Obituaries
Loren Gary (Gator) Turner
Nov 9, 2014
Loren Gary (Gator) Turner, 75, of Arlington, GA died Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray Methodist Church Cemetery, Calhoun Co., GA.Born in Cuthbert, GA, Mr. Turner had resided in Arlington, GA...
Jeanette Brock Kelley Bowden
Nov 7, 2014
Jeanette Brock Kelley Bowden born to Abe and Jewel Brock in Plant City, Florida, on September 3, 1940. Jeanette married Lamar Wingard and to this union had three children: Janet Cornett (Ernie Cornett) Republic, MO., David Wingard (deceased), and Pam Bledsoe (Kelly Bledsoe) Brookline, MO. Jeanette had several grandchildren and great grandchildren.Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 13, 2014...
Dorothy Aileen Wilson Jacks
Nov 7, 2014
Dorothy "Aileen" Wilson Jacks, 81, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will have a private Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery at a later date. Dr. Charlie Rouse will officiate.Born in Morgan County, TN, Aileen moved to Albany...
Thelma Christine Bowen
Nov 6, 2014
Thelma (Ma Bo) Shiver Bowen, 93, of Albany, GA died Thursday, November 6, 2014. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 10, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Worth Co., GA, Mrs. Bowen had resided in Albany, GA most of her life. She was a homemaker and kept children in...
Jacqueline Joy Tolar Jacobs
Nov 4, 2014
Jacqueline Joy Tolar Jacobs, 74 of Lee Co., GA went to be with her Lord and personal Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at the home of her daughter. Memorial services will be conducted on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Pastor Dan Harris will officiate.Ms. Jackie was our amazing mother, grandmother,...
Carl Lanier Settles
Nov 4, 2014
Carl Lanier Settles, 49, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday November 4, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Colomokee Baptist Church. Rev. Don Adams will officiate.Born in Marianna, FL, Carl resided most of his adult life in Albany. Carl was preceded in death by a son, Kyle Settles, a sister, Joy...
Walter M. Mathews, Jr
Nov 3, 2014
Walter M. Mathews, Jr., 84, of Montezuma, GA and Butler, GA died Monday, November 3, 2014. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Montezuma United Methodist Church. Rev. Ken Myers and Dr. Tony Caldwell will officiate. Masons, Shriners and Funeral Directors will serve as honorary pallbearers. Interment will follow in Butler Memorial Cemetery. A native of...
Janet Edith Bailey
Nov 3, 2014
Janet Edith Bailey, 68, of Camilla, GA formerly of Leesburg, died November 3, 2014 at Pruitt Health-Sylvester. A native of Wallingford, CT, born to the late Eugene and Paulene Appel, Mrs. Bailey moved to Albany, GA from Jacksonville, FL in 1980, to Leesburg, GA and then to Camilla, GA. She was retired from Tyndall Air Force Base where she served...
Billy Gerald Sadler
Nov 3, 2014
Billy Gerald Sadler, 74, of Albany, GA, died November 3, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate. Committal services will follow at 2:30 PM at New Home # 2 Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Climax, GA.A native of Dothan, AL, he was...
Jackie William Giddens
Nov 3, 2014
Jackie William Giddens, 67, of Albany, GA, died November 3, 2014 at Columbus Specialty Hospital, in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 7, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Erron White will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Tifton, GA. Mr. Giddens moved to Albany during his childhood. Upon graduation from Albany...
Mattie Geneva Johnson
Oct 30, 2014
The graveside funeral service of Mattie Geneva (Gee Gee) Johnson, 85, of Albany, GA died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at Phoebe North Hospital will be conducted Friday, October 31, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.Born in Rome, GA, Miss Johnson had resided in Albany, GA for the past twenty years. She was a...
Bob Howard Wright
Oct 28, 2014
Bob H. Wright, 75, of Dawson, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Morris Monkus will officiate.A native of Baker County, GA, he was born to the late Earnest and Carrie Wright. Mr. Wright moved to Albany, GA in...
Michael Byron (Mike) Tabb, Jr
Oct 28, 2014
Michael Byron (Mike) Tabb, Jr., of Leary, GA died Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 31, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in Milford Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Arlington, GA, Mr. Tabb had resided in Baker Co., GA all of his life. He was a...
Louise S. Hall
Oct 28, 2014
Louise S. Hall, 73, of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital after a long battle of cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery. A native of Tampa, FL, born to the late Cecil and Alma Boyette...
Frank Sylvester Tedesco
Oct 26, 2014
Frank S. Tedesco, 77, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Kingston, New York, Mr. Tedesco had resided in Albany, GA for the past forty years and retired...
Kenneth Joseph Sheltra, Jr
Oct 24, 2014
Kenneth Joseph Sheltra, Jr., 65, of Leesburg, GA., died Friday, October 24, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Dale Hodges will officiate.A native of Newport, VT., Mr. Sheltra had resided in Leesburg for the past fifteen years moving from Albany, GA. He was retired from...
Shylee Marie Tully
Oct 24, 2014
Shylee Marie Tully, 5, of Leesburg, GA went to be with her Lord and loving savior on Friday, October 24, 2014 at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Pastor Dan Harris will officiate.Shylee was born July 16, 2009 in Albany, GA to Malcolm L. Tully...
Walter William Herrin
Oct 23, 2014
Walter William "Louis" Herrin, 19, of Albany, GA died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Monday, October 27 at 3:00 at Mathews Funeral Home. Tom Newman will officiate.Mr. Herrin was a lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He was a loving son, brother, and uncle.Survivors include his mother, Margaret "Kathy" Mainor, Albany, GA, his...
Lloyd Cuber Miller
Oct 22, 2014
Lloyd Cuber Miller, 87, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Kinchafoonee Baptist Church. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate.Mr. Miller was born in Lebanon, PA and had resided in Albany, Ga for the past eight years. He was a veteran of WW II...
Wilma L. Brannen
Oct 22, 2014
Wilma L. Brannen, 78, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Hill will officiate. Committal services will be held at Lower Lott's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Register, GA on Saturday at 2:00...
