Obituaries
Whitney Blake Strickland
Feb 24, 2017
Whitney Blake Strickland, 33, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, February 24, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Eidson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Whitney was a life-long resident of Albany, GA and Lee Co., GA. She was graduate of...
Davest L. (Kip) Hardin, Jr
Feb 22, 2017
Davest L. (Kip) Hardin, Jr., 61, of Albany, GA, died February 22, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Bush and Sandy Hilton-Jacob will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the funeral services at the funeral home.Kip was a native of Muscogee County, GA and...
Myra Wanda Morrison
Feb 21, 2017
Myra Wanda Morrison, 92, of Hampton, GA., died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Vitas Hospice- Stockbridge. Graveside funeral services will be held, Friday, February 24, 2017, 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Colquitt, GA., Mrs. Morrison was an emeritus and lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked in retail...
Pearlie Merline Rainey
Feb 20, 2017
Pearlie Merline Rainey, 86, of Albany, GA, died February 20, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Enterprise, AL born to the late Robert and Zula Jones, Mrs. Rainey was married to her late husband, Benjamin Franklin...
Ben Sawyer, Jr
Feb 20, 2017
Ben Sawyer, Jr., 80, of Morgan, GA, died Monday, February 20, 2017 at Miller County Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Morgan Methodist Cemetery. Rev. Chris Holdorf, Rev. David Crowdis, and Rev. Bobby Hall will officiate.A native of Randolph County, GA, Mr. Sawyer grew up in Calhoun County. He was a graduate of...
Billy J. Brown
Feb 19, 2017
Billy J. Brown, 80, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Born in Briceville, TN, to the late Franklin and Martha Brown, Mr. Brown had resided in the Albany area most of...
Michael Freddy Bishop
Feb 18, 2017
Michael "Freddy" Bishop, 62, of Baconton, GA, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends on Monday, February 20, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.Born in Norfolk, VA, Freddy has resided in the Albany area most of his life. He was a graduate of Dougherty High School, class...
Brianna Nicole Layton
Feb 15, 2017
Brianna Nicole Layton, 20 of Albany, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 after a hard fought battle.Her funeral service will be Saturday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.Brianna was born at Phoebe Putney and had lived in the Albany area all of her life. She was a graduate of Baconton Community Charter School where she...
Mary Jenny Smith Yarbrough
Feb 13, 2017
Mary Jenny Smith Yarbrough, 97, of Terrell County GA, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Pruitt Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Atlanta, GA Mrs. Yarbrough moved to Albany in 1938. She was employed with Bobs Candy and retired...
Rita Ann Wheaton Lesieur
Feb 11, 2017
Rita Ann Wheaton Lesieur, 80, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A funeral mass will be conducted Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born in Detroit MI., Mrs. Lesieur had resided in Albany since...
Carolyn Louise Downs
Feb 11, 2017
Carolyn Louise Caulder Downs, 71, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul and Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Downs moved to Leesburg, GA twenty years...
Michael L. (Mike) Dykes
Feb 11, 2017
Michael L. (Mike) Dykes, 63 of Lake Blackshear, GA died February 11, 2017 at Crisp Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday February 16, 2017 at 1:00 PM at The First United Methodist Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Dorsia Atkinson, Jr. will officiate. Graveside Committal services will be held on Friday at 2:00 PM...
Wayne A. Apperson
Feb 7, 2017
Wayne A. Apperson, 72, of Lee Co., Ga, died Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Pastor Chris Pollock will officiate. Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Apperson had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1990 moving from Albany, GA and was retired from the...
Marvin Clayton Bryant
Feb 5, 2017
Marvin C. Bryant, 80, of Bronwood, GA, died February 5, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Morgan, GA, born to the late Irvin and Lourie Bryant, Mr. Bryant grew up in Terrell County,...
Gail Davis Padgett
Feb 5, 2017
Gail Davis Padgett, 74 of Worth County, died Sunday February 5, 2017 at her residence. Her memorial service will be Thursday 6:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bud Womack will officiate. A native of Savannah Mrs. Padgett lived in the Worth County area most of her life. She was a retired bookkeeper with First State Bank. She was preceded...
Anneliese Haynes
Feb 4, 2017
Anneliese Haynes, 76, of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 4, 2017 at her residence. No public memorial services are planned at this time.Born in Berlin, Germany, Ms. Haynes has lived in Albany for one year, coming from Gwinnett County, GA. She was a human resource officer for Gold Kist. She was dearly loved by her family and friends. Survivors include...
James Howard Cason
Feb 3, 2017
James Howard Cason, (1st. Lt., USMC, Ret), 85, of Albany, GA died February 3, 2017 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Barnhardt and Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Interment will follow in Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery in Adel, GA with Military Honors provided by the...
James Willis Daughtry
Feb 3, 2017
James Willis Daughtry, 78, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Rev. Larry Daughtry, Jr. and Rev. Joe Poitevent, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA and a life-long resident,...
Mary Marie Golden
Feb 3, 2017
Mary Marie Golden, 79, of Albany, GA, died February 3, 2017 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Keith Smith and Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Berrien County, GA born to the late Vernon and Mizzie...
W. C. Webb, Jr
Jan 31, 2017
W.C. Webb, Jr., 66, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died January, 31, 2017 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM at The First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Ken Myers and Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Crown Hill Mausoleum.A native of Ocala,...
