Obituaries
Dennis Brown Rawls, Jr
Feb 26, 2016
Dennis Brown Rawls Jr., age 91, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 in Albany, GA at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William D. "Biff" Coker and Mr. Carl Barnhardt will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow Wednesday at...
Ella Catherine Sizemore
Feb 24, 2016
Ella Catherine Sizemore, 76, of Thomasville, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Thomasville, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Donnie G. Nix will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Rochelle, GA, Mrs. Sizemore had resided in...
Christine Kierce Hughes
Feb 24, 2016
Christine Kierce Hughes, 88, of Albany, GA, passed away, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 26, 2016 at 3:00pm at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Norman Denny will officiate.Born in Mitchell County to the late Rudolph and Rosie Kierce, Christine had resided in Albany for most of her adult life. Mrs. Hughes...
Perley E. Eppley, Sr
Feb 23, 2016
Perley Eppley, Sr. died Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. His memorial service will be Saturday 1:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.A native of Wichita, KS, Mr. Eppley had lived in Albany for a number of years and retired from Gray Communications...
Robert E. (Bobby Gene) Coxwell
Feb 20, 2016
Robert E. (Bobby Gene) Coxwell, 80, of Leesburg, GA died February 20, 2016 his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate.Born in Leesburg, GA to the late Henry Jackson Coxwell and Bertha Claude Herrington Coxwell, Mr. Coxwell graduated from Dawson High School and Albany Technical College and served...
Larry E. Smith
Feb 20, 2016
Larry E. Smith, 73, of Albany, GA, passed away surrounded by his family on February 20, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service.A native of South Portland, ME, born to the late Thale...
Ernest Wayne McCrary, Jr
Feb 20, 2016
Ernest Wayne McCrary, Jr., 39, of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 20, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Glyn McCrary and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. McCrary had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life except for a short time in Minnesota....
Martha Bowen Rawls
Feb 19, 2016
Martha Bowen Rawls, 85, passed away on February 19, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation in Leesburg, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 22, 2016, at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William D. "Biff" Coker and Mr. Carl Barnhardt will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be...
Gerald T. (Tommy) Vititoe
Feb 17, 2016
Gerald T.Vititoe "Tommy", 57, of Albany, GA, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Tommy was born in Oak Hill, Ohio and has resided in Albany, GA since 1961. He began working for Keenan...
Frankie Jeanette Houston
Feb 17, 2016
Frankie Jeanette Houston (Ms. Frankie), 91, of Leesburg, GA, died February 17, 2016 at Morningside Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Ms. Houston was born in Athens, Georgia and moved to Leesburg, GA in 1955...
Robert A. Western
Feb 16, 2016
Robert A. Western, 62, of Sharpsburg, GA, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Griffin Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate.Born in Jacksonville, FL, Mr. Western had resided in Sharpsburg, GA a number of years. He was the owner/operator of his asphalt paving company...
Isaac (Jack) Newton Kennedy, Jr
Feb 15, 2016
Mr. Jack Kennedy of Lee County died Monday, February 15, 2016 at his residence.His memorial service will be 2 PM Friday at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends Friday 1 to 2 PM in the Parlor at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist ChurchA native of Eustis, FL, Mr. Kennedy had lived in Lee County for the last...
Allen Johnson
Feb 14, 2016
Allen Johnson, 24, of Worth County, GA, died February 14, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Joe Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Lee County, GA, Allen moved to Worth County five years ago. He was employed with...
Emily Jean Tomlinson Brown
Feb 13, 2016
Emily Jean Tomlinson Brown, 84, of Americus, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Edward Lambert and family members will officiate.Born in Bainbridge, GA, Mrs. Brown had resided in Albany for fifty plus years...
Carol G. Rowlette
Feb 12, 2016
Carol Gunn Rowlette passed away at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, GA on Friday, February 12, 2016 one day after her 78th birthday. There will be a memorial service Sunday, February 28, at 2:00 p.m. at Christian Covenant Church, 1105 W. Second Avenue, in Albany.Carol was born in Michigan and was a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois. She...
Quinton ""Chic"" Houston Butler, Jr
Feb 9, 2016
Quinton (Chic) Houston Butler Jr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday February 9, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, with his wife by his side. A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Kris Mullis will officiate.Quinton was born in Camilla Ga and raised in Newton Ga. He attended Baker County...
Teresa Lynn Glass
Feb 9, 2016
Teresa Lynn Glass, 58, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February, 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Douglas Hatcher and Rev. Ronnie Ross will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Teresa grew up in the Lester Community and attended Spring Hill Baptist Church in Mitchell...
Jacob Benjamin Rowe
Feb 5, 2016
Jacob B. (Jake) Rowe, 93, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 5, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in the Walden Chapel. Dr. Don Adams and Rev. Scott Stanfield will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.Born in Alapaha, GA,...
Alma Juanita Thames
Feb 5, 2016
Alma Juanita Long Thames, 99, of Albany, GA, died February 5, 2016 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Funeral services will be held Monday February 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Avondale Baptist Church in Macon, GA. Rev. Marty Watson will officiate. Interment will follow at the Avondale Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Centerville, GA to William Hardeman Long and Alma Leaptrot Long,...
Frances Deanna Daughtry
Feb 2, 2016
Mrs. Frances Deanna Daughtry, 70, of Albany, died Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House.Her Celebration of Life service will be held 2 PM Friday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Joe Poitevent and Rev. Larry Daughtry, Jr. will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday 1 to 2 PM at Mathews Funeral...
