Obituaries
Robert (Bob) W. Pharis
Jun 18, 2014
Robert W. (Bob) Pharis, 79, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Born in Columbus, GA., Mr. Pharis was a graduate of Young Harris Junior College and LaGrange College where...
William R. Morrison, III
Jun 15, 2014
William Ruel Morrison, III died 6/15/2014 at his home. He was born December 8,1955.He graduated from Deerfield High School in 1974 and continued to the University of the South graduating with a BA in 1978. Returning to Albany, he restored the Greek revival cottage at 411 Tift over the following two years. He then attended Tulane School of Architecture.He remained...
George Thomas (Bud) Bowman
Jun 12, 2014
George Thomas (Bud) Bowman, 70, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 16, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Eron White will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray United Methodist Church Cemetery.Born in Blakely, GA, Mr. Bowman had resided in Albany, GA for the past forty...
Gerald E Stubbs
Jun 11, 2014
Gerald E. Stubbs, 54, of Lee Co., GA, died Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Mitchell Co., GA.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Stubbs moved to Lee...
Lee Ernestine Price
Jun 7, 2014
Lee Ernestine Price, 76, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Bethel Holiness Church. Rev. Noah Phillips will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Born to the late Garrett and Ila Lasseter, Mrs. Price was a native and lifelong resident...
Robin Fletcher Elmore
Jun 7, 2014
While a husband, mother, siblings, relatives and friends mourned the loss of a woman who had brought so much joy to their lives, Robin Fletcher Elmore was rejoicing in her heavenly home after passing away peacefully at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Saturday morning. Born December 22, 1962 in Albany, Robin was one of Roy Lee and Lois Vesta Fletcher's five...
William O. (Bill) Sprayberry
Jun 6, 2014
William O. (Bill) Sprayberry, 88, of Albany, GA, died June 6, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with Masonic Rites.A native of Morrow, GA, Mr. Sprayberry was born to Odis Samuel and Nellie Beatrice...
Raymond P. Foxworth, Sr
Jun 6, 2014
Raymond P. Foxworth, Sr., 90, of Albany, GA died, Friday, June 6, 2014 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner and Rev. Perry Lamey will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Serrento, FL., Mr. Foxworth had resided in Albany, GA. for the...
Jerry Benjamin Caldwell, Sr
Jun 4, 2014
Jerry Benjamin Caldwell, Sr., 73, of Albany, GA, died June 4, 2014 at his residence. No services have been scheduled at this time.Born in Dothan, AL, Mr. Caldwell had resided in Worth Co. and Dougherty Co. most of his life. He was a veteran serving in the Air Force and was retired from Merck & Company and was of the...
Braddis (Don) Ladon Forehand
Jun 4, 2014
Braddis Ladon (Don) Forehand, 77 of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Forehand had resided in Albany since he was a young man. He retired as a...
Betty Gene Frazer
Jun 3, 2014
Betty Scott Frazer of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Born in Jacksonville, FL, Mrs. Frazer had resided in the Albany area since 1956 and in the city of Albany, GA since 1961....
Elmer Cleve (Bo) Wester, III
Jun 1, 2014
Elmer Cleve (Bo) Wester, III of Albany, GA, died Sunday, June 1, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Nancy Scarborough will officiate.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Bo was a graduate of Deerfield High School and a graduate of Georgia Southwestern University. He...
Thelma Elizabeth Woodard
May 30, 2014
Thelma Elizabeth Woodard, 94, of Leesburg, GA died May 30, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 2, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at True Life Church of God. Rev. James Baggett and Rev. Bob Prince will officiate.Born in Haralson County, GA, Mrs. Woodard resided in Moultrie before moving to the Albany area fifty eight years ago....
Mary Anne Poole
May 30, 2014
Mary Anne Poole, 76, of Lee County, passed away Friday, May 30, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Father Jay Weldon will officiate.Born in Albany, GA to the late Janie Parrish Poole and Paul C Poole Sr., Ms. Poole graduated from Albany High School...
Inez G. Duncan
May 29, 2014
Inez G. Duncan, 99, of Lee County, GA, died May 29, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA, born to Lonzo and Maude Gray, Mrs. Duncan grew up in Sylvester, GA and...
Eris M Tilton
May 29, 2014
Eris M. Tilton, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 2, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ben Rice will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Bishopville, SC, Mrs. Tilton was a veteran of WW II serving in the Army and...
Addie Belle Paul
May 29, 2014
Belle G. Paul, 92, of Morgan, GA, died May 29, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at New Light Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Hall, Rev. David Wolfe and Rev. J.T. Paul will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.A native of Richland, GA, Mrs. Paul was born to the late...
Dorothy Jean Farr
May 27, 2014
Dorothy Jean Farr, 80, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate.Born and raised in Atlanta, Mrs. Farr graduated from Sylvan Hills High School. She and her late husband, Mr. Carl Howard Farr, moved to Albany in 1968....
Larry Hollis Askew
May 27, 2014
Larry Hollis Askew, 63, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 29, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. A native of Columbus, GA, Larry had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He graduated from Albany High School in 1969 and was...
Dan Lawrence Brooks, Jr
May 26, 2014
Dan L. Brooks, Jr., 76, of Albany, GA, died May 26, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate and Edgar Campbell will give the eulogy.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Dan L. Brooks, Sr. and Dora Carter Brooks in 1938, he graduated...
