Obituaries
Warren David Brookins
Jan 2, 2013
Warren David Brookins, Sr., 60, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at his home. Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Fort Gaines, GA. Rev. Jimmy Wease will officiateMr. Brookins, a native of Fort Gaines, was a truck driver who loved to work. He was employed with...
William Elmer Hearn
Dec 31, 2012
William Elmer Hearn, 91, of Albany, GA, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Hearn was retired from the Air Force and returned to Albany, GA after retirement. He...
Paul William Freeman
Dec 31, 2012
Paul William Freeman, 80, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Carl A. Vinson Nursing Center in Dublin, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry K. Deans will officiate. Interment will be in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery at a later date.A native of Kirkland, IN, Mr....
Madge Louise Moore
Dec 29, 2012
Madge L. Moore, 79, of Leesburg, GA, died December 29, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. John GrosVenor will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Moore was a Native American, a member of the Yankton Sioux and Karuk Tribes. She was born on...
Linda Counts Webb
Dec 29, 2012
Linda Kail Counts Webb, 97, of Albany, GA, formerly of Ocala, FL, died peacefully on Saturday December 29, 2012 in Leesburg, GA. Memorial services will be held Monday, December 31, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Ocala.Mrs. Webb was born in Tuscumbie, AL and moved to Ocala in the 30's where she resided until 1994 when...
Willburn (Will) Ivy
Dec 28, 2012
Wilburn (Will) Ivy, 83, of Albany, GA, died December 28, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.A native of Richton, MS, Mr. Ivy had resided in Albany, GA for the...
Frank Wayne Arnold
Dec 26, 2012
Frank Wayne Arnold was born February 28, 1940 in Manchester, TN.Frank departed this life on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family at his side. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Henry Freeman will officiate.He was preceded in death by his mother Olene Martin Arnold and his father...
Emma Jewel Baker
Dec 25, 2012
Emma Jewel Baker, 86, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Paul Mason will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Bronwood, GA, born March 13, 1926, she was the youngest child...
Billy Joe (Billy) Brannon
Dec 24, 2012
Billy Joe (Bill) Brannon, 75, of Albany, GA died December 24, 2012 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Allen W. Haas will officiate.A native of Slocomb, AL, born to Jessie and Anne Bell Brannon, Mr. Brannon had resided in Albany, GA since 1970 moving from Bainbridge, GA....
Billie Allan Murry
Dec 24, 2012
Billie Allan Murry, 79, of Albany, GA, died Monday December 24, 2012 at Phoebe North Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 28, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow At Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Luverne, AL, Mr. Murry had resided in Albany, GA for the past...
Harold James Farr
Dec 20, 2012
James H. (Jim) Farr, 85, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Thundering Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors.Jim Farr was born in Centralhatchee, GA in 1927. While still young, his family relocated...
Roger Dale Thompson
Dec 20, 2012
Roger Dale Thompson, 61, of Leesburg, GA died December 20, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home.Survived by many family members, friends and loved ones.
Sara Ann Neal
Dec 20, 2012
Sara Ann Chitty Neal, 79, of Leesburg, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died December 20, 2012 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Albany. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of...
Linda Gail Humphries
Dec 20, 2012
Linda Gail Humphries, 56, of Leesburg, GA passed away Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 24 at First Freewill Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery in Albany. Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Visitation will be held Sunday, December 23, 2012...
Eva Faye Daniel
Dec 18, 2012
Eva Faye Daniel, 72, of Albany, GA., died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, December 21, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Brent Duncan will officiate.A native of Arabi, GA., Mrs. Daniel had resided in Albany, GA., since 1966 before moving to Valley, AL. in 1987 and returning to...
Betty Flowers Parmelee
Dec 18, 2012
Betty Flowers Parmelee, 90, of Parrott, GA, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at her daughter's residence. Graveside service will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Parrott Cemetery with Rev. Julian Griner officiating. Ms. Parmelee was born on August 11, 1922, to the late Wayland Smedley Flowers and Addie Pinkston Flowers. A native and lifelong resident of Parrott, Ms. Parmelee...
Levi Francis Bohannon
Dec 17, 2012
Levi Francis Bohannon, Jr., 85, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, December 17, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Eidson and Rev. Chris Hill will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Savannah, GA Mr. Bohannon had lived in Albany since...
Antoinette Mary Gray
Dec 16, 2012
Antoinette (Toni) Otto Gray, 87, of Albany, GA, died December 16, 2012 at her residence. A funeral mass will be held Thursday at 10:00 AM at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Stephen Pontzer will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Biloxi, MS, born to the late George and Ruffa Otto, Mrs. Gray graduated from Sacred Heart...
Charles Henry Summerlin
Dec 16, 2012
Charles Henry Summerlin, 59, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held, Tuesday at 2:00 pm at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A native of Columbus, GA, Mr. Summerlin had lived in the Albany area since 1964. He was a retired truck driver for McMath Brothers Incorporated,...
Eula Faye Sinquefield
Dec 15, 2012
Eula Faye Sinquefield, 87, of Georgia Highway 41, Morgan, GA, died December 15, 2012 at Calhoun County Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 PM at New Light Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Jackie Williams and Pastor Jerry Hall officiated. Interment followed in the church cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Morgan, GA, she was born to the...
