Obituaries
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...
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...
