Obituaries
Gladys Juanita Henderson
Nov 6, 2012
Gladys Juanita Henderson, 85, of Lee County, GA, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:30 PM at Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Irwinville, GA.A native of Wilcox, County, GA, Mrs. Henderson...
Nadine (Dean) Pannell
Nov 6, 2012
Nadine (Dean) Pannell, 83, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Putney. Rev. Tab Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Colquitt, County, GA, Mrs. Pannell grew up in Brooks, County, GA, and moved to Albany,...
Infant Bradley Jay Turner
Nov 4, 2012
Infant Bradley Jay Turner received his wings, Sunday, November 4, 2012 at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at True Life Church of God. Rev. Jamie Baggett, Rev. Corey Shiver and Rev. Chris E. Turner will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.Bradley touched many lives with...
Thomas Hall Pritchett
Nov 4, 2012
Thomas Hall Pritchett, 85, of Albany, Georgia died Sunday, November 4, 2012. Memorial services will be held at Mathews Funeral Home Saturday, November 10 at 1:00 PM officiated by Reverend Carrie Myers and The Honorable Ed Duffy. Visitation will be held Friday, November 9 at Mathews Funeral Home from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM. A celebration of Tommy's life will...
Yvonne E. Bryant
Nov 3, 2012
Mrs. Yvonne Edwards Bryant, 72, of Albany, GA, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at her residence. Private memorial services will be held for family members Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 3:00 PM at the family residence on Hilltop Drive. The family will receive and visit friends and church members from 3:30 PM until 5:00...
Teresa Diane Clark
Nov 3, 2012
Teresa Diane Clark, 52, of Albany, GA, died November 3, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mike Cannon will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leary City Cemetery.A native of Douglasville, GA, Mrs. Clark had lived in Albany, GA since 1965. She was a homemaker and was preceded...
Rocky Allen Long
Nov 3, 2012
Rocky Allen Long, 54, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Beattie Road Church of Christ. Minister Doug Haught will officiate. Graveside funeral services and interment will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Whitesburg, GA with Minister Jimmy...
Ricky E. Eidson
Nov 1, 2012
Ricky E. Eidson, 49, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, November 1, 2012 at his residence and has gone to be with the Lord. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Curtis Edison will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of...
Ernest Dwaine Phillips
Oct 31, 2012
Ernest Dewaine Phillips, 91, of Albany, GA, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at the Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA.A native of Baker County,...
Bertha Mae Kelley
Oct 27, 2012
Bertha Mae Kelley, 74, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, October 27, 2012, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Deans officiating.Mrs. Kelley was a native of Springvale, GA, and resided in Albany most of her life and was active at the SOWEGA Council...
Ronald David Akridge, Sr
Oct 25, 2012
Ronald David Akridge, Sr., 68, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate. Interment will follow in Warwick United Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Berrien Co., GA, Mr. Akridge had resided in Albany, GA...
Sherman Douglas Pressley
Oct 24, 2012
Sherman Douglas Pressley, 62, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 26, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of LaGrange, GA, Mr. Pressley had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA. He was of the Baptist faith...
Edgar David Trea
Oct 22, 2012
Edgar David (Pops) Trea, 71, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 22, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Cass City, MI, Mr. Trea had resided in Albany, GA since 1972 moving from Standish-Sterling, MI. He was formerly employed with...
Mary Overbey
Oct 22, 2012
Mary Overbey of Worth Co., GA., died Monady October 22, 2012 at her residence. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Charles Milton Vanzant
Oct 22, 2012
Charles Milton Vanzant, 58, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, October 22, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Harris and Rev. Johnny Farr will officiate. Interment will follow at the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Albany, Charles graduated from Westover High School in 1972. He attended Albany Technical...
Clara Mae Griffin
Oct 22, 2012
Clara Mae Griffin, 90, of Albany, GA., died Monday October 22, 2012 at Wynfield Health and Rehab.Funeral services will be anounced at a later date.
Dr. David E. Johnson, M.D.
Oct 21, 2012
David E. Johnson, MD, 61, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM in the parlor at Porterfield.David was born in Akron, OH and grew...
Robert Earl Patton
Oct 19, 2012
Robert Earl Patton, 48, of Leesburg GA, died Friday, October 19, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 25, 2012 at11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Sylvester, GA., Mr. Patton had resided in Lee Co., GA. for the past five years...
Eunice Stansberry Wigglesworth
Oct 19, 2012
Eunice Stansberry Wigglesworth, 81, of Albany, GA. died Friday, October, 19, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Doerun, GA.A...
