Obituaries
Weyman Elmo Rooks, Sr
Dec 17, 2014
Weyman Elmo Rooks, Sr. of Baker County died Wednesday December 17, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday December 19, 2014 at Christ Methodist Church Cemetery in Baker County. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Mr. Rooks was born in Baker County on November 13, 1920 to the late Warren E. and Doris...
Michelle Denise Adelman
Dec 17, 2014
Michelle Denise Adelman, 52, of Lee County, GA, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 19, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Michelle had resided in Bradenton, FL where she was the manager of Econo Paint and Body Shop before...
Warren Jonathan (Jon) Richardson, Jr
Dec 16, 2014
Warren Jonathan (Jon) Richardson, Jr., 60 of Smithville, GA, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014 in Cook Co., GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Smithville City Cemetery. Rev. Eddie Braswell will officiate.Born in Americus, GA, Jon resided in Lee Co., GA most of his life except when he lived in Perry, FL...
Dora Etta Hitchcock
Dec 14, 2014
Dora Hitchcock, 94, of Albany, GA, died December 14, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Horne, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Marianna, FL, born to the late Lewis and Pearl Rogers, Mrs. Hitchcock moved to Albany, GA in...
Dale R. Mullis
Dec 13, 2014
Dale R. Mullis, 57, of Smithville, GA died December 13, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Smithville Baptist Church. Rev. Lance Finley will officiate. A private family interment will be held at the Smithville City Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Dale had lived in Smithville, GA since 1964, graduated from Lee County...
Henry Wayne Rutledge
Dec 12, 2014
Henry Wayne Rutledge, Sr. (GySgt. U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.), 87, of Albany, GA, died December 12, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Ralph Horne, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors.Mr. Rutledge was in the United States Army...
Thomas Alexander Ray
Dec 11, 2014
Thomas Alexander Ray, 83, of Albany, GA died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lonnie Gibson will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Lumber City, GA, Mr. Ray had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He...
Shirley Ruth Palmer
Dec 10, 2014
Shirley Ruth Palmer, 68, of Albany, GA, died December 10, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, December 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Sunset Cemetery in Meigs, GA. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.A native of York, PA, Mrs. Palmer was born to the late Paul and Ruth Myers Lentz. She had resided in Albany, GA...
Sarah Lynn Eason
Dec 9, 2014
Sarah Irvin Eason, 51, of Terrell County, GA, died December 9, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenbriar Church. Rev. Ken Irvin and Rev. Tim Bice will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA, Sarah grew up in Albany, GA, graduated from Albany High School in 1980 and moved to Sasser, GA...
Charles Wesley Ivey, Sr
Dec 8, 2014
Charles Wesley Ivey Sr., of Leesburg, GA, died Monday December 08, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Friday December 12, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate.Born in Brinson, GA Charles moved to Albany in 1962. He was retired from the Albany Fire Department with over twenty years of...
Ronald R. Baxley
Dec 8, 2014
Dr. Ronald R. Baxley, of Lee County, GA died Monday, December 8, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private services will be conducted.Born in Albany, GA, Dr. Baxley attended Albany Schools until his father was transferred to Tallahassee, FL where he then attended Leon High School and graduated from Paxon High School in Jacksonville, FL where he was offered a...
Jack M. Fore, Sr
Dec 7, 2014
Jack Mitchell Fore, Sr., 86, of Leesburg, GA, died December 7, 2014. Visitation will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on Thursday, December 11, 2014 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, 2014 at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg, GA. Dr. Todd Sullens and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate....
James Vasser Goode
Dec 6, 2014
James Vasser Goode, 91, of Bronwood, GA, died December 6, 2014 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Bronwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tommy McDonald, Rev. Den Brooks and Rev. Buck Kinney will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA.A native of Dawson, GA, Mr. Goode grew up in...
James Edwin ( Jim) Hinson
Dec 3, 2014
James Edwin (Jim) Hinson, 68, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The Albany Police Department honor guard will provide honors.Born in Macon, GA, Mr. Hinson had resided in Albany, Georgia since 1968 before moving...
Grover Thompson (Tom) Mitchell
Dec 3, 2014
Grover Thompson (Tom) Mitchell, 80, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, 3, 2014 at Perry Hospital in Perry, GA. Memorial services will be held Friday at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Billy Hanna will officiate.A native of Monroe, GA, he was born to the late, Will Dock Mitchell and Alice Thompson Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell graduated from Monroe Area High School...
Bevis Oscar Denby
Dec 2, 2014
Funeral Services for Mr. Denby will be held Friday, December 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00PM Thursday December 4, 2014. On December 2, 2014, God told Gabriel it was time to bring Bevis Oscar Denby home. At 11:00 AM daddy drew his last...
Ben Lee Cheshire
Nov 29, 2014
Ben Lee Cheshire, 46, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Andy Hardin and Luke Bryan will officiate. Born in Albany, GA Lee had resided in Lee County since 1969. He was a graduate of Lee County High School Class of...
Richard Thomas (Ricky) Doherty
Nov 28, 2014
Richard Thomas (Ricky) Doherty, 26, of Albany, GA, died Friday, November 30, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 AM at The First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Don Adams will officiate.Ricky was a native of Albany and lived there most of his life, He attended Deerfield Windsor School and Gainesville State College. Ricky was employed with...
Benny Frank Jones
Nov 27, 2014
Benny Frank Jones, 73, of Albany, died Thursday, November 27th at his home. A native of Cuthbert, GA. Benny graduated from Cuthbert High School in 1959 and enlisted in the United States Air Force serving his country proudly. Mr. Jones was a mechanic by trade with Keenan Auto Parts. In 1975 he graduated from Albany Tech with a diploma in...
Tracy Michelle Lindsey Flanagan
Nov 26, 2014
Tracy Michelle Lindsey Flanagan, 53, of Mitchell Co., GA, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tim Bice will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Nashville, GA, Mrs. Flanagan had resided in Mitchell Co. for the past thirteen moving from Albany, GA. She...
