Obituaries
Aline Bussey Grace
Jun 9, 2017
Aline Bussey Grace, 92, of Magnolia Manor, formerly of Leesburg, GA, died June 9, 2017. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith and Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Rupert, GA, Mrs. Grace was born to the late Willie C. and Artie Bussey....
Deborah K. Armstrong
Jun 9, 2017
Debbie Kay Armstrong, 57, of Lee County passed away Friday, June 09, 2017 at her residence. The family will hold a private memorial service later this week.In lieu of flowers those desiring may make memorials to Albany Community Hospice, 320 Foundation Lane Albany, GA 31707.Born in Santa Ana, CA, Debbie moved to Albany in 1977.She was a long time employee...
Maxine Moore
Jun 8, 2017
Maxine Moore, 87, of Bainbridge, GA., died Thursday, June 8, 2017 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date.A native of Newton, GA., Mrs. Moore has resided in Bainbridge, GA., for sixty-seven years. She was retired from Amoco Fabrics and Fibers where she worked for over twenty years. Granny was devoted to her family. Her...
David Glenn Ellis
Jun 7, 2017
David Glenn Ellis, 46, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Glenn was a life-long resident and attended the Dougherty Co. Schools. Glenn...
John Louis Lott, Jr
Jun 7, 2017
John Louis "Buddy" Lott, Jr., 70, of Albany, GA died June 7, 2017 at Lee County Health & Rehab. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home with military honors. Rev. William Collins and Rev. Brenda Crawford will officiate.He was born in Macon, GA to the late John Louis Lott, Sr. and Mary Frances Long...
Betty Ruth McIntyre Kimbrell
Jun 7, 2017
Betty Ruth McIntyre Kimbrell, 88, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Ousley, GA in Lowndes County, to the late James D. and Susie Adams McIntyre, Mrs. Kimbrell attended Clyatte High School then...
Dolores Rooks Sowell
Jun 6, 2017
Dolores Rooks Sowell, 99, of Albany, GA, passed away June 6, 2017 at her home at Phoebe Senior Living at Morningside. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Methodist Church Cemetery in Baker County, GA. Rev. Charles Jones will preside. Born on June 10, 1917 to the late Warren and Doris Rooks,...
Myrtis Wilkes Howard
Jun 4, 2017
Myrtis Wilkes Howard, 92, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Magnolia Manor, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born in Ocilla, GA, Mrs. Howard had resided in Albany, GA for all of...
Estell Cribbs Rogers
Jun 3, 2017
Estelle Cribbs Rogers, 91, of Albany, GA died Saturday, June 3, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. William Collins will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Mausoleum.A native of Clyde, GA, Mrs. Rogers had resided in Savannah, GA prior to moving to Albany, GA...
Evelyn Louise Harrell
Jun 1, 2017
Evelyn Louise Harrell, 96, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Sylvester, GA. Funeral services will be Monday, June 5, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Sunnyside Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby L. Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.Born December 28, 1920 in Lauderdale County, MS, Mrs. Harrell had resided...
Shockley Cobb Pettis
May 31, 2017
Shockley Cobb Pettis, 70, of Smithville, GA., died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Dennis Cooper will officiate.A lifelong resident of Smithville, GA he retired from the Marine Corps Logistics Base, were he worked as a configuration management specialist. Mr....
Evelyn Juanita Merritt
May 28, 2017
Evelyn Juanita Merritt, of Albany, GA died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Cedar Springs, GA (Early Co.), Mrs. Merritt had resided in Albany, GA since...
Kenneth E. (Ken) Phillips
May 27, 2017
Ken Phillips, 60, of Lee Co. GA died suddenly May 27, 2017 at Blairsville, GA while on his annual family reunion. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. James Woods will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Born in Bainbridge, GA, Ken grew up in Climax, GA and graduated from Bainbridge High...
Ida Wilma Chambers
May 23, 2017
Ida Wilma Chambers, age 95, died May 23rd, 2017 at Pine Shadows Manor, Sylvester. She was born February 25, 1922 in Miller County, Georgia to the late Smiley B. Nix and Amanda Womble Nix. She married her high school sweet heart and the love of her life, Bill Chambers, Sr. on June 17, 1939 in Miller County. During World War...
Sarah Brown
May 22, 2017
Sarah Knight Brown, 90 of Albany, died Monday, May 22, 2017. Her memorial service will be at 3 PM on Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Brown had lived in Albany since 1956 and was a retired rural letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service.She...
Harry E. Johnson
May 21, 2017
Harry, E. Johnson, 78, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, May 21, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 26, 2017 at Lakeside Baptist Church at 2:00 pm. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Roy Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post 30 will provide military honors.Born in Cordele, GA, Mr....
Betty Jo Harrell
May 21, 2017
Betty Jo Harrell, 77, of Putney, GA, died May 21, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Ezell will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Born in Mitchell County, GA to the late Rudolph and Julia Mae Batchelor, Mrs. Harrell was raised in Vada, GA. She...
Donald Leonard Ruis
May 21, 2017
Donald Leonard Ruis, 84, of Albany, GA died Sunday, May 21, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jackie Cabanis will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Sylvester, GA, Mr. Ruis had resided in Albany, Ga since 2009. He was a retired dog trainer and...
Carolyn N Turner
May 20, 2017
Carolyn N. Turner, 75 of Albany, died Saturday, May 20 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her remains have been cremated.Survivors include her sons, Kal Turner and Jesse Turner both of Sylvester, sisters Rosie Burke, Albany, Mary Simpson, Delaware, Beth Goldberg, Ft. Myers, FL, brothers, Eddie Tynes and Billy Tynes both of Albany.
Samuel Wayne DuBose
May 18, 2017
Samuel Wayne DuBose, 85, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 22, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.Born in Miller Co., GA., Mr. DuBose moved to Albany,...
