Obituaries
Lawrence "Larry" Harold Valis
Jun 18, 2024
Lawrence "Larry" Harold Valis, 93, of Albany GA, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Satilla Bluff Senior Care. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 21, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home at 12:00 pm. Father Raymond Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.
Larry was born in New York City on...
Daniel Charles Popovich
Jun 18, 2024
Daniel Charles Popovich, 70, of Jensen Beach, FL passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Survivors include his daughters, Kristina M. Popovich, Jensen Beach, FL, Leanne N. Popovich, Murfreesboro, TN, sister, Katherine Anne Mendenhall (Dr. Charles Mendenhall), Albany, GA, nieces, Katie Mendenhall and Kristen Mendenhall, grandchildren, Kristina - Levi Daniel Redmond, Leanne N....
Miles Wellington
Jun 17, 2024
Miles Wellington, 39, of Leesburg, died Monday, June 17, 2024 at his home.
His memorial service will be 3:00 PM, June 22, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Joshua DeLong officiating.
A life long resident of the Albany area. Miles worked in construction specializing in plumbing and framing. He liked to fish listen to music but his favorite thing was being a...
Anthony Glen Thompson
Jun 12, 2024
Anthony Glen Thompson, 57, of Albany, GA, died June 12, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Monday June 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm before the service on Monday.
Glen was born in Albany, GA on...
Hugh Alexander Phelps
Jun 10, 2024
Hugh Alexander Phelps, 77, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Monday, June 10, 2024 at Emory University Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 15,2024 at 11:00 am. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate.Born in Poulan, GA, Mr. Phelps was retired from Proctor and Gamble and was of the Christian faith. He was preceded in death by...
Jeannette Anh Kimbrel Holland
Jun 9, 2024
Jeannette Anh Kimbrell Holland, 50, of Worth Co., GA passed away, Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Emory University Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 17, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Knight will officiate.
Jeannette was born in Phoenix, AZ on November 19, 1973. For a short time, she was an army brat, moving all...
Anne B Henderson
Jun 6, 2024
Anne B. Henderson, aka “Mammaw”, 90, of Albany, GA., died Thursday, June 6, 2024 at Manor Lake Assisted Living in Dawsonville, GA. Graveside services will be Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery, Albany, GA., Elder Clayton Nowell will officiate the service.
Born in Alabama, Mrs. Henderson lived most of her life in Albany, GA, with her...
Betty "The Ice Cream Lady" Cason
Jun 6, 2024
Betty Cason “The Ice Cream Lady”, 87, of Lee County, died Thursday, June 6, 2024 at her residence.
Her memorial service will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Glen Robinson and Pastor Don Williams will officiate.
Born in Acworth, GA, Mrs. Cason lived most of her life in Lee County. She retired from the Lee County...
Betty Joyce Bruner
Jun 5, 2024
Betty Joyce Bruner, 90, of Leesburg, GA passed away peacefully at her residence with her daughters by her side, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Celebration of Life services will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 1:00 pm at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley and Rev. Wesley Bruner will officiate. Visitation will be at 12:00 pm prior to the...
Beverly "Jean" Moore
Jun 5, 2024
Beverly “Jean” Moore, 69, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment to follow to Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Larry Harrell will officiate.
Jean was born on Ft. Eisenhower on October 4, 1954. She grew up in Churchill Tennessee...
Minnie "Mickie" Lee Butler Stephenson
Jun 5, 2024
Minnie Lee “Mickie" Butler Stephenson, 91, of Lee Co., peacefully passed away at Willson Hospice House on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.Mickie, as she was fondly called by many, was born on September 28, 1932, in Deep Step...
Margaret Williford Willis
Jun 5, 2024
Margaret Elizabeth (Williford) Willis, 80, of Albany, GA died peacefully June 5, 2024 at Wynnfield Park Health and Rehabilitation.
Her funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate.
Mrs. Willis was born on January 28, 1944 to John Ewell and Manzonia Louvincie Lovett...
Susan Lynn Giles Tucker
Jun 4, 2024
Susan Lynn Giles Tucker, 69, of Leesburg, GA passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at her residence. Visitation will be Saturday, June 8, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at 1808 Whisperwood St., Albany, GA, 31721.
Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Tucker was a resident of Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA most all of her life. She was in the...
Theressa Ann Paul
Jun 3, 2024
Theressa Ann Paul, 69, of Leesburg, died Monday, June 3, 2024 at her residence.
A memorial gathering will be held at a later date.
Born in Portland, ME, Mrs. Paul had lived in the Albany area most of her life. She retired from Hibachi Express as the manager. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and be with her best friend...
Madge Chastain Hester
Jun 2, 2024
Madge Chastain Hester passed at her Albany home on June 2, 2024, after a long and terrible battle with vascular dementia. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Madge was born in Cairo, Georgia, to Mack and Madge (LeGette) Chastain in 1952. While...
Delmar G. "Del" McDaniel
Jun 1, 2024
Delmar G. “Del” McDaniel,73, of Warwick, GA died June 1, 2024 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 2:00 pm at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Bruce Smith and Rev. Jeffery Paul Pritchard will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with Military Honors.
Del was born in Chicago, IL on April 9, 1951,...
Christopher Matthew Deese
Jun 1, 2024
Christopher Matthew Deese, 57, of Lee County, passed away at his residence with his family by his side on June 1, 2024. The family will have a visitation on Wednesday June 5, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM.
Born on December 13, 1966, in Albany, Georgia, to the late George L. and Lorraine Boucher Deese. Chris...
William A. "Bill" Thompson
Jun 1, 2024
William A. “Bill” Thompson, 78, of Lee County, GA, died June 1, 2024 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ronnie Hinson will officiate.
Bill was born in Albany, GA, on August 20, 1945 to William Albert and Annie Lucille Thompson. He graduated from Albany High School in 1963 and served his...
Gary Alan Minshew
May 28, 2024
Gary Alan Minshew, 64, of Leesburg, passed away May 28 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 11:00 am at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until 11:00 am Saturday at the church.
Minshew, who leaves behind a legacy of love and devotion...
Gladys Foxworth
May 27, 2024
Gladys Dean Foxworth, 81, of Cuthbert, GA, died May 27, 2024 at The Jo-Anne Burgin Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 11:00 am at the Eastview Cemetery in Cuthbert. Rev. Tom McClendon and Rev. Leaman Foxworth will officiate. The family will receive friends before the service at the Cemetery.
Mrs. Gladys Dean...
