Obituaries
Donald (Don) Travis Barfield
Apr 29, 2015
Donald T. (Don) Barfield, 68, of Albany, GA, died April 29, 2015 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Albany, GA. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight, Jr. and Dr. Dennis Rogers will officiate and the soloist will be Rev. Keith Gaines. The family will receive friends at the church one...
John Dave Royal
Apr 26, 2015
John D. Royal, 65, of Albany, GA died Sunday April 26, 2015 at his residence. The family will have a memorial service Saturday May 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm at 832 Seedling St. Albany, GA 31705. Born in Wise, VA John joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam. He worked for Flint River Textiles and later gained employment...
Floyd Stephen ""Steve"" Webb
Apr 25, 2015
Floyd Stephen "Steve" Webb, 67, of Leesburg, GA, died April 25, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Refuge Church. Rev. Bobby Brooks will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Floyd Martin Webb and Lou Ellen Clark, Steve lived in Albany all of his life before moving...
Grace Ruth Yoder
Apr 24, 2015
Grace Melton Yoder, 92, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, April 24, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be held Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.A native of Typo, KY., Mrs. Yoder had resided in Leesburg, GA for ten years moving from Sebring, FL. She worked as a clerical worker...
Bennie Frank (Ben) Ketchum
Apr 24, 2015
Bennie Frank (Ben) Ketchum, 74, of Lee Co., GA, died Friday, April 24, 2015 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robbie Anderson will officiate.Born in Clio, AL on October 10, 1940 to James Tellis Ketchum and Donnie Barefield Ketchum, Mr. Ketchum and his wife...
James Wesley Musgrove
Apr 23, 2015
James Wesley Musgrove, 79, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Pruitt-Health Palmyra. Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Eric Newman will officiate.Born in Fort Benning, GA, Mr. Musgrove had resided in Albany, GA for the past twenty four years. He had served in the US Navy...
Evelyn White Stewart
Apr 23, 2015
Evelyn White Stewart passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.Evelyn was born May 16, 1924 in Bridgeboro, GA to the late Willie and Lonnie White. She was one of thirteen children. Evelyn...
Linda Akridge Beckham
Apr 23, 2015
Linda Akridge Beckham, 59, of Albany, GA died Thursday April 23, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Allen Bingham will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Linda was born in Albany, GA and graduated from Westover High School in 1973. She was formerly employed with...
Richard (Dick) M. Martin
Apr 21, 2015
Richard M. (Dick) Martin, 64, of Albany, GA, died April 21, 2015. Funeral services will be held Friday April 24, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Tyler Plaxico will officiate. Interment will follow in Eastview Cemetery in Cuthbert with Masonic Rites.A native of Cuthbert, GA, born to the late Dr. Robert B. and Iona Martin...
Minnie Ruth Shuster
Apr 21, 2015
Minnie Ruth Shuster, 78, of Albany, Ga, died April 21, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. David Tyson will officiate. Her cremains will be interred in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Florala, AL, Mrs. Shuster was one of twelve children born to the late William and Versie Manning....
Lucius Lee Merritt
Apr 21, 2015
Lucius Lee Merritt, 77, of Albany, GA died April 21, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.Lee Merritt was born September 10, 1937 in Leary, Georgia to the late Lucius Key Merritt...
Donald (D.J.) J. Carter
Apr 21, 2015
Donald Jerome (D.J.) Carter, 70, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dan Harris will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Moultrie GA, DJ moved to Albany as a child. After graduation Donald served in...
Kayla Nicole Roth
Apr 18, 2015
Kayla Nicole Roth, 26, of Lee County, GA, died April 18, 2015 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Sumter County, GA. Rev. Jim Purks will officiate.Kayla was born in Albany, GA, lived in Lee County, GA all of her life and attended Lee County Schools. She was preceded in death...
Henry M. Goodyear, Jr
Apr 18, 2015
Henry M. (Hank) Goodyear, Jr., 86, of Albany, GA, died April 18, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 21, at 11:00 am at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Rev. Lee Lowery will officiate. A private family interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Henry M. (Hank) Goodyear, IV, Patrick Golden, Robert Newsome, Stephen Adams, Robby Lukasik...
Jerry Aldon Folmar
Apr 17, 2015
Jerry A. Folmar, 69, of Leesburg, GA died April 17, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Stan Glass and Dr. Greg Davis will officiate.A native of Albany, GA. Jerry was born to the late Aldon and Delmar Folmar. He graduated from Albany High School...
Mary Elizabeth Jacobs Wood
Apr 15, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Jacobs Wood changed her place of residence from this mortal earth to an eternal home in heaven on April 15, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Friday, April 17, 2015 at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Dr. Michael Catt will officiate.She is survived by her son John Oliver. Gernannt and his son Addison Blake Gernnant and...
Kimberly Johnson Hopson
Apr 15, 2015
Kimberly Johnson Hopson, 50, of Lee County, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 11:00 am at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate. Interment will follow at Bethel Cemetery in Monticello, FL at 3:00 pm.Born in Deland, FL Kim moved to Albany in...
Oleta Cooper Hancock
Apr 14, 2015
Oleta Cooper Hancock, 70, of Albany, GA, died April 14, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday at Mathews Funeral Home. Mrs. Hancock was a lifelong resident of Albany, GA, she...
W. Larry Dudley
Apr 14, 2015
W. Larry Dudley, 64, of Sevierville, TN formerly of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Marshall will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery in Leesburg, GA.A native of Albany, GA, Larry was born to the late Richard...
Geraldine Lowery Watts
Apr 13, 2015
Geraldine Lowery Watts, 86, of Albany, GA, died April 13, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Finleyson, GA, born to the late William and Ora Jones, Mrs. Watts grew up in Pulaski County,...
