Obituaries
Janet L. Harrell
Jul 13, 2016
Janet L. Harrell, 58, of Putney, GA, died July 13, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Camilla, GA, Janet grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School. She was employed with Mentor Georgia...
Catherine Annette Coogle
Jul 13, 2016
Catherine Annette Coogle, 85, of Oglethorpe, GA died July 13, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 AM at the Mt. Zion-St. Luke Lutheran Church. Pastor Barbara Koch will officiate. A private burial will follow at the Oglethorpe City Cemetery. A native and lifelong resident of Oglethorpe, GA, Mrs. Coogle was born to the late...
Melvin E. Adams
Jul 10, 2016
Melvin E. Adams, 87, of Albany, GA died July 10, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Mitchell County, GA, Mr. Adams moved to Albany, GA in 1956 and was employed with Cross Equipment Company for over thirty years. He was...
Myrtle Walters Meeks
Jul 8, 2016
Myrtle Walters Meeks, 92, of Albany, GA, died July 8, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Saturday at Leesburg Cemetery. Dr. John Smith will officiate. A native of Irwin County, GA, Mrs. Meeks was a graduate of Ocilla High School and continued her education at Middle Georgia College and The University of Georgia,...
Mattie Sue Combs
Jul 6, 2016
Mattie Sue Gray Combs, 83, of Albany, GA passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Sorrow and Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Enigma, Ga, Mrs. Combs had resided in Albany since...
Opal Berniece Guerin Bivens
Jul 6, 2016
Opal Berniece Guerin Roberson Bivens died peacefully on July 6th, 2017 at home with her family at her side. She was 94 years old. She was born in Hazelton North Dakota to Jackson and Viola Guerin August 27th 1922. Her family moved to Indiana when she was 9 years old. She graduated from Bunkerhill High School in 1939. She lived...
Mary (Joanie) Mims
Jul 2, 2016
Mary J. "Joanie" Mims of Albany, GA, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 2, 2016 peacefully at her home. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Lee Co., GA. Rev. Grady Morey and Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs....
Allene M. Leath
Jun 29, 2016
Allene M. Leath, 96, of Albany, GA died June 29, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday July 2, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Ashburn, GA, born to the late George and Maggie Mitchell, Mrs. Leath grew up in Turner County, GA...
James Higby Graves
Jun 28, 2016
James, Jim Higby Graves, 91, of Albany, GA died early Tuesday morning June 28, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. He was born Sunday, March 15, 1925 in Youngstown, OH to the late Estes Varian E.V. Graves and Josephine Higby Graves.Jim joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 only one year after enrolling in Kenyon College to serve his country as...
Evelyn Brown Flournoy
Jun 28, 2016
Mrs. Evelyn Brown Flournoy, died Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at Ft. Gaines Health and Rehab.Her memorial service will be Friday 11 AM at Fort Gaines Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Hines will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:30 AM til funeral hour. A native of Danville, VA Mrs. Flournoy moved to Ft. Gaines in 1967 and was retired from...
Carole Murray Moody
Jun 27, 2016
Carole Murray Moody, 73, of Lee Co. GA, passed away Monday June 27, 2016 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Grady Morey and Judge Jim Thurman will officiate.Born in San Diego, CA, Mrs. Moody has resided in Leesburg since 1977. She was a professional...
Phillip Larry Almgren, Sr
Jun 27, 2016
Phillip "Larry" Almgren, Sr., 72, of Albany, GA died June 27, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Steve Hood will officiate. Interment will follow in Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Butler, GA, born to the late Alex Walter and Daisy Brooks Almgren, Larry graduated from Butler...
Jill Stewart Hollis
Jun 27, 2016
Jill Stewart Hollis, 82, of Lee County, GA, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 10:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Mrs. Hollis was a loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed spending time with her family. GiGi found her joy...
Shelley Lauren Jones
Jun 24, 2016
Shelley Lauren Jones, 34, of Chattanooga, TN passed away June 24, 2016 at Erlanger Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Ross Powell will officiate. A native of Marietta, GA, Shelley grew up in Woodstock, GA and McDonough, GA. While in Woodstock, she was a member of First Baptist...
James Milton Bloom
Jun 20, 2016
James Milton Bloom (Lt. Col. USAF Ret.), 81, of Moultrie, GA, died June 20, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Southside Baptist Church in Norman Park, GA. Pastor John Myrick and Rev. Paul Peace will officiate. Interment will follow in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Climax, GA with military honors.A native of...
Kenneth A. Lewis
Jun 17, 2016
Ken Lewis, 76, of Albany, GA. died peacefully at the Willson Hospice House on Friday, June 17, 2016. A graveside service will be held at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church on Monday, June 20th at 10:00 am. The Reverend Deacon Joy O. Davis will officiate. Ken was born in Columbus, GA on May 2, 1940. He worked most recently at Huggins...
Robert Gardner
Jun 17, 2016
Robert Gardner, 70, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Robert joined the United States Navy and served his country for four years....
Joanne Bryant Webb
Jun 13, 2016
Joanne Bryant Webb, 79, of Albany, GA, died Monday, June 13, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Hurley and Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Garden Cemetery.Joanne was born in Buckhead, Morgan County, GA, on August 16, 1936. After graduating...
Barbara Carden Burgess
Jun 10, 2016
Mrs. Barbara Carden Burgess, 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on June 10, 2016, in her home at Sunrise Assisted Living in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Private funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.The daughter of the...
Linda Everson Kidd
Jun 9, 2016
Linda Everson Kidd, 70, of Lee County, GA, died June 9, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Evangelist Gail Morrill will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA, born to the late, A. D. Everson and Susie Blunt Everson, Linda grew up in Albany, GA. She graduated from Dougherty...
