Obituaries
Lillian H. Eller
Dec 3, 2011
Lillian Horne Eller, 87 of Morgan, GA died Saturday, December 3, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 PM at the Morgan Baptist Church. Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate. Interment will follow in the Rose Of Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Eller grew up in Colquitt, Co, GA and had resided in Albany, GA...
Helen Gloria Renner
Dec 3, 2011
Helen (Gloria) Renner, 87, of Lee County, GA, died December 3, 2011 at the Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate.A native of Fitzgerald, GA, born to the late Oscar M. and Helen Bruton Mullinax, Mrs. Renner grew up in Quitman, GA....
Shane D. Jordan
Dec 3, 2011
Shane D. Jordan, 28, of Lee County, GA died December 3, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Shane had lived in Lee County most of his life. He graduated from Albany Technical College and...
Myra C. Hardie
Dec 2, 2011
Myra Hardie, 70, of Albany, GA, died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted 3:00 PM Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Carrie Myers will officiateA native of Miami, FL, Myra had resided in Albany since 1974, moving from Miami, FL. She was a Dental Hygienist at Turner Job Corps...
Lynda Lee Brown
Dec 1, 2011
Mrs. Lynda Lee Brown, 63, of Cedartown, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Brown was born on March 14, 1948 in Tuscaloosa, AL to her parents, the late Earl and Willie T. Coleman Morrison. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by...
Johnny McArthur Driskell
Nov 30, 2011
Johnny M. Driskell, 67, of Worth County, GA died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Driskell resided in Worth County. He was a salesman with LMC Cross Application Equipment Company. Mr. Driskell was preceded in death by his parents, McCray...
Jorge Masa Obono
Nov 28, 2011
Jorge Masa Obono, 18, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, November 28, 2011, at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. John Spencer and Rev. Ty Greene will officiate. Jorge was a native of Equtorial Guinea and was fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic. He was a...
Gilbert Madison Burdette
Nov 24, 2011
Gilbert Madison Burdette, 79, of Albany, GA, was born on November 24, 1932 and died November 24, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Charlie Bridges and Rev. John McComas will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors.A native of Birchwood, TN,...
Marthanne Stocks Bruner
Nov 23, 2011
Marthanne Stocks Bruner, 80, of Lee County, GA, who died November 23, 2011 will be conducted at 2:00 PM Saturday at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Matthew Nance and Rev. Charlie Brown will offficiate. Colby Bruner Moore, Eric Bruner, Jack Daniel Garrett, Ry McRee, Scott Bruner and Jonathan Dyal will serve as active pallbearers. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs...
Theodora Hansen
Nov 20, 2011
Theodora Elswick Hansen, 57, of 204 Elizabeth Ave., Albany, GA died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services will be held.A native of Elkview, WV, Theodora had lived in Albany, GA since 1992 moving from Cuthbert, GA. She was a Teacher at Radium Springs Middle School and was preceded in death by her father, Theodore R....
Infant Landon Mark Manry
Nov 19, 2011
Landon Mark Manry infant son of Mark and Stacey Manry of Albany, GA died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. Graveside services will be conducted 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.Landon was born on October 11, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, GA. He was preceded...
Wilfred R. (Bo) Ruopp
Nov 17, 2011
Wilfred R. (Bo) Ruopp, 88, of Albany, GA died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Albany Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dennis Lanning will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens with Masonic Rites.A native of Niagara Falls, NY, born to the late Martin and Emily Ruopp, Mr. Ruopp...
Davis Allen Hancock
Nov 17, 2011
Davis Allen Hancock, 40, of Lee County, GA died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at his residence. Tri County Memorial Club will conduct Masonic Rites Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 6:00 PM.A native of Jacksonville, NC, Davis grew up in Baconton, GA, attended Mitchell County Schools and Albany Technical College. He had resided...
Melissa Janel Clark
Nov 10, 2011
Melissa Janel Clark, 39, of Albany, GA passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Doctor's Hospital of Augusta. The family will receive visitors Monday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Memorial Services will be held Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home, Dr. David Benton will officiate.A native and resident of Albany,...
Gary Vann Klias
Nov 8, 2011
Gary Vann Klias, 56, of Stone Mountain, GA, formerly of Baker Co., GA, who died Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA will be conducted Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Leary City Cemetery, Leary, GA.Born in Arlington Co., GA, Mr. Klias had resided in Baker Co., GA...
Mary Stutts March
Nov 7, 2011
Mary Stutts March, 80, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 7, 2011 at Lee County Health Care. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Mathews Funeral Home. A private entombment service will be held at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Sumter SC, Mrs. March had...
Weyman Eugene Harris
Nov 6, 2011
The funeral service of Weyman Eugene Harris, 61, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Albany, GA, who died November 6, 2011 will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carrie Myers will officiate. Interment will follow in Kimball Cemetery in Worth County, GA.Weyman was a native and longtime resident of Albany, GA. He was a loving son...
Thad Hugh Knight, Sr
Nov 5, 2011
Thad Hugh Knight, Sr., 81, of Lee County, GA, died November 5, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 4:00 PM at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Deans and Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites and the Lee County Sheriff's Department will conduct honors.Mr....
Martha Juanita Taylor
Nov 5, 2011
Martha Juanita Taylor, 87, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at lee County Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Marshall will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Colquitt County, GA Mrs. Taylor had resided in Albany since 1943 moving...
Edna L. Williams
Nov 3, 2011
Edna L. Williams, 84, of Albany, GA died November 3, 2011 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate.A native of Wingate, TX, Mrs. Williams spent most of her life in Texas and moved to Albany, GA fourteen years ago. She was a homemaker and...
