Obituaries
Curtis E. Kennedy
Sep 6, 2015
Curtis E. Kennedy, 68, of Albany, was called home to our Lord on Sunday, September 6, 2015. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Arcadia Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Ronnie Arrington will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with full military honors.Mr. Curtis was born in Dale County on November 29,...
Patricia (Patty) Willis
Sep 6, 2015
Patricia Ann (Patty) Willis, 66, of Albany, GA, died September 6, 2015 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. The 4th Georgia will provide honors.Patty was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. She was born to the late Charles and Louise Pate on...
Clemmie Mae Fedd (Toson) McClain
Sep 5, 2015
Clemmie Mae Fedd (Toson) McClain, the oldest daughter of the late Henry and Hurley Fedd, was born on July 15, 1952 in Donaldsonville, Georgia. She was one of 10 children born to her parents. She was proceeded in death by siblings, Theresa Fedd and Alfonzo Fedd. After a long and courageous 4-year battle with systemic scleroderma, all of her pain...
Warren Otis Brinson
Sep 5, 2015
Warren Otis Brinson was born in Soperton, Georgia on November 25, 1927, the second child of Alvie Otis Brinson and Cora Lee Calhoun Brinson. Mr. Brinson passed away on September 5, 2015.Graduating from Soperton High School in 1945, he joined the United States Navy, serving as a Hospital Corpsman. When his enlistment ended, he enrolled in Mercer University where he...
Joann L. Watzlowick
Sep 5, 2015
Joann L. Watzlowick, 81, of Albany, GA died September 4, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Huntsville, MO, Mrs. Watzlowick had resided in Albany, GA most of her adult life. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. Joann...
Robin Alane Goodson
Aug 31, 2015
Robin Alane Goodson, 52, of Albany, GA, died Monday, August 31, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Albany. Rev. Jay Barcus and Mr. Bart Cannon will officiate.Born in Colquitt, GA, Robin had lived in Albany, GA all of her life. Before her illness...
Norma Marie Hogg
Aug 31, 2015
Norma M. Hogg, 93, of Albany, GA died August 31, 2015. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Fordyce, AR, Mrs. Hogg was the last living of eight children born to Oscar and May McCollum. She had resided in Albany, GA since 1991 moving from Holly Springs, AR....
Walter Ernest Sheppard, Jr
Aug 30, 2015
Walter Ernest Sheppard, Jr, 74, of Albany, GA passed away at his residence Monday August 30, 2015. Graveside Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 3:00 PM from the graveside at Crown Hill Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Sandersville, GA, Walter had spent the last 22 years of his life in Albany with his wife...
Arva Joy Ward Williams
Aug 29, 2015
Arva Joy Williams, 83, of Lawrenceville, GA, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 4, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2700 Westgate Dr., Albany, GA. Richey Marbury and Steve Hall will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Salt...
Warren Franklin Vanater
Aug 26, 2015
Warren Franklin Vanater of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
David Richard Judkins
Aug 26, 2015
David R. Judkins, 77, of Albany, GA, formerly of St. Augustine, FL, died August, 26, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. Rev. Jay Weldon will officiate. Visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:00 PM.A native of South Paris, ME, he was born to the late...
Charles Augustus (Gus) Wiggins
Aug 25, 2015
Charles Augustus (Gus) Wiggins, Sr., 82, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lawrence Wiggins will officiate.Mr. Wiggins was born in Colquitt Co., GA on November 27th in 1932 to Charlie Franklin Wiggins and Pearlie Summerlin Wiggins,...
Harry Arthur (Butch) Peacock
Aug 25, 2015
Harry Arthur (Butch) Peacock, III, 66, of Pensacola, FL, died August 25, 2015 at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, FL of pancreatic cancer. Born and raised in Albany, GA, he was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving honorably in the US Navy and was awarded a National Defense Service Medal. Until retirement, he worked for Digital Equipment Corporation managing...
Stevie E. Etheridge
Aug 25, 2015
Stevie Elbert Etheridge, 63, of Lee County, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His remains have been cremated per his request. The family will have a private memorial service at a later date.Born in Sylvester, GA, Stevie attended schools in Dougherty County before joining the United States Army. He was stationed in Burtonwood England as...
Stephanie Nichole Rumburg
Aug 22, 2015
Stephanie Rumburg, 30, of Fitzgerald, GA formerly of Sylvester, GA died August 22, 2015 at her residence. A visitation will be held Thursday, August 27, 2015, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Albany, GA, Stephanie grew up in Worth County, GA and graduated from Worth County High School in 2005. She was preceded in death...
Betty C. Dietzel
Aug 20, 2015
Betty C. Dietzel, 75, of Sylvester, GA, died August 20, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Brother Kevin Moore will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Xenia, OH, Mrs. Dietzel moved to Albany, GA in 1974 from Ochlocknee, GA and moved to Sylvester,...
Maybelle Gilley McPherson
Aug 19, 2015
Maybelle Gilley McPherson, 72, of Dawson, GA died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, August 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Thomas Michael McPherson will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA.Born in Lee Co., GA, Mrs. McPherson had resided in Dawson, GA for...
Carolyn Lea Pearson
Aug 18, 2015
As the hands of Carolyn Lea Pearson were held and kissed, her husband Jeff relinquished his duties as protector to He that would protect her for all of eternity. Her daughter Sarah continued to speak softly telling her I love you and reminding her of everyone that was in the room.Carolyn Lea Pearson was born February 8, 1965 to Connie...
Henry Vernon Walls, Sr
Aug 18, 2015
Henry V. Walls, Sr., 77, of Sasser, GA, died August 18, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Harris will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Cordele, GA, he was born the youngest of twenty children born to the late Lummie and...
Ronald S. (Ronnie) Ritch
Aug 17, 2015
Ronald S. (Ronnie) Ritch, 66, of Albany, GA, died August 17, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Monday at 6:00 pm at Central Baptist Church. Rev. Greg Davis will officiate.Born in Miami, FL, Ronnie has lived in the Albany area for ten years and was a member of Central Baptist Church. He was preceded...
