Obituaries
Christopher "Chris" John Hall
Oct 31, 2023
Christopher "Chris" John Hall, 47, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA, Chris was educated in the Dougherty County School System. He was employed with Engineering...
Shirley Ann Horne
Oct 31, 2023
Shirley Ann Horne, 88, of Albany, GA, died October 31, 2023 at Willson Hospice House. A visitation will be held Friday, November 3, 2023 at the Sherwood Baptist Church Atrium from 11:00 am until 12:30 pm. Following the visitation, a private family graveside service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Tom Pollock and Rev. Ken Bevel will officiate.
Shirley...
Stuart Allison
Oct 27, 2023
Stuart Alan Allison, 62, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully on October 27, 2023 at Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Barry Hall will officiate. The family will receive friends at the Manor House at Merry Acres immediately following the service. Stuart was a...
C. Melvin Chapman
Oct 27, 2023
C. Melvin Chapman, age 94, passed away October 27, 2023, just one week shy of his 95th birthday. Services will be held at First Baptist Church Albany on Tuesday. October 31, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Internment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester. GA. Dr. William E. “Butch” Knight will officiate.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mynette May Chapman,...
Marion E. Schauberger
Oct 26, 2023
Marion E. Schauberger, Jr., 84 of Tifton, formerly of Albany, died Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Legacy Village in Tifton.
A native of Arcadia, FL, Mr. Schauberger had lived in Albany since 1965. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and retired from Civil Service at MCLB in 1994 after 30 years of service. He was a member of Family...
William Jesse Griffin
Oct 26, 2023
William Jesse Griffin, 80 of Leesburg, GA., died Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Pruitt Health Sylvester. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
A native of Fitzgerald, GA. Mr. Griffin was a self-employed residential carpenter. He loved to fish and hosting fish fry’s for family...
Vivian Rutledge Lashley
Oct 25, 2023
Vivian Lucille Rutledge Lashley, 73, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 30, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Edward Sherrod will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Lashley was born in Sebring, FL, she was very opinionated and told exactly how...
Mollie Ann Carlson Hamby
Oct 25, 2023
Mollie Ann Hamby, 89, of Albany, GA, passed away October 25, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 30, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mollie was born on November 20, 1933, in Natchez, MS to Eugene and Annie Carlson. She graduated...
Alma Aines Emanuel
Oct 25, 2023
Alma Carolyn Aines Emanuel, 69, of Albany, died Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at her residence.
A native of Camp Lejeune, NC, Alma had lived in Albany for the past 55 years. She was retired from Phoebe Putney, where she worked as a Financial Counselor for 31 years. Alma was a people person and loved to express her love by doing for others....
Margaret Eugenia Whitaker Creel
Oct 25, 2023
Margaret Eugenia Whitaker Creel, 85, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Damascus, GA on January 4, 1938, Mrs. Creel attended the Miller County School...
Grace Denby
Oct 23, 2023
Grace Lee Hall Denby, 94, of Newton, Georgia passed away peacefully Monday, October 23, 2023.
Her funeral service will be 3:00 PM Friday, October 27, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Jamie Sanders will officiate.
Grace was a devoted Christian with the most precious soul. She loved her family and God endlessly,...
Carrie Haire-Joiner
Oct 23, 2023
Carrie Haire-Joiner, 90, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 23, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Doc Rufus Williams will officiate and Rev. Matthew Schluckebier will officiate at the committal at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Carrie was born January 6, 1933 in Blakely, GA. She was raised by...
Gregory Christian Clark
Oct 22, 2023
Gregory Christian Clark, 38, of Chesapeake, VA, formerly of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, October 22, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am at Flint Reformed Baptist Church. A private family Interment service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Joshua DeLong will officiate.
Born August 19, 1985 in Albany, GA, Christian was a...
Joseph Earl "BOOMER" Benton, Jr.
Oct 21, 2023
Joseph Earl "Boomer" Benton, Jr., 51, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm at Radium Springs Gardens, 2501 Radium Springs Road, Albany, GA 31705. Live music will be in honor of Boomer and food will be served....
Louise Turner Roney
Oct 20, 2023
Louise Turner Roney, 73, of Edison, GA, died October 20, 2023 at the Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 11:00 am at Salem Baptist Church in Edison, GA. Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray Methodist Cemetery.
Louise was born in Leary, GA on July 19, 1950 to Dewitt and...
Terry Gene Wilson
Oct 20, 2023
Terry Gene Wilson , 77, of Leesburg, GA passed away Saturday, October 20, 2023 at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Arrangements will be announced.
Mr. Wilson was born in Cordova, NC, served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was retired from Wilson Insurance and a member of First Methodist Church, Albany, GA.
He was preceded in death by...
Effie Schall Goodwin
Oct 19, 2023
Effie Schall Goodwin, 83, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia. Memorial service will be held Monday, October 23, 2023 at 6:00 pm Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Johnny McGee will officiate. Effie was born on December 2, 1939, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to her parents the late Louis Gilbert...
Samma Brown Campbell
Oct 18, 2023
Samma Brown Campbell, 86, of Macon, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died peacefully on October 18, 2023 at Pine Pointe Hospice. Private services will be held by the family with Mathew Luce officiating.
Samma was born in Greeneville, TN on September 21, 1937 to the late Peter R. and Sarah Susong Brown. She graduated from Gulf Park College in Gulfport,...
Michael David Lawrence
Oct 15, 2023
Michael Davidson Lawrence, 56, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, October 15, 2023 at the Willson Hospice House. A visitation will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2023 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at the residence of Tommy and Ginger Lawrence, 2589 Georgia Highway 49 S., Smithville, GA, 31787.
David was born on February 28, 1967 at the Terrell County...
Josie Bridges Fletcher
Oct 15, 2023
Josie Bridges Fletcher, 98, of Bronwood, Georgia, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2023, at the Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM at Parrott Baptist Church, Parrott GA. Interment will be private in Parrott City Cemetery. Rev. David Martin will officiate.
Josie was born in Dawson, Georgia, on June 11, 1925 to...
