Obituaries
Gene Melton Driskell
Mar 3, 2013
Gene Melton Driskell, 66, of Peach County, GA died Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Perry, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Nathan L. Smith and Pastor Dwayne Evors will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Arthur McCray Driskell and Lillian McCraine...
John Perry Aker
Feb 28, 2013
John Perry "Pete" Aker, 78, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, February 28, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 4, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Beattie Road Church of Christ. Minister Doug Haught will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Marion, VA, Mr. Aker had resided in Albany, GA and...
Michael Dean Sipes, Sr
Feb 27, 2013
Michael "Mike" Dean Sipes, Sr., 70, OF Albany, GA died Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Metter, GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Reverend Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Louisville, KY, Mr. Sipes had resided in Albany since August of 1996. Mr. Sipes was...
Shirley Lucille Sellers
Feb 26, 2013
Shirley D. Sellers, 78, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. Committal services will follow in Geneva, AL at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 2:00 PM (CST).A native of McAllen, TX, Mrs. Sellers was born to...
William Mark Blankenship
Feb 26, 2013
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, William Mark Blankenship, our beloved son and brother, left this earth to that eternal life of love and peace with God in heaven. Born in Albany, Georgia, January 21, 1987 to Walter M. and Elaine H. Blankenship, a beloved brother of Sgt. John Michael Blankenship, U.S. Army 1st SFG, Fort Lewis, WA and Abby Rebekah...
Frances Mozelle Faircloth
Feb 24, 2013
Frances Mozelle Faircloth, 75, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Evergreen Assisted Living Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Miami, FL, Mrs. Faircloth was born to the late William Anthony and Cora Haxby...
W.D. Turner, Jr
Feb 23, 2013
W.D. (Bud) Turner, Jr., 79, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Cordray Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate.A native of Calhoun County, GA, born to the late W.D and Burline Bailey Turner, he had resided in Albany, GA for forty five years...
Marcella E. Austin
Feb 22, 2013
Marcella Ernestine Austin,82, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 22, 2013 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Graveside services will be held Tuesday February 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Cincinnati, OH, Mrs. Austin had resided in Albany, GA for most of her life. She was a homemaker and...
Huey B. Senn
Feb 22, 2013
Huey B. Senn, 86, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 22, 2013 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robert E. Varnadore will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Newton, AL, Mr. Senn had resided in Albany for the...
Lee Norton Johnston, Sr
Feb 20, 2013
Lee Norton Johnston, Sr., 89, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Gillionville Baptist Church, on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Tony Haefs and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Coolidge, GA, Mr. Johnston was a veteran of...
Richard J. Davis
Feb 19, 2013
Richard J. Davis, 60, of Albany, GA, died February 19, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Alvin Lewis will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, born to the late R.J. and Virginia Davis, Richard attended Albany schools. He...
Watson Edward Meeks, Sr
Feb 18, 2013
Watson Edward Meeks, Sr., 90, of Albany, GA, died Monday, February 18, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. John G. Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors provided by the United States Army and the American Legion Post # 30.A native of Kite,...
Sarah Elizabeth Williams
Feb 18, 2013
Sarah Y. Williams, 73, of Albany, GA, died Monday, February 18, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Cartersville, GA, Mrs. Williams grew up in Dawson, GA and had resided in Albany, GA...
Mary Louise Long
Feb 16, 2013
Mary Louise Long, 89, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn and Rev. T.J. Mauldin will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Concord, NC, Mrs. Long had resided in Worth Co.,...
Barbara Janice Pollock Wood
Feb 16, 2013
Barbara Janice Pollock Wood, 59, of Mitchell County, GA, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February19, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Mitchell Co., GA, Mrs. Wood had resided in Baconton, GA for...
Michael (Mike) John Garcia
Feb 16, 2013
Michael John (Mike) Garcia, 63, of Lee County, died Saturday, February 16, 2013 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, February 18, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. Mike served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era from 1969 - 1971 and was stationed in Germany. He was later employed...
Joy Schwalls Smith
Feb 11, 2013
. Joy Schwalls Smith, 59, of Albany, GA passed away Monday, February 11, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Reverend Tony Haefs will officiate. Interment will follow at Old Cannoochee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Swainsboro, GA at 2:00 p.m. on...
Nadine Rosaline King
Feb 11, 2013
Nadine R. King, 83, of Albany, GA, died February 11, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA, born to the late Oliver Hampton Hancock and Lizzie Ruth Casey Hancock, Mrs. King grew...
Louise McClung Widdoes
Feb 9, 2013
Louise McClung Widdoes, 91, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, GA. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg United Methodist Church. Reverend Michael P. Lyons will be officiating.A native of Charleston, WV, Mrs. Widdoes had resided in Leesburg for the last six years coming...
Mary Naomi Brown
Feb 9, 2013
Mary Naomi Brown, 89, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at Albany Grace Church of the Nazarene. Reverends Joe Miller and Hilton Gillespie will be officiating. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Columbus, GA, Mrs. Brown had resided in...
