Obituaries
Charles F. Reynolds, Sr
Aug 7, 2016
Charles F. Reynolds, Sr., 84, of Albany, GA, died August 7, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate. Interment will follow in Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery in Mitchell County, GA. A native of Baxley, GA, Mr. Reynolds graduated from Baxley High School and joined...
Michael W. (Mike) Simpson
Aug 6, 2016
Michael W. (Mike) Simpson, 62, of Albany, GA, died August 6, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. No formal services will be held.A native of Tifton, GA, born to the late John and Betty Joe Simpson, Mike moved to Albany, GA in 1963 with his family. He graduated from Albany High School and served in the United States Air Force during...
Gerald E. (Jerry) NeSmith
Aug 4, 2016
Gerald E. (Jerry) NeSmith, 83, of Lee County, GA, died August 4, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Baggett will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.A native of Moultrie, GA, Mr. NeSmith grew up in Tifton, GA. He graduated from Tift County...
Janis Gail Messer
Aug 4, 2016
Janis Gail Messer, 60, of Lee County, passed away Thursday, August 04, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, August 08, 2016 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Kerri Reeves will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.Janis was the youngest of three children born to a sailor in the United States...
Bob Ray Sheffield
Aug 4, 2016
Bob Ray Sheffield, 74, of Albany, GA died Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chad Smith will officiate.Born in Newton, GA, Mr. Sheffield had resided in Albany, GA for most of his adult life. He was a retired millwright...
John Paul Sullivan
Aug 4, 2016
John P. Sullivan, 73, of Tallahassee, FL, formerly of Albany, GA, died August 4, 2016 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Orlando, FL, Mr. Sullivan was born to the late Paul and Eugenia Sullivan. He...
Albert Rizzardi
Aug 2, 2016
Albert Rizzardi, 84, of Lee County, GA died August 2, 2016 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. The family will have a private memorial service at a later date.Mr. Rizzardi was a native of Iron Mountain, MI. After High School, he began working for Yale Rubber Manufacturing Company in Sandusky, MI. Three years later, he served his country during...
Pauline Goodman Kidd
Jul 29, 2016
Pauline Goodman Kidd, 97, of Baker Co., GA died Friday, July 29, 2016 at Evergreen Personal Care Home in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church in Leary, GA. Rev. Preston Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.Mrs. Kidd was a life-long resident of Baker Co.,...
Linda Sue Futch
Jul 27, 2016
Linda Watkins Futch, 70, of Lee County, GA, died July 27, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:00 AM at the Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate.A native of Panama City, FL, born to the late Joe and Dovie Watkins, Mrs. Futch grew up in Hartford, AL and Lee County, GA...
Mary Elizabeth Bailey
Jul 25, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Bailey, 87, of Albany, GA., died Monday, July 25, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. at the Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Rev. Morris Harp will officiate.A life-long resident of Albany, GA, Mrs. Bailey was retired from Winn-Dixie and was a member of Amazing Grace Baptist...
John Todd Whitfield
Jul 25, 2016
John Todd Whitfield, 47, of Albany, GA, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016. A memorial service to honor and remember Todd's life will be held on Saturday, July 30th, 2016 beginning 11:00 am at the Chapel at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Mr. Whitfield originally grew up and attended school in Dothan, Alabama. He honorably...
David (Dave) Scott Aldrich
Jul 24, 2016
David S. (Dave) Aldrich (Lt. Col., USMC Ret.), 74, of Lee County, GA, died July 24, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital. Memorial services will be held Friday at 12:00 noon at the First Presbyterian Church of Albany. Rev. Joshua F. Bower will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church. A private committal service...
George M. Combs
Jul 22, 2016
George M. Combs, 95, of Albany, GA, died July 22, 2016 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Norman Denney will officiate. The Tri-County Memorial Club will provide Masonic Rites.A native of Washington Township, Guernsey County, OH, born to the late Clyde H. and Amanda Jane Combs....
Nevelle Powell Horne
Jul 21, 2016
Nevelle Powell Horne, 76, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born in Coolidge, GA, Mrs. Horne had resided in Albany since 1960 moving from...
Bobby Russell
Jul 21, 2016
Bobby Russell, 55, of Lee County, GA, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Viewing Services will be held at Bobby and Barbara's home at 138 Pineview Drive Leesburg, GA on Saturday July 23, 2016 from 4pm till 7pm. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev....
Andrew Jay Jackson
Jul 19, 2016
Andrew J. (Jay) Jackson, Jr. 63, of Lee County, GA, died July 19, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Notchaway Baptist Church Cemetery in Baker County, GA. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate. Steve Casey, Rodney Cooper, Ricky Harris, Ted Hamlin, Donnie Krack and Kip Fox will serve as honorary...
Perry Chapman
Jul 18, 2016
Perry Chapman (GySt, USMC Ret.), 87, of Albany, GA, died July 18, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post # 30 will serve as pallbearers and provide Military Honors.A native of Chattanooga,...
Susan Adams Lile
Jul 18, 2016
Susan Adams Lile, 66, of Fleming Island, FL, formerly of Albany, GA, died July 18, 2016 at Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Lile had resided in Fleming Island,...
Andrea Leigh Moree
Jul 18, 2016
Andrea Leigh Moree, 44, of Albany, died on Monday, July 18, 2016 at her residence. A family memorial service will be held at a later date.Andrea’s heart was full of love for her family, friends, neighbors, and her beloved cats and kittens. She was always willing to help those in need and put others before herself. She also loved our...
Percival (Bud) Leon Hale
Jul 15, 2016
Percival L. Hale Jr., 74, of Albany, GA, formerly of Hutchinson, KS, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services will be heldHe was born April 4, 1942 in Hutchinson, KS, to the late Percival L. Hale Sr. and Marie F. Hale. Bud graduated from Buhler High School in 1960 and joined the Air Force...
