Obituaries
Carolyn Christine Roberts
Nov 30, 2021
Carolyn Christine Temples Roberts, 72, of Albany, GA, died November 30, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday December 6, 2021 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Johnny Nixon will officiate. Interment will follow at 1:00 pm at Crossroads Cemetery in Damascus, GA
Mrs. Roberts was born at home on August 6. 1949 in...
John Wayne Earley
Nov 30, 2021
John Wayne Earley, 65 of Albany, died Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at his residence.
A memorial service will be held 5:00 PM, Saturday, December 18, 2021 at First Baptist Church of Putney. Born in Valdosta, Wayne had lived most of his life in the Albany area. He was retired from Flowers Bakery. He was a member of First Baptist Church...
Madge Mobley Wilson
Nov 29, 2021
Madge Mobley Wilson, 94, of Parrott, GA, formerly of Moultrie, GA, died Monday, November 29, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church of Albany, GA. Rev. James Bullion will officiate; interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Moultrie on February...
Amy Lucretia Hatcher Unruh
Nov 29, 2021
Amy Lucretia Unruh, 45 of Albany, GA died Monday, November 29, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the...
Thomas William Kerrey
Nov 28, 2021
Thomas William “Tom” Kerrey, 85, of Lee County, GA died November 28, 2021 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Mr. Kerrey was born on August 15, 1936 in East Lansing, MI to Thomas and Agnes Kerrey. He graduated from East Lansing High School and Michigan...
Cathy Sue Quinn
Nov 27, 2021
Cathy Sue Quinn, 70, of Albany died, Saturday, November 27, 2021 at her home. There are no services scheduled. Born in Jacksonville, NC, Cathy had lived in Albany for the past 30 years and had worked with the Law Office of Clayton Smith. Survivors include her sisters, Jean Quinn Burns of Albany, GA and Donna Quinn (Al) Buckhaults of Gulfport,...
Joan Woodall Windham
Nov 26, 2021
Joan Woodall Windham, 71, of Albany, died Thursday, November 25, 2021 at the Willson Hospice House. The family will hold a private memorial service. Born and raised in Albany, GA. Joan was the daughter of the late Charles M. Woodall and Harriett Weatherly Head. She graduated from Albany High School in 1968. Survivors include her son Bert Windham (Leigh), Albany,...
Angelo Kostas "Kody" Feros
Nov 25, 2021
Angelo Kostas Feros, best known as Kody, was born on September 29, 1985, and went to be with the Lord on November 25, 2021. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 3, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. John Spencer and Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery next to his...
Dianne Radcliffe
Nov 25, 2021
Glenda Dianne Radcliffe, age 71 of Leesburg, Georgia slipped away peacefully at her home after an extended illness to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, November 25th, 2021. Funeral services will be held graveside at Leesburg Cemetery on Tuesday, November 30th at 2:00pm. Rev Derrell Etheridge will officiate.
Dianne was born at The Taylor Regional...
Benjamin Wesley Freeman
Nov 24, 2021
Benjamin Wesley Freeman, just a few days short of his 71st birthday, passed away unexpectedly on November 23rd, 2021 near his home in Sylvester, GA.
Mr. Freeman was born and raised in Albany, GA. He served in the Army in the 101st Airborne Division. He retired from the City of Albany after providing 14 years of service as a Parks...
Randy Clyde Hall
Nov 24, 2021
Randy C. Hall, 68, of Fernandina Beach, FL, entered his rest on November 24, 2021 at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. A celebration of life service will be held Friday, December 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Josh Duckworth will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm in...
Barbara June Anderson
Nov 24, 2021
Barbara June Anderson. 84, of Lee County, GA, died November 24, 2021 at The Oaks At Oakland. A memorial service will be held Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 1:30 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Carter will officiate.
Mrs. Anderson was born on June 20, 1937 in Doerun, GA to James and Inez Duncan and raised in Albany,...
Roy Claude Lawrence
Nov 23, 2021
Roy Claude Lawrence, 87, of Dawson, GA passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 26, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA. Rev. Currie Spoon will officiate. Mr. Lawrence was born in Decatur Co., GA and moved to Dawson, GA at a young age and had resided...
Daniel Emmett "Dan" Youngblood
Nov 21, 2021
Daniel Emmett “Dan” Youngblood, 53, of Dawson, GA, died November 21, 2021. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 am at Poulan City Cemetery. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate.
Dan was born on November 4, 1968 to Emmett and Carolyn Youngblood in Douglas, GA. His family moved to Dawson, GA when he was four years old. Dan graduated...
Marguerite Dodgen
Nov 20, 2021
Marguerite Lane Dodgen, 86, of Albany, GA, died November 20, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 26, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA. Mrs. Dodgen was born in Dawson, GA on January 19, 1935 to Charles...
James Howard "Bud" Kennedy
Nov 20, 2021
James Howard “Bud” Kennedy, 83, of Albany, GA, died November 20, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. A private family committal will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Bud was born in Fitzgerald, GA to James Earnest and Mary Rebecca Kennedy. He was...
Pam L. Jones
Nov 18, 2021
Pam L. Jones, 62, of Sylvester Ga. passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Funeral services will be held Monday, November, 22, 2021 at 12:00 noon at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am until 12:00 noon at the funeral home. Please dress casual and come as you are. Interment...
Nelson Charles Drew, Sr., MSGT. USAF, Retired
Nov 18, 2021
Nelson Charles Drew Sr., of Albany, GA died peacefully at the age of 87 on Nov. 18, 2021 at the Phoebe Willson Hospice in Albany, GA.
Nelson was born on Dec. 4, 1933 in Dover, NH, the son of Beatrice (Ellis) and Theodore Drew. He grew up in Dover before enlisting in the military as a young man.
Nelson proudly served...
Vincent Joseph Rush, Jr.
Nov 18, 2021
Mr. Vincent “Vinny” Joseph Rush, Jr. 64 of Albany, GA., died Thursday, November 18, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM at The American Legion Post #30, 2916 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA 31721.
Mr. Rush was born May 31, 1957 in Ft. Montgomery, NY, son of Vincent Joseph...
Mildred Harris Griffin
Nov 18, 2021
Mildred Lee Griffin, 91, passed away at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation, on Thursday, November 18, 2021. Graveside services will be held Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Enigma City Cemetery. Rev. Mark Stone will officiate. She was born in Ocilla, GA. She was the daughter of Walker C. Harris and Essie Gray Harris. She grew up in...
