Obituaries
Wliburn Charles (Mike) Jeschke
Jan 4, 2014
Wilburn Charles (Mike) Jeschke, Jr., 66, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Mark Rabe will officiate. Graveside services will be held at Miles Cemetery in Miles, Texas on January 11, 2014.A native of...
Myrtice Warren Lindsey
Jan 4, 2014
Mrs. R. B. (Myrtice) Lindsey, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Magnolia Manor in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Harry Cobb will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Early Co., GA, Mrs. Lindsey had resided in Albany, GA since 1964 moving...
Thomas Gene Clark
Jan 4, 2014
Thomas Gene Clark, 65, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Medical Center of Georgia in Macon, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, January 9, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass and Pastor Mark Fulford will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Clark had resided in Albany, GA most of...
Christopher Mark Hall
Dec 31, 2013
Christopher "Chris" Mark Hall, 52, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at his residence. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillispie will officiate.Chris was born in Albany, GA, he graduated from Dougherty County High School in 1979 and had resided here all of his life. He attended the...
Lavonia Corrine (Sissy) Vanzant
Dec 31, 2013
Lavonia Corrine (Sissy) Vanzant, 76, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Worth Co., GA she had resided in Albany, GA most all of her life. She was preceded...
Kenneth W. (Kenny) Shewmake
Dec 29, 2013
Kenneth Wayne (Kenny) Shewmake, 66, of Albany, GA, died December 29, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. A visitation and viewing will be held January 1, 2014 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Plainfield, NJ, Kenny lived in Tuscaloosa, AL and grew up in New Orleans, LA, where he graduated from Warren Easton High School....
Bobbie Sue Eidson
Dec 29, 2013
Bobbie Sue Eidson, 72, of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, January, 2, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Curtis Eidson will officiate.A native of Pelham, GA, Mrs. Eidson had resided in Albany, GA for fifty years. She was a nurse at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital...
Willie Mae Tennille
Dec 28, 2013
Willie Mae Tennille, 72, of Albany, GA died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Reagan Marsh and Rev. Fred Bell will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Ashburn, GA Mrs. Tennille had resided in Albany most of her adult life. She...
Edward James (SFC, US Army, Ret.)
Dec 27, 2013
Edward James (SFC, US Army, ret.), 80, of Albany, GA, formerly of Columbus, GA, died December 27, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 12:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Greg Davis will officiate. A native of Choctaw Bluff, AL, born to Henry and Ethel James, Mr. James received his...
Lavonia E. Cook
Dec 26, 2013
Lavonia Elizabeth Cook, 85, of Albany, GA, died Thursday December 26, 2013 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Newnan, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.Born in Norman Park, GA to Arthur Lee and Emily Baker King, Mrs. Cook had lived in...
Leonard Carl Amundsen
Dec 25, 2013
Leonard Carl Amundsen, 78, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 in Raleigh, NC at his daughter's residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 30, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Richard Smith will officiate. Graveside services will be conducted Monday, December 30, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Primitive Union Cemetery, Colquitt, GA.A native of...
George Randolph Scott
Dec 25, 2013
George R. Scott, 64, of Albany, GA, died December 25, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Mark Knight will officiate.A native of Savannah, TN, born to the late James Franklin and Ellamae Vernon Scott, Mr. Scott was a veteran of the United States Army. He...
John Wayne Holley
Dec 24, 2013
John Wayne Holley, 58, of Patmos, GA, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. Preston Wilson and Mr. Bobby Donley will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.Born in Arlington, GA, Mr. Holley had resided in Patmos most all of his...
Pastor Lawrence D. (Larry) Loughmiller
Dec 23, 2013
Pastor Lawrence D. (Larry) Loughmiller, 60, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, December 23, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Dawson First Assembly of God in Dawson, GA. Pastor Eddie Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA.A native of Ft. Knox, KY, Mr....
Frank Edward Widner
Dec 23, 2013
Frank Edward Widner, 81, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 27, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Gordon Cemetery, Damascus, GA. Dr. Jeffery D. Spicer and Rev. W. A. Bingham will officiate.Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Widner had resided in Orlando,...
Edna Moree McDonald
Dec 22, 2013
Edna Moree McDonald, 86, of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 435 Dunbar Lane, Albany, GA. Mrs. McDonald was born in Grady County, Georgia on January 18, 1927. Mrs. McDonald worked many years in retail and as...
Tammy Jean Woodard
Dec 22, 2013
Tammy Jean Woodard, 46, of Albany, GA, died December 22, 2013. Funeral services will be held Friday, at 11:00 AM December 27, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Prince will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native and longtime resident of Albany, GA, Tammy had resided in Oakwood, GA for twelve years before returning home. Survivors include...
Corrine Shattles Swearingen
Dec 21, 2013
Corrine Shattles Swearingen, 63, of Dawson, GA, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs. Swearingen was born in Dawson, GA and had been a lifelong resident. She was...
Jefferson (Jeff) Millage Irvin
Dec 19, 2013
Jefferson Millage (Jeff) Irvin, 58, of Sylvester, Georgia, died Wednesday, December 19, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Travelers Rest Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Chandler, AZ, Mr. Irvin had resided in Albany, GA before...
