Obituaries

Fred Harvey Ward, Jr
Aug 6, 2012
The funeral service of Fred Harvey Ward, Jr., 81, of Albany, GA, died Monday, August 6, 2012 at Phoebe North Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Greg Davis will officiate. The Tri-County Memorial Club will present Masonic Honors. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors. The Hasan Legion...

William Nathaniel Williams
Aug 6, 2012
William "Bill" Nathaniel Williams, 64, of Albany, GA died Monday, August 6, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Sales City, GA. Serving as Pall Bearers, Derik Bryant, Hubert Davis, Mike Green, Bob Pindar, Chuck...

Carson Howard King
Aug 6, 2012
Carson H. King, 77, of Albany, GA, died Monday, August 6, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Crisp County, GA Carson had lived most of his life in Albany, GA. He was...

Claude Edward Morton
Aug 5, 2012
Claude Edward Morton, 57, of Albany, GA., died August 5, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services Friday August 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA.
Geneva Irvin Griffin
Aug 3, 2012
Geneva Irvin Griffin of Albany, GA, passed away on August 3, 2012 in Atlanta, surrounded by her loving family. Geneva was the beloved widow of E.W. Griffin. She leaves behind her children: Dr. Edmond I. Griffin, husband of Georgia Griffin, of Atlanta, Georgia, Paula Reed, wife of Gary Reed, of Albany, Georgia, Jenny Carr, wife of Johnny Carr, of Evans,...

Marvin Dennard Reynolds
Aug 2, 2012
Marvin Dennard Reynolds, 79, of Cordele, GA passed away peacefully at his home, Thursday, August 2, 2012. A memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Cordele, GA, Monday, August 6, at 4:00 pm. Reception following at the cabin, 362 Lakeshore Drive, Cordele, GA 31015.Marvin was born in Turner County, GA in 1932. He grew up...

Elizabeth Jeanette Reinheimer
Aug 2, 2012
Elizabeth Jeanette Reinheimer, 84, of Albany, GA. (Lee Co.), died Thursday August 2, 2012 at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced.

Raymon ""R.J."" Jean Apperson
Aug 1, 2012
Raymon Jean "R.J." Apperson, 77, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native Worth County, GA Mr. Apperson had lived in Albany, GA since 1956 moving from Tifton, GA. He...

Lois A. Brice
Jul 29, 2012
Lois A. Brice, 45, of Albany, GA died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at her residence. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 6:00 PM at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Visitation will follow the service at the church.
Frances Louise Fulkerson
Jul 26, 2012
Frances Horne Fulkerson, 79, of Leesburg, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Fulkerson had resided in Albany and Leesburg for the...

Othorus Milton Rogers
Jul 26, 2012
Othorus M. Rogers, 85, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:30 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The American Legion Post # 30 will conduct Military Honors.A native of Worth County, GA, born to the late Dewey and Julia Rogers, Mr. Rogers was...

Floyce D. Griffin
Jul 26, 2012
Floyce D. Griffin, 93, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Westview Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as active pallbearers. A native of Troy, AL, Mrs. Griffin had resided in Albany, GA...

Mary Joyce Rogers Gilley
Jul 23, 2012
Mary Joyce Rogers Gilley, 59, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, July 23, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Griffin will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Gilley had resided in Sycamore, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA four years...

Scott Harper
Jul 21, 2012
Scott Harper, 45, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Bainbridge, GA, Mr. Harper had resided in Donaldsonville, GA. before moving to Leesburg, GA eighteen...

Maurice Charles Healy
Jul 20, 2012
Maurice Charles "Duke" Healy, 79, of Albany, GA, died, Friday, July 20, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Ellicott City, MD, Mr. Healy had resided in Albany, GA for the past 15 years moving from Pasadena, MD. He served...

Patrick Stephen Bish
Jul 17, 2012
Patrick Stephen Bish, 32, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July19, 2012 at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Brother John Townsend will officiate. A native of Conneaut, Ohio Patrick had lived in Leesburg, GA for the past twelve years moving from, Worth County, GA, He was a construction...

Bradley (Brad) Keith Temples
Jul 15, 2012
Bradley (Brad) Keith Temples, 31, of Albany, GA died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Deans and Rev. Damon Fountain will officiate. Interment will follow in Crossroads Cemetery in Damascus, GA.Brad was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and was...

Tommy Lee Franklin
Jul 13, 2012
Tommy Lee Franklin, CLU, 71, of Albany, GA, died Friday, July 13, 2012 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Jay Weldon and Deacon Joy Davis will officiate. Tommy's cremains will be interred at St. Patrick's Columnbarium.A native of Sandersville, GA, Tommy was born to the late Tommie...

Opal McKee Littlejohn
Jul 13, 2012
Opal McKee Littlejohn, Born in Meridian, Mississippi on June 9, 1919, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday July 13, 2012 at Lee County Heath Care, Leesburg, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clinton and Mabel McKee and her husband, Paul Littlejohn to whom she was married for seventy three years.Funeral services honoring...

Addie Tucker Stempinsky
Jul 12, 2012
Addie L. Tucker Stempinsky, 86, of Seasons Christian Care Center at 2724 Ledo Road, died Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Wynfield Park Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Roger Montgomery will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.Mrs. Stempinsky was born Addie Leona Tucker to Walter Lee Tucker...