Obituaries
William Roger Sullivan
Feb 8, 2023
William Roger Sullivan, 67, of Lee County, GA, died February 8, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at 4:00 pm at Sharon Baptist Church in Cordele, GA.
Roger was born on October 13, 1955...
Linda Diane Cooper
Feb 8, 2023
Linda Diane (Hunter) Cooper, 78, of Albany, GA, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will have a private service at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Gerry Dorre will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. Linda was born in Lancaster, South Carolina to the late Heyward Frances Hunter and Glennie Myrtle...
Stephen W. Tupper
Feb 7, 2023
Stephen W. Tupper (MSgt, USMC, Ret), 69, of Lee County, GA, died February 7, 2023 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Monday, February 13, 2023 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. The United States Marine Corps will provide Military Honors.
Mr. Tupper was born on May 3, 1953 in Onawa,...
Lawrence Allen Fullerton
Feb 7, 2023
Lawrence “Larry” Allen Fullerton, 86, of Albany, Georgia, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Larry was born on October 8, 1936 to Russell Leroy Fullerton and Theresa Pearl Roginski Fullerton in Kewanee, Illinois. At the age of 19, he joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served for 10 years, earning the...
Thomas "Tom" Ansley Mann
Feb 5, 2023
Thomas "Tom" Ansley Mann, 71, of Leesburg Georgia, died Sunday February 5, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday, February 9, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Shane Mullins will officiate. Military honors will follow.
Born in Alexander City, AL, Mr. Mann attended and graduated the from the Tallapoosa County School System and after graduation...
Thomas Bradley (Brad) Murphy
Feb 2, 2023
Thomas Bradley (Brad) Murphy passed away on February 2, 2023. Born in Tampa, Florida, on October 4, 1976, he was the son of Brenda Knight Murphy and Thomas Julian Murphy of Albany, Georgia.
Brad graduated from Deerfield-Windsor School in 1995. After receiving a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia, he was employed by the Sea Island Company in...
Huey Carlton Wheeler, Jr.
Feb 2, 2023
Huey Carlton Wheeler, Jr., 74, of Dawson, changed addresses on Thursday, February 2, 2023. His new address is Heaven.
His memorial service will be 2:00 Sunday, February 5, 2023 at First Baptist Church of Dawson. Rev. Currie Spoon and Pastor Cecil Kenney officiating.
Born in Americus, Huey was the son of H. C. “Carl” Wheeler and Annie Moncus Wheeler. He spent all...
Joe Oliver Miller
Feb 1, 2023
Joe Oliver Miller, 85, of Albany, GA formerly of Ft. Gaines, GA, died February 1, 2023 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Phil Thomas will officiate. Interment will be held in Rockwell, NC.
Mr. Miller was born in Rockwell, NC on September 21, 1937 to John...
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...
