Obituaries
Melba Jewell Cravey
Dec 16, 2022
Melba Beasley Cravey, 80, of Albany, GA, died Friday, December 16, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 12:00 noon at Mathews Funeral Home. Charles Harris will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum.
Mrs. Cravey was born in Moultrie, GA on August 20, 1942 to Charlie Roston Beasley and Jewell Elizabeth...
Wayne Albert Angermeyer
Dec 15, 2022
Wayne Albert Angermeyer, 89, of Lee County, GA passed away Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services on Tuesday, December 20, 12:00 p.m. at Andersonville Natl. Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Anna Miller will officiate.
Mr. Angermeyer was born March 24, 1933 in Oak Park, IL, and grew up in Neenah, WI. He married Helen E....
Herb "Travis" A. Hood
Dec 12, 2022
Herb “Travis” A. Hood, 56, died Monday, December 12, 2022.
His remains have been cremated and the family will hold a memorial service at a later date.
Born in Anderson, IN, to Herb Hood, MD and Judith Mathew Hood, Travis had spent most of his life living in the Albany area. He was an X-ray Technician.
He was preceded in...
Kenneth Sean Veilands
Dec 12, 2022
Kenneth Sean “Ken” Veilands, 59, of Albany, GA, died December 12 ,2022, at Archbold Medical Center. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 5:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Travis Campbell will officiate.
Ken was born in Carmel, IN on October 10,1963 to Juris and Rita Veilands. He grew up there, graduating from Carmel...
Frances Novella Reynolds Spell
Dec 12, 2022
Frances Novella Reynolds Spell, 88, of Americus, GA, formerly of Albany, Ga, passed away December 12, 2022, at Magnolia Manor. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 pm at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Dr. John Walker will officiate.
Novella Reynolds Spell was born in Worth County on September 2, 1934 to David and Mollie...
Robert Blake Pressley
Dec 11, 2022
Robert Blake Pressley, age 43, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022, from complications associated with childhood surgeries. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
He was born in Naha, Japan to parents William Blake and Neta Pressley. He was preceded in death by his father William Blake, maternal grandparents Earl and Ellen Acord of Kings...
Cathie Marie Snelson
Dec 10, 2022
Cathie Marie Snelson of Albany, GA., died Saturday, December 10, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 12:00 noon at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Brandon Turner will officiate. Order of the Eastern Star funeral services will be performed by Crepe Myrtle Chapter # 163. Interment will be held at Andersonville National Cemetery at...
Reed Lightfoot
Dec 10, 2022
Reed Narvel Lightfoot, 56, of Leesburg, GA passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley and Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Internment will follow in Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Doerun, GA.
Born in Albany, GA, Reed was a resident...
Ronald C. "Ron" Bryant
Dec 10, 2022
Ronald C. “Ron” Bryant, 65, of Lee County, GA, died December 10, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 11:00 am at the Albany Shrine Club on Lovers Lane Road with Military Honors. Daniel Sellers will officiate. Visitation will follow the service.
Ron was born in...
Mittie Viola Cline Miller
Dec 10, 2022
Mittie Viola Cline Miller, 77, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Elder Gary Cullison will officiate.
Mrs. Miller was born in Sylvester, GA and lived most of her life in Albany, GA. In addition to...
Michael Jay Murphy
Dec 9, 2022
Michael Jay Murphy, 75, of Dawson, GA passed away Friday, December 9, 2022 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Parrott City Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Murphy had resided in Dawson, GA a number of years. He was a retired manager having...
Marjorie Annette Willis
Dec 8, 2022
It is with great sadness that the family of Marjorie Annette (Page) Willis, age 90, announce her passing early Thursday morning, December 8, 2022, at the Belmont Village Senior Living Green Hills in Nashville, TN.
Annette was born March 6, 1932, in Edison, GA to the late Mr. Benjamin Franklin Page and Mrs. Beatrice Gertrude Duke. She was...
Carolyn Bonner McCraine
Dec 7, 2022
Carolyn Bonner McCraine, 91, of Lee County, died Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her funeral service will be 2:00 PM Sunday, December 11, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Born in Blakley, GA, Ms. McCraine had lived in Lee County most of her life and was retired from Miller Brewing. ...
William M. "Mickey" & Linda Burch Crawford
Dec 7, 2022
William Michael “Mickey” Crawford, Sr, 74, died December 6, 2022 and Linda Burch Crawford died December 7, 2022 at their residence. A visitation will be held for them on December 9, 2022 from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 pm at the family plot in Myrtle Hill Cemetery...
Doris Bartlett Mitchell
Dec 6, 2022
We are sad to inform you that our energetic, optimistic, fun-loving, generous and always bubbly, Doris Edith Mitchell, known and loved as “Dede”, (69) of Albany, passed peacefully on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, after a battle with cancer only recently discovered. Her memorial service will be held Friday, December 9th, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home at 5:00 pm. Rev....
Thomas (Barney) L. Knighton
Dec 4, 2022
Thomas L. (Barney) Knighton, 79, of Lee County, GA., died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. with military honors. Rev. Mark Walker will officiate.
Born in Columbus, GA, Mr. Knighton graduated...
Nora Askew Henegar
Dec 4, 2022
Nora Askew Henegar, 90, of Lee County, died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at the Willson Hospice House.
Her funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow at 2:00 PM at Enterprise Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Iron City, GA.
Born in Donaldsonville, Mrs. Henegar retired as a supervisor at the...
Stephen Harris
Dec 3, 2022
Stephen Harris, dedicated, loving and giving father, friend and loved one to many, age 45, died Saturday, December 3, 2022 at his residence. He was born November 15, 1977 in Albany, GA to parents Gloria Jean Elmore and Culbert Eugene Newell. He was preceded in death by his mother Gloria and his brother Michael Harris.
Stephen lived most of his...
James Mell Tippins
Dec 3, 2022
James Mell Tippins, 77, of Albany, GA, died December 3, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 9, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Eidson and Rev. Byron Miller will officiate. A private interment will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery at a later date.
Mell was born in...
James Dudley Jones
Dec 3, 2022
James “Dudley” Jones, of Albany, GA died Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Pruitt Health in Sylvester, GA. Graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens. Mr. Chris Gilbert and Mr. Clifford Singleton will officiate.
Dudley was born in Blakley, GA to the late Edmond Paul and Georgia Elizabeth Jones....
