Obituaries

Dec 19, 2015

Mr. William Charles Graff, 85 of Albany died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the Willson Hospice House.His funeral service will be Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. William Collins will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday from 5 to 7 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of...

Dec 19, 2015

Hazel Harriett Dorch Layfield, 91 of Leesburg, Georgia, formerly of Albany, Georgia died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at her daughter's residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Sylvester, Georgia, Mrs. Layfield had resided in Albany, Ga. for almost...

Dec 17, 2015

Jim Joseph (Joe) Saba, Jr., 88, of Albany, died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 21, 2015 at 11:00 am at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. William Collins and Rev. Nate Lehman will officiate.Born in Pelham, GA to the late Jim...

Dec 16, 2015

James Owen Barron, Jr., 69, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at his home in Albany. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 AM immediately preceding the funeral service on Saturday. Minister Chris Ward will officiate.Mr. Barron was born July 1, 1946 in Columbus, GA. He...

Dec 10, 2015

Francis Xavier (Bear) Classon, Jr., 63, of Albany, GA died Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jamie Baggett will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Masonic Rites provided by Tri County Memorial Club.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr....

Dec 6, 2015

Nancy Dalton Belcher, 81, of Montgomery, AL formally of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, AL. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, December 10, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home, 3206 Gillionville Road,...

Dec 4, 2015

Margaret Ann Kirkland Simpson, 77, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, December 4, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Cool Springs Baptist Church, Mitchell Co., GA with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Brother Ron Shiver will officiate.Born in Dawson, GA, Mrs, Simpson was the daughter of...

Dec 4, 2015

Wynell King O'Hair, 83, of Dallas, GA formerly of Albany, GA died Friday, December 4, 2015 at her daughter's residence in Dallas, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 7, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Sale City, GA, Mrs. O'Hair grew up in...

Dec 3, 2015

Robert L. (Buck) Peek, Jr., 67, of Leesburg, GA, died December 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Bob Prince, Pastor Jamie Baggett and Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg City Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA to the late Robert and...

Dec 3, 2015

Dec 3, 2015

Thomas David Preston, Jr., 84, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, December 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A visitation will be held Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.Born in Camilla, GA, Mr. Preston was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the Navy and resided in Newton, GA before moving...

Dec 2, 2015

Roberta Boardman Dauphinais, 80, of Albany died Wednesday December 2, 2015 at the Willson Hospice House.Her funeral service will be Monday 10 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Andersonville National Cemetery. A native of New Jersey Mrs. Dauphinais was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and a former member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Survivors include her...

Dec 1, 2015

Billy D. Hines, 85, of Albany, GA, died December 1, 2015 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at...

Nov 28, 2015

Mary Agnes Martin, 89, of Lee County, GA, died November 28, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Prince will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Ideal, GA, Mrs. Martin was born to the late Cronic Joseph and Lollie Mae...

Nov 27, 2015

Norma O'Neill Klatt, 95, of Ellijay, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died Friday, November 27, 2015 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, GA. Committal services will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Andersonville National Cemetery. Pastor James E. Boyd will officiate. Born in Toledo, OH, Mrs. Klatt had resided in Michigan before moving to Lake Blackshear...

Nov 24, 2015

Samuel Elisha (Eli) Whitaker, 76, of Lee County, GA died Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 27, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Albany. Rev. Bruce English and Rev. Bruce Gordon will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Whitaker was a graduate of...

Nov 22, 2015

Lillie Dennis Cantrell, 90, of Albany, died Sunday, November 22, 2015 at PruittHealth Palmyra. Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Walter Flint will officiate.Born in Florala, AL to the late Sherry and Alice Phillips Dennis, Mrs. Cantrell moved to the Albany, GA in 1945. She was retired from...

Nov 20, 2015

Lillian Sherman Fuller, 93, of Albany, Ga. died November 20th at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:00 a. m. at Riverside Cemetery. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. A native of Thomas County, GA. Mrs. Fuller was born November 10, 1922 to the late James Claude Sherman and...

Nov 20, 2015

William P. (Wild Bill) Wilson, IV, 71, of Camilla, GA formerly Putney, GA, died Friday, November 20, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Putney. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Rev. Joe Carr will officiate.Born in Muskegon, MI, Mr. Wilson had resided...

Nov 17, 2015

Betty Jean Giddens Griffith, 80, of Lee County, GA, died November 17, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Committal services will follow at 12:00 Noon at Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Winter Park, FL, Mrs. Griffith grew up in...