Obituaries
Harold Keith Henderson
Dec 15, 2021
Harold Keith Henderson, 91, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at the Oaks at Oakland Plantation. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, January 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Rob Taylor will officiate.
Born in Homerville, GA Mr. Henderson had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life. He was a veteran...
Mark Stewart Hollis
Dec 15, 2021
Mr. Mark Stewart Hollis, 65 of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. A private interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, December 20, 2021 from...
Robert "Bobby" Eugene Spargo
Dec 15, 2021
Robert “Bobby” Eugene Spargo, Sr. 74, of Leesburg, GA., died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate.
A native and life long resident of Albany, GA., Mr. Spargo was a loom technician at Flint River Textiles. He later went on to become a...
Jacqueline B. "Jackie" Chapman
Dec 14, 2021
Jacqueline B (Jackie) Chapman 83 of Montgomery, AL, formerly of Albany, died Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery, AL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Daniel Atkins will officiate.
Born in Sylvester, GA, September 29, 1938 to the late Benjamin (Bennie Frank) Brown and Minnie...
Patricia Ann McNeil
Dec 14, 2021
Patricia Ann McNeil, 76, of Lee County, GA, died Dec. 14, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A graveside memorial service will be held Friday at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. David Pickering will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery.
Patricia was born in Albany, GA at the Base Hospital to...
Nathaniel E. "Nathan" Anderson
Dec 13, 2021
Nathaniel E. “Nathan” Anderson, 34, of Parrott, GA, died Monday, December 13, 2021 at his father’s residence. A visitation will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Mathews Funeral Home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. A Celebration of Life will be held on December 21, 2021 (Nathan’s birthday) at 2:00 pm at Church at The Groves. Pastor Bud Womack...
James Gerald "Jamie" Chalmers
Dec 12, 2021
James Gerald “Jamie” Chalmers, 27, of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. at the Loyal Order of the Moose # 1285 on Philema Road.
Jamie was born in Twentynine Palms, CA and moved with his family to Albany, GA in...
Richard Huey Cochran
Dec 12, 2021
Mr. Richard Huey Cochran, 73, of Dawson GA passed from this life Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loved ones. A memorial will be announced at a later date.
He was born April 5, 1948 in Manila, Arkansas, son of the late John William Cochran and Opal Craft Cochran. Richard spent his career in the...
Carolyn Williford Irvin
Dec 10, 2021
Carolyn Williford Irvin, 76, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, December 10, 2021 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 13, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Malcolm Parker will officiate.
Born in Camilla, GA, Mrs. Irvin had resided in Albany, GA most all of her adult life. She was retired from the...
Robert Leonard Stevens
Dec 10, 2021
Robert L. “Bobby” Stevens, 77, of Albany, died Friday, December 10, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Monday, December 13, 2021 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Jeff Wood will officiate. Born in Edison, Bobby lived most of his life in Albany and was retired from...
Amelia James Morrow
Dec 10, 2021
Amelia James Morrow, infant daughter of Rev. Jim & Amanda Morrow, having passed before her birth, was delivered into the arms of God on December 10, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. A private family service will be held at a time to be determined.
She is survived by her parents, Rev. Jim & Amanda Morrow; her...
Cheryl Joy Halte
Dec 10, 2021
Cheryl Joy Halte, 75, of Albany, GA passed away, Friday, December 10, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Melvin Wayne Eubanks
Dec 8, 2021
Melvin Wayne Eubanks, 48, of Leesburg, GA., died Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Eubanks will officiate.
A native and life long resident of Leesburg, GA., Melvin was a pump repairman with his father’s business, Neal Eubanks Well Pump Repair. He...
Arcie William "A.W" Holton, Jr.
Dec 8, 2021
Arcie William “A.W.” Holton, Jr. 96, of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Masonic rites will be conducted by the Tri County Memorial Club, Military Honors will...
Bobby Dewey Nation
Dec 8, 2021
Bobby Dewey Nation, 85, of Terrell Co., GA passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Chickasawhatchee Baptist Church. Rev. Emil Askew will officiate.
Mr. Nation was born in Omega, GA., to the late Dewey and Bessie Nation. He went to Omega High School, and...
Kay Rycroft Akridge
Dec 7, 2021
Kay Rycroft Akridge, 74, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died December 7, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Purnell and Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate. Interment will follow in the Warwick United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Kay was born on August 15, 1947 to Dorothy and...
Terry Walter Hubbard, Sr.
Dec 7, 2021
Mr. Terry Walter Hubbard, Sr. 66 of Whitesburg, GA. died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Tanner Health Systems in Carrolton, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Marion Sizemore will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mr. Hubbard was born...
Yvonnie S. Brooks
Dec 6, 2021
Yvonnie S. Brooks, 75, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 6, 2021 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery in Edison, GA. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Born in Cross City, FL to Foy and Myrtle Smith,...
Lynn Chandler Lane
Dec 5, 2021
Lynn Chandler Lane, 58, of Albany, Ga., passed away on December 5, 2021, after an extended stay at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Matthews Funeral Home on Gillionville Road. Rev. Chuck Knight will officiate. Lynn was born in Blakely, GA on July 1, 1963, to...
Fleta Ruth Carr Hatcher
Dec 5, 2021
Fleta Ruth Carr Hatcher, 90, of Gibson, GA formerly of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021 at Gibson Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 10, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Douglas Hatcher will officiate.
Mrs. Hatcher began her life in Mitchell Co., GA. Her siblings welcomed her to...
