Obituaries
Carmaleta Moore Schoch
Jan 8, 2024
Carmaleta Moore Schoch, 92, of Albany, GA, died January 8, 2024 at Archbold Living in Pelham, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 am at Christ Church on Bryon Plantation Road in Albany, GA. Dr. Gary Brady and Pastor Jeff Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Schoch was born in Mercer County, MO...
Franklin "Frank" Tillman, Sr.
Jan 7, 2024
Franklin “Frank” Tillman, Sr, 85, of Albany, died, Sunday January 7, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His memorial service will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 11, 2024 at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Chad Ellis and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.
Born in Moultrie to Charles and Louise Tillman, Frank had lived in Albany most of his life. He was...
Harley Hershell (Buddy) Morrison, Jr.
Jan 7, 2024
Harley Hershell (Buddy) Morrison, Jr., 74, of Lake Blackshear, GA passed away Sunday, January 7, 2024 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bryan Bentley will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Atlanta, GA, Buddy graduated high school in Alaska and continued...
Marion Fitch Maner, Jr
Jan 7, 2024
Marion Fitch Maner, Jr., 89, of Albany, GA, died January 7, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 11:00 am at Porterfield Methodist Church. Rev. Chuck Knight will officiate.
Mr. Maner was born in Savannah, GA on February 18, 1934 to Anne and Marion Maner, Sr. He grew up there and...
Andrew "Andy" Stewart
Jan 6, 2024
Andrew (Andy) Stewart, 88, of Bronwood, GA passed away Saturday, January 6, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
A Memorial Service will be held Monday, January 8, 2024, at 3:00pm at Bronwood Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at Bronwood Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Carter officiating.
Born in Dawson, to the late, E. E. Stewart...
Curtis Jay Fallaw
Jan 6, 2024
Curtis Jay Fallaw, 55, of Lee County, died Saturday, January 6, 2024.
His memorial service will be 6:00 PM Thursday, January 11, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Keith Gaines will officiate.
Born in Cuthbert, GA, Curt lived most of his life in the Albany area and graduated from Riverview Academy. He was with Phoebe Putney as a Hyperbaric Technician...
Mariclay Lawrence Parks
Jan 6, 2024
Mariclay Lawrence Parks passed away peacefully at her home in Terrell County, GA on Saturday, January 6, 2024. Mrs. Parks was born on March 25, 1931 to Claude & Macey Lou Lawrence in Baker County, Georgia. She married the love of her life, Johnnie Jackson (“Jack”) Parks on November 18,1950. Daughter Pattie Sue (“Pattie”) was born September 3, 1951 and...
Joanne Reynolds Sinyard
Jan 6, 2024
Joanne Reynolds Sinyard, 89, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2024 at home surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 11:00 am at Amazing Grace Baptist Church on Ledo Road in Albany. Rev. Johnny Nixon will officiate. A private family internment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Ms. Sinyard...
Curtis Shoop Inman
Jan 4, 2024
Curtis Shoop Inman, 71, of Albany, GA passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 8, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Albany. Dr. William E. "Butch" Knight will officiate. Private interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
Curtis was born on December 24, 1952 to Joel Guy Inman,...
Leonard "Buzzy" Horne
Jan 2, 2024
Leonard E. “Buzzy” Horne, Jr., 83, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 6, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hal Pinson will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with Masonic Rites, Military Honors and The Last Call by The Albany Fire Department.
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Robert "Buff" Askey
Jan 2, 2024
Robert Milton “Buff” Askey died Tuesday January 2, 2024, at his residence. He was born on March 1, 1941 in Clearfield, PA to the late Carl and Pauline Askey. He graduated from Milton Hershey High School in 1959. After a brief enrollment at Wake Forrest University to play football, he left school and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps...
Ernest N. (Ernie) Draper
Jan 2, 2024
Ernest N. "Ernie" Draper, 67, of Albany, GA passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah-Evergreen Cemetery in Worth Co., GA. Rev. A. B. Stroud will officiate.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Benjamin Draper and Mildred Ilene Brooks Draper and brothers, Donnie...
Robert L. Voegtle
Dec 31, 2023
Robert L. Voegtle, 75, of Worth County, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died December 31, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 4, 2023 at 11:00 am at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Worth County. Rev. Bruce Gordon will officiate. A private family committal will be held at 2:00 pm at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in...
William Robert Riley
Dec 30, 2023
William R. Riley, 81, of Leesburg, GA, died December 30, 2023 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, January 5, 2024 at 11:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate.
Mr. Riley was born August 8, 1942 in Newton, GA to Theodore and Rosa Riley. He grew up and attended Baker County Schools...
Jeaneane Carol Frazier Law
Dec 30, 2023
Jeaneane Carol Frazier Law, 85, of Dawson, Georgia, peacefully passed away on December 30, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Dawson United Methodist Church. Interment will follow to Cedar Hill Cemetery. Rev. Allen Carmichael will officiate.
Born on December 12, 1938, in Cuthbert, Georgia, to the late Richard...
Mildred Lounet Wade Dillion
Dec 29, 2023
Mildred Lounet Wade Dillion, 89, of Albany, GA passed away, Friday, December 29, 2023 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 2, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Colquitt City Cemetery, Colquitt, GA.
Mrs. Dillion was born in Headland, Al and was preceded in death by her parents, Tom Toole and Rosa Lee Bush Toole, husbands, Rev....
Betty C. Hammac Prevatte
Dec 29, 2023
Betty Claire Prevatte, 79, of Albany, GA, died December 29, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 5, 2024 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Faron Hamner will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Betty was born in Pensacola, FL to William Charles and Ella Mae Hammac on November 17,...
Lester Bunyan Watson, Jr.
Dec 28, 2023
On Thursday, December 28, 2023 Lester B. Watson, age 96, didn't achieve his daily two mile walk as he was called to walk through the Pearly Gates of Heaven. He was born March 12, 1927 in Perry, Georgia to Lester B. Watson, Sr. and Edith F. Watson. The family grew with the birth of Lester's brother, Kenneth A. Watson. The...
Eileen Felder Ladimer
Dec 26, 2023
Eileen Felder Ladimer of Leesburg, GA., died Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at her residence. Her wishes were to be cremated and the family will have a memorial service.
Born in Oelwein, IA., Mrs. Ladimer grew up and later moved to Arizona and was employed with the Circle K Company. She was promoted through different ranks of the company. Later on...
Patricia Ann "Tricia" Maxwell
Dec 26, 2023
Patricia “Tricia” Fickel Maxwell, 70, of Lee County, GA and Santa Rosa Beach, FL died in her home December 26, 2023 in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Visitation will be held Monday, January 1, 2024 from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm with funeral services to follow at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home, Rev. Dan Harris will officiate. A private committal service...
