Obituaries
Lisa Wages Odom
Oct 21, 2022
Lisa Wages Odom, 44, of Lee County, GA, died October 21, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 24, 2022 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Lisa was born on October 6, 1978 to Lloyd and Ellen Wages in Dublin, GA. The family moved to the Albany area in 1979 and...
Lynne Bent Salley
Oct 21, 2022
Lynne Bent Salley of Albany, GA., died Friday, October 21, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Bolton will officiate.
A native of Long Island New York, Lynne was an animal lover and a big New York Yankees fan. She was...
Loy M Prothro
Oct 20, 2022
Loy Michele Prothro, 39, of Albany, GA, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Funeral services will be held Saturday October 29, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Bill Parker will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm before the service at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment...
Ruby Deas Malone
Oct 20, 2022
Ruby Mae Deas Malone, 94, of Albany, GA passed away Thursday, October 20, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Doug Easom will officiate.
Mrs. Malone was preceded in death by her parents, James Bryant Deas and Carrie Mae Cunningham Deas, her husband,...
Thomas Ellsworth Edwards
Oct 20, 2022
Thomas Ellsworth Edwards, 63, of Leesburg, GA, passed away October 20, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends on Sunday, October 23, 2022 from 2:00 PM until 3:30 PM. A private Inurnment will follow to Cedar Hill Cemetery. Pastor Ed Eschmann will officiate.
Known to friends and family as Tom or Tommy, he was born...
Terrence P. "Terry" Russell
Oct 18, 2022
Terrence Patrick “Terry” Russell, 71, of Athens, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died October 18, 2022 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Jackson will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Andersonville National Cemetery.
Terry, was born on September 1, 1951, in the country...
Eugene Frank Bruner
Oct 18, 2022
Eugene Franklin (Frank) Bruner, 88, of Albany, GA passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Michael Gravette will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Calhoun County, GA, the eleventh of twelve children to Charles Anthony...
Sandra Lee Schlegel
Oct 15, 2022
Sandra Lee Schlegel, 75, of Albany, died Saturday, October 15, 2022 at her residence.
The family will receive friends, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Born in Hendersonville, NC, Mrs. Schlegel had lived in Albany since 1979 and was a homemaker. She loved doing puzzles, playing solitaire and was a BIG Atlanta...
John Wayne Morris
Oct 15, 2022
John Wayne Morris, 74, of Albany, died Saturday, October 15, 2022 at his home.
His funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 20, 2022 at the VFW Cemetery in Demorest, GA.
A native of Charlotte, NC, Mr. Morris had been in Albany for the past 50...
Daniel "Dan" L. Jordan
Oct 15, 2022
Daniel “Dan” Jordan, of Dawson, died Saturday, October 15, 2022 at his home.
His graveside service will be 3:00 PM Tuesday at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson. Rev. Allen Carmichael will officiate.
Born in Dooling, GA, Dan and his mother moved to Ellaville when he was three weeks old and his father died. After graduation, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy...
William Clifford (Bill) Abell, Sr.
Oct 14, 2022
William Clifford (Bill) Abell, Sr., 96, of Albany, GA passed away, Friday, October 14, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.
The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the funeral hour at Mathews Funeral...
Raymond Allen Clark, Jr.
Oct 13, 2022
Raymond Allen Clark, Jr. of Doerun, GA., died Thursday, October 13, 2022 at Columbus Specialty Hospital. The family will receive friends Sunday, October 16, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home from 2:00pm until 4:00 pm.
Born in Americus, GA., Mr. Clark graduated from Lee County High School in 1962. After graduation he served his county in the United States Navy....
Lucius M. "Mac" Amburn, Sr.
Oct 11, 2022
Lucius M. “Mac” Amburn, Sr., 78, of Albany, GA, died October 11, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 14, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Amburn was born on October 10, 1944 in Mineral Bluff, GA to...
James Thomas "Tommy" Hartsfield
Oct 11, 2022
James Thomas “Tommy” Hartsfield, Jr., 67, of Albany, GA., died Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. A private memorial service for family will be held at a later date.
A native of Albany, GA, Tommy served his country through the Army. Upon his return, he worked for Mason’s Jewelry. After his work as a jeweler, he became...
Frances Barfield Jett
Oct 8, 2022
Frances Barfield Jett died peacefully at her home in Graves, Georgia on Saturday, October 8, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held at Graves United Methodist Church in Dawson, GA on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 3:00 pm.
Frances was born March 17, 1934, the daughter of Tom and Margaret Barfield of Graves, GA. She attended Terrell County High...
Don R. Williams
Oct 7, 2022
Don R. Williams, 79, of Worth County, GA, died October 7, 2022 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg City Cemetery.
Don was born at home on the family farm in Miller County, GA on March 17, 1943...
Opal R. Cannon
Oct 7, 2022
Opal Rogers Cannon passed away peacefully on October 7, 2022, in Americus, GA, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Visitation will be Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home, 3206 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 21, 2022, at Leesburg United Methodist Church at 11:00 a.m., and a private interment will...
Robert "Bobby" M. Harris
Oct 6, 2022
Robert “Bobby” M. Harris, 59, of Albany, died Thursday, October 6, 2022 at his home.
A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM, Monday, October 10, 2022 in the Walden Chapel of First United Methodist Church. Rev. Jim Morrow will officiate.
Born in Barstow, CA Bobby, grew up in Albany and was a truck driver. Bobby was a lover of...
Darren Alan Anderson
Oct 5, 2022
Darren Alan Anderson, 53, of Leesburg, GA passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Carver Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglas, GA. Rev. Jonathan LaBarge will officiate.
Born in Waycross, GA, Mr. Anderson had resided in Leesburg, GA for a number of years. He...
Glenda Hicks Melton
Oct 5, 2022
Glenda Hicks Melton, 80, of Perry, GA formerly of Albany, GA died October 5, 2022 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Mrs. Melton was born in Monticello, FL and raised in the Meigs area. ...
