Obituaries

James B. Parr
Sep 10, 2012
James Barnett Parr, 79 of Albany, GA died Monday, September 10, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Matt Greene will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakgrove Cemetery, Arlington, GA.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Parr grew up in Arlington, GA and served in the United States...

Roy Lee McDade
Sep 9, 2012
Roy L. McDade, 76, of Baconton, GA, died Sunday, September 9, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Sale City Cemetery.A native of Milledgeville, GA, Mr. McDade had resided in Baconton, GA for the past twelve years moving...

Mitchell ""Mitch"" Steven Macheers
Sep 8, 2012
Mitch Macheers, 56, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, September 8, 2012 at his home in Lee County.The family will receive family and friends on Tuesday, September 11, 2010 between 4 and 6 PM at his residence at 118 Fourth Road, Leesburg, GA.Survivors include his wife Candace Dally Macheers of 22 years, daughter Jamie Macheers Hart and her husband Tracy, granddaughter...

Jason Lee Miller
Aug 30, 2012
Jason Lee Miller, 30, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 30, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate.A native of and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Jason was formerly employed with Ryan's and Cracker Barrel and was a painter by trade. Jason was a...

Kenneth Martin Waldrop, DVM
Aug 30, 2012
Dr. Kenneth Martin (Kenny) Waldrop, 66, died August 30, 2012 at Willson Hospice following a brief illness. A memorial service is planned for Monday, September 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior to the service. Dr. Waldrop was a native of Tifton, GA, born August 13, 1946 to the late Julius Gilbert and...

Jamie Bruce Smith
Aug 29, 2012
Jamie B. Smith, 41, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Americus, GA, Jamie grew up in Smithville, GA and attended Lee County Schools and graduated from Albany Technical College....

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...