Obituaries

Shelby Ann Barfield Bennett
Nov 16, 2012
Shelby Ann Barfield Bennett, 57, of Panama City, FL, died Friday, November 16, 2012 at Bay Medical Center. 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 Houston, Texas, Mrs. Bennett lived in Albany most of her life before moving to...

Betty Ann Harris
Nov 15, 2012
Betty Ann Harris, 80, of Albany, GA died Thursday, November 15, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Monday, November 19, 2012 from 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow approximately at 1:30 PM at Pavo Lebanon Church Cemetery, Pavo, GA. A native of Pavo, GA,...

David Brooks Barronton
Nov 13, 2012
David Brooks Barronton, 56, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at a later date.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Barronton owned and operated Title Mart. He was preceded in death by his wife, Viktoria Barronton, his father, Harold Barronton and brother Dale Barronton.Survivors include his daughter, Beth Richards...

Joe W. Taylor
Nov 12, 2012
Joe W. Taylor, 80 of Albany, GA, died Monday November 12, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Stacy West will officiate. Interment will follow in Meigs Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, GA.A native of Meigs, GA, Mr. Taylor had resided in Albany, GA since 1957 moving here from Thomasville,...

Grayson Waters
Nov 11, 2012
Grayson Waters, 66 of Worth Co., GA, died Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Clyde Grimsley will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Waters had resided in Albany, GA and Worth County...

Debra Ann Bouley
Nov 10, 2012
Debra Ann Bouley, age 55 of Ellaville, GA, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 after a two year struggle with cancer. She was born to the late Raymond N. Bouley and Elsie B. Drover of Chelsea, MA, on December 29, 1956. Survivors include a partner of 38 years Priscilla Filomino, children Stephanie Williams, and Tiffani Filomino, grandchildren, Jennifer and...

Randall (Randy) William Clark
Nov 7, 2012
Randall William (Randy) Clark, 45, of Jacksonville, FL, died Wednesday November 7, 2012 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Albany. Rev. Garrett Andrew will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors.A native of Port Hueneme, CA, Randy had lived in Jacksonville since...

Gladys Corrine Spivey
Nov 7, 2012
Gladys Strickland Spivey, 92, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.A native of Lowndes Co., GA, Mrs. Spivey had resided in Albany, GA since 1923. She was retired from Freitex and was of...

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...