a native of Albany, GA and had resided in Shellman, GA for twelve years before moving to Lee County,...
Wanda Sue Jones Bridges
Jan 9, 2017
Wanda Sue Jones Bridges, 85, of Sasser, GA died Monday, January 9, 2017 at Hawthorn Senior Living in Cuthbert, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday January 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wallace Willis will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Covington, KY on December 30, 1931 to the late William Sanford...
Jean Garcia
Jan 9, 2017
Jean Garcia, 90, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, January 9th, after a five year struggle with Alzheimer's. At the time of her death, she was at home with her devoted daughter, Anita, at her bedside. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, January 13, 2016 at 10:00 am, at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. The family will...
