Obituaries
Mary Ruth Wilson Peeples
Feb 15, 2015
Mary Ruth Wilson Peeples, 89, of Albany, GA died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Wednesday, one hour prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Coach Junior Peeples and Reverend Jeff...
Richard Glenn Rogers
Feb 15, 2015
Richard Glenn Rogers, 61, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Born in Albany, GA and a life- long resident, Mr. Rogers was in retail grocery...
Jeanne F. Wells
Feb 15, 2015
Jeanne F. Wells of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 15, 2015. Formal funeral services will not be held as per her wishes, but a private family graveside service will be held at a later date.Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Ms. Wells lived in many cities throughout her life before settling in Albany, GA in 1975. She worked as a cashier...
Barry Steven Golden
Feb 15, 2015
Barry Steven Golden, 65, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Northgate Presbyterian Church. Rev. Richard O. Smith, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in the Newton City Cemetery, Newton, GA.Born in Villa Rica, GA, Mr. Golden had resided in Albany,...
Rosalynn D. Carswell
Feb 15, 2015
Rosalynn D. (Lynn) Carswell, 55, of Albany, GA, died February15, 2015 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Halstead will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Cordele, GA, Lynn grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1978....
Mary (Strawberry) Jackson
Feb 14, 2015
Mary (Strawberry) Jackson, 77, of Mitchell Co., GA, died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Pruitt Heath. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Salem Memorial Gardens, Tift Co., GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Lauada, NC, Mrs, Jackson had resided in Mitchell Co., GA since 1989 moving from Lee Co., GA. She...
Arthur C. Shoemaker
Feb 14, 2015
Arthur C. Shoemaker, 75, of Albany, GA, went home to Jesus on Saturday, February 14, 2015. He was at his daughter's residence in Georgetown, FL. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Dennis Lanning and Rev. Cathy Green will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Shoemaker...
Jack Thornton
Feb 13, 2015
Jack Thornton, 81, of Albany, Ga died Friday, February 13, 2015 at the Calhoun County Nursing Home in Edison, Ga. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 16, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the Morgan Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate.Jack was born in Morgan, GA and graduated from Morgan...
Dallas Herman Powell
Feb 10, 2015
Dallas H. Powell, 93, of Lee Co., GA died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Visitation will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with...
Otis E. Paul
Feb 10, 2015
Otis Eldridge Paul, 89, of Albany, GA, died February 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Deans will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Nephews and grandsons will serve as active pallbearers and the Deacons of Faith Baptist Church will serve as...
Joselyn Mendiola Cruz
Feb 8, 2015
Joselyn Mendiola Cruz, 37 of Leesburg, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A funeral mass will be held Monday at 11:00 A.M. at Saint Teresa's Catholic Church. Father Ray Levreault will officiate.A native of Oka Tamuning, Guam, Joselyn was born to John Cruz and the late Frances Flores Mendiola. Joselyn moved to Leesburg from Oahu...
Flo Bentley Powell
Feb 4, 2015
Flo Bentley Powell, 91, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, February 8, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation to follow. Pastor Bobby Moye will officiate. Graveside commitial services will be held on Monday, February 9, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at Crown...
Helen Gertude Brumfield
Feb 3, 2015
Helen G. Brumfield, 94, of Lee County, GA, died February 3, 2015 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Helmly will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Savannah, GA, Mrs. Brumfield lived in Albany, GA most of her adult life and moved to Lee...
W. Keith Franklin
Feb 2, 2015
W. Keith Franklin, 49, of Lee County, GA, died February 2, 2015. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Father James Bullion will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Richmond, VA, Keith had resided in the Albany, GA and Lee County area since 1967. He graduated from Lee County High...
Mildred Rivera Wells
Feb 1, 2015
Mildred Rivera Wells, 77, formerly of Rockville Centre, New York, died February 1, 2015. A funeral mass will be held Friday at 11:00 A.M. at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Raymond Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. A native of Ponce,...
Melvin Randolph Scott
Feb 1, 2015
Melvin Randolph "Randy" Scott, 65, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday February 1, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. at Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Rev. Grady Morey and Rev. Morris Harpe will officiate.Born in Americus, GA, Randy graduated from Leslie High School in 1967. He had resided in Lee County since...
Betty Sue Taylor Bridges
Jan 30, 2015
Betty Sue Taylor Bridges, 84, of Shellman, GA, died Friday, January 30, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Damascus Baptist Church in Randolph County, GA. Rev. David McFather and Rev Chris Pollock will officiate. Interment will follow in Eastview Cemetery in Shellman, GA.Betty Sue Shaw Bridges was born 5th of...
Cathy Lynn Noel
Jan 30, 2015
Cathy Lynn Noel, 58, of Lee County, GA, died January 30, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Greg Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Albany, Cathy graduated from Albany High School in 1975 and moved to Lee County, GA...
Marie Watson Youngblood
Jan 29, 2015
Marie M. Youngblood, 87, of Lee Co., GA, died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, GA at 4:30 p.m. Born in Ashburn, GA, Mrs. Youngblood had resided...
Camilla Cox Medley
Jan 28, 2015
Camilla Cox Medley, 85, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted Friday, January 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Mrs. Medley was born in Colquitt, GA to the late Tom and Lillie Mae Cox and graduated from Miller County High School....
