Obituaries

Oct 24, 2015

Teresa Fulkerson Holmes, 62, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 losing a battle to pancreatic cancer at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Teresa had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1982. She...

Oct 21, 2015

Edna McClendon Clark, 78, a long-time resident of the Albany, GA area went to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Dr. Michael Catt and Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in...

Oct 20, 2015

Dennis James "Griff" Griffin, 42, of Albany, GA, departed this life Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial gathering will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the The Catch Restaurant from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM where the family will receive relatives and friends.Dennis was a native of Philadelphia, PA, then moved to Albany, GA...

Oct 18, 2015

Betty J. Mossburg, 84, of Albany, GA, died October 18, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service.A native of Baghdad, FL, Mrs. Mossburg spent fifty-six years of her adult...

Oct 16, 2015

Harold Lee Johnson, Jr., 53, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, October 15, 2015 in Viet Nam. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Steve Johnson and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Johnson had resided in Atlanta, GA and Marshville, NC....

Oct 14, 2015

Chester Alvin Smith, Jr, 67, of Leesburg, GA, died October 14, 2015 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 2:00 PM at The Commons Church, 3014 Sylvester Road in Albany, GA. A native of Atlanta, GA, Mr. Smith attended Auburn University before being drafted into the United States Army. He had been a...

Oct 14, 2015

Latrelle Law Lane, 81, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Lane had resided in Albany, GA for the past sixty years moving from Montezuma, GA....

Oct 10, 2015

Richard Roger Moreau, 74, of Lee Co., GA, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Henry Kennedy will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.Born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, Mr. Moreau had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1976...

Oct 7, 2015

Oct 5, 2015

Hazel Virginia Ethridge Slagle, 85, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 5, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Newton, GA, Mrs. Slagle had resided in Albany, GA for sixty six...

Oct 3, 2015

Hildegard K. "Miss Hildy" Bentley, 88, of Americus, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died October 3, 2015 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, October 16, 2015 at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate.A native of Zurich, Switzerland, Mrs. Bentley was born on May 29, 1927 and had resided in the...

Oct 3, 2015

Patti Ann Barwick, 49, of Sylvester, GA, died October 3, 2015 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Paul Payne and Ross Powell will officiate. A native of Colquitt, GA, Patti graduated from Miller County High School and received her Master's Degree from Valdosta State University. She had lived in...

Oct 2, 2015

Gary Lee Astolos, 65, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No formal funeral services will be held. Mr. Astolos desired to be cremated and his urn will be placed next to his late wife Betty Jane Stephens Astolos in Crown Hill Cemetery.Gary was born and raised in Saltsburg, PA, and served in the...

Oct 2, 2015

Maggie W. Redding 70, of Albany, GA, died October 2, 2015 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Wayne Roe will officiate.A native of Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Redding was born to the late Thomas and Ruby Martin and graduated from Moultrie High School. She moved to Albany, GA in...

Oct 2, 2015

Betty Jean Craft, 74, of Albany, GA, died October 2, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church. Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Edison, GA, born to Emmett and Vadye Stevens, Mrs. Craft graduated from Edison High School in 1959 and...

Sep 30, 2015

Robert N. Hall (MSG, US Army, Ret.) 60, of Bronwood, GA died September 30, 2015 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Todd Sullens will officiate. A native of Cordele, GA, Robert grew up in Bronwood, GA and graduated from Terrell Academy in 1973. He joined...

Sep 30, 2015

Jim Calvin Paul, 86, of Lee Co., GA died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at New Light Free Will Baptist Church, Morgan, GA. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.Born in Morgan, GA, Mr. Paul had resided in resided...

Sep 29, 2015

Roy Heyman Eubanks, 78, of Albany, GA, died September 29, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Cuthbert, GA, Mr. Eubanks grew up in Bluffton, GA and graduated from Clay County High School and...

Sep 27, 2015

Bertha J. Pressley Diaz, 72, of Linden Hurst, NY, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away September 27, 2015 at Central Island Healthcare in Oyster Bay, NY. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Tift Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Tifton, GA. Mrs. Lisa Lawson will officiate. Born and raised in Tifton, GA Bertha...

Sep 27, 2015

Michael David (Mike) Summerall, 41, of Lee Co., GA, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Worth Co., GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Albany, GA. Pastor Jason Spears and Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mike had resided...