Obituaries
Doris Kelly Johnson
Dec 22, 2023
Doris Kelly Johnson of Leesburg, GA., died Friday, December 22, 2023 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Buck Morgan will officiate. Interment will follow at Thundering Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
Born in Cordele, GA., Mrs. Johnson has lived in Lee County for many years. She was...
Rebecca Humphrey Granger
Dec 22, 2023
Rebecca "Becky"Humphrey Granger, 75, of Albany, died Friday, December 22, 2023 at her residence.
Her funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Blakely City Cemetery. Rev. Jean Watson will officiate.
Born in Ft. Gaines, Mrs. Granger had lived in Albany most of her life. She was...
Wandora H. "Dodie" Shearer
Dec 20, 2023
Wandora H. “Dodie” Shearer of Albany, GA died Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at her residence. A visitation will be held Wednesday, December 27, 2023 from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Born in Cullman, AL., to the late Buster and Odelle Haynes, Dodie graduated from Mercer University in 1974. She was a teacher and taught for many...
Franklin A. "Frank" Deck
Dec 20, 2023
Franklin A. “Frank” Deck, 81 of Leesburg, GA, died December 20, 2023 at the Willson Hospice House. No services will be held at this time.
Frank was born in Watson, LA on December 30, 1941. He grew up and graduated from Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge, LA in 1959. Frank joined the United States Marine Corps and served for...
Stephen H. Gilchrist
Dec 20, 2023
Stephen Herbert Gilchrist, 72, of Lee County, GA, died December 20, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Steve was born in Thomaston, GA on March 25, 1951 to Charlie and Mary Gilchrist. His family moved to...
George Reginald "Reggie" Hartin, Sr.
Dec 20, 2023
George Reginald “Reggie” Hartin, 87, of Albany, GA, died December 20, 2023, at his residence. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 22, 2023, at 11:00 am at the chapel of First Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Jim Morrow and Rev. Anna Miller will officiate, with remarks by Dawson attorney T. Gamble. Inurnment will follow in the Church...
David Oswald Brunson
Dec 17, 2023
David O. Brunson, 82, of Albany, GA joined the Lord Sunday, December 17, 2023 after a long struggle with kidney disease. A memorial service will be held as part of the Sunday morning service of Westview Baptist Church at 10:00 am on January 7, 2023. His family will have a private spreading of his ashes.
David was born on October...
Freddie Griffeth Wellborn
Dec 17, 2023
Freddie Griffeth Wellborn saw his Savior face to face on Sunday, December 17, 2023. Born on January 5, 1942, in Walton County, Georgia, he grew up working on the farm and exploring the woods around him. His love for nature led him to the University of Georgia where he graduated with a degree in Forestry Management. He then felt called by God to ministry where he graduated...
Phil Monfort
Dec 16, 2023
Phil Monfort, 77, of Fort Gaines, GA died Saturday, December 16, 2023 at his residence.
Phil was born on September 13, 1946 in Macon, GA to J. W. and Verna Monfort. He died on December 16, 2023 at his home in Ft. Gaines, Georgia after being in Hospice care for three weeks. He was seventy seven years of age at...
Mary Elizabeth "Libby" Spilman
Dec 16, 2023
Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Spilman, 74, of Albany, GA, died December 16, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, December 22, 2023 at 11:00 am at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson. Daniel Ellis will officiate.
Libby was born on December 22, 1948 in Dawson, GA to Edward Franklin and Elizabeth Spilman. She grew up there...
LtCol. Everett Joseph Boudreau, USMC Retired
Dec 16, 2023
LtCol. Everett Joseph Boudreau , USMC Ret., 73 of Albany, GA, died Saturday, December 16, 2023 at his residence. A memorial service with military honors will be held Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home at 3:00 p.m. Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate.
Born in Waterville, ME., Mr. Boudreau was a Vietnam veteran and served in the United Stated...
Bonita "Bonnie" Owens Bunn
Dec 14, 2023
Bonita "Bonnie" Owens Bunn, 62, of Mexico Beach, FL formerly of Leesburg, GA, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023. Arrangements will be announced. Bonnie was born on August 12, 1961 in Cheraw, SC to Sherry Gainey and Jerry Owens. After living a host of different places, she finally settled down in Albany, Georgia in 1977. Bonnie married the love...
Mavis Cravey
Dec 12, 2023
Mavis Fuller Cravey, 77, of Crawfordville, FL, formerly of Albany, GA died Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at The Dozier House in Tallahassee, FL. The family will hold a private burial service at Leesburg Cemetery.
Born in Alexandria, AL, Mrs. Cravey had resided in Lee County, GA most of her life. She was retired from Winn-Dixie Grocery Store as their seafood...
Geoffrey Lyman Gray
Dec 12, 2023
Geoffrey Lyman “Geoff” Gray, 77, of Lee County, GA, died December 12, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 15, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The Rev. Galen Mirate will officiate. A private interment will follow.
Geoff was born in Springfield, MA on October 1, 1946 and moved to...
Margaret Louise Dorre Dobmeier
Dec 11, 2023
Margaret Louise Dorre Dobmeier, 97, of Leesburg, GA died Monday, December 11, 2023 at the residence of her nephew, Gerry Dorré. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 14, 2023, from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. A memorial mass will be said for her at Lafayette Redeemer Health Center in Pennsylvania.
Margaret was born December...
Lana Dione Creel
Dec 8, 2023
Lana Dione Creel, 54, of Valdosta, GA, died December 8, 2023 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Matthew Schluckebier will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
Dione was born on...
Laura Steadham Beckum
Dec 7, 2023
Laura Steadham Beckum, 65, of Dawson, GA, died December 7, 2023 at the Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Dawson with interment to follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Rev. Currie Spoon will officiate.
Laura was born in Dawson, GA on June 28, 1958...
Barbara Baugh
Dec 5, 2023
Barbara Marsh Baugh, 86, of Dawson, died Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at Accent Hospice in Cumming, GA.
Her funeral service will be Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Dawson United Methodist Church with interment to follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Rev. Allen Carmichael will officiate.
A native of Ozark, AL, Mrs. Baugh had lived in Dawson most of...
Christine Gillespie
Dec 4, 2023
A service to celebrate Mrs. Gillespie life will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, December 11, 2023 at Albany First Church of The Nazarene on Liberty Expressway. The family will receive friends Sunday, December 10, 2023 from 2:00PM until 4:00PM at Mathews Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow the service at...
Benjamin F. "Ben" Harris
Dec 2, 2023
Benjamin F. “Ben” Harris, 90, of Dawson, GA, died December 2, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm at The Dawson United Methodist Church of Dawson. Rev. Raymond Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Harris was born on June 8, 1933 at home in...
