Obituaries
Royce William Wood
Jan 8, 2015
Royce William Wood, 56, of Lee County GA, passed away Thursday January 8, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate.Born and raised in Albany, Royce moved to Lee County with his wife Rhonda in 1981. He was a self-employed carpenter and formerly employed with Beauchamp...
Barry Franklin Tennison
Jan 7, 2015
Barry Franklin Tennison, 52, of Lee County, GA, died January 7, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A native of Athens, AL, Barry grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1980. He moved to Lee County, GA from Pelham,...
Dennis Edward Lillis, Sr
Jan 7, 2015
Dennis E. Lillis, Sr., 78, of Albany, GA, died January 7, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Billy Lillis will officiate. The Albany Fire Department will provide honors.A native of Winchester, VA, Mr. Lillis served in the United States Air Force and moved to Albany, GA in 1964....
Nina Fay Hartzell
Jan 4, 2015
Nina Fay Hartzell, 84, of Albany, GA died Sunday, January 4, 2015 peacefully in her sleep at Lee County Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Hartzell was born March 1930 in Kosciusko, MS to the late George and Lyda Taylor. She met and married the love...
Joan Pinion Norman
Jan 3, 2015
Joan Pinion Norman, 66, of Arlington, GA, died Saturday, January 3, 2015 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate.Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Norman had resided in Arlington, GA for the past eighteen years moving from Thomasville, GA. She was a...
Jerry Fredrick Crauswell
Jan 2, 2015
Jerry Fredrick Crauswell, 77, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Albany Community Seventh - Day Adventist Church. Pastor Steve Shaw will officiate.Mr. Crauswell was born in Birmingham, AL, and had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA....
Fera Cloud
Jan 1, 2015
Fera Cloud, 80, of Colquitt, GA died, Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, January 5, 2015, at 2:00 P.M. at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Morris Harp will officiate.A native of Bainbridge, GA, born to the late Ruben and Nellie Cloud, he moved to Albany, GA at the age of nine....
Gloria Lenah Merchant
Dec 31, 2014
Gloria Smith Merchant, 85, of Albany, died December 31, 2014 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William H. (Butch) Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in the Blakely City Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, born to the late, Willie Preston and Velma Paul Smith, Mrs. Merchant graduated...
Dorothy Louise Cortez
Dec 29, 2014
Dorothy Louise Cortez, 57, of Albany, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home and Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, January 2, 2015 p.m. at Southside Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate.Mrs. Cortez was born in...
Maxine Corbitt Wilson
Dec 29, 2014
Maxine Corbitt Wilson, 85, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 29, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in Walden Chapel at First United Methodist Church. Rev. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Johnnie E. Farr, Sr
Dec 27, 2014
Funeral services for Johnnie E. Farr, Sr. will be held at 11:00 am at Philema Road Baptist Church 30 December with interment in Floral Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 7-9 pm 29 December at Mathew's Funeral Home. Services will be officiated by Mr. Dan Harris and Mr. Gary Collier. 27 Dec, God took his son home to be...
Rena Moore Wilson McRee
Dec 24, 2014
A "Celebration of Life" for the late Rena Lee Moore Wilson McRee who passed away on Wednesday, Dec 24th, at her home, will be held at her family church, Albany Community SDA Church on Sunday, Jan 4th at 3:00pm. At Rena's request, please dress casually; this is not a service for mourning, but celebrating.Rena was born on Dec 1, 1924...
Samuel Austin Law III
Dec 23, 2014
Samuel Austin Law, III of Albany died December 23, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor William "Butch" Knight will officiate and Flynn Bridges will assist. Interment will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus, GA.Sam was born on July 15, 1942 to the...
Valdra Ann Klein
Dec 23, 2014
Valdra Yordy Klein, 64, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Jay Barcus will officiate. Interment will follow in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Klein had resided in Albany, GA for the past...
Marvin D. Ross
Dec 22, 2014
Marvin D. Ross, 69, of Albany, GA, died December 22, 2014 from injuries sustained in an automobile/ bicycle accident. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Tift County, GA, born to the late Rufus T. and Francis Shepard Ross, he had resided in Albany, GA for the...
Ethel Christian Kisor Smith
Dec 21, 2014
Ethel Christian Kisor Smith, 88, of Lee Co., GA died Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, Webster Co., GA. Rev. Raymond Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.Born in Centerpoint, (Webster Co.) GA., Mrs. Smith has resided in...
Donald Bruce Henderson
Dec 21, 2014
Donald Bruce Henderson Sr. of Albany, GA passed away Sunday (December 21, 2014) at his home. He was born to Charlie and Louise Henderson of Waycross Georgia on April 25, 1928. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 26 at 11:00 at the Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Mr. Jimmy Brown will officiate.Bruce was a military veteran and served our county...
Edna Elizabeth Nix
Dec 20, 2014
Edna Elizabeth Toole Nix, 88, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted at 10:00 am Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Jehovah's Witness Leesburg Century Congregation Kingdom Hall. Brother Jesse Driskell will officiate.Born in Miller Co., GA, Mrs. Nix resided in Dougherty Co., GA from 1953 until moving to Leesburg,...
William Bobby Ethredge
Dec 19, 2014
William Bobby Ethredge, 79, of Lee County, GA died December 19, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorials Hospital.Bobby was born September 2, 1935 and raised in Baker County. GA and graduated from Albany High School. He was general manager with the Marriott Hotels for many years and later he owned/operated convenience stores in California. The hospitality industry suited him well as...
Bonnie Gail Branam Sproul
Dec 18, 2014
Bonnie Gail Sproul of Lee County, GA, died December 18, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, GA with Rev. Bobby RicheyMrs. Sproul was born and raised in Fitzgerald, GA and graduated from Irwin County High School....
