Obituaries
Jeffery Charles (Jeff) Cook
Mar 31, 2016
Jeffery Charles (Jeff) Cook, 38, of Lee County, GA, died March 31, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday April 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Brian Marchant will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Jeff grew up in Lee County, GA and graduated from Lee County High...
Joann Odom Watson
Mar 30, 2016
Joann Odom Watson, 66, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Willson Hospice House. Private graveside services will be held at Leesburg Cemetery.Ms. Watson was born in Albany, GA to the late James and Bessie McMillan Odom and had lived in Lee County the majority of her life. She enjoyed fishing and spending time with her grandchildren and...
Eugene (Gene) Freeman, Jr
Mar 27, 2016
Eugene (Gene) Freeman, Jr., 55, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Sam Hartline and Rev. Landon Poulsen will officiate.Born in Fitzgerald, GA, Mr. Freeman had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past fifteen years moving from...
Edwin (Ed) Pinney
Mar 25, 2016
Edwin "Ed" Pinney, 89, of Albany died Friday, March 25, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House.His funeral service will be Monday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Chris Turner and Rev. Terry Mack will officiate. The family will receive friends on Monday one hour prior to the service.A native of Stafford, CT, Mr....
Florrie Clark Foreman
Mar 21, 2016
Infant Florrie Clark Foreman, born Tuesday, March 15, 2016 passed away Monday, March 21, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday. Rev. Tim Horne will officiate. Survivors include her parents Chris and Casey Foreman of Albany, GA, Paternal Grandparents Larry and Debbie Foreman of Albany, GA, Maternal Grandparents Ernie and Dale Bowen of...
William Elton Keaton
Mar 21, 2016
William Elton Keaton, 69, of Lee County, Ga, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Le Conte Medical Center in Sevierville, TN. The son of the late William Earl Keaton and Flonnie Day Keaton, Elton was born Oct. 9, 1946 in Bainbridge, Ga. He graduated from Bainbridge High School, class of 1964 and attended Bainbridge Junior College. Following his discharge...
Patsy Pauline Vaughan
Mar 18, 2016
Patsy Pauline Vaughan, 74, of Kingsport, TN formerly of Albany, GA died March 18, 2016 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Kingsport, TN, Mrs. Vaughan had lived in Atlanta, GA and Albany,...
Clara Helen Shaw
Mar 18, 2016
Clara "Helen" Wingate Shaw, 84, of Albany, GA passed away Friday March 18, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 4:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Helen was born in Doerun and had resided in Albany most of her adult life. She was retired from civil service. After retirement...
Billy H. Stinson
Mar 17, 2016
Billy H. Stinson, 60, of Edison, GA, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at New Light Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Crowdis and Rev. Jackie Williams officiating.Billy was born to the late Earnest Harold Stinson and Mary Louise McGee...
Lucinda Toson Payton
Mar 10, 2016
Lucinda Toson Payton, 76, of Albany, GA, died March 10, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dan James will officiate.A native of Newton, GA, born to Freddie Lee Toson and the late Alma MacFarland Toson, Mrs. Payton moved to Albany, GA in 1964....
Joy Gwenette Eubanks
Mar 8, 2016
Joy G. Eubanks, 67, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg City Cemetery. Dr. Todd Sullens and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Born in Edison, GA, Mrs. Eubanks had resided in Leesburg, GA. She was a homemaker, a member of the Sunday...
Anna Laura Gordon (Teenie) Haire
Mar 7, 2016
Anna Laura Gordon (Tennie) Haire, 89, passed from this earthly life to her eternal home in Heaven on Monday, March 7, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Haire was born...
Richard Douglas Bryant
Mar 5, 2016
Richard Douglas (Rick) Bryant, 70, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died March 5, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. A private interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Dublin, GA, born to the late Richard and Jean Phillips Bryant, Rick grew...
Jimmy E. (Jim) Adam
Mar 4, 2016
Jimmy E. (Jim) Adam, (MSgt, USMC, Ret), 77, of Leesburg, GA, died March 4, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:00 PM at the Hasan Shrine Center in Albany, GA. Rev. Stan Glass will officiate. Tri- County Memorial Club will provide Masonic Rites and the United States Marine Corps will provide Military Honors....
Dorothy Elaine Paul Parker
Mar 3, 2016
Dorothy Elaine Paul Parker, 94, of Leesburg, GA, died March 3, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center.A native of Fall River, MA, Mrs. Parker moved to Leesburg, GA in 2010 to be closer to her family. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Guy R. Parker.Survivors include her daughter, Carol Rothwell of Leesburg, GA, a son, Bryant...
Billy G. Turner
Mar 3, 2016
Billy Gene Turner, 77, of Cochran, GA formerly of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Bleckley Memorial Hospital in Cochran, GA. Funeral services will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on Thursday at 11:00 AM. Pastor Ralph Horne will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Born June 24, 1938 in Steele, MO, he was the...
Ida Ruth Moreland Murphy
Mar 2, 2016
Ida Ruth Moreland Murphy, age 92, died March 2, 2016 at her home. Funeral services will be held at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church at 2:00 PM Saturday. Reverend Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will follow at 4:30 PM at Westview Cemetery in Moultrie. Reverend Mark Addington will officiate.Ida was born on May 10, 1923 in Leesburg. She graduated...
Earl Wall
Mar 2, 2016
Earl Wall, 91, of Albany, GA, died March 2, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ronnie Kinsaul will officiate. Tri County Memorial Club will provided Masonic Rites. Interment will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery in Edison, GA with Military Honors provided by The United States Marine...
Ethel Ward
Mar 2, 2016
Mrs. Ethel "Sally" Ward, 90 of Albany died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Bethany Hospice in Auburn, AL. Her funeral service will be 4 PM Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Mathews Funeral Home. A native of Auburn,...
Wiley Terrell Pierce
Feb 29, 2016
Wiley Terrell (Bubba) Pierce, 88, of Albany, GA, died Monday, February 29, 2016, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital North Campus. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Debbie Cone and Rev. Ken Myers will officiate.Born in Camilla, GA, Mr. Pierce had resided in Albany, GA since 1947. He had...
