Obituaries
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,...
Charles Eugene Bonnell
Apr 12, 2015
Charles E, Bonnell, 75, of Baconton, GA., died Sunday April 12, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Bonnell, Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Salem WVA, the only child of Jennings and Leona...
Cyle Jonathan Pittman, Sr
Apr 11, 2015
Cyle Jonathan Pittman, Sr., 65, of Preston, GA. and Live Oak, FL. formally of Lee County, GA. died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday April 14, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.A native of Valdosta, GA Mr. Pittman was raised in Hamilton, FL and had resided...
Karen Joyce Creech
Apr 8, 2015
Karen Joyce CreechOn Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Karen Joyce Creech, 72, of Putney, GA, made the journey home for a joyous reunion with her Lord and Savior, and her loved ones who made the journey before her. Karen was born in West Palm Beach, FL, but moved to Albany in 1957. She will be loved and remembered by all who...
Lisa R. Watson
Apr 5, 2015
Lisa R. Watson, 50, of Worth County, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 5, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Lisa was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and was born to the late,...
Margot Anna Valencik
Apr 2, 2015
Margot Anna Valencik, 91, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Private funeral services will be held at Andersonville Nat'l Cemetery.Born in Korniburg, Prussia, Mrs. Valencik had resided in Albany, GA since 1968 moving from Maine. She was retired from the YMCA as the Ladies Health Club Director. She was of the Lutheran faith and...
Jeremy Scott Bradshaw
Apr 2, 2015
Jeremy Scott Bradshaw, 35, of Mitchell County, died Thursday, April 02, 2014 in Lake County Fl. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 am at Lighthouse Ministries. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Emanuel Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA Scott had resided in Mitchell County since 1984. He was formerly employed with Georgia Power and...
