Obituaries
Richard L. Thornton
May 11, 2012
Richard Lee Thornton passed away peacefully on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Specialty Hospital in Columbus, GA.Mr. Thornton was born in Huntington, WV on July 1, 1944 and grew up in Memphis, TN, Detroit, MI and Decatur, GA. Following graduation from Gordon High School, he served in the U.S. Navy. Richard began working for Sears in 1974 and retired after...
Samuel Guy Knighton,Sr.
May 10, 2012
Guy Knighton, 57, of Lee County, GA died May 10, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 14, 2012 at11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.A native of Hilton, GA, Guy had resided in Lee County for the past fifteen years moving from Albany, GA. He was a Paper Technician...
Joe Beard
May 9, 2012
Joe Beard, 75, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Memorial services will be held Sunday May 13, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. A native of Troy, AL, Mr. Beard had resided in Albany, GA, since 1957 moving here from Morgan, GA. He was a graduate of Morgan High School...
Playol Kayton (P.K.) Shippey, Sr
May 9, 2012
Playol Kayton (P.K.) Shippey, Sr., died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 AM at the Edison United Methodist Church. Rev. Ed Thomas and Rev. Wesley Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in the Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Caddo Mills, TX, Mr. Shippey had lived in Calhoun County, GA since...
Andrew Lee Spurlock
May 8, 2012
Andrew Lee Spurlock, 81, died Tuesday, May, 8, 2012, at his home in Leesburg, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Noah Phillips will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with Military Honors.A native of Ozark, AL, Mr. Spurlock was a resident of Georgetown, GA for many years and a resident...
Douglas Taylor Bailey
May 7, 2012
Douglas Taylor Bailey, 14, of Leesburg, GA, died May 7, 2012 at Medical Center of Central Georgia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg, Leesburg, GA. Rev. Wesley Kaylor, Jeremy (Bobby) Jones and Melissa Spriggs will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA.Born in Albany, GA, on...
Roger Allen Till
May 7, 2012
Roger Till, 64, of Lee County, GA died May 7, 2012, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Mathews Funeral Home.Roger was born and raised in Alabama until moving to California with his family as a teenager. Roger had resided in Lee County, GA since 2007, moving from Minnesota....
Jesse D. Farmer
May 4, 2012
Jesse D. Farmer, Jr., 65, of Worth County, GA, died Friday, May 4, 2012 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Oakview Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Joe Brown will officiate.A native of Moultrie, GA, Mr. Farmer had lived most of his life in Worth County. He was retired from Phoebe Putney...
Pauline Kimbrell Chatman
May 3, 2012
Pauline Kimbrell Chatman, 73, of Lee County, GA, died May 3, 3012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dorsey Kimbrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Patmos, GA, Mrs. Chatman had resided in Albany most of her life before moving to Lee County twenty...
Scott Sumner Ellis
May 1, 2012
Scott S. Ellis, 50, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Brian Gerstel and Rev. Mike Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in the Sumner City Cemetery, Sumner, GA. A lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Ellis graduated from...
Bessie Idell Bell
May 1, 2012
Bessie Idell Bell, 86, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hardy G. Owens will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Pitts, GA, Mrs. Bell had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Lee Co.,...
Larry Francis Braun
Apr 28, 2012
Larry F. Braun, 74, of Albany, GA died April 28, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jay Weldon will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service and at home.A native of Springfield, Ohio, Mr. Braun graduated from Springfield High School and attended Wittenberg...
Billy Kemp Stewart, Sr
Apr 28, 2012
Billy Kemp Stewart, Sr., 77, of 5304 Doles Rd., Albany, GA, passed away at his residence Saturday, April 28, 2012, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Olive Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Iron City, GA.Mr. Stewart was born...
Barbara Nix
Apr 28, 2012
Barbara ‘Bobbie' Nix, 61, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Tuesday May 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate.A native of Carmi, IL, Mrs. Nix had resided in Albany, GA. since 1976 moving from Key West, FL. She was a self-employed master cosmetologist...
Barney Phillips
Apr 27, 2012
Barney Phillips, 79, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at Tift Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Leesburg Cemetery, Rev. A.B. Stroud and Mr. Russell Stroud will officiate.A native of Douglas, GA Mr. Phillips had resided in Leesburg since 1965. He was a retired truck driver with Lee...
Betty Ione Rustin
Apr 25, 2012
Mrs. Betty Ione Rustin, age 79, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Phoebe Putney North Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 28, at 2:00 PM at the Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home.Born to the late William and Ione Sumner Hancock, Mrs....
Christine S. Alligood
Apr 25, 2012
Christine S. Alligood, 92, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 25, 2012 at Unihealth Magnolia Manor South in Moultrie, GA. Graveside services will be held 3:00 PM, Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, GA. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Mrs. Alligood's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.Mrs. Alligood was born September 18, 1919 in Mitchell County to the late...
Carlton (Carl) Shelby Bailey
Apr 22, 2012
Carlton (Carl) S. Bailey, 85, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in the Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Calhoun County, GA, Mr. Bailey had resided in Albany, GA most of his adult...
Sara Edwina Mathis
Apr 22, 2012
Edwina W. Mathis, 86, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Lee County Health Care. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Mark Walker and Rev. Jim Luttrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.She was born in Waycross, GA Mrs. Mathis had...
Jean Anne Markert
Apr 22, 2012
Jean A. Markert, 81, of Dawson, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Dawson Manor Nursing Home. Private family services were held at Andersonville National Cemetery. A native of Stambough, MI, Mrs. Markert was the office manager at Dr. Douglas Kahler, DDS and a member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. She is preceded in death by...
