Obituaries
Kendell W. Pressley
Mar 1, 2024
Kendell Pressley, 67, of Lee County, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024 at his residence.
His memorial service will be 3:00 PM, Monday, March 4, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate.
Born in San Antonio, TX, Kendell had spent most of his life in Lee County. He worked with Glass Service Center for a number of years...
Talmadge Dewitt "Buddy" Jarrell, II
Feb 29, 2024
Talmadge Dewitt “Buddy” Jarrell, II, 79, of Warwick, GA, died February 29, 2024 at his residence. A graveside entombment service will be held Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:00 pm at The Butler Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Justin Kirksey will officiate.
Buddy was born in Americus, GA on November 25, 1944 to Woodrow Wilson Jarrell, Sr and Virginia Brooks Jarrell. He grew...
Richard "Dick" Warren Guilds
Feb 28, 2024
Richard “Dick” Warren Guilds, 80, of Lee County, GA., died Wednesday, February 28, 2024. A memorial service will be held Monday, March 4, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate.
Mr. Guilds was born in Cass City, MI to the late Warren and Elenor Guilds. Dick served his country in the...
Houston Ray Cannon, Sr.
Feb 28, 2024
Houston Ray Cannon, Sr. 85, of Albany, passed away surrounded by his family at his home on County Line Rd.
His funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Monday March 4, 2024 at First Baptist Church of Putney with Rev. Danny Evans officiating. Interment will be at 3:00 PM, Monday, March 4, 2024 at Roberts Cemetery in Miller County.
Ray was born, August...
Kathy Spires
Feb 24, 2024
Margaret Katherine “Maw Maw” Spires,53, of Lee County, GA, died February 24, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Kathy was born in Albany, GA on October 15, 1970 to Walter and Peggy Mainor. She lived in the Albany area most...
Brother Donny G. Nix
Feb 24, 2024
Brother Donny G. Nix, 72, of Albany, GA, died February 24, 2024 at Tift Regional Health Care. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 1, 2024 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Randolph Pate will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Donny was born in Butler, AL on December 9, 1951 to Hugo and Beatrice Nix....
Kathleen Maiden Lawson
Feb 23, 2024
Kathleen Maiden Lawson, age 86, of Oakfield passed away Friday, February 23, 2024, surrounded by her family. Kathleen was born in Whitley County, Kentucky she was a daughter of the late George Craig Maiden and the late Georgia Ann Sears Maiden. She married her late husband Carl Kearny Lawson, Sr. Kathleen was a Navy wife, and they settled their family in Sylvester, GA...
Latrelle Louise Moore
Feb 20, 2024
Latrelle Louise Moore, 82, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at 11:00 am at First Freewill Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. David Postlewaite and Rev. Mark Walker will officiate.
Born in Moultrie, GA to Robert E. and Evie L. May...
William H. Davis, Sr.
Feb 16, 2024
William Harold Davis, Sr., 82, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, February 16, 2024 at the Oaks at Oakland Plantation. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Private graveside services will be held.
Born in Cotton, GA, then raised in Thomasville, GA where he graduated from High...
Donald Albert Dally, WO USMC, (Ret.)
Feb 16, 2024
Donald Albert Dally, WO USMC (Ret.), 94, of Albany, GA, died February 16, 2024 at his residence surrounded by family. Memorial services will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Dunn will officiate and the USMC Honor Guard will provide Military Honors.
Mr. Dally was born in Burt, Iowa on August 12, 1929...
Jerry Miller Bolton
Feb 15, 2024
Jerry Miller Bolton, 86 of Leesburg, GA., died Thursday, February 15, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate.He was born in Pahokee, FL., to the late James Benton and Bessie Claire Chambless Bolton and later moved to Terrell County. In...
John Lester Eakes
Feb 13, 2024
John Lester Eakes, 58 of Richland, GA., died Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Jackie Smith will officiate. A graveside service will be held at the Fairview Cemetery in Lagrange, NC. on Monday, February 19, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
Lester was born in...
Howard Burnette Cox, Jr.
Feb 12, 2024
Howard Burnette Cox, Jr., 84 of Albany, GA died Monday, February 12, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday February 19, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery with military honors.
A native of Albany, GA Mr. Cox spent most of his life...
Ronnie "Shane" Tyndal
Feb 12, 2024
Ronnie "Shane" Tyndal, 46, of Albany, GA passed away Monday, February 12, 2024 at his residence.
He was born in Haines City, FL to Cathy Lindsey. He attended Albany, High School and enjoyed being a self-employed contractor. He had many hobbies and of those, the one he loved the most were drawing, painting, the outdoors and spending time with family and...
Rita Joyce Fackler
Feb 9, 2024
Rital Joyce Fackler, 90, of Albany, GA, died February 9, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. No services will be held at this time.
Mrs. Fackler was born in Thomaston, GA on May 2, 1933 to Wayne and Sara Dockery. She was raised in Barnesville, GA and graduated from Gordon Military College in Barnesville, GA. Mrs. Fackler married Marcus A. Fackler...
Marvin Lott
Feb 8, 2024
Marvin Lott, 86, of Sylvester, GA passed away Thursday, February 8, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. He was surrounded by his loving wife of forty one years and his family. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 12, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 105 Doe Hill Rd., Sylvester, GA, 31791. Rev. Bruce Gordon will officiate....
Deborah P. Cook
Feb 7, 2024
Deborah P. Cook, 70, of Lee Co., GA, passed away, Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate.
Born in Fitzgerald, GA , Deborah was a licensed nurse and later was employed with Mid Georgia Courier. Inc. until her retirement. She...
Barbara Delores Watson
Feb 7, 2024
Barbara Porter Watson, 87, of Valdosta, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died February 7, 2024 at The Canopy in Valdosta, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 9, 2024 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Barbara was born in Hot Springs, AR on October 1, 1936...
Lori Christie
Feb 6, 2024
Lori Christie (56) passed away unexpectedly at her residence in Lee County, Georgia, on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Lori was born in Anniston, Alabama, but had lived in Georgia most of her adult life. She was preceded in death by her mother, Nancy J. Christie, her father Ray Lloyd Christie Sr. and brother, Ray Lloyd Christie, Jr. Lori is survived by two...
Patricia Lynn Attaway
Feb 6, 2024
Patricia Lynn Attaway, 75, of Lee County, GA, died February 06, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 808, Liberty Expressway, 31705 on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2:00 pm..
Lynn was born on February 7, 1948 in Anderson, SC to James and Elizabeth Shuler. She grew up in Anderson,...
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