Obituaries
David Shealie (D.S.) Hautman
Apr 17, 2014
D.S. Hautman, Jr.ALBANY, GA - David Shealie Hautman, Jr., 92, passed away at home after an extended illness on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Visitation will be on Monday, April 21, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. with funeral services to follow at 2:30 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. CH(R) Ken Brown and Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Burial will be at...
Addie Pearl Nelms
Apr 16, 2014
Pearl Floyd Nelms, 84, of Sylvester, GA formerly of Albany, GA died Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Sylvester, GA. Dr. Ben Bush will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunset Cemetery in Meigs, GA.A native of Merriville, GA, located in Thomas County, born to...
Charles Lee Funderburke
Apr 15, 2014
Charles L. Funderburke, Jr., 76, of Morgan, GA died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Miller County Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, April 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM at Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. There will be a funeral...
Donald Sidney Whitaker
Apr 15, 2014
Donald S. Whitaker, 73, of Albany, GA made his departure to heaven Tuesday, April 15, 2014 from his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Allen Bingham and Rev. Tom Sparks will officiate. Interment will follow at Live Oak Baptist Church Cemetery in Newton, GA. with Rev. Mylan Brookins officiating.A native of...
Robert Franklin (Bob) Watson
Apr 14, 2014
Robert F. (Bob) Watson, 73, of Albany, GA, died Monday, April 14, 2014 at Columbus Speciality Hospital, Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors.Robert Watson was born in Milford, GA, in the same...
Ruby Frances Lewis Stroud
Apr 13, 2014
Ruby Frances Lewis Stroud, 90, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, April 13, 2014 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at East Albany Baptist Church. Rev. Chuck Smith and Rev. Marion Sizemore will officiate. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Crisp Co., GA. A native of Cordele,...
Geraldine Faye Rowe Crutts
Apr 13, 2014
Geraldine F. Crutts, 72, of Albany, GA, died April 13, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Mrs. Crutts was born in Albany, GA on November 26, 1941 to the late John Hill Rowe and Callie Barnes Rowe. She had lived in Albany...
Patricia Rachel Gilbert
Apr 11, 2014
Rachel McKinnon Gilbert, 71, of Albany, GA, died April 11, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 P.M. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Brother Randy Stokes will officiate.A native of Arlington, GA, Mrs. Gilbert grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Gilead...
Sara Ruth Wiggins
Apr 11, 2014
Sara Ruth Wiggins, 82, of Albany, GA died Friday, April 11, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services with be held Monday at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Americus, GA, Mrs. Wiggins was born to the late Clarence Edward Castleberry and Sara Lila Green...
Justin Andrew Zombro
Apr 10, 2014
Justin Andrew Zombro, 32, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Thomas Co., GA. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Kenny West will officiate.Survivors include his wife, Brandi Mock Zombro and three sons, Cameryn Zombro, Tyler Zombro and Greylin Zombro all of Mitchell Co., GA, his mother,...
Coach Robert Neal Fulmer, III
Apr 9, 2014
Coach Robert Neal Fulmer, III, 70, of Albany, GA died April 9, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Sylacauga, AL born to the late Robert Neal Fulmer, Jr. and Mary Jacobs Fulmer,...
Melanie Diane Cooper
Apr 9, 2014
Melanie Diane Mott Cooper, 55, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Eidson will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born November 13, 1958 in Albany, GA, Melanie had been a lifelong resident. Melanie was a...
Thomas Hall Pritchett, Jr
Apr 9, 2014
Thomas Hall Pritchett Jr. passed away in his home on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the age of 65. Tommy had returned to Albany upon the death of his father, Thomas Hall Pritchett, after living many years in Destin, Florida. Born in Chattanooga, TN, Tommy was a member of the Albany High School class of 1967 and attended The University...
Shirley Ann Brooks
Apr 5, 2014
Shirley Ann Brooks, 73 of Carrollton, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died Saturday April 5, 2014 at the Carrollton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday April 9, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Estes will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Moultrie, GA, born to the...
Rosemary Lea Evans
Apr 5, 2014
Rosemary "Rosie" Lea Evans, 73, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2014 at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.A native of Bonne Terre, MO, born to the late John B. and Glenda Brand, Mrs. Evans graduated from Bonne Terre High...
Earl Smith
Apr 4, 2014
Russell Earl Smith, of Albany, GA, died April 4, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Thursday day at 11:00 AM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. A private committal service with Military Honors will follow at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. A native of East...
Amos Crosby
Apr 4, 2014
Amos "Pete" Crosby, 83, of Leesburg, GA, died April 4, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Doerun City Cemetery. Rev. Harris Whitman will officiate. A native of Colquitt County, born to the late Henry and Parrie Crosby, He was raised in Doerun and graduated from Doerun High School in...
Juanita Letrell (Nita) Howell
Apr 2, 2014
Juanita Letrell (Nita) Howell, 76, of Dawson, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Cuthbert, GA, Mrs. Howell had resided in Albany, GA most all of her...
Joyce F. Vonderaa
Apr 2, 2014
Joyce Forrester Vonderaa, 89, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Leesburg, Georgia. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.Mrs. Vonderaa was born at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Albany, GA to the late Jewell and Joe...
Bessie Hilda Barber
Apr 2, 2014
Bessie Hilda Barber, 87, of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. today, April 4, 2014 at First Baptist Church of Putney. Dr. Tab Howell will officiate.Born in Waycross, GA Mrs. Barber and her husband moved to Albany in 1965 after years of traveling with the military....
