Obituaries
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...
Damien Wyatt Thrower
Jan 4, 2017
Infant Damien Wyatt Thrower died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Monday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.Damien was born December 4, 2016 to Ethan M. Boultinghouse and Tatum N. Thrower of Pelham, GA. He is also survived by paternal grandmother, Veronnica Colllins of Pelham, GA, maternal...
Jerry Myers Wimberly
Jan 4, 2017
Jerry Myers Wimberly, 78, of Albany, GA, died January 4, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Muelller and Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. A private entombment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Jerry was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. She was a member...
Eva Jane Simmons Feagin
Jan 4, 2017
Eva Jane Simmons Feagin, 76, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Lee County Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Harmony Church Cemetery, Meigs, GA.Born in Seattle, WA, Mrs. Feagin had resided in Albany, Ga since...
Jonathan Boo Manriquez
Jan 3, 2017
Jonathan "Boo" Manriquez, 39, of Leesburg, died Tuesday January 3, 2017 at Emory University Hospital.His memorial service will be Saturday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate.A native of Sylvester Jonathan had lived in Leesburg for a number of years and was the owner operator of Floors and More and was active in youth sports in...
Julia Frances Jones
Dec 31, 2016
Julia Frances "JuJu" Jones, 85, of Albany, GA, died December 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Pastor Josh Copron and Pastor Jason Spears will officiate. Born in Thomasville, GA to the late Chovine Cantey Pace and Julia Wooten Pace, Mrs. Jones moved to Albany, GA with...
William H. Hancock
Dec 29, 2016
William H. "Bill" Hancock, 66, of Baconton, GA, died December 29, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate. The United States Marine Corps Honor Guard will provide Military Honors. A native of Moultrie, GA, Bill grew up in Clearwater, FL and moved to...
Laura Worsham Butler
Dec 28, 2016
Laura Worsham Butler, 91, of Albany, GA, died December 28, 2016 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Joe Butterworth will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Mitchell County, GA, born to the late Jack and Lillie Worsham, Mrs. Butler had...
Cara Whitney Nichols
Dec 26, 2016
Cara Whitney Nichols, 30, of Dawson, GA died Tuesday, December 26, 2016 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, December 30, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Cara had resided in Dawson all of her life. She was of the Baptist faith and preceded in...
Timothy "Scotty" Scott Moore, Jr.
Dec 26, 2016
Much loved by his parents and brother. A beautiful sweet soul, full of promise, tormented by addiction, who lost his way, lost his fight with addiction. A private gathering was held in his memory, with family and close family friends, to celebrate his life, and share the grief of his loss.
Born in Fort Valley Georgia, resided in Lee County...
Wanda Bruner Andrews
Dec 24, 2016
Wanda Bruner Andrews, 74, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Born in Blakely, GA, Mrs. Andrews grew up in Albany. She was a 1960 graduate...
Patrick S. Murphy
Dec 23, 2016
Patrick S. Murphy, 44, of Calhoun Co, GA, died December 23, 2016. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the funeral. Interment will be at Cordray Methodist Cemetery. Patrick was born in Salem, MA and grew up in a Military family....
