Obituaries

Louie Joe Western
Jun 5, 2012
Louie Joe Western, 60, of Newnan, GA, died Tuesday June 5, 2012 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Newnan, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday June 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Stephen Pontzer will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA.A native of Jacksonville, FL, Mr. Western had resided in Newnan, GA. for the...

Arthur R. Donahoue
Jun 5, 2012
Arthur R. Donahoue (SMSGT- USAF RET.) of Albany, GA, passed away June 5, 2012 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center after a brief illness.He was born July 29, 1910 to Henry and Katherine Rosenbaum. His father was a rancher and miner in the Gunnison Valley, near Iola, Colorado. At the age of 12, after the death of his father, he went...
Billie Katherine Tucker
Jun 4, 2012
Billie K. Tucker, 78, of Albany, GA, died June 4, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Interment will follow in Pelham City Cemetery.A native of Mitchell County, GA, Mrs. Tucker was born to the late William (Bill) and Katherine Goodson Jones. She...
Paul Richard Baker
Jun 3, 2012
Paul R. Baker, (CAPT, USMC Ret.), 78, of Albany, GA, died June 3, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Hasan Shrine Center with Military Honors provided by The United States Marine Corps and Masonic Honors provided by the Tri County Memorial Club. Rev. John Jacobs will officiate. The Legion of Honor and...

Mary Alice Jones
Jun 2, 2012
Mary Alice Rigsby Jones, 77, of Dawson Georgia died Saturday June 2, 2012 at her home after a short illness. Mary was born on August 28, 1934 in Dawson, the daughter of Roland Rigsby and Alice King Rigsby Flanders. She married William Allan Jones on August 14, 1955. They moved to Illinois in 1965 and lived in Florida as well...

Tillie Marvette Hunt
May 31, 2012
Tillie Marvette Hunt, 88, of Albany, GA, died May, 31 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM on Monday, June 4, 2012, at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Byron Miller will officiate. Interment at Floral Memory Gardens with Military HonorsA native of Henry County, AL, Mr. Hunt had resided in Albany, GA since 1960 moving from...
Kimberly (Kim) Layfield
May 30, 2012
Kimberly (Kim) Layfield, 38, of Seattle, WA, formerly of Albany, GA, died May 30, 2012. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Jeffery Spicer will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill CemeteryA native of Albany, GA, Kim grew up on Nelms Road and graduated from Riverview Academy in 1992. She lived in...

Mary Eubanks Corbett
May 30, 2012
Mary Blanche Eubanks Corbett, 88, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012.Funeral services will be conducted Sunday June 3, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Matthew Nance will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Washington Co., GA, Mrs. Corbett had resided in Albany, GA since 1941 and had been employed with Bob's Candy...

Jean Elizabeth Boggs
May 30, 2012
Jean Elizabeth Boggs, 85, of 1904 Palmyra Road, Albany, GA, died May 30, 2012 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Friday at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Keith Anthony will officiate. Entombment services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. Rev. Bob Tyler will officiate.Born in Atlanta, GA,...

Joseph Patrick Lindsey
May 30, 2012
Joseph Patrick Lindsey, 54, of Albany, GA, died May 30, 2012 at his residence.. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Dunn will officiate.A native of Alexandria, LA Mr. Lindsey had lived most of his life in Albany, GA. He was a dispatcher for Hinton Oil Company, was...

Charlie Earl Adams III
May 29, 2012
Charlie Earl (Little Earl) Adams, III, 64 of Smithville, GA died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Mr. Adams had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He retired from Dougherty County Board of Education Facilities Department for...

Billie Ray Nisbeth
May 28, 2012
Billie Ray (Bill) Nisbeth, 73, of Albany, GA died Monday, May 28, 2012 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab, Albany, GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Earl Steffens will officiate.A native of Bennington, KS, Mr. Nisbeth had resided in Albany, GA for the past thirty one years, moving from Kansas. He...

Earnest Clyde Frazier
May 28, 2012
Earnest Clyde Frazier, 69, of Albany, GA, died May 28, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Moultrie, GA, Clyde's family moved to Sylvester, GA when he was in the 10th grade and he graduated from...

Joseph Centel Lawson
May 26, 2012
Joseph Centel Lawson, 18, of Wingate, NC, formerly of Albany, GA, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Coffee Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mary Hampton will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Lawson had resided in Wingate, NC for the past eighteen...

Fredrick Rowland Ransom
May 25, 2012
Fredrick R. (Fred) Ransom, 77, of Albany, GA died May 25, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday at Crown Hill Cemetery. Danny Williams will officiate.A native of Columbus County, NC, Mr. Ransom graduated from Evergreen High School and attended and played baseball at Louisburg College. He served in the US...
Harry Steven Smith
May 25, 2012
Harry Steven Smith, 58, of Albany, GA, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at Columbus Specialty Hospital in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Harris and Rev. Gary Manning will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA and a former resident of Lee County...

Frances Mildred (Millie) Jernigan
May 23, 2012
Frances Mildred (Millie) Jernigan, 91, of 601 Summit Drive, Albany, GA died May 23, 2012 at Magnolia Manor in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at the chapel of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Nancy Scarbrough and Rev. William Collins will officiate. A committal will follow at 3:30 PM at the Oglethorpe City Cemetery,...

Quinton Heath Mock
May 23, 2012
Quinton Heath Mock, 41, of Newnan, GA., died Wednesday May 23, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday May 29, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Collin Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA. Mr. Mock was an honor graduate of Westover High School and graduated from Georgia Institute of...

Julius Mark Strosnider
May 22, 2012
Julius Mark Strosnider, 52, of Albany, GA, died May 22, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Tifton, GA, Mr. Strosnider had lived in Albany, GA most of his life. He graduated from Albany High School in 1978 and attended Albany Technical College. He...

Michael Fletcher Worsley
May 19, 2012
Michael Fletcher Worsley, 56, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Willson Hospice. A memorial service will be held 4:00 PM Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Calvary Baptist Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. The memorial service will be preceded by a gathering of family and friends a 3:00 PM at the church.Mike was born...