Obituaries
William Fred (Bill) Brooks, Sr
Feb 29, 2012
The funeral service of William Fred (Bill) Brooks, Sr., 82, of Albany, GA, who died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Phoebe North Hospital, will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Estes will officiate. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memory Gardens, Pelham, GA.A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Brooks had resided in Albany most of...
Laurence Moody
Feb 28, 2012
Laurence Moody, 95, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, GA at 4:30 p.m. Dr. Don Adams and Rev. Danny Stubbs officiating. A...
Jacquenlyn Ruth Strickland
Feb 26, 2012
Jacquelyn Ruth Marbury Strickland passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Phoebe North Medical Center in Albany, Georgia.Ms. Strickland lived most of her life in Atlanta, Georgia, where she raised a family and worked as an office manager for Atlantic Steel and ETL Testing Laboratories. She moved to Leesburg approximately 10 years ago. She enjoyed the slower pace of...
Lillian Lackland Sullivan
Feb 25, 2012
Lillian Lackland Sullivan passed away, Saturday February 25, 2012 at her residence, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Sullivan was born in Atlanta, GA, on August 29, 1934, to Thomas Cobbs Lackland,...
Linda E. Padgett
Feb 25, 2012
Linda E. Padgett, 66, of Doerun, GA died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 11:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge and Rev. Roger Tillery will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Garden Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA Linda had resided in Doerun,...
Laura Ellen Jackson
Feb 23, 2012
Laura Ellen Jackson, 73, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at her residence. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta, GA.A native of Atlanta, GA, Laura had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past seven years moving from McDonough, GA. She was a homemaker and attended First Baptist Church...
Milton Wayne Merritt, Sr
Feb 22, 2012
Service for Milton Wayne Merritt, Sr.- Saturday, February 25, 2:00 pm at The Oakridge Baptist Church, 1708 W. Oakridge Drive, Albany, GA. Presiding will be Bishop Victor L. Powell and the eulogy by Rev. Karl W. Merritt.Born: October 7, 1923 in Miller County, Georgia Parents: The late Ezra Wayne & Nettie Johnson MerrittWife: Alice Jewel Goins MerrittChildren: Karl W. Merritt...
Donna Marlene (Marlee) King
Feb 19, 2012
Donna Marlene (Marlee) King, 40, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her residence, a private memorial service will be held.Marlee was born October 13, 1971 in Tifton, GA, the home of her parents and grandparents and ancestors who were original pioneer settlers in Irwin and Tift County. She resided from 1971 until 1973 in Sylvester, GA with...
Stephen Daryl Cater, Sr
Feb 19, 2012
The memorial service of Stephen Daryl Cater, Sr., 51, of Lee County, GA who died February 20, 2012, will be conducted Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Daryl had lived in Lee County most of his life. He was formerly employed as the...
Connie Attaway Wallis
Feb 17, 2012
Connie Attaway Wallis, 56, of Albany, GA died Friday, February 17, 2012 at her residence. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Newnan, GA, Mrs. Wallis grew up in Newnan, GA and had resided in Albany, GA since 1972 moving from Fitzgerald, GA. She was...
Orion Hardy Peeples
Feb 15, 2012
Orion Hardy Peeples, 89, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday February 17, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Serving as pallbearers will be: Hollis Hood, Britt Peeples, Jason Peeples, Jackson...
Walter Oris Mitchell
Feb 14, 2012
Walter Oris Mitchell, 96, of Albany, GA departed this life on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He had been living in Warner Robins, GA with his sister, Josephine, for the last 5 ½ years. He passed away at Peachbelt Health and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness. Funeral services will be...
Eddie Wallace (Bubba) Bullock, Jr
Feb 14, 2012
Eddie (Bubba) Bullock, Jr., 35, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Chris C. Ward, Minister will officiate. A lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Eddie was a sales driver with Albany Beverage Company. He graduated from Dougherty...
Flora Ethel McMillan
Feb 13, 2012
Flora Ethel McMillan, 88, of Albany, GA died February 13, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Matthew Nance will officiate. The deacons will serve as active pallbearers. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Leslie, GA, Mrs. McMillan grew up in...
Bexie Kirksey
Feb 12, 2012
Bexie Kirksey, 86, of Leesburg GA, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at her residence surrounded by family. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Mike Lawson will officiate. Interment will follow at Live Oak Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Baker County, GA. A native of Colquitt, GA, Mrs. Kirksey had resided in Leesburg...
Lena Catherine Simmerman Miller
Feb 10, 2012
Lena Catherine Simmerman Miller, 99, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 10, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Fred T. Miller and Rev. Lawrence Loughmiller will officiate. Interment will follow at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, GA.A native of Numa, Iowa, Mrs. Miller had resided in...
William Robert (Bill) Walton
Feb 9, 2012
William Robert (Bill) Walton, 62, of Albany, GA, died Thursday February 9, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Episcopal in Albany, GA. Rev. Jay Weldon and Deacon Jim Purks will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Liberty Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Abbeville,...
Bernell Yeomans Kirkland
Feb 9, 2012
Bernell Elizabeth Yeomans Kirkland, 87, of 222 Kinchafoonee Creek Road, Leesburg GA, died Thursday, February 9, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 3:00 p .m. at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Chip Gresham and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Geneva, AL, Mrs. Kirkland had...
Wilson Crews Barber, Sr
Feb 7, 2012
Wilson Crews Barber, 68, of Huntsville, AL, formerly of Lee Co., GA, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Joey Cannon and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Born at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to the late Francis Marion Barber and Dorothy Crews Barber,...
Jane Stephens Astolos
Feb 6, 2012
Jane Stephens Astolos, 60, of Albany, GA, died Monday, February 6, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mrs. Astolos had resided in Albany, GA, for the past fifty years. She was...
