Obituaries
Clairece Alice King
May 26, 2014
Clairece Jackson King, 92, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, May 26, 2014 at Magnolia Manor, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Calvin King will officiate. Interment will follow in Salem Baptist Church, Tift Co., GA.A native of Sylvester, GA, Mrs. King had resided in Albany, GA...
Calvin Landas Hortman
May 25, 2014
Calvin Landas Hortman, 82, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, May 25, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Williams and Deacon McCorvey will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Born in Reynolds, GA, Mr. Hortman had resided in Albany, GA since 1949 moving...
Frances Brand Mixon
May 23, 2014
Frances Brand Mixon, 93, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 23, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Norman Denney will officiate. Committal services will follow at Park Hill Cemetery in Columbus, GA at 3:00 PM.A native of Gay, GA, Mrs. Mixon moved to Columbus, GA in...
Edd Jones Lisenby
May 23, 2014
Edd J. Lisenby, 83, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, May 23, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Wesley Croft will officiate.Born in Blakely, GA, Mr. Lisenby had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past forty years moving from Dougherty Co., GA. He was a veteran...
Lorraine Helen Rozmus Szczepanik
May 22, 2014
Lorraine Helen Rozmus Szczepanik, 91, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A funeral mass will be held Monday, May 26, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A prayer service/rosary will be recited Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 4:00 p.m....
Blake Edward Oxenrider
May 22, 2014
Blake Edward Oxenrider, 19, of Lee Co., GA, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Leesburg Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Panama City, FL, Blake had resided in Lee County, GA most all of his life. He was of the Christian faith.Survivors include...
Dennis Ray Gresham
May 21, 2014
Dennis Ray Gresham, 67, of Terrell Co., GA, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Beacon Baptist Church, Albany, GA. Rev Jan Conner and Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment will follow in Vilulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Coleman, GA.Mr. Gresham had lived in Terrell...
Rachel E. Whatley
May 19, 2014
Rachel E. Smith Whatley, 65, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, May 19, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The Homecoming Celebration will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 23, 2014 at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Raymond Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Preston, GA at 3:00 p.m.Born in Shellman,...
Willile Fay Nolan
May 18, 2014
Willie Faye Nolan, 85, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Donny Nix will officiate.Born in Falkville, AL, Mrs. Nolan had resided in Albany since 1956. She was a devoted and loving mother to seven boys.Survivors include her seven...
Jean Roberts Johnson
May 17, 2014
Jean Roberts Johnson, 92, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Hatley, GA, Mrs. Johnson was raised in Montezuma, GA, and graduated from Montezuma High School. She earned a Home Economics degree from Berry College...
Hobert (Butch) Quinton Duren, Jr
May 17, 2014
Hobert Quinton (Butch) Duren, Jr., 66, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Born in Daytona Beach, FL, Mr. Duren had resided in Albany, GA since 1966. He was a retired insurance...
Dan L. Brooks, Jr
May 16, 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...
William Alton Turner
May 12, 2014
William Alton Turner, 87, of Leesburg, GA, died May 12, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Sand Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Rupert, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Rupert, GA, he was born to the late John William and Ruth Elizabeth Turner. After attending school in Ellaville,...
Gracelyn Nicole Taylor
May 11, 2014
A graveside funeral service will be held for Gracelyn Nicole Taylor, infant daughter of Christopher Dakoda Taylor and Dorothy "Dot" Reynolds at Leesburg Cemetery in Lee County, GA on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Rev. A.B. Stroud will officiate.Survivors in addition to her parents are her paternal grandparents, Hope and Chuck Tillery and maternal grandmother, Rita Reynolds. She...
Carol Delaine Townsend
May 8, 2014
Carol Delaine Townsend, 71, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital North. Graveside services are to be held Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Gene Newell, Tony Newell, Kim Moore, Todd Morgan, Joey Morgan and Brian Morgan will serve as active pall bearers.A native of Sylvester, GA...
Betty Sue Eubanks
May 7, 2014
Betty Sue Eubanks, 79, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Donnie G. Nix will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Warwick, GA, Mrs. Eubanks, fondly known as "Mama Bud", had resided in Leesburg for the past forty...
Robert E. Miller
May 7, 2014
Robert E. Miller, 79, of Albany, GA died early Wednesday morning May 7, 2014 at Wilson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 9, 2014 at 6:00 PM in the chapel of Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Caleb Miller will officiate. Interment will be at 11:00 AM the following morning, May 10, 2014 at Laurel...
Brenda Bain Scott
May 3, 2014
Brenda Bain Scott, 73, of Lee County, passed away Saturday May 03, 2014 at her residence. The family will hold a private interment at Paran Baptist Church Cemetery, Melrose, FL., at a later date.Born in Tampa, FL, she graduated from Baker High School in Columbus, GA, and obtained an associate's degree from Northwestern State University of Louisiana. She worked in...
Ethel Marie Barton
May 2, 2014
Ethel Marie Barton, 58, of Albany, GA, died May 2, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Marie was a native of Cherry Point, NC and as a Marine's daughter, she lived in many stations. She had lived...
Rodney Dexter Humphries
May 1, 2014
Rodney Dexter Humphries, 48, of Worth County, GA died May 1, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors.A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Humphries grew up in Albany, GA graduating from Albany...
