Obituaries
Nicholas John Retza, Jr
Apr 17, 2012
Nicholas (Nick) John Retza, Jr., 84, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Funeral Mass will be conducted Saturday, April 21, 2012 at11:00 A.M. at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA at a later date. A native of Galveston, TX, Nick...
Minnie Ella Hartley Gardner
Apr 17, 2012
Minnie E. Hartley Gardner, 89 of Albany, GA died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 20, 2012 at Mathews Funeral Home at 11:00 AM. Rev. Doc Rufus Williams and Rev. Mark Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Lee Co., GA, Mrs. Gardner was...
Walter Ray Mock
Apr 13, 2012
Walter Ray Mock, 63, of Albany, GA, died April 13, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Joey Cannon will officiate.A native of Donalsonville, GA, Mr. Mock had lived in Albany, GA most of his life. He was a graduate of Albany High School and Valdosta State...
Anna Ruth Pejko
Apr 8, 2012
Anna Ruth Pejko, 80, of Albany, GA died Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Central Baptist Church. Rev. Greg Davis, Major Henry Hunter and A/Captain John Sikes will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery. A native of Valdosta, GA, Mrs. Pejko had resided...
Nita Dale Peak Smith
Apr 5, 2012
Nita Dale Peak Smith, 68, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Deans and Rev. Paul Wilkes will officiate. Interment will follow in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Randolph County, GA.A native of Brunswick, GA, Nita had...
Elonzo Willis Blocker
Apr 4, 2012
Elonzo Blocker, 85, of Baconton, GA died April 4, 2012 at Phoebe Putney memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, April 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Chris Tuner will officiate. A native of Donalsonville, GA, Mr. Blocker had resided in Baconton since 1976 moving from Camilla, GA. He was a retired building...
Dr. William Don Bush
Apr 3, 2012
Dr. William Don Bush, 81, of Albany, GA, died April 3, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will follow at Clayton Cemetery in Clayton, AL at 5:00 PM CST, Rev. Bill Brown will officiate.A native of Clayton, AL,...
Marvin Eugene ""Gene"" Collins
Apr 3, 2012
Marvin Eugene “Gene†Collins, 75 of Albany died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at his residence. Memorial services will be Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:00 PM at Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Albany. Dr. Ron. Baxley will officiate. A native of Mitchell Co. GA, Mr. Collins was an Albany resident for fifty two years and a member of Amazing Grace...
Rosalee Claire Brown
Mar 27, 2012
Rosalee Claire Brown, infant daughter of Matthew and Pearl-Anne Brown of Midlothian, VA, was born to the angels March 27, 2012. She is also survived by her sister, Lorelai Brown; maternal grandparents, Sam and Kathy Lee of Leesburg, GA; paternal grandparents, Dallas and Deborah Brown of Richmond, VA; aunt and uncles, Samantha and Ashley Helton of Leesburg, GA, and Joshua...
Armigene Hall
Mar 27, 2012
Armigene Hall, 79, of Dougherty County, GA, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 30, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Douglas Hatcher will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. A native of Sale City, GA, born to the late Ben and Pearl Hatcher, Mrs. Hall graduated from...
Rayford Lee Cresswell
Mar 23, 2012
Memorial services for Mr. Rayford Lee Cresswell, 70 of Leesburg will be Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Haefs officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Cresswell died Friday, March 23, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.Mr. Cresswell was a native of Montana...
Lillie Marie Conn
Mar 22, 2012
Marie Conn, 85, of Plains, GA formerly of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Wellstar Cobb Hospital and Medical Center, Austell, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, March 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Mike Wilson will officiate. A native of Christain, WV Mrs. Conn had resided in Plains, GA since 2007 moving...
Elaine Croft
Mar 22, 2012
Elaine Croft of Leesburg, made her journey to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 22, 2012.She is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, Carl Croft, a daughter, Michele Knight of Leesburg, GA, and two granddaughters, Summer L. Stauffer of Savannah, GA and Mackenzy Knight of Leesburg, GAMrs. Croft was retired from K Mart and was a very...
Melanie Wylene Brown
Mar 21, 2012
Melanie W. Brown, 26, of 118 Joiner Drive, Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Tommy Powell will officiate. Interment services will follow at 2:30 PM in Irwinville Cemetery.A native of Fitzgerald, GA, Miss Brown had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1990. She...
Raymond Montgomery Hepner, Sr
Mar 20, 2012
Raymond M. Hepner, Sr., 69, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors.A native of Pensacola, FL, Mr. Hepner had resided in Albany since 1973 moving...
Anderson Lewis Hyman
Mar 15, 2012
Anderson Lewis Hyman, 83, of Mitchell County, GA died March 15, 2012 at Mitchell Convalescent Center in Camilla, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. David Aumsbaugh will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA he was born to the late Horace Daniel Hyman and Mary Coston Hyman....
Tammie Gail Duke
Mar 13, 2012
Tammie Gail Duke, 47, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday March 13, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday March 16, 2012 at Acree First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. Rev. Brian Allen will officiate. Interment will follow in Liberty Hill Baptist Church, Doerun, GA.A native of Ocilla, GA, Tammie had resided in Tifton, GA. most...
Joseph Henry Mathis
Mar 12, 2012
Joseph Henry Mathis, 81, of Albany, GA, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran LCMS. Rev. Earl Steffens will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville Nat'l Cemetery with full military honors. A native of Mayo, FL, Mr. Mathis had resided in Albany, GA, for the...
Robert Earl Granger
Mar 11, 2012
Robert Earl Granger 68, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 11, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment will follow in Blakely City Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Granger had lived most of his life in Albany, GA. He was...
Ann N. Duke
Mar 10, 2012
Ann Newlin Duke was born August 25, 1918 in Arlington, Georgia. She went on to be with the Lord on March 10, 2012.A celebration of her life will be held at Mathews Funeral Home, 3206 Gillionville Road, Albany, Georgia on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM. Visitation will be held one hour before funeral time.Ann was affectionately known as...
