Obituaries
William Marshall Raughton, Sr
Aug 26, 2012
William Marshall Raughton, Sr., 79, of Albany, GA, died August 26, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Morris Baptist Church Cemetery in Quitman County.A native of Opelika, AL, Mr. Raughton graduated...
William Fred Lynch
Aug 26, 2012
William Fred Lynch (1915-2012), devoted husband, father, grandfather, server of mankind and friend to many, passed away August 26, 2012 at his home, surrounded by his loving family! If weather permits, graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery, if not, services will be conducted at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William E. (Butch)...
Julian Ryan Reever
Aug 25, 2012
Julian Ryan Reever, 22, of Lee Co., GA, died Saturday, August 25, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Reever was born in Albany, GA and had resided here most of his life before moving to Lee...
Aileen W. Histed
Aug 25, 2012
Aileen W. Histed, 98, of Albany, GA died Saturday August 25, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate.A native of Wrightsville, GA, Mrs. Histed had resided in Albany, GA since 1948 moving from Macon, GA. Mrs. Histed was a graduate of Wrightsville High...
Linda Gilmer Cook
Aug 25, 2012
Linda Gilmer Cook, 58, of Leesburg, GA., died Saturday August 25, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley and Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate.Mrs. Cook was born in Albany, GA. and had resided in Lee Co., GA. most of her life. She was employed...
William Thomas Etheridge
Aug 22, 2012
William Thomas (Tom) Etheridge, 75, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Evergreen, AL, Mr. Etheridge graduated from Livingston...
Frank O. Jackson
Aug 20, 2012
Frank O. Jackson, 48, of Leesburg, GA, died August 20, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Frank moved with his family to Lee County in 1973. He attended Deerfield School from K-12 until...
Carolyn H. Melton
Aug 19, 2012
Carolyn H. Melton, 81, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. David Smith and Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. A private entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.A native of Sylvester, GA, Mrs. Melton had...
Sue S. Dixon
Aug 16, 2012
Sue S. Dixon, 59, of Americus, GA, died August 16, 2012 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday August 19, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until the funeral hour at the funeral home. Rev. Wendy Peacock will officiate.A native of Americus, GA, Sue had resided in Macon...
Eva Grace Hunt
Aug 15, 2012
Eva Grace Hunt, 83, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Freddie Wellborn will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Miller County, GA, Mrs. Hunt moved to Albany, GA in 1960 from Donalsonville, GA. She was...
Frank Griffin, Sr
Aug 14, 2012
Frank Griffin, Sr., 72 of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. Scott Tomlinson will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Dublin, GA, Mr. Griffin had resided...
Martha Daniel Jones
Aug 13, 2012
Martha Elizabeth Jones, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at her residence. Memorial services will be held on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at Beattie Road Church of Christ. Minister Doug Haught will officiate. A native of Clanton, AL, Mrs. Jones had resided in Albany, GA for the past forty two years moving here from St. Charles, MO....
William C. Banks, Jr
Aug 13, 2012
William C. (Bill) Banks, Jr., 87, of Albany, GA died August 13, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Rev. James R. Bullion will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Lakeland, GA, Mr. Banks graduated from Lanier County High School in 1942. He joined...
Michael Grady Shadburn
Aug 12, 2012
Michael Grady (Mike) Shadburn, 40, of Albany, GA died August 12, 2012 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chip Gresham and Norman Denney will officiate. Private interment services will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mike was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and graduated from Sherwood Christian...
Iris E. Hunt
Aug 11, 2012
Iris Elda Hunt, 80, of Albany, GA died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Crisp County Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Kenneth West will officiate.A native of Pebble Rock, WV, Mrs. Hunt had resided in Albany, GA since 1966 moving from New York. Mrs. Hunt was a homemaker, had...
Victoria Ann Doolittle
Aug 11, 2012
Victoria Ann Doolittle, 21, of Leesburg, GA, formerly of Syracuse, NY, lost her battle with organ rejection, Saturday August 11, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Victoria lost her battle with organ rejection following a lung transplant. Victoria was an...
Jean Pipkin Settles
Aug 8, 2012
Jean Pipkin Settles, 83, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday August 8, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Sunday August 12, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Matthews Nance and Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at Colomokee Baptist Church Cemetery, Blakely, GA. Jean was born August 23, 1928 to the...
David Keith Elliott
Aug 8, 2012
David K. Elliott, 54, of Lake Blackshear died August 7, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A private interment will be held at Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Atlanta, GA to the late James West Elliott and Florence Sue Allen Elliott, David grew up in Albany,...
Constance Etheridge Dorough
Aug 8, 2012
The funeral service of Constance Etheridge Dorough, 62, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hicks Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Crisp County. Her grandsons will serve as active pallbearers. A native of...
Mildred Reynolds Pickron
Aug 6, 2012
Mildred Reynolds Pickron, 97, of Albany, GA, died Monday August 6, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 11, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. June Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Donalsonville, GA, Mrs. Pickron moved to Albany, GA in 1949 from Damascus, GA. She...
