Obituaries
Kenneth Gerald Kimbrel
Aug 26, 2014
Kenneth Gerald Kimbrel, 64, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday August 26, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. David Smith will officiate.Born in Arlington, GA on October 2, 1949, Kenneth had resided in Leesburg since 1979. Kenneth was a graduate of Dougherty High School, Darton...
John J. Tucker
Aug 24, 2014
John J. Tucker, 53, of Leesburg, GA, died August 24, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Chaplain John Warrner will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Snellville, GA, born to the late John D. and Shirley Tucker, John graduated from Gwinnett County High School....
Robert Howard Carter
Aug 23, 2014
Robert Howard Carter, 58, of Lee County, GA died August 23, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate.Born in Greensboro, NC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Major Robert David Carter, Jane Elizabeth Carter and a son, Christopher Carter.Survivors...
WiloDene Giddens Moye
Aug 23, 2014
WiloDene Giddens Moye, 77, of Albany, GA, died August 23. 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg, GA. Rev. Tom Pollock, Dr. Ron Baxley and Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Eastman, GA, born to W.C and Lilla Mae...
Samuel C. Waters, Sr
Aug 22, 2014
Samuel C. (Sam) Waters, Sr., 75, of Albany, GA, died August 22, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Josh Duckworth will officiate. A native of Pottstown, PA, Mr. Waters served in the United States Air Force during Vietnam and was transferred and stationed at Turner Field...
Sharla Marie Epling
Aug 20, 2014
Sharla Marie Epling, 35, of Lee County, GA, died August 20, 2014 on the day of her birth. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl R. Barnhardt will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Sharla had lived in Lee County, GA since 1992. She graduated from Lee County High School in 1997, received...
Willie Ferrell Pickle
Aug 20, 2014
Willie Ferrell Pickle, 68, of Albany, GA died August 20, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:00 A. M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Pickle Cemetery in Early County.Born on March 21, 1946 in Colquitt, GA to Willie Vaughn Pickle and Julia Anne Richardson Pickle, he moved...
Thomas Lamar Jordan
Aug 19, 2014
Thomas Lamar Jordan, 74, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, August 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Jordan had resided in Albany, GA for the past...
David Martin Baxley
Aug 16, 2014
David Martin Baxley, 47, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, August 16, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Ronald R. Baxley and Rev. Dan Harris will officiate.Born in Hawkinsville, GA, Mr. Baxley had resided in Leesburg, GA and Albany, GA most all of his life. He...
David Allen Lockhart
Aug 16, 2014
David Allen Lockhart, 56, of Albany, GA passed away and transferred his membership from Christ United Methodist Church to an eternal membership in Heaven on August 16, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday August 23rd, at 11 am at Christ United Methodist Church in Albany, GA. Rev Kent Miller and Rev Jeff Cook will officiate. Interment will follow at...
Grace Huey Stokes
Aug 15, 2014
Grace Huey Stokes, 93, of Tifton, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Friday, August 15, 2014 at Southern Care Assisted Living in Tifton, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Rev. Ronnie Kinsaul will officiate. Entombment will follow.Born on October 15, 1920 in Pelham, GA, Mrs. Stokes had resided in Albany, GA...
Glenn Allen McCarty
Aug 14, 2014
Glenn Allen McCarty, 73, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. McCarty had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He...
Janie Ann Cannon
Aug 11, 2014
Janie A. Cannon of Lake Blackshear, GA, (Worth Co.), beloved daughter, sister, and friend died Monday August 11, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday August 14, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Warwick United Methodist Church, (Warwick, GA). Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate. A lifelong resident of Albany, GA before moving to Lake Blackshear, GA,...
Paul Donavan Pearson
Aug 9, 2014
Paul Donavan Pearson, 47, of Ashburn, GA, died Saturday August 9, 2014 at Medical Center of Central Georgia. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3:00 pm at Leesburg Cemetery. Mr Steve Ritter will officiate.Born in Albany, Paul had resided in Sylvester twenty-one years before moving to Ashburn. He was employed with Evans Auto Service as an auto mechanic...
Buddy D. Baker, Jr
Aug 9, 2014
Buddy D. Baker, Jr., 83, of Albany, GA, died August 9, 2014 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at the Colquitt City Cemetery in Colquitt, GA.A native of Blanchard, OK he was born to...
Allyse Megan Ponthier
Aug 9, 2014
On August 9, 2014, Allyse Ponthier, 28, of Leesburg, GA, went home to join family members that had gone before her. A visitation and celebration of her life will be held Tuesday at Mathews Funeral Home between the hours of 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM.Allyse was a native and lifelong resident of Lee County.Survivors include her parents, David and Linda...
Ramona Adair Smith Roberts
Aug 8, 2014
Ramona Adair Smith Roberts, 85, of Albany, GA, died August 8, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Jimmy Sharpe, Rev. Dennis Lanning and Rev. Daniel Roberts will officiate. A committal service will follow at 2:00 PM at the Lilly City Cemetery in Lilly, GA.A native of Waverly,...
Valda Clark Goss
Aug 8, 2014
Valda Clark Goss, age 85, died Friday August 8, 2014 in Albany, GA. She was born March 4, 1929, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Clark of Sale City, Georgia. She was the middle child of nine siblings. She is survived by her youngest brother and sister, Robert Clark (Robbie) and Ann Clark Taylor of Athens. She was a...
Peggy Alsobrook Strickland
Aug 4, 2014
Peggy Alsobrook Strickland, 80, of Lee County, GA died August 4, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Bobby Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Albany, born to the late James Ray and Louise Miller Alsobrook, Mrs. Strickland had resided in...
James Lynn Hill
Aug 3, 2014
James Lynn Hill, 60, of Lee County, GA died August 3, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will be held at a later date. A native of Borger, TX, Jim grew up in Beatrice, NE. He graduated from Beatrice High School and joined the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Jim was an aeronautical engineer and moved to...
