Obituaries

Nov 6, 2021

Calvin Neal Eubanks, 84, of Leesburg, GA, died November 6, 2021 at Pruitt Health Care-Ashburn. Graveside funeral services will be held­­­ Tuesday at 11:00 am at Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev. Jimmy Eubanks will officiate.

Mr. Eubanks was born on June 7, 1937 to Charlie Mack and Agnes Eubanks in Edison, GA. He was raised in Shellman GA and left...

Nov 6, 2021

Norvin Gene Goldsmith, 84, of Lee County, GA, went to be with his Lord and Savior November 6, 2021 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Josh Posey will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Members of the Kiwanis Clubs will serve as honorary pall bearers.

Mr....

Nov 5, 2021

Timothy “Tim” Michael Brown, 60 of Sylvester, GA. died Friday, November 5, 2021 at Tallahassee Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, FL. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Keith Smith and Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. The family will receive...

Nov 5, 2021

Patrick Kaleb Ford, 30, of Hendersonville, TN, died Friday, November 5, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, November 13, 2021 at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 3:00 PM until the funeral hour at Mathews Funeral Home. Born in Albany, GA, Kaleb had lived in Hendersonville for a year and a half and...

Nov 4, 2021

Ann Duke Dollar, 90, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, November 4, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 8, 2021 at 11:00 am at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Anna Miller will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Dollar was born in Dublin, GA on May 7, 1931 to Earnest and Anna Duke....

Oct 30, 2021

Penny Sue Randall Melton, 61, of Dawson, GA passed away, Saturday, October 30 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA. Rev. Jason Steege will officiate.

A native and life-long resident of Dawson, GA, Mrs. Melton was a home maker....

Oct 29, 2021

Gray McKenzie died Friday, October 29, 2021, at The Oaks Personal Care Home in Marshallville following a series of strokes over many weeks. On December 27, 2021 there will be a Eucharist service at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Montezuma but due to Covid concerns it will be private for family. Following that service, at 11:30 am there will...

Oct 28, 2021

Walter Joseph (Bill) Garris, 88, of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2021 at his residence.  Private family services will be held.

Mr. Garris was born in Eutaw, AL on November 22, 1932 to Curtis and Lenora Garris.  He grew up in Central AL, eventually settling in Aliceville. Mr. Garris graduated from Aliceville High School and later attended...

Oct 28, 2021

Mable P. Daniel, 75, of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2021 at her residence.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Chris Turner will officiate.  Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.

Mable was born on November 8, 1945 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to the late Nick and Mary Spillers. ...

Oct 28, 2021

Kathleen K. Cloutier passed away, from an extended illness, on October 28, 2021.

She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Richard O. Cloutier, Jr., her brother, Richard M. Kennedy, and her sister-in-law, Lynn Kennedy.

Kathy was born on August 18, 1950, in Wichita, Kansas, to Dick & Jane Kennedy. As a young girl,...

Oct 25, 2021

William E. “Woody” Boyd, Jr., 68, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 25, 2021 at his home.  Memorial services will be held Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Albany.  Rev. Todd Kornahrens, Rev. Scott Stanfill, and Rev. Jim Morrow will officiate.

Woody was born on June 30, 1953 to William...

Oct 25, 2021

Sadie McWhirter Daughety, 84, formerly of Nashville, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2021 at the home of her son, John Robert Daughety in Lee County, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother John Henry (Bud) McWhirter, beloved husband Tom Daughety, and step-son Steve Daughety.

To say that Sadie was a remarkable...

Oct 24, 2021

John Hoyle Radcliffe, Jr., 84 of Leesburg, GA., died Sunday, October 24, 2021 at Gulf Coast Regional Hospital in Panama City, FL., Graveside services will be held Friday, October 29, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Derrell Etheridge will officiate.

Mr. Radcliffe has resided in Leesburg most of his life. He retired from the Georgia...

Oct 24, 2021

William Sammy Wood, 73, of Baconton, GA passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021 at Archbold Medical Center, Thomasville, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Wood had resided in...

Oct 23, 2021

Richard Gary Whitfield, 79, of Albany, GA, died October 23, 2021 at his residence.  Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday October 26, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery.  Pastor Cory Wise will officiate.  The family will receive friends Monday October 25, 2021 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.

Gary was...

Oct 23, 2021

Dolores Freeman Presley, 85, of Albany, GA, died October 23, 2021 at Phoenix of Albany. A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Porterfield United Memorial Church. Rev. Josh Duckworth, Joe Mercer, Pastor William Collins will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service in the parlor of Porterfield.

Oct 20, 2021

Growing up in Alabama as the much-beloved only child of Ralph Agrippa Senior and Agnes Dorinda Utley Hocutt, Ralph developed an unwavering love of life and people.

His interests and activities were numerous – the military, hunting, fishing, softball, tennis, bowling, card games, dominoes, reading, SEC football, the Atlanta Braves and wrestling. Ralph even enjoyed square dancing...

Oct 17, 2021

Joshua Scott Bianco, 43, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Born in North Miami Beach, Fl., Josh had resided in Albany, GA since 2007 moving from Davie, FL. He was a graduate of Wayne County High School in Jesup, GA and attended Broward Community College receiving an associate's degree in communications....

Oct 16, 2021

Mary Ann Wilson, 82, died Saturday, October 16, 2021at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton.

Services will be held at a later date.

Oct 14, 2021

Joseph Charles (Joe) Whaley, 85, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Rob Henry will officiate.

Born in Shellman, GA, Mr. Whaley moved to Albany, GA in 1958 from Milton. FL. He...