Obituaries
Othorus Milton Rogers
Jul 26, 2012
Othorus M. Rogers, 85, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:30 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The American Legion Post # 30 will conduct Military Honors.A native of Worth County, GA, born to the late Dewey and Julia Rogers, Mr. Rogers was...
Floyce D. Griffin
Jul 26, 2012
Floyce D. Griffin, 93, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Westview Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as active pallbearers. A native of Troy, AL, Mrs. Griffin had resided in Albany, GA...
Mary Joyce Rogers Gilley
Jul 23, 2012
Mary Joyce Rogers Gilley, 59, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, July 23, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Griffin will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Gilley had resided in Sycamore, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA four years...
Scott Harper
Jul 21, 2012
Scott Harper, 45, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Bainbridge, GA, Mr. Harper had resided in Donaldsonville, GA. before moving to Leesburg, GA eighteen...
Maurice Charles Healy
Jul 20, 2012
Maurice Charles "Duke" Healy, 79, of Albany, GA, died, Friday, July 20, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Ellicott City, MD, Mr. Healy had resided in Albany, GA for the past 15 years moving from Pasadena, MD. He served...
Patrick Stephen Bish
Jul 17, 2012
Patrick Stephen Bish, 32, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July19, 2012 at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Brother John Townsend will officiate. A native of Conneaut, Ohio Patrick had lived in Leesburg, GA for the past twelve years moving from, Worth County, GA, He was a construction...
Bradley (Brad) Keith Temples
Jul 15, 2012
Bradley (Brad) Keith Temples, 31, of Albany, GA died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Deans and Rev. Damon Fountain will officiate. Interment will follow in Crossroads Cemetery in Damascus, GA.Brad was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and was...
Tommy Lee Franklin
Jul 13, 2012
Tommy Lee Franklin, CLU, 71, of Albany, GA, died Friday, July 13, 2012 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Jay Weldon and Deacon Joy Davis will officiate. Tommy's cremains will be interred at St. Patrick's Columnbarium.A native of Sandersville, GA, Tommy was born to the late Tommie...
Opal McKee Littlejohn
Jul 13, 2012
Opal McKee Littlejohn, Born in Meridian, Mississippi on June 9, 1919, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday July 13, 2012 at Lee County Heath Care, Leesburg, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clinton and Mabel McKee and her husband, Paul Littlejohn to whom she was married for seventy three years.Funeral services honoring...
Addie Tucker Stempinsky
Jul 12, 2012
Addie L. Tucker Stempinsky, 86, of Seasons Christian Care Center at 2724 Ledo Road, died Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Wynfield Park Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Roger Montgomery will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.Mrs. Stempinsky was born Addie Leona Tucker to Walter Lee Tucker...
Joann Rea Mills
Jul 11, 2012
Joann Rea Mills, 65, of 1904 Palmyra Rd., Albany, GA died Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Hamilton - Hackleburg Funeral Home, Hamilton, AL at 11:00 a.m. (CST). Rev. Danny Carter will officiate. Interment will follow in Old Line Cemetery, Hodges, AL. The family will receive friends from...
Betty Jean McLeroy
Jul 9, 2012
Betty Jean McLeroy, 80, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, July 9, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Jonathan Hawkins will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until funeral time at Mathews Funeral Home.Those desiring may make contributions to, Willson Hospice House,...
Charles Leonard (Butch) Dollar
Jul 9, 2012
Charles Leonard (Butch) Dollar, 66, of Albany, GA, died July 9, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Dollar was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School and...
Mario Ramos Cancel
Jul 8, 2012
Mario Ramos Cancel (US Army, Ret), 89, of Leesburg, GA, died July 8, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Jose Feliciano Castillo will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery at 2:45 PM with Military Honors.A native of Guanica, Puerto Rico, born to the late Miguel and...
Grace Page Cheatham
Jul 8, 2012
Grace Page Cheatham, 80, of Albany, joined the Church Triumphant on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. In her last days, she was surrounded by family and friends, including especially her life-long friend Katherine Crawford. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend.Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home....
James Edward Carson
Jul 7, 2012
James Edward (Ed) Carson, 85, of Americus, GA, died July 7, 2012. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Stephen Golden will officiate.A native of Carnesville, GA, he was born to the late Paul Martin Carson and Leila McDonald Carson. Mr. Carson moved with his family to Americus, GA...
John Calvin Leverett
Jul 6, 2012
Calvin Leverett, 49, of Salem, Al died Friday, July 6, 2012 at Columbus Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Rev. Bruce Gordon will officiate. Interment will follow in the Parrott City Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Calvin was born to the late Calvin Earl Leverett and Flora Pass...
Brent DeLaney Kennedy
Jul 5, 2012
Brent DeLaney Kennedy, 38, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday July 5, 2012 at his residence.Brent was born in Albany, GA and lived in Leesburg, GA until he was eight years old and then moved to Gainesville, GA. He returned to Leesburg, GA five years ago. He was previous employed with Ply Mart in Gainesville, GA and Ford Town of Albany...
Dawane ""D.J."" Earnest Holmes, Jr
Jul 4, 2012
Dawane E. "D.J." Holmes, Jr., 22 of Albany, GA died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Melvin Slappy and Randall Culberson will officiate. D. J. was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He worked in the Graphic Arts...
Bill H. (Honey) Martin
Jul 2, 2012
Bill J. "Honey" Martin, 84, of Bronwood, GA, died Monday, July 2, 2012 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 10:00 AM at the Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Pete Sharber will officiate.A native of Carbondale, IL, Mr. Martin was employed as an engineer with the Illinois Central Railroad Company and moved to Albany,...
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