Obituaries
Brenda Reeves Martin
Feb 2, 2022
Brenda Reeves Martin, 68, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Doerun City Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Brenda was born June 5, 1953 in Moultrie, GA to Herbert Thomas and Mary Etta Partain Reeves. When she was ten years old,...
Tommy Joe Christian
Feb 2, 2022
Tommy Joe Christian, 53, of Albany Georgia, died Wednesday February 2, 2022 at Dawson Manor. Memorial services will be conducted February 11, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell Officiate.
Mary Louise Christensen Druckenmiller
Feb 1, 2022
Mary Louise Druckenmiller, 69, of Albany died, Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Born in Charleston, SC, Mrs. Druckenmiller had lived in Albany since 2006 moving here from Charleston, SC. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents Herbert S. Christensen and Elizabeth [Betty] (Christensen)...
Deanna Sue Christmas
Feb 1, 2022
Deanna Sue Christmas, 73, of Leesburg, GA passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Justin Friar will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA and a life long resident of Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA, Sue was the owner/operator of Sue’s Snack Bar...
Sean Cothern
Feb 1, 2022
Sean Cothern, 26, of Albany, died unexpectedly Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at his residence. The family will receive friends at Tift Park in Albany on Sunday, February 6th at 2:00 p.m.
Born in Manchester, NH, Sean had lived in Albany area since 2000 and worked in construction.
Survivors include his mother Norma Lott (Edward), father, Wade Cothern, brothers, Jacob Cothern (Aleah) and Michael Cothern, sister, Ashley Gorman (John)...
Gloria Gilbert Gladney
Jan 31, 2022
Mrs. Gloria Gilbert Gladney, 70, of Albany, GA, died January 31, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Albany Bible Church. The family will receive friends Thursday from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the church. Interment will follow at the Leesburg Cemetery.
Gloria was born November 13, 1951 in...
Carol Marie Wilcox
Jan 31, 2022
Carol Marie Parker Wilcox, 82, of Lee County, GA, died January 31, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albany GA. Rev. Earl Steffens will officiate. The American Legion will provide Military Honors. Inurnment will follow in Sunset Cemetery in Americus, GA.
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Dorothy Jane Takash
Jan 31, 2022
Dorothy Jane Brown Takash, 94, of Albany, Georgia passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family and wonderful caregivers on Monday, January 31, 2022. A graveside service and interment will be held Friday, February 4, 2022 at 12:00 noon at Andersonville National Cemetery. Mr. Glen Phelps will officiate.
Born February 7, 1927, in Carlton, NY, Dorothy was the daughter...
Heidi Lynn Scott
Jan 29, 2022
Heidi Lynn Scott (Brown), 59, of Albany, GA., passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022.
She is survived by her mother, Barbara Brown of Albany, GA, her brother Greg Brown (Susan) of Oneonta, AL, her long time significant other, JoJo Harrell, her nieces Becky Brown and Katie Phillips, nephews, Tommy Brown and Danny Brown, her great nephews Timmy Phillips and Mikey...
Karen Johnson
Jan 28, 2022
Karen Johnson, 65, of Eager, AZ, formerly of Albany, GA passed from this life to her new glorious life in heaven on Friday, January 28, 2022 at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ after battling a lengthy illness. Karen’s husband, son, and sister were by her bedside as she left this world standing on the promises of Christ her King.
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Roscoe Lowell Adkins
Jan 28, 2022
Roscoe Lowell Adkins, 84, of Leesburg, GA passed away Friday, January 28, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Calvin King will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be nephews, Stacy Curry, Dana Adkins, and Gary Adkins, great-nephews, Danny...
Floyd Elmer Stage
Jan 28, 2022
Floyd Elmer Stage, 91, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, January 28, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Duane Logsdon will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.
Floyd was born on December 7, 1930 in Anderson, Indiana. He was one...
Debra Rainey Sams
Jan 27, 2022
Debra Rainey Sams of Dawson, died January 27, 2022, at her home in Dawson. Memorial services will be held Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 2:00 at the Bronwood Baptist Church. The Reverend Tommy McDonald will officiate. Inurnment will follow in the Brownwood Cemetery.
Debra was born on April 30, 1955, to Colden “Snooks” and Betty Sue Rainey. She grew up...
Joe Lane Nix
Jan 27, 2022
Mr. Joe Lane Nix, 83 of Albany, GA. Died January 27, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday Feb. 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Sherwood Baptist Church. The family will receive friends before the service from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the church.
Mr. Nix was born Nov. 3, 1938, in...
Betty Lou Salzman
Jan 26, 2022
Betty Lou Salzman, 91, of Leesburg died Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at The Oaks and Oakland Plantation.
Her memorial service will be Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church.
A native of Evansville, Indiana, Mrs. Salzman had lived in Leesburg for the past 9 years. Betty and her family lived throughout the world...
Julia Ernestine "Tina" Hayes
Jan 25, 2022
Julia Ernestine (Tina) Hayes, 86, of Leesburg went to be with our Lord on Tuesday January 25,2022.
Julia was born in Sumter, GA on September 24, 1935 to parents Julian and Mary Summerford of Albany. She was preceded in death by her son, James C. Hayes of Leesburg, her parents and five brothers and three sisters. She is survived...
Randy Lee Wood
Jan 25, 2022
Randy Lee Wood, 61, of Albany, GA passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at his residence. Private graveside service will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Moultrie, GA. Randy had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life. He was a maintenance mechanic and was formerly employed with P & G, Cooper Tire and M&M Mars. Randy...
Robert Edward Roseen
Jan 24, 2022
Surrounded by his wife, Sylvia “Sissie” Thomas Milton Roseen and family, Bob Roseen passed away peacefully in his sleep at home early Monday morning, January 24, 2022, four days after his 91st birthday.
Bob graduated from Roosevelt High School and the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He completed coursework for a Masters in Economics but did...
Evelyn Daniels Cross
Jan 24, 2022
Evelyn Lucille Cross, 86, of Albany, GA, formerly of Ft. Valley, GA, died January 24, 2022 at The Phoenix of Albany. No services will be held at this time.
Mrs. Cross was born on February 15, 1935 in Hawkinsville, GA to Sherman and Mandy Daniels. She graduated from Pulaski County High School and married Lester Cross in 1954. They...
Charles Shepard Ford, Sr.
Jan 24, 2022
Mr. Charles Shepard Ford, Sr., 76 of Albany, GA., was called home to Jesus, Monday January 24, 2022 at his residence, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM, January 29, 2022 at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends before the service from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mr. Ford...
