Obituaries
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.
Earnest W. Hogan
Jul 6, 2011
The funeral service of Earnest Wilburn Hogan, 83, of Albany, GA, who died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at his residence, will be conducted Friday, July 8, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Warwick United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of TyTy, GA, Mr. Hogan had resided in Albany, GA since...
Emily Mercer Thigpen
Jul 4, 2011
Emily Mercer Thigpen, 93, of Duluth, GA died Monday, July 4, 2011 at her daughter's residence in Lawrenceville, GA. The graveside funeral service will be conducted Friday, July 8, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Leesburg, GA, Mrs. Thigpen had resided in Metro Atlanta, GA for the past forty four...
Gloria Lucille Smothers
Jul 4, 2011
Gloria Lucille Smothers formerly of Leesburg, Ga. died July 4, 2011 at Lillian Carter facility in Plains, Ga. Memorial services will be held Saturday July 9, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. She was the daughter of Walter Ben Rudd and Helen Gloria Renner. Her two sons Gary Rudd...
Barbara Bruce Cabato
Jul 2, 2011
Barbara Bruce Cabato, 70, of Albany, GA died Saturday, July 2, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev Joe W. Carr will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Hoxie, AR, Barbara had lived in Albany, GA since 1989 moving from Jacksonville, FL....
James Earl Norris
Jul 1, 2011
James Earl Norris, 80, of 170 James Drive, Albany, GA, died July 1, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Gene Snipes will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Iron City, GA, Mr. Norris lived in Albany for eighteen years before moving to Worth...
Laverne Barfield
Jun 28, 2011
Laverne Barfield, 77, of 3405 Forest Ridge Drive, Albany, GA, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at her residence. The funeral service will be conducted Friday, July 1, 2011 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Eastman, GA, Mrs. Barfield had resided in Albany for the past...
Mary Catherine Coleman
Jun 26, 2011
Mary Catherine T. Coleman, 81, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, June 26, 2011 at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Calvin King will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Avera, GA Mrs. Coleman had lived in Leesburg since 1990 moving from Albany,...
Willis B. NeSmith
Jun 22, 2011
Willis B. NeSmith, 92, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at Cordele Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. American Legion Post #30 will provide military honors.A native of Brooks County, GA, Mr. NeSmith grew...
Suzanne Perry Dillard
Jun 21, 2011
Suzanne Perry Dillard, 52, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday June 21, 2011 at Palmyra Medical Center. A memorial service will be held Monday June 27, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. R. Jason Dillard and Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. A native of Marietta, GA, Mrs. Dillard had resided in Albany since 1981. She had served...
Nadine Bass Hargrove
Jun 17, 2011
Nadine Bass Hargrove, 80, of 5103 Dower Ave., Albany, GA, died June 17, at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Red Oak Baptist Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA, Mrs. Hargrove had resided in Albany since 1961. She was retired from Moore...
Billie Brooks Williams
Jun 16, 2011
Billie Brooks Williams, 88, of Leesburg, GA, died June 16, 2011 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery with full Military Honors.A native of Baconton, GA, Mr. Williams was born to his parents,...
Henry Joseph Crook, Jr
Jun 14, 2011
Henry Joseph Crook, Jr., 79, of Albany, GA, went to be with Jesus on June 14, 2011 surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Greg Davis will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Phenix City, AL, Mr. Crook had resided in...
