Obituaries

Ralph Grady ""Randy"" Linahan, Jr
Aug 15, 2013
Ralph Grady "Randy" Linahan, Jr., 59, of Cordele, GA died Thursday, August 15, 2013, at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be Sunday, August 18, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate.A native and longtime resident of Albany, Mr. Linahan had resided at Lake Blackshear for the last six years. He was a loving...

John Thomas Deese
Aug 13, 2013
John Thomas Deese, 54, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be private. Mr. Deese, a native of Albany, Georgia was the son to the late George Leonidas Deese and Lorraine Boucher Deese. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and had worked with the Florida Department of Agriculture as a fruit inspector, Cooper Tires and...

Daniel Glynn Bullington
Aug 12, 2013
Daniel Glynn (Bull) Bullington, 62, of Albany, GA died Monday, August 12, 2013 at his residence. A visitation will be held Friday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Bullington was a 1968 Albany High School graduate. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from Merck Chemical after...

Joseph Jay Daniels
Aug 7, 2013
Joseph Jay (Joe) Daniels, Sr., 54, of Albany, GA, died August 7, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Tampa, FL, Joe had lived in Albany, GA since 1976 moving from King George, VA. He was member...

Vickey Thelma Germany
Aug 3, 2013
Vickey T. Germany Lashley, 52, of Leesburg, GA died, Saturday, August 3, 2013, at her residence. Funeral Services will be Thursday, August 8, 2013, at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Albany, Mrs. Lashley had resided in Leesburg and Albany area all her life. She was a graduate of Albany High School class...

Essie Lavern Willingham
Aug 3, 2013
Lavern Allegood Willingham, 69, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Ralph Horne, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Funston Cemetery, Funston, GA.A native of Bay, GA, Mrs. Willingham had resided in Albany since 1961...

Harold Kelley Stephens
Aug 2, 2013
Harold Kelley Stephens, 87, of Albany, GA, died Friday, August 2, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Reagan Marsh, Rev. Ron Stinson and Rev. Fred Bell will officiate. Interment will follow at Zion Hope Cemetery in Crisp County, GA.A native of Ft. Meyers, FL,...

James Harold Allen
Aug 2, 2013
James Harold Allen, 80, of Albany, GA, died Friday, August 2, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 5, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Damascus, GA, Mr. Allen had resided in Albany, GA for the past...

Elliott Lee Minor
Aug 1, 2013
Elliott Minor, 71, of Albany died August 1, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.

Ira Earldean Pate, Jr
Jul 29, 2013
Ira "Earl" Pate, Jr, 63, of Lee County, GA, died July 29, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Bethel Baptist Church in Sycamore, GA.A native of Ben Hill County, GA, born to the late Ira Earldean Pate,...

Lee Gene Kierce
Jul 28, 2013
Lee Gene Kierce, 80, of Albany, GA, died July 28, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley and Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.He was a native of Sale City, GA, born to C.R. and Rosie Kierce and grew up...

Cynthia Lenora (Cindy) Hart
Jul 28, 2013
Cynthia Lenora (Cindy) Hart, 59, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at her residence. Her remains were cremated and no formal services were held.Mrs. Hart was a native of Montgomery, AL and had resided in Albany, GA most of her life. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.Survivors include two sons, Chris King, Albany, GA and...

Marian Rooks Hunt
Jul 26, 2013
Marian Rooks Hunt, 73, of Bronwood, GA, died July 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Walker and Helen Hay Rooks, Mrs. Hunt had resided both in Albany,...

Peggy Boyer Blaxton
Jul 26, 2013
Peggy Boyer Blaxton, 60, of Albany, GA died July 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late John and Martha Hendricks Boyer, Peggy spent ten...

James Gerald Tillery
Jul 23, 2013
James Gerald Tillery, 61, of Barnesville, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roger Tillery will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Colquitt Co., GA., Mr. Tillery had resided in Albany, GA...

Betsy Ann Seely
Jul 23, 2013
Betsy Ann Seely, 85, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be Friday, July 26, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The Reverend Lee Lowery will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Raleigh, NC, Mrs. Seely was a graduate of Peace College...
Elizabeth Ashley Mahoney
Jul 23, 2013
Elizabeth Ashley Mahoney, 25, of Albany, GA, died July 23, 2013 in Bainbridge, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Jeffery D. Spicer will officiate.Ashley was born in Albany, GA, grew up in Lee County, GA and graduated from Lee County High School in 2006. She was employed as assistant manager with...
Ernest Linwood (Lin) Bell
Jul 21, 2013
Ernest Linwood (Lin) Bell, III, 71, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. A celebration of life service will be held Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Keith Anthony will officiate. A private interment service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery with Rev. Calvin King officating.Born...

Johnny Pate Connell
Jul 17, 2013
Mr. Johnny Pate Connell, 50, of Albany, passed away, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at his home. Memorial Service will be Friday, July 19th, 2013 at Southside Baptist Church. Pastor Bill Suggs will officiate.Born September 17th, 1962 in Columbus, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Pate and Elise Connell. He graduated from Baker High School, Columbus, Georgia and later...

Gerald Michael Dean
Jul 16, 2013
Gerald Michael (Mike) Dean, 57, of Lee County, GA, died July 16, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Dick Gill will officiate.A native of Dawson, GA, born to the late Gerald Wallace Dean and Verlene Hobbs Dean, Mike had resided in Terrell County before...