Obituaries
Robert Manning Powell
Mar 20, 2017
Robert Manning "Gilbert" Powell of Tennessee Ridge, Tn. passed away Monday March 20, 2017 at his residence. Graveside services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Buddy Powell will officiate. He was born August 4, 1929 in Ocilla, GA. Son of the late Thomas Lindsey Powell and Lillie Mae O'Malley Powell. He was preceded in...
Ethan H. Hudson
Mar 17, 2017
Ethan Hall Hudson, 37, of Albany, GA, died March 17, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Monday, March 20, 2017 at the First Baptist Church of Albany at 5:00 PM. Rev. Matt Lampley and Dr. William Butch Knight will officiate. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM until 5:00 PM at the church. A...
Harold E. Ford
Mar 17, 2017
Harold E. Ford, 82, of Albany, GA, died March 17, 2017. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at the Ministry Center of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor, Rev. Nate Lehman, Rev. William Collins and Stephanie Hawke will officiate and Davis Kinney will lead music. A private entombment will be held at Crown Hill...
Nancy A Gabaldon
Mar 17, 2017
Nancy A. Gabaldon, 85, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Edward J. Green will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.The family will receive friends on Friday, March 24, 2017 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.Nancy (called Nan...
Ruth Davis Parker
Mar 16, 2017
Ruth Davis Parker, 84, of Leesburg, GA, formerly of Georgetown, GA, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at her residence. The family will have a private memorial at a later date.Born in Miami, FL Mrs. Parker was a devout Christian and very family oriented. She enjoyed visits with all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was loved and...
Geraldine H. Barronton
Mar 16, 2017
Geraldine H. Barronton, 90, of Albany, GA died Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate.Born in Kannapolis, NC, Mrs. Barronton moved with her family to Albany, GA in 1940 and graduated from Albany High School in 1941. She...
Franky Wayne Hancock, Sr
Mar 15, 2017
Franky Wayne Hancock, Sr., 59, of Sylvester, GA died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM before the service.Born in Moultrie, GA, to the late William Davis Hancock and...
James Marvin Bartlett
Mar 15, 2017
James Marvin Bartlett, 75, of Albany, Ga died Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. He was born December 14, 1941 in Crisp Co., GA. After graduating from high school he joined the U.S. Army and spent two tours of duty in Vietnam. After the service, he worked as a security officer for twenty five years with Pollard...
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...
