Obituaries

Sep 8, 2011

Carl J. Montgomery, 75, of Lee County, GA died September 8, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Bill Maxwell, Richard Hunter, Robert Lane, Larry Taylor, Willie Walker...

Sep 7, 2011

Sep 5, 2011

Clifford S. "Shine" Simpson, 68, of Albany, GA, died Monday, September 5, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Billy Joe Butler will officiate.A native of Arlington, GA, he moved from Baker County to Albany, GA in 1976. Mr. Simpson proudly served in the US Army...

Sep 5, 2011

Pauline Kinard Sims, 75 of Leesburg, GA passed away at her home on September 5, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, at 10:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church, Pastor Craig Howell and Rev. Dennis Lanning will officiate. Interment will follow in Vienna City Cemetery, Vienna, GA. Pauline was born September 13, 1935 in Sumter County, GA. She was...

Aug 29, 2011

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Cooper Milliner, 81, of Leesburg, GA died August 29, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Dennis Laning will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Early County, GA to the late Marcine and Thelma Cooper, Mrs. Milliner moved to Albany in 1957....

Aug 26, 2011

Coy Allen Spurlin, 57, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday August 26, 2011 at his residence. A graveside funeral service will be held Monday August 29, 2011 at Crown Hill Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA, Mr. Spurlin was an electrical engineer...

Aug 26, 2011

Lona Jeri Dickson, 75, of Worth County, GA, died August 26, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Dickson graduated from Doerun High School and moved to Albany, GA in 1963. She...

Aug 26, 2011

Claude Capps, of Albany, GA, died Friday August 26, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Madison, FL, Mr. Capps grew up in Sale City, GA and graduated from Sale City High School in 1952....

Aug 25, 2011

Beulah Parks Bass, 82, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Sunnyside Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Red Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Worth County, GA.A native of Worth County, GA Mrs. Bass had resided in Albany since...

Aug 25, 2011

Oswald Charles (Charlie) Bryant, Jr., of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Palmyra Nursing Home. A memorial service will be conducted Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Michael Beck will officiate. Interment will be in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Waycross, GA, Mr. Bryant has resided in Albany, GA since 1997 moving...

Aug 24, 2011

Curtis Lee Yates, 90 of Albany, GA died Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Graveside services will follow Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Singer's Glen Cemetery in Singer's Glen, VA.A native of Washington D.C.,...

Aug 23, 2011

Janet Watson Simpson, 64, of Albany, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Wilson Hospice House. The graveside funeral service will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Billy Joe Butler will officiate. A native of Tift County, GA, Mrs. Simpson had resided in Albany since 1954 moving from Bainbridge, GA. She was a retired administrative...

Aug 21, 2011

Margaret Brazeal Reynolds from Dawson, GA, passed away peacefully at her home, Sunday August 21, 2011.Margaret is survived by her husband, Marvin D. Reynolds, her daughters, Laura Burgin of Atlantic Beach, Florida and Deborah Monteferrante of Windermere, Florida and her five grandchildren. Her son Michael Reynolds preceded her in death.Everyone that knew Margaret loved her humor and kindness, she will...

Aug 18, 2011

Lillian Gay Boyd, 80, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Minister Doug Haught will officiate.A native of Quitman, GA, Mrs. Boyd had resided in Albany since 1969 moving from Tallahassee, FL. She began her nursing career with...

Aug 14, 2011

Donald Dean Bauman, 69, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services will be held.MATHEWS FUNERAL HOMEALBANY, GA229-435-5657

Aug 12, 2011

Susan Yates Thorne, 50, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, August 12, 2011 at her residence. A celebration of life service will be held at 7:00 PM Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 125 Century Road, Leesburg, GA.A native of Moultrie, GA Susan had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1994 moving from Wilson, NC. She was the owner/operator of Leesburg Flower and...

Aug 6, 2011

Martha Dorman Cooper Phillips, 86, of 736 Airport Rd., Smithville, GA, died Saturday August 6, 2011 at Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, GA. A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday August 9, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Smithville United Methodist Church. Dr. Leonard L. Dupree and Rev. Cecilia Hurley will officiate.A native of Clayton, AL, Mrs. Phillips had resided in...

Aug 4, 2011

The memorial service of Betty Jean Shiver, 71, of Albany, GA, who died August 4, 2011, will be conducted Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Watkins will officiate. A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mrs. Shiver was a homemaker and a Jehovah Witness by faith.Survivors include two sons, Raymond Shiver, JR. and John Shiver...

Aug 4, 2011

Fannie Sally Crumbley Bowen, 99, of Albany, GA formerly of Irwin County, GA, died Thursday, August 4, 2011 at her residence. Services will be held Sunday August 7, 2011 with the viewing at 10:30 a.m. and funeral to follow at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Pitts City Cemetery, Pitts,...

Aug 4, 2011

Danny Mack Temples, 61, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 4, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the Blakely City Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Richard Gill will officiate.Mr. Temples was born April 22, 1950 in Blakely, GA, he was raised and lived in Albany most of...