Obituaries
Randall Willis
Oct 22, 2011
Randall "Ringo" Willis, 69, of Albany, GA died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Bruce Gordon will officiate. Interment will follow at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Scooterville, GA.A native of TyTy, GA, Mr. Willis had resided in Albany for the past...
Bruce Roland Eastman
Oct 21, 2011
Bruce R. Eastman, 72, of Cordele, GA, died October 21, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Brother Terry Crisp and Bill Acord will officiate. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Wichita, KS, Mr. Eastman had resided in Cordele, GA for the past twenty two years...
Betty M. Bailey
Oct 21, 2011
Betty M. Bailey, 76, of Albany, GA, died Friday, October 21, 2011. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wesley Kaylor and Jeremy Jones will officiate. A native of Iaeger, WV, Mrs. Bailey had resided in Albany since 1991, moving from Island Lake, IL. She was a retired Forklift Operator...
Dewie Brown Bethea
Oct 20, 2011
Dewie Brown Bethea, 92, of Leesburg, died October 20, 2011. Visitation will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 23 at 2:00 PM at East View Cemetery in Shellman, GA. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Mrs. Bethea was born in Coleman, GA,...
Jayne Pettigrew Barkley
Oct 20, 2011
Jayne Pettigrew Barkley, 91, of Albany, GA, died October 20, 2011 at Morningside Assisted Living. A celebration of life service will be conducted Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Fred Bell will officiate.A native of Burlington, NC, Mrs. Barkley had resided in Albany, GA for the past two and half years moving from Gainesville,...
Dorothy Lee Rachel Tucker
Oct 17, 2011
Dorothy Rachel Tucker of Albany, GA, died October 17, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Live Oak Baptist Church Cemetery in Baker County, GA.Mrs. Tucker was born in Baker County, GA and graduated from Damascus High School. She...
John Addison Drew
Oct 16, 2011
John A. Drew, 63, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, October 19, 2001 at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley and Dr. Morris Harp will officiate. A native of Americus, GA, John had resided in Albany for the past fifteen years, moving from Valdosta,...
William Walter (Buddy) Roberts
Oct 11, 2011
William Walter (Buddy) Roberts, 65, of Newton, GA died Tuesday, October 11, 2011 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Colquitt, GA.A native of Early County, GA, Mr. Roberts had resided in...
Sallie Lucille Breeden
Oct 10, 2011
Sallie L. Smith Breeden, age 95 of Leesburg, GA passed away Monday, October 10, 2011, at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the Church. Rev. Bobby Moye, Rev. Kelly Pritchett...
Arthur Earl Davis
Oct 8, 2011
Earl Davis, 67, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, October 8, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Liberty Baptist Church. Dr. Charlie Rouse will officiate. A graveside service will be conducted Friday, October 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, VA.A native of Portsmouth, VA Earl had...
Dr. David B. Barnes
Oct 5, 2011
Dr. David B. Barnes, 74, of Albany, GA died at 4:00 PM on October 5, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Jennifer Sherling, Pastor Jim Kirkland and Rev. Gregg Davis will officiate. A native of West Pittston, PA, Dr. Barnes had lived...
Aaron Marcus Hutchinson
Oct 4, 2011
Aaron Marcus Hutchinson, 80, of Lee County, GA, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 7, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Soperton, GA Mr. Hutchinson had resided in Lee County, GA since 1985 moving...
Richard Edward Adams
Oct 3, 2011
Richard Edward Adams of Albany, Georgia passed away at 9:12 P.M. on Monday, October 3, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather, and fought a long battle to stay with his family. Richard was born September 10, 1943, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, Embrie Edward Adams...
Nellie Ruth ""Granny"" Cook
Oct 3, 2011
Nellie "Granny" Cook, 90, of 524 9th Ave., Albany, GA died Monday, October 3, 2011 at Palmyra Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Roger Tillery and Mike Trull will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Brushey Creek, AL Mrs. Cook had resided...
Howard Washington Gillis
Oct 2, 2011
Howard Washington Gillis, 85, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Walter Flint will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with Masonic Rites.A native Wheeler County, GA, Mr. Gillis had resided in Albany, GA since 1952 moving from Houston,...
William Allen (W.A.) Daniel
Oct 2, 2011
William Allen (W.A.) Daniel, 79, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Doerun, GA, Mr. Daniel moved to Albany, GA with his family and graduated from Albany High...
Laura Eyvonne Holden
Oct 2, 2011
Laura Eyvonne Holden passed away on October 2, 2011. She is survived by her sons, Tony and Tim Thurman, three granddaughters an four great-grandchildren, two brothers, Joe William Holden and his wife, Sandee and John Dennis Holden and his wife, Margaret, two sisters, Laverne McDonald and her husband, Jerry and Elaine Lillis and her husband, Dennis and numerous nieces, nephews...
Jessie Willis Rivers
Oct 1, 2011
Jessie Willis Rivers, 93 of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday October 1, 2011 at Lee County Health Care. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. The Reverend Freeman G. Cross will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Sherwood, TN, Mrs. Rivers had resided in the Leesburg, Albany area since...
Annie Marie Phillips
Oct 1, 2011
Annie Marie Phillips, 81, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday October 4, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Gene Snipes and Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow in Live Oak Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Baker Co., GAA native of Baker Co., GA,...
Danny Furman Jacobs
Sep 30, 2011
.Danny F. Jacobs, 62, of Forsyth, GA, died Friday September 30, 2011 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday October 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. David Benton will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Andalusia, AL, Mr. Jacobs had resided in...
