Obituaries

Sep 28, 2016

Leslie A. Peeler, 27 of Worth County died Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Funeral services will be Monday, October 3, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in the Poulan City Cemetery. A native of Albany, Leslie worked in the restaurant industry. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Ruth Weldon...

Sep 28, 2016

Annette "Maette" Thornton Bowling, 80, of Doerun, GA died Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at her residence. Funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 AM at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby Moye and Senator Greg Kirk will officiate. Her nephews will serve as pallbearers and clients of Albany ARC are asked to serve as honorary pallbearers. Committal service will be...

Sep 28, 2016

Robert K. Ivey, 87, of Troy, S.C., formerly of Smithville, GA, and Phenix City, Alabama died Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont in Greenwood, S.C. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Smithville City Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.He is preceded in death by his parents, George Samuel...

Sep 28, 2016

Coralie Medley Hallyburton, 90, of Albany, GA, died September 28, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Tampa, FL, born to the late Robert and Helen Thompson, Mrs. Hallyburton married at the young age...

Sep 27, 2016

Mark Timothy Williams, 55, of Terrell County, GA died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Beaufort, SC, Mr. Williams had resided in Albany before moving to Terrell County,...

Sep 25, 2016

Donald David Ruffin, 83 of Leesburg, died Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation.His funeral service will be Wednesday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with entombment in Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Daniel Walker will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday 6 to 8 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Camilla, Mr. Ruffin was a...

Sep 24, 2016

Larry Ward Curtis, Jr., 49, of Terrell County, GA., died Saturday, September 24, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens and Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. A native of Heidelberg, Germany, Mr. Curtis had resided in Dawson, GA for twenty years...

Sep 22, 2016

Marvin Cebren Hunt, 70, of Byron, GA died Thursday, September 22, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 26, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Donalsonville, GA, Mr. Hunt had resided in Bryon, GA for the past twenty years. He...

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...