Obituaries

Sep 22, 2016

GySgt Herman Frederick "Buddy" Brandt III, U.S.M.C. (ret), died Thursday, September 22, 2016, at Willson Hospice House. Funeral Services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 pm. Rev. Jeff Barker will officiate. Military honors will follow. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, GySgt Brandt served his county for 21 years in the U....

Sep 17, 2016

Ruth Goolsby Clifton died at The Pines in Davidson, North Carolina, on September 17, 2016, almost three months before turning 103. She was born in Clay County, Georgia, to the late Charles Walker Goolsby and Mattie McDaniel Goolsby.She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Cecil Lamar Clifton, Sr., and sons, Charles Reuben Clifton and James Richard...

Sep 16, 2016

Cerissa Shea (Kagley) Bodiford, 30, of Albany, died Friday September 16, 2016. Her funeral service will be Wednesday 4 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Wednesday 3 to 4 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.Cerissa loved her family and her friends to the point that she would fight for them. She was a vibrant and free spirited....

Sep 16, 2016

Sep 15, 2016

John Lofton Mock, 89, of Albany, GA, died September 15, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Raliegh White Baptist Church. Reverends Joey Cannon and Ronnie Kinsaul will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Miller County, GA, Mr. Mock was the son of the late John Leonard...

Sep 13, 2016

Martin Lewis Harris, 92, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, September 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate. Born in Brunswick, GA, Mr. Harris moved to Albany, GA in 1952 moving from Atlanta, GA. He was a combat veteran of World...

Sep 12, 2016

Dale Alan Baker, 62, of Albany, GA died September 13, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Dale graduated from Westover High School in 1972 and continued his education at...

Sep 9, 2016

Jesse D. Fralish, 81, of Albany, GA passed away on Friday, September 9, 2016 at Pruitt Health - Palmyra, Albany Georgia. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, September 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.He was born January 7, 1935 in Wauchula, FL and was the son of the late Brady Floyd and Martha...

Sep 9, 2016

Earl Wallace Grubbs, 89, of Albany, GA, died September 9, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Faron Hamner will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside cemetery. A native of Sylvester, GA, Mr. Grubbs moved to Albany, GA in 1941. He was the owner and...

Sep 8, 2016

John B. Turner, 78, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Sand Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Rupert, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Ellaville, GA, to the late John William and Ruth Elizabeth Cooper Turner, Mr. Turner graduated from Butler High...

Sep 8, 2016

Alicia Akins Price, 32, of Smithville, joined her Heavenly Father Thursday, September 8, 2016. She was taken from this earth too soon. She was loved by many and loved everyone. Alicia was born in San Diego, California and was raised in a military family. She settled back home in Leesburg, GA where she graduated from Lee County High School in...

Sep 7, 2016

Carol Fletcher Williams, 68, of Albany, GA died September 7, 2016. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Betty Jackson will officiate. A private family entombment will follow.A native of Albany, GA, Carol graduated from Albany High School in 1966 and received her Bachelor of Education from Valdosta State University. She lived in...

Sep 6, 2016

Denise Lee Bauman, 21, of Albany, died Tuesday September 6, 2016 at her residence.The family will receive friends Friday 6 to 8 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.Survivors include her mother, Samantha Curl, Marshallville, sister, Tabitha Driskill, Albany, granny, Dot Parrish, Fort Valley, aunts, Sernca Driskill, Donna Carswell, Camie Edwards, uncles, Donnie Bauman, Ed Bauman, great aunts, Barbara Smith, Lowell Smith...

Sep 6, 2016

Jack Russell Middleton, 79, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Fulford will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post #30 will provide military honors.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Middleton had...

Sep 4, 2016

James Lee Norris, Jr., 71, of Albany, GA, died September 4, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private graveside funeral service will be held Tuesday at Leesburg Cemetery. A celebration of life service will follow at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Grand Island, NE, Jim moved to Albany, GA with his family...

Sep 1, 2016

Phyllis Carpenter Clum, 70, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 5, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs. Clum was born in Marshall, AR, to the late Everett Wayne and Marjorie Massey...

Aug 31, 2016

Ramona Patrick Smith, 64, of Lee County, GA, died August 31, 2016 at Doctor's Hospital of Augusta. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens and Jim Thurman will officiate. Committal services will follow at 3:00 PM at Bertha Dozier Memorial Park Cemetery in Montezuma, GA. A native of...

Aug 26, 2016

Shirley Ann Drinkwater, 57, of Leesburg, GA., died Friday, August 26, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Patmos Free Will Baptist Church. The interment will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Curtis Alligood will officiate.A native of Dawson, GA., Mrs. Drinkwater had resided in Leesburg, GA. since 2003 moving...

Aug 25, 2016

Dorothy Parrish Hardy died Thursday, August 25, 2016 at her residence in Lee County. Her remains have been cremated and no services are scheduled at this time.A lifelong native of Lee County Mrs. Hardy along with her husband James Thomas Hardy, Sr. owned and operated Hardy Restorations.Survivors include her daughters Tina Marie Tison, Albany, Samantha Lynn Wilson, Lee County, Denise...

Aug 25, 2016

Barbara Smith Wright, 75, of Albany, GA passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church, 2806 N Jefferson Street, Albany, GA 31701. Pastor Ken Chancellor will officiate. A graveside commitment will follow in Macon, GA at 4:00 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, 3000 Evergreen Drive,...