Obituaries

Andriana Link
Jun 8, 2016
Adriana "Andi" Page Link, 65, of Leesburg, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at her residence.Her memorial service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Mathews Funeral Home.Born June 9, 1950 in Portsmouth, VA to Herman Ray and Jacqueline Webb Marbry, Mrs. Link had lived in Lee...

Whitney Ann Adams
Jun 8, 2016
Whitney Ann Adams, 51, of Lee County GA, passed away June 8, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 10, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Father Ray Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Royal Oak, MI, Whitney moved to Lee County in 1989. She was a homemaker...

Catherine Elizabeth (Beth) Teixeira
Jun 8, 2016
Catherine Elizabeth "Beth" Roberts Teixeira, 61, of Albany died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at her residence. A memorial service will be Monday 10 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. The family will receive friends following the memorial service.Born in Columbus, GA, Beth was raised in Albany and graduated from Dougherty High School in 1972. She was...

Aubrey Melvin Craft, Sr
Jun 6, 2016
Aubrey Melvin Craft, Sr., 83, of Albany, GA, died June 6, 2016 at Evergreen Assisted Living Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church. Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Patmos, a Mr. Craft was raised in Arlington, GA and graduated from Arlington High School in 1950....

Richard Allan Menton, Sr
Jun 4, 2016
Richard Allan Menton, Sr., 64 of Lee Co., GA, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2016 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with military honors.Born in Longview, WA, Mr. Menton was a retired truck driver with Reeves Construction Co., and a veteran of the Vietnam War...

Phillip L. (Phil) Davis
Jun 3, 2016
Phillip L. (Phil) Davis, 58, of Thomasville, GA formerly Albany, GA, died June 3, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at the Poulan United Methodist Church. Rev. Alan Miller will officiate. Pallbearers will be Sam Knighton, Cody Rogers, Buck Rogers, Doyle Rogers, Johnny Houston and Cody Gable. Interment will follow in the Poulan...

Lillian Kimbrel Allen
Jun 1, 2016
Lillian Kimbrel Allen, 84, of Leary, GA, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at her daughter's residence in Leary, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. Preston Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leary City Cemetery.Born in Arlington, GA, Mrs. Allen had resided in Leary for...

Marilyn Murphy Bullington
Jun 1, 2016
Marilyn Murphy Bullington, 68, of Lee County, GA, died June 1, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Atlanta, GA, born to the late James and Billie Anne Murphy, Marilyn grew up in...

Wayne Albert Markoski
Jun 1, 2016
Wayne Albert Markoski, 71, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, June 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Services will conclude with the Albany Police Honor Guard.Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Wayne joined the United States Army in 1963 to...

Mary Gail Stringer
May 31, 2016
Mary Gail Stringer, 62, of Albany, GA, died May 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A visitation will be held Friday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM at the family plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery (Thomasville, GA.)Gail was a native of...

Robert Eugene Church
May 31, 2016
Bob E. Church, 75, of Lee County, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate.Born in Fort Wayne Indiana, Bob has resided in Lee County for the past ten years. Bob retired...

Charlotte Mayo Willliams
May 31, 2016
Charlotte Mayo Williams, 69, of Albany, GA formerly of Wrightsville, GA, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at East Albany Church of God. Pastor Josh Toomey will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at West View Cemetery, Wrightsville, GA.Born in Gulf Port, MS, Mrs. Williams...

Hugh Morgan Hays
May 31, 2016
Hugh Morgan Hays, 65, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at his residence. The family will hold a memorial service Saturday at 11:00 AM at Kamp Kirksey, 2416 Kirksey Road, Albany, GA 31705. Rev. Bruce English will officiate.Born in Thomasville, GA, Hugh grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1969. He attended...

Helen Jenkins Farris Whatley
May 29, 2016
Helen Jenkins Farris Whatley, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, SC formerly of Americus, GA, died May 29, 2016 at East Cooper Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:00 PM at the Mt. Zion-St. Luke Lutheran Church. Pastor Barb Koch will officiate and Joe Smith will give the eulogy. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Andersonville,...

Vera Carter King
May 29, 2016
Vera Carter King of Albany, GA died Sunday, May 29, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home, Albany, GA. Rev. Jeff Cook will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. (EST) at Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co., AL, (approx. three to five...

Clarice Marie Brady
May 28, 2016
Clarice Marie Brady, 84, of Leesburg GA passed away Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service, Funeral will be held Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Albany, GA. Father Raymond Levreault will officiate.Clarice was born in Philadelphia PA, she graduated from Saint John's High School, Philadelphia is also where she met...

Joy Dutton
May 28, 2016
Joy B. "MiMi" Dutton, 70, of Albany, GA, died May 28, 2016 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Albany, GA. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight, Jr. will officiate. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Interment services will follow at 3:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery in...

Ada Lee Cook (Cookie) Carson
May 27, 2016
Ada Lee Cook (Cookie) Carson, 87, of Americus, GA, died May 27, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Americus, GA. Pastor Stephen Golden will officiate.A native of Lee County, GA, Mrs. Carson was born to the late Heyward and Lorice Cook. She graduated in...

Janis Marie Thompson
May 27, 2016
Janis Marie Thompson, 55, died May 27th at her home in Leesburg. She was a daughter of Lt. Col. Wyles L. Thompson (USAF-Ret.) and Billye Jean Thompson, born on November 28, 1960 in Orlando, Florida. As an "Air Force brat," she was raised and educated in a number of places, graduating from Oak Ridge High School in Orlando, and Santa...

Carroll Andrew Zombro
May 25, 2016
Carroll A. (Z) Zombro, 81, of Albany, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Phoebe North Campus. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 30, 2016 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate."Z" was a retired Master Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps after having served over thirty years before retiring 31...