Obituaries
Jack Peterman
Dec 6, 2013
Jack Peterman, 85, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Jessie Marvin Layfield
Dec 2, 2013
Jessie Marvin Layfield, 92, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Tifton, GA, Mr. Layfield had resided in Albany since the age of seven years old and...
Clara Shiver Campbell
Dec 2, 2013
Clara Shiver Campbell, 82, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will be held at Cool Springs Cemetery in Colquitt County, GA at 2:00 PM.A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Campbell was born...
Carl Edward Hall, Sr
Nov 28, 2013
Carl Edward Hall, Sr., 85, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in the Nashville Memorial Gardens Cemetery.A native of Nashville, Ga, Mr. Hall had resided in Albany, GA...
William Lamar Owens
Nov 28, 2013
William Lamar Owens, 76, of Lee County, GA, died November 28, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Royce Freeman will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA.A native of Wigham, GA, born to the late Alford T. and Clara James Owens,...
Mary Julia Dupree
Nov 28, 2013
Mary Julia Dupree, 95, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be Monday, December 2, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Craig Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Turner County, Mrs. Dupree had lived in the Albany area since 1951....
Don Wallace Underwood
Nov 25, 2013
Don Wallace Underwood, (MSgt. USMC Ret.), 68, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, November 25, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, December 2, 2013 at 12:00 P.M. at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Ernie Elmore will officate.A native of Payson, Utah, Mr. Underwood retired from the Marine Corps after 25 years where he...
Bobby L. Studdard
Nov 20, 2013
Bobby Lee (Bob) Studdard, 83, of Montezuma, Georgia, died November, 20, 2013, at The Oaks Nursing Home in Marshallville, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anne B. Studdard; his parents, Robert Lee Studdard and Cleopatra Kelley Studdard; brother, Donald Dean Studdard; and sister, Mary Nell Studdard Whittington. He is survived by four children, Pam S. Fredebeil (Mike)...
Raymond C. Shiver
Nov 20, 2013
Raymond C. Shiver, 85, of Leary, GA, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. Preston Williams will officiate.Born in Sale City, GA, Mr. Shiver was a farmer retiring from Graham Angus Farm in 1993. He was a veteran...
Thomas (Tommy) Julian Watson
Nov 17, 2013
Thomas (Tommy) Julian Watson, 73, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at Gentiva Hospice at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. No services will be held at this time.Born in Bronwood, GA, Mr. Watson had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1971 and was retired from the Albany Herald as their state circulation manager. He had served in the Navy...
James ""Jimmy"" Clifton
Nov 14, 2013
James "Jimmy" R. Clifton, of Albany, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate.Moving from Atlanta Mr. Clifton had resided in Albany since 1980. He was a member...
William Brink Bullock, Jr
Nov 13, 2013
William Brink Bullock, Jr., 60, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at his residence.A native of Colquitt, GA, Mr. Bullock had resided in Albany most of his life. He was a mechanic by trade who had been employed with Goodyear and owned his own shop for a time. Mr. Bullock is preceded in death by his father, William...
Royce J. O'Hair
Nov 13, 2013
Royce J. O'Hair, 81, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Floyd Medical Center, Rome, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Leverne, OK, Mr. O'Haire's family moved to Washington State when he was...
Anabel Lee Blythe
Nov 12, 2013
Anabel Lee Blythe, 90, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at her residence. Memorial service will be held at Radium Springs Casino, starting at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2013. Drinks and light refreshments will be provided, please bring your violin and pictures of Mrs. Ann to add to a scrap book. Interment will follow at Andersonville...
Sybil J. Hayes
Nov 11, 2013
Sybil Jeanette Hayes, 74, of Edison, GA, died Monday November 11, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate A native of Baker County Mrs. Hayes and her husband James spent most of their married life in Albany, GA....
Gabriel Isaiah Bermes
Nov 9, 2013
Gabriel Isaiah Bermes, three month old son of Steven Peter Bermes and Sherry Price Bermes of Leesburg, GA, was received by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Children's Health Care of Atlanta at Egleston. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at New Life of Albany. Pastor Steve Waldron will...
Ernest Leon Clemons
Nov 9, 2013
Ernest "Leon" Clemons, 77, of Albany, GA died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 12:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Becca Rutherford will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.A native of Avon Park, FL, Mr. Clemons grew up in Jacksonville, FL, graduated...
Charles Lee Godwin
Nov 5, 2013
Charles Lee "Charlie" Godwin, 61, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home at 2:00 pm. Dr. Ron Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Birmingham, AL, Mr. Godwin had resided in Leesburg for the last 38 years coming...
Jerry W. Simpson
Nov 5, 2013
Jerry W. Simpson, 61, of Morgan, GA, died November 5, 2013 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM graveside at Cordray Cemetery. Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Albany, GA born to the late Roy and Alma Foy...
Wannie C. Brookerd
Nov 4, 2013
Wannie Carson Brookerd, 61, of Albany, GA, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 8, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.He was born to the late Roy Carson Brookerd and Margaret Morris Brookerd on December 1,...
