Obituaries
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....
Goldie Hill Whitt
Apr 1, 2014
Goldie Hill Whitt, 95, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 4, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. (CST) at Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, Sardis City, AL.Born in Boaz, AL, Mrs. Whitt had resided in Sardis City, AL all of her life before moving to Albany in...
William David Loveless
Mar 30, 2014
William D. "Billy" Loveless, 83, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. Tom Pollock and Pastor Ervin Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. The Albany Fire Department, Masonic Bodies, Aaron Todd, Chet Banks, Danny Gardener, Bill...
Loraine Catherine Sheeks
Mar 28, 2014
Loraine Catherine Sheeks, 88, of Albany, GA died Friday, March 28, 2014 at her residence. A 25-year cancer survivor, Mrs. Sheeks bravely battled heart disease for 30-years before succumbing to heart failure. She often said she was too stubborn to die and with a tenacity rarely seen as she fought and conquered many health battles as well as blindness. Her...
Lester Whatley
Mar 28, 2014
Lester Whatley, 70, of Lee Co., GA, died Friday, March 28, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Whatley moved to Albany, GA in 1950. He graduated from Albany High School in 1963 where he was...
Lois Sheffield Strickland
Mar 27, 2014
Mrs. Lois Sheffield Strickland, 94, of Albany, GA was born August 8, 1919 in Baker County, GA to Jolly and Mattie Sheffield. She died Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Sylvester Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday at Mathews Funeral Home. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Raised in Baker County, Mrs. Strickland...
George R. Shuster, Jr., (MCPO, US Navy, Ret.)
Mar 27, 2014
George Russell Shuster, Jr., (MCPO, US Navy, Ret.), 83, of Albany, GA died Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Clay Miller will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the United States Navy Honor Guard. A native of Youngstown, OH, he was born to...
Alvah Julian Lindsey
Mar 25, 2014
Alvah Julian Lindsey, 74, of Lee County, GA died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Suggs, Rev. Mike Carter, Rev. Clifton Elmore, and Mr. Frank Hall will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Nashville, GA Mr. Lindsey moved to Albany in 1970...
Willie Evelyn Tynes
Mar 21, 2014
Willie Evelyn Tynes, 89, of Albany, GA., passed away Friday, March 21, 2014, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Tab Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in New Park Cemetery, Ft. Gaines, GA.Raised in Alva, FL, Mrs. Tynes first moved to Albany over sixty...
Reba Irene Burnham
Mar 19, 2014
Reba Irene Burnham, 86, of Moultrie, GA, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at New Elm Baptist Church (GA Hwy 33) Colquitt County, GA.A native of Colquitt County, GA, Mrs. Burnham was born October 31,...
Enoch Rex Wingate
Mar 16, 2014
Enoch Rex Wingate, Sr., 65, of Tallahassee, FL died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Richard Ledford will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the American Legion Post #30 Honor Team. A private family interment will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of...
Charles William (Billy) Tyson
Mar 14, 2014
Charles William (Billy) Tyson, 69, of Woodstock, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died March 14, 2014 at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday March 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. David C. Tyson will officiate. A private family interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Billy was born December 26, 1944 in Albany, GA...
David Randolph York
Mar 10, 2014
David Randolph York, 60, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, March 10, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. Pastor Juno Douglas will officiate.Born in Dothan, AL, Mr. York had resided in Albany, GA since he was a child before moving to...
Fred Brady Brown
Mar 9, 2014
Brady Brown, 13, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 9, 2014. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Rodney Rector will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Brady was born in Albany, GA and lived here all of his life. He was a student at Northside Elementary School and he will be...
Dorothy Melba Norman
Mar 9, 2014
Dorothy Melba Norman, 85, of Lee County, GA, died March 9, 2014 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Putney United Methodist Church. Pastor Cathy Green will officiate. Committal services will follow at 2:30 PM at Lebanon Cemetery in Pavo, GA.Born and raised in Pavo, GA, Mrs. Norman was born to the...
Christine Verdell Lash
Mar 7, 2014
Christine Verdell Lash, 86, of Albany, GA, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 10:45 AM Sunday, March 16, 2014 at First Christian Church of Albany. Rev. Tommy Lowery will officiate.A native of High Point, FL, she was born to the late F. C. Dorsey and Jessie McDavid Dorsey. Mrs....
