Obituaries

Charles Eugene Harrell
Apr 14, 2013
Charles Eugene "Gene" Harrell, 70, of Albany, GA, died April 14, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Julius and Ida Corine Harrell, he graduated...

Donna M. Sapp
Apr 11, 2013
Donna M. Sapp, 57, of Worth County, GA, died April 11, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Kenny Rogers will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Primative Baptist Church Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Worth County, GA, Donna was a self employed contractor and...

Virginia (Jinny) Ann Turner
Apr 10, 2013
Virginia A. (Jinny) Turner, 80, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Interment will follow at Cordray Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Unionville, MO, Mrs. Turner had resided in Albany, GA for the last forty five...

Lenore Frances Plisch
Apr 3, 2013
Lenore Frances Plisch, 82, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private memorial services will be held Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Rothschild, WI, Mrs. Pilsch had resided in Albany, GA for the past five years. She was a retired dietary...

Eldridge Carlos Richardson
Apr 3, 2013
Eldridge Carlos Richardson, 75, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Friday, April 5, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Lexington, AL, Mr. Richardson had resided in Leesburg for the last 30 years. He was a truck driver and United States...
Donna Clardy Steen
Apr 1, 2013
Mrs. Donna Jean Clardy Steen, 62, of Albany passed away peacefully, Monday, April 1, 2013 at Willson Hospice House, with her family at her side. Donna was born on December 20th, 1950 in Valdosta, GA to Jeffie M. and Walter B. Clardy. Residing in Orlando, FL, Waterloo, IA and Albany, GA throughout her entire life. Baptist by faith, she belonged...

Matthew Payne Taylor
Mar 30, 2013
Matthew Payne Taylor, 3, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate.Survivors include his grandmother, Midge McDowell, Albany, GA, his mother, Olivia McDowell Taylor, Albany, GA, his father, Darrell Taylor, Jr., Camilla, GA,...
William (Bill) John Doyle
Mar 28, 2013
William (Bill) John Doyle, 50 of Albany, GA died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Mercedes Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Willis will officiate. A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Doyle was employed at Interstate Warehouse and was of the Baptist...

Gerald D Smith
Mar 27, 2013
Gerald D. Smith, 82, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home, Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Born in Bainbridge, GA, Mr. Smith graduated from high school and joined the United States Army and...

Foy Pearl Hammack
Mar 27, 2013
Foy Pearl Hammack, 85, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Giles Loyjoy will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery. A native of Alabama, Mrs. Hammack had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1974 moving from...

Lynn Buck Johnson, Jr
Mar 27, 2013
Lynn Buck Johnson, Jr. (MSGT, USAF, Ret.), 82, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Long Beach, CA, Mr. Johnson spent his formative years in Santa Paula, CA...

Marilyn Jean Corbin
Mar 26, 2013
Marilyn Jean Corbin, 71, a resident of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private services will be held at a later date.A native of Wichita, KS, Mrs. Corbin had resided in Leesburg for the last nine years. She was a Methodist by faith, a member of the Order of Eastern Star in Wichita and...

Tammy Sue Zuniga
Mar 26, 2013
Tammy Sue Zuniga, 44, of Albany, GA, died March 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Mark Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Columbus, GA, Tammy Sue had resided in Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA most of her life. She was...

Susan Elaine McConnell
Mar 23, 2013
Susan Elaine McConnell, 55, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. McConnell had resided in Albany, GA most all of her life. She...

Tammy Carolyn Adamavage
Mar 23, 2013
Tammy C. Adamavage, 52, of Lee County, GA, died March 23, 2013 at her residence. The family will receive friends from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM Saturday at her residence. A native of Copperhill, TN, Tammy had resided in Lee County, GA since 1985 moving from Dalton, GA. She was formerly employed with Golden Corral.Survivors include a daughter, Kari Holloway...

Ann S. Bailey
Mar 23, 2013
Ann S. Bailey, 75, of Albany, GA, died March 23, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. A visitation will be held Wednesday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Monroe, GA, born to the late Orrin and Robena Stephens, She lived in Macon, GA until 1989 and had lived and worked in Albany, GA since 1993....

Toni L. Edwards
Mar 23, 2013
Toni Lynne Edwards, 55 of Doerun, GA died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial service will be held Friday at 10:30 AM at the Youth Worship Center at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate.A native of Tarrant County, TX, Ms. Edwards grew up in Miami, FL and graduated from Coral Gables High School in 1975....

Robert S. Griffith (MSgt,USMC Ret.)
Mar 22, 2013
Robert S. Griffith (MSgt, USMC Ret.), 88, of Leesburg, GA, died March 22, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. The family will receive friends Sunday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral...

MGySgt Louis Jay Stack
Mar 22, 2013
MGySgt Louis Jay Stack, USMC (Ret.), 98, of Albany, GA., died Friday March 22, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dennis Lanning and Rev. Ken Myers will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors.A native of Lycippus, PA, Mr....
Myrtle L. Wilson
Mar 20, 2013
Myrtle Lee Wilson, 80, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Sylvester Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner and Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will be at 2:00 P.M. at Andersonville National Cemetery.Originally from Lee Florida, Mrs. Wilson has resided in Albany...