Obituaries
Austin Blaine Morey
Jan 31, 2023
Austin Blaine Morey, 26, of Albany, GA passed away January 31, 2023. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, February 18, 2023 2:00 pm at Schley Church Rd., Moultrie, GA 31768.
Survivors include his mother, Melissa & Joseph Jacobs of Worth County, GA, his father, Russell Morey & Melissa Smith, Albany, GA, his daughter, Jaydah K Morey of South Carolina,...
James Ronald Cox
Jan 31, 2023
James Ronald Cox, 88, of Lee County, GA died peacefully at home on January 31, 2023.
James was born on May 7, 1934, in Moultrie, Georgia to the late James Robert Cox and Bessie Mae Suggs. He graduated from Moultrie High School. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War era and guarded the Fulda Gap in...
Rita Griffin Cross
Jan 30, 2023
Rita Griffin Cross, 75, of Cataula, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died January 30, 2023 at her daughter’s residence in Cataula. A memorial service will be held Friday, February 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Rita was born on May 24, 1947 to Earnest and Aurelia Griffin. She grew up in...
Ryan Michael Snell
Jan 29, 2023
Ryan Michael Snell, 41, of Albany, died Sunday, January 29, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His memorial service will be Friday, February 3, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Terry Hendrix will officiate.
A life-long resident of Albany, Ryan was born on July 4, 1981. He graduated from Westover High School in 2000. He loved...
Gloria Faye Williams
Jan 29, 2023
Gloria Faye Williams, 77, of Worth County, GA, died January 29, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg City Cemetery. Faye was born on February 25, 1945 in Dothan, AL and graduated from Houston County High School...
April Nicole Weekley
Jan 28, 2023
April Nicole Story Weekley, 42, of Lee County, GA, died January 28, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Leesburg Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. April was born in Albany, GA on April 12, 1980 to Lum and Cindy Story, Jr. She grew up in...
Jerri Anita Dudley
Jan 27, 2023
Jerri Anita Dudley, 48, of Albany, GA. passed away Friday, January 27, 2023 in Albany, GA Graveside memorials services will be held Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery.
Jerri was born to Donna Anita Law and William Larry Dudley of Albany. She was a graduate of Lee County High School in 1993. She was a...
Elizabeth Faschingbauer Weiser
Jan 27, 2023
Elizabeth Faschingbauer Weiser, age 92, resident of Tifton, GA passed quietly on 27 January, 2023.
Elizabeth was the wife of Command Sergeant Major Harry Weiser, Jr. Elizabeth was born to Emma and Karl Faschingbauer on 30 January, 1931 in Furth am Bayern, Germany.
Elizabeth is survived by her son, Harry Carl Weiser, MD, a resident of Albany, GA.
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Bernice LaVerne Carswell
Jan 27, 2023
Bernice LaVerne Carswell, 82, of Albany, GA died January 27, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Carswell was born in Worth County, GA on March 18, 1940 to Charlie and Jessie...
Price Devard Howard
Jan 27, 2023
Price Devard Howard, of Albany, Georgia passed away on January 27, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, at 87 years of age.
As a native of Florida, he lived most of his life in Albany. He is preceded in death by his parents, Melcher and Mildred Howard.
Survived by his wife of 53 years, Sharon Waters...
Patricia Ann Sanders Pollock
Jan 25, 2023
Patricia Ann Sanders Pollock, 81, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 30, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Brian Howard and Minister Jesse Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA.
Born March 10, 1941 in Opelika, AL, Mrs....
Phillip J. Holtzclaw
Jan 24, 2023
Phillip Joel Holtzclaw, 74, of Albany, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in the Chapel at Sherwood Baptist Church with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Greer, SC, Mr. Holtzclaw had lived in Albany for the past 30 years. He...
Marilyn Maxwell Kramer
Jan 24, 2023
Marilyn Maxwell Kramer, 82, of Tallahassee, FL, died January 24, 2023 at Big Bend Hospice Center surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Marilyn was born on October 12, 1940 in Albany, GA to Leon Edgar and...
Janis Lenora Norris Pierce
Jan 22, 2023
Janis Norris Pierce, 76, of Albany, Georgia passed away January 22, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held Friday January 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Mark Jackson will officiate.
Janis was born on November 25, 1946 in Opp, AL to the late...
Ann Dalton Davis
Jan 22, 2023
Matilda Ann Dalton Davis, 96., of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, January 22, 2023 at her daughter’s residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Keith Smith will officiate.
Born in Florida, Mrs. Davis had resided in Leesburg, GA a number of years before moving to Albany, GA...
Odysseus Andres "Ody" Cisneros
Jan 21, 2023
Odysseus Andres "Ody" Cisneros, 4 months old son of Matthew and Rebakah Cisneros and brother of Orion Cisneros passed away Saturday, January 21, 2023 in Albany, GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Barker will officiate.
The family will receive friends following the services at Mathews Funeral Home.
Haynes M. Tankersley
Jan 20, 2023
Haynes Milton Tankersley passed away on January 20, 2023 at the age of 96. Funeral services will be conducted at Byne Memorial Baptist Church at 2:00 pm on January 28. Visitation will be held at 1:00 pm. Reverend Mark Jackson and Reverend Charlie Brown will officiate. A graveside service will follow at Crown Hill cemetery.
Haynes was born on May...
George "Little George" Andrew Dillard, Jr.
Jan 19, 2023
George A. “Little George” Dillard, Jr., 55, of Albany, GA, died January 19, 2023, at his residence. A memorial service will be held February 17 at 6 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ross Powell and Jim Ervin will officiate.
George was born on October 1, 1967, to Dr. George A. Dillard and Sharon La Roza Ervin in Griffin, GA. ...
Betty Jean Tucker
Jan 17, 2023
Betty Jean Tucker, 79, of Baconton, Ga, died January 17, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Thomas Morey will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.
Mrs. Tucker was born on April 21, 1943 in Cartersville, GA to Thurmond and Maude Wells. ...
Betty Louise Hudson
Jan 17, 2023
Betty Louise Atkinson Aldredge Hudson, 92, of Meigs, GA went to be with our Lord at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, GA on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, January 20, 2023 at 12:00 pm at Floral Memory Gardens. Pastor Royce Johnson will officiate.
Mrs. Hudson was born in rural Thomas County on December...
