Obituaries
Janet Edith Bailey
Nov 3, 2014
Janet Edith Bailey, 68, of Camilla, GA formerly of Leesburg, died November 3, 2014 at Pruitt Health-Sylvester. A native of Wallingford, CT, born to the late Eugene and Paulene Appel, Mrs. Bailey moved to Albany, GA from Jacksonville, FL in 1980, to Leesburg, GA and then to Camilla, GA. She was retired from Tyndall Air Force Base where she served...
Billy Gerald Sadler
Nov 3, 2014
Billy Gerald Sadler, 74, of Albany, GA, died November 3, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate. Committal services will follow at 2:30 PM at New Home # 2 Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Climax, GA.A native of Dothan, AL, he was...
Jackie William Giddens
Nov 3, 2014
Jackie William Giddens, 67, of Albany, GA, died November 3, 2014 at Columbus Specialty Hospital, in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 7, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Erron White will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Tifton, GA. Mr. Giddens moved to Albany during his childhood. Upon graduation from Albany...
Mattie Geneva Johnson
Oct 30, 2014
The graveside funeral service of Mattie Geneva (Gee Gee) Johnson, 85, of Albany, GA died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Phoebe North Hospital will be conducted Friday, October 31, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.Born in Rome, GA, Miss Johnson had resided in Albany, GA for the past twenty years. She was a...
Bob Howard Wright
Oct 28, 2014
Bob H. Wright, 75, of Dawson, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Morris Monkus will officiate.A native of Baker County, GA, he was born to the late Earnest and Carrie Wright. Mr. Wright moved to Albany, GA in...
Michael Byron (Mike) Tabb, Jr
Oct 28, 2014
Michael Byron (Mike) Tabb, Jr., of Leary, GA died Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 31, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in Milford Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Arlington, GA, Mr. Tabb had resided in Baker Co., GA all of his life. He was a...
Louise S. Hall
Oct 28, 2014
Louise S. Hall, 73, of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital after a long battle of cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery. A native of Tampa, FL, born to the late Cecil and Alma Boyette...
Frank Sylvester Tedesco
Oct 26, 2014
Frank S. Tedesco, 77, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Kingston, New York, Mr. Tedesco had resided in Albany, GA for the past forty years and retired...
Kenneth Joseph Sheltra, Jr
Oct 24, 2014
Kenneth Joseph Sheltra, Jr., 65, of Leesburg, GA., died Friday, October 24, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Dale Hodges will officiate.A native of Newport, VT., Mr. Sheltra had resided in Leesburg for the past fifteen years moving from Albany, GA. He was retired from...
Shylee Marie Tully
Oct 24, 2014
Shylee Marie Tully, 5, of Leesburg, GA went to be with her Lord and loving savior on Friday, October 24, 2014 at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Pastor Dan Harris will officiate.Shylee was born July 16, 2009 in Albany, GA to Malcolm L. Tully...
Walter William Herrin
Oct 23, 2014
Walter William "Louis" Herrin, 19, of Albany, GA died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Monday, October 27 at 3:00 at Mathews Funeral Home. Tom Newman will officiate.Mr. Herrin was a lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He was a loving son, brother, and uncle.Survivors include his mother, Margaret "Kathy" Mainor, Albany, GA, his...
Lloyd Cuber Miller
Oct 22, 2014
Lloyd Cuber Miller, 87, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Kinchafoonee Baptist Church. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate.Mr. Miller was born in Lebanon, PA and had resided in Albany, Ga for the past eight years. He was a veteran of WW II...
Wilma L. Brannen
Oct 22, 2014
Wilma L. Brannen, 78, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Hill will officiate. Committal services will be held at Lower Lott's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Register, GA on Saturday at 2:00...
Marinell F. Melton
Oct 21, 2014
Mrs. Marinell (A.E. (Buck) Melton, 91, formerly of Albany and Bronwood, GA, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her residence of many years in Easley, SC.Born in Terrell County to the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foster, Sr. Mrs. Melton was also predeceased by her husband of 63 years, A. E. Melton (Buck) Melton, her brother Fred Foster, Jr. a...
David Alan Knaak
Oct 20, 2014
David Alan Knaak, 52, of Cobb, GA died Monday October 20, 2014 at his residence in Cobb. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones and Glenn West will officiate.David was born on July 31, 1962, in Quincy, CA, where he grew up and went to school. He remained...
Thomas Franklin Blankenship
Oct 19, 2014
Thomas Franklin (Tommy) Blankenship, 64, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hannah will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Blankenship was a...
Lawrence C. ""Larry"" Hancock
Oct 17, 2014
Lawrence Charles (Larry) Hancock, Jr., 73, of Albany, Georgia, died Friday, October 17, 2014. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 20, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.Larry was a native and life time resident of...
Steven Michael Stewart
Oct 13, 2014
Steven "Pops" Michael Stewart, 65, of Albany, GA. Passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 16, 2014, at 11 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.Born in Peru, IN, on July 11, 1949, to the late Barbara Ingalls Wallace and Charles Thomas Stewart. Steve was...
Rachel Young Beamon Baker
Oct 13, 2014
Rachel Young Beamon Baker, 86, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, October 13, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Smithville City Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native and lifelong resident of Lee Co., GA, Mrs. Baker was a retired seamstress having worked with Manhattan Shirt Factory and...
Ronald Henry Tabb
Oct 13, 2014
Ronald Henry Tabb, 66, of Macon, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died Monday October 13, 2014 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday October 17, 2014 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Keith Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Donaldsonville, GA, Mr. Tabb has resided in Macon,...
