Obituaries
Conrad Francis Dauphinais, Sr.
Mar 10, 2022
Conrad Francis Dauphinais, Sr. (HM1, USN Retired), 87, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Raymond Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm in Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.
Mr. Dauphinais was born...
Harry Daniel (Danny) Phillips
Mar 9, 2022
Harry Daniel (Danny) Phillips, 58, of Leesburg, GA passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Donnie Duncan.
Born in Bainbridge, GA, Danny attended the Miller County Schools. He was employed with Edenfield Farms and was of the Christian faith. He was preceded in...
Victoria Lynn Stephens
Mar 9, 2022
Victoria Lynn “Vicky” Stephens passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, with her family at her side. Vicky was valiant throughout her 11-year long fight against Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer, never complaining and keeping a positive attitude.
Vicky is the daughter of the late Gene and Rayburn Wallace. Born September 6, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan. Her family soon after relocated to...
William Reginald Presley
Mar 8, 2022
William Reginald Presley passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Reginald (Bill) was born on May 6, 1933 in Thomaston, GA. He was the only child of William Earley Presley and Velma Vernell Brooks Presley.
William Reginald Presley married Dolores Freeman Presley in 1954 after meeting at Gordon Military College. They began their marriage in Atlanta, GA. Reginald joined the Army...
Roderick Jerome Carter, Sr.
Mar 7, 2022
Roderick Jerome “Rod” Carter, Sr., 80, of Edison, GA, died March 7, 2022 at Litebrite Community Hospital in Blakely, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 10:00 am at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Edison, GA. Pastor Chet Anderson will officiate.
Rod was born in Cairo, GA on October 18, 1941 to Noah and Emily...
Janet Baxley Thomas
Mar 1, 2022
Janet Baxley Thomas, 60, of Albany, was taken from us Tuesday morning, March 1, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Janet Thomas was born in Baxley, GA on October 4th, 1961. She lived most of her life in Albany Ga and was a member of Central Baptist Church. She worked in banking at a few different companies throughout the...
Randy Poole
Mar 1, 2022
Randy Ray Poole, 40, of Sylvester, GA, died Tuesday March 1, 2022 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Sunday March 6, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Wrights Chapel Cemetery in Sumner, GA.
Mr. Poole was Born in Cartersville, GA, and worked in the construction industry as an iron worker. He is preceded in death by his father...
Ruth Elizabeth Gates
Feb 28, 2022
Ruth Elizabeth Gates, 92, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 28, 2022 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. The United States Air Force Honor Guard will provide military honors.
Mrs. Gates was born on November 20, 1929 in Rockford, IL...
Shirley Ann Summerlin
Feb 27, 2022
Shirley Ann Summerlin, 83, of Lee County, died Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home.
Her memorial service will be Wednesday, 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Born in Alabama, Shirley had lived in the Albany area Most of her adult life. She retired from Coats and Clark and the Dougherty School System.
She was preceded in death by her mother...
Vickie Eubanks Pittman
Feb 27, 2022
Vickie Eubanks Pittman, 51, of Lee County, GA, died February 27, 2022 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 pm at Philema Road Baptist Church. Brother Olin Hobby will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Vickie was born on August 8, 1970 in Dawson, GA to Gary and Betty Sue Eubanks. ...
Dr. William Henry Buntin, Jr.
Feb 25, 2022
Dr. William Henry Buntin, Jr age 82 died February 25, 2022. A visitation will be held Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. A family service will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Josh Duckworth will officiate and Masonic Rites will be held.
Bill was born at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital...
Sylvia K. Spraggins
Feb 25, 2022
Sylvia Kay Spraggins, 49, of Albany, GA died Friday, February 25, 2022. Family will receive friends Saturday, March 5, 2022 at First Baptist Church of Albany from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Sylvia was born on September 8, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia to Travis Gene and Sally Kay Benton. She...
Marilyn "Lynne" Harris Thompson
Feb 24, 2022
Marilyn “Lynne” Harris Thompson, 73 of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, February 24, 2022 at her residence.
She was born January 1, 1949 in Cordele, GA, daughter of Thelma Dozier Harris and the late Alton William Harris. She was owner and operator of Dental Lab in Albany, GA. She loved scrapbooking.
She is survived by her son, Ron Kennedy (Maria)...
Grace West Cook
Feb 24, 2022
Grace West Cook, 104, of Tallahassee, Fl passed away, Thursday, February 24, 2022 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Graveside memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Andersonville National Cemetery.
Born in Houston, Co., GA, Mrs. Cook had resided in Albany, GA since 1951 moving from Americus, GA and had resided in Tallahassee, FL...
Joe Junior Hastings, Sr.
Feb 22, 2022
Joe J. Hastings, Sr., 88 of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 in the presence of his children. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 28, 2022 at First Baptist Church of Putney on 1125 Antioch Road Albany, GA at 3pm with visitation starting at 2 pm. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate with interment following at Floral Memory Gardens....
Randall Wayne Craft
Feb 22, 2022
Wayne Craft, 91, of Albany, GA, died February 22, 2022, at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Josh Duckworth and Rev. Chuck Knight will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before in the church parlor.
Born in Baker County, GA to Early...
Jane Carol Brinson
Feb 22, 2022
Jane Carol Brinson, 88, of Albany, GA passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Putney. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Brock Cemetery, Climax, GA.
Born in Fayetteville, GA, Mrs. Brinson was born in...
Robert Lee Bass, Jr.
Feb 22, 2022
Robert Lee Bass, Jr., 76, of Dawson passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his wife and other loved ones Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
Lee, the son of Robert Lee “Bud,” and Marion Fletcher Bass, was born in Sumter County on January 28, 1946.
A native of Leslie, Georgia, Lee was known to love life and his family most...
Max Robison Council
Feb 21, 2022
Max Robison Council, of Albany, GA, died at Phoebe Putney Hospital, Monday, February 21, 2022. He was born in Pelham, Georgia on March 30, 1929, to Coy Lee and Lois Robison Council, who predeceased him. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, February 25 at 4:00 pm at the Council Family Cemetery at the Council Farm.
His wife of 67...
Abner Jones Morris
Feb 21, 2022
Abner Jones Morris, 86, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 21, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Jim Morrow will officiate. A Committal service will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Brinson Cemetery in Decatur County.
Mr. Morris was born June 10, 1935...
