Obituaries

Donald Dean Bauman
Aug 14, 2011
Donald Dean Bauman, 69, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services will be held.MATHEWS FUNERAL HOMEALBANY, GA229-435-5657
Susan Yates Thorne
Aug 12, 2011
Susan Yates Thorne, 50, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, August 12, 2011 at her residence. A celebration of life service will be held at 7:00 PM Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 125 Century Road, Leesburg, GA.A native of Moultrie, GA Susan had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1994 moving from Wilson, NC. She was the owner/operator of Leesburg Flower and...

Martha Dorman Cooper Phillips
Aug 6, 2011
Martha Dorman Cooper Phillips, 86, of 736 Airport Rd., Smithville, GA, died Saturday August 6, 2011 at Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, GA. A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday August 9, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Smithville United Methodist Church. Dr. Leonard L. Dupree and Rev. Cecilia Hurley will officiate.A native of Clayton, AL, Mrs. Phillips had resided in...

Betty Jean Shiver
Aug 4, 2011
The memorial service of Betty Jean Shiver, 71, of Albany, GA, who died August 4, 2011, will be conducted Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Watkins will officiate. A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mrs. Shiver was a homemaker and a Jehovah Witness by faith.Survivors include two sons, Raymond Shiver, JR. and John Shiver...

Fannie Sally Crumbley Bowen
Aug 4, 2011
Fannie Sally Crumbley Bowen, 99, of Albany, GA formerly of Irwin County, GA, died Thursday, August 4, 2011 at her residence. Services will be held Sunday August 7, 2011 with the viewing at 10:30 a.m. and funeral to follow at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Pitts City Cemetery, Pitts,...

Danny Mack Temples
Aug 4, 2011
Danny Mack Temples, 61, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, August 4, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the Blakely City Cemetery with Military Honors. Rev. Richard Gill will officiate.Mr. Temples was born April 22, 1950 in Blakely, GA, he was raised and lived in Albany most of...

Peter Randall Fryer
Aug 2, 2011
Peter Randall Fryer, 68, of Albany, GA, died August 2, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No formal funeral services will be held at this time.A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Fryer was a US Air Force veteran and a retired self-employed contractor. He was preceded in death by his parents, William H. Fryer and Sophia Brysiak Fryer, a daughter,...
Donald (Don) Wayne Booth
Aug 2, 2011
Donald Wayne (Don) Booth, 55, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Dave Swanson will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA, Don grew up in Meigs, GA and had resided in Albany since 1974. He was a...

Penny W. Moore
Jul 28, 2011
Penny W. Moore, 65, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 28, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Charles Moore will officiate.Born in Detroit, MI, Mrs. Moore had resided in Albany, GA all of her life. She graduated from Albany High School in 1963 and was a...

Robert George (Bob) Doolittle
Jul 27, 2011
Robert George (Bob) Doolittle, 58, of Leesburg, GA, formerly of Syracuse, NY, died Wednesday July 27, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No formal funeral services will be held. Mr. Doolittle was an organ and tissue donor.Survivors include his wife, Gelene Liedka Doolittle, Leesburg, GA, two daughters, Kandy Van Wagner (Mike), Binghamton, NY and Victoris Doolittle, Leesburg, GA.

Benjamin (Ben) Ancil Graham
Jul 26, 2011
Benjamin (Ben) Graham, 17, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Phoebe Putney memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Griffin and Rev. A.B. Stroud will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dale Stroud, Devon Yelverton, Rashaad Anthony, Britt Beshear, Connor Cloud and...

Robert (Bob) O. Clapp
Jul 26, 2011
Robert O. (Bob) Clapp, 67, of Worth County, GA died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with Masonic Rites. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery with full military honors. A native of Exeter, NH, Mr. Clapp has resided in the Albany and Sylvester...

Lynn Seely Gillespie Bishton
Jul 24, 2011
Mrs. Lynn Seely Gillespie Bishton, 84, of Albany died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with burial to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Reverend Mark Jones and Reverend James Bullion will officiate. Mrs. Bishton was born on November 9, 1926 in...
Peggy Ann Greenway
Jul 18, 2011
Peggy Ann Greenway, 70, of Dublin, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died July 18, 2011 at Fairview Park Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate.A native of Birmingham, AL, Mrs. Greenway graduated from Phillips High School. She lived in Albany, GA for thirty seven...
Fay Joyce Higdon
Jul 15, 2011
Fay Higdon, 79, of Albany, GA, died Friday, July 15, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. John W. Knighton will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Phenix City, AL Mrs. Higdon had...

Betty Jean Massey
Jul 14, 2011
Betty Jean Massey, 66, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Americus, GA Mrs. Massey had lived most of her life in Albany, GA. She was...

Myrtle H. Law
Jul 14, 2011
Myrtle H. Law, 79, of 206 Creekside Drive, Leesburg, GA died Thursday, July 14, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Cairo, GA, Mrs. Law had resided in Leesburg most of her...

William Dean Eason, Sr
Jul 9, 2011
William Dean Eason, Sr., 62, of Albany, GA died Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Hazelhurst, GA, Mr. Eason had lived in Albany since 1971 moving from Rochelle, GA. He was a Facilities Technician with Bellsouth and a Navy veteran...

Virginia Bradley Bazhaw
Jul 8, 2011
Virginia Bradley Bazhaw, 86, of 916 9th Avenue, Albany, GA, died Friday, July 8, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Smuteye, AL, Mrs. Bazhaw had resided in Albany since 1954 moving...

Alice Bryan Justice
Jul 7, 2011
Alice Juanita Bryan Justice, 90, of Albany, GA, formerly of Columbus, GA died July 7, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside services will be held Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM at Park Hill Cemetery, Columbus, GA.