Obituaries
Cecil "Durrell" Ewing
Sep 8, 2023
Cecil "Durrell" Ewing, 70, of Lee County Georgia, passed away September 8, 2023. A memorial service will be held Monday, September 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Born on December 14, 1952, in Macon, Georgia, to the late James and Juanita Ewing. He moved to Albany in 1975 and after thirty-five years he retired from Proctor...
Mildred Ann Cobb
Sep 6, 2023
Mildred Ann Cobb, 73, of Baconton, GA, died September 6, 2023 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 1:00 pm at Southside Baptist Church . Rev. Billy Suggs will officiate.
Ann was born on September 20, 1949 in Donalsonville to the late Hugh and Jewel Cunningham. She grew up in Albany. Ann was...
Billy Randolph Moore
Sep 6, 2023
Billy Randolph Moore, 85, of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Jim Eubanks will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.
Mr. Moore was a veteran serving in the United States Air Force. He was a mechanical engineer and...
Calista Rhames Holt Phillips
Sep 6, 2023
Calista Rhames Holt Phillips, 89, of Colquitt, GA. passed away at home with family and friends by her bed-side on September 6, 2023. Graveside Services will be held on Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Colquitt City Cemetery. Rev. James Scarbourgh will officiate.
Calista was born to Henry Holt and Leona Rhames Holt in Miller County. She was...
Mary Ann Hall
Sep 5, 2023
Mary Ann Hall, 72, of Albany, GA, died September 5, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date.
Mary Ann was born on October 13, 1950 in Hahira, GA to Carl Edward and Betty Sue Hall. She moved to Valdosta, GA where she was employed with C&S Bank and then...
Vivian McKay
Sep 5, 2023
Vivian Standridge McKay, 80, of Lee County, died Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at her home.
A celebration of Life will be held 4:30 PM, Saturday, September 9, 2023 at Ediway Farms (204 Armena Rd, Leesburg, GA)
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Mrs. McKay had lived in Lee County since 1974. She was retired from Merck Chemical Company and a very active...
Brenda Turner Wagner Moore
Sep 4, 2023
Brenda Turner Wagner Moore, 77, of Dawson, GA passed away Monday, September 4, 2023 at her residence. Graveside service will be held Friday, September 8, 2023 in Bronwood Cemetery at 10:00 AM. Pastor Danny Craft will officiate.
Brenda was born on August 3, 1946, in Bluefield, West Virginia, to John and Vivian Wagner. She moved to Dawson, GA and was...
Lorraine Boucher Deese
Sep 4, 2023
Lorraine Boucher Deese, 86, died Monday, September 4, 2023.
Her funeral service will be 10 AM Thursday, September 7, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home with a private interment to follow. Rev. Francois Pellissier officiating.
Born in Springfield, MA, Mrs. Deese had lived in Albany since 1957 and loved bowling, bingo, and was a member of the Moose Lodge. She was...
Carol Lynn Zachary
Sep 2, 2023
Carol Lynn Zachary of Doerun, GA died Saturday, September 2, 2023 at her residence. Her wishes were to be cremated and a private family service will be held.
Born in San Fransico, CA to John and Pat Garvin, Carol was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She along with her husband worked as a truck driving team...
Hazel Williams Cleveland
Sep 1, 2023
Hazel Williams Cleveland, 96 of Tallahassee, FL, formerly of Albany, died Friday, September 1, 2023 at her home.
Her graveside service will be 3:00 PM, Thursday, September 7, 2023 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Jim Morrow will officiate.
A native of Clay County, Mrs. Cleveland had lived in Albany most of her life, living the final 10 years in Tallahassee, Florida. She was a...
Joyce Cole Ellis
Sep 1, 2023
Joyce Cole Ellis, 88, of Leesburg, GA passed away Friday, September 1, 2023 at Columbus Hospice, Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred Albert Cole and Georgia...
Betty English Inlow
Sep 1, 2023
Betty English Inlow, 95, of Albany, GA, died September 1, 2023 at Oaks at Oakland Plantation. A private family graveside funeral service will be held Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 12:00 noon at Andersonville National Cemetery.
Mrs. Inlow was born on November 28, 1927 in Americus, GA to Edwin and Grace English, was one of ten children and loved her...
Jeanette Harvey Collins
Aug 31, 2023
Jeanette Harvey Collins, 85, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully at her residence. The family will have a memorial service at a later date.
Jeanette was born on March 26, 1938 in Worth County to the late G.T. Harvey and Abbie Owens Harvey and was raised in the close-knit community of Hopeful, GA. She also attended school there.
Jeanette devoted...
Gabrielle Noelle Grace
Aug 28, 2023
Gabrielle Noelle Grace, beloved daughter, mother, sister, and friend, passed away on August 28, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia. Memorial services will be held Friday, September 1, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at First Baptist Church of Putney, 1125 Antioch Rd, Albany, GA 31705. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate.
Gabrielle was born on June 19, 2000, in...
Frank Harvey Heath, Jr.
Aug 26, 2023
Frank H. Heath, Jr., 90, of Albany, GA formerly of Floral City, FL, died August 26, 2023 at The Phoenix at Albany. A memorial service will be held Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 2:00 pm at The Walden Chapel of First Methodist Church. Rev. Jim Morrow will officiate. Internment was at Andersonville National Cemetery.
Mr. Heath was born in Gainesville,...
Louise T. Misamore
Aug 26, 2023
Louise Torbett Misamore, affectionately known as “G”, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. A native of Piney Flats, Tennessee, Louise was born on May 29, 1945, to Porter E. and Martha K. Torbett.
Louise graduated from Mary Hughes High School in 1963 and went on to attend East Tennessee State University in...
Charlotte Ann Leverlington Fowler
Aug 26, 2023
Charlotte Ann Fowler, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at her residence on August 26, 2023. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Albany Baptist Church, 3521 Sylvester Rd, Albany, GA 31705. Interment to follow to Floral Memory Gardens. Dr. J. Eron White will officiate.
Born on April 30, 1956, in...
JoAnn M. Kitchens
Aug 25, 2023
Mrs. JoAnn McClelland Kitchens, 83, died August, 25, 2023 at her home. Funeral services to be held at Byne Baptist Church Saturday, at 10:00 am. Rev. Hal Pinson and Matthew Tanner will officiate. The family will receive friends and family at Byne Baptist Church from 9:00am to 10:00 am just prior to the service.
Mrs. Kitchens was born July 21, 1940...
Joyce C. Thomas
Aug 25, 2023
Joyce Colleen Woody Thomas passed away on Friday August 25, 2023. She was 94, the eldest of six children. She was born smack in the middle of the depression in Bridgeport, Alabama on February 3, 1929. She forfeited much of her own childhood when her mother, Nina Woody, passed away at an early age, thereby leaving her to care for...
Chris Allen Berry
Aug 25, 2023
Chris Allen Berry, 65, of Leesburg, GA passed away Friday, August 25, 2023, at his residence, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. John Brenner will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the committal shelter at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. Born in Noblesville, IN, he attended Hamilton...
