Obituaries
Terri Boulware
Jan 30, 2021
Terri Boulware ,66, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February , 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Mark Walker will officiate. Born in Albany, GA and a life-long resident, Terri was a graduate of Westover High School and was employed with the Gardner, Willis,,...
Tommy Thompson
Jan 30, 2021
Duncan P. “Tommy” Thompson, 76, of Albany, GA, died January 30, 2021 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2021 AT 1:00 PM with funeral services immediately following at 2:00 PM at the Albany Elks Lodge # 713. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided. Interment will follow in Crown Hill...
Julia Parr
Jan 30, 2021
Mrs. Julie M. Parr, 93, of Lyons, Georgia, formerly of Albany, Georgia passed away on January 30, at Community Hospice of Vidalia after a long battle with cancer. She also had COVID-19. A graveside service will be held at Floral Memory Gardens on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 4:00 p.m., with Mr. David Tyson officiating. She will be laid to rest beside her husband...
Rebecca Cheshire
Jan 30, 2021
Rebecca Joan Cheshire, 70, of Leary, GA, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Navicent Health in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Life Church on Fussell Road. Rev. Matthew Schluckebier will officiate. The family will have visitation one hour before the service at the church. Interment will follow in...
Mary Royal
Jan 30, 2021
Mary Ann Royal, 70, of Lee County, GA, died January 30, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Morris Harpe will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Crisp County. Mary Ann was a...
James Hall
Jan 29, 2021
James Methvin Hall, 90, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Friday, January 29, 2021 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Josh Posey will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in Mitchell Co., GA, Mr. Hall...
Richard Shiver (US ARMY, RET.)
Jan 29, 2021
Richard Lee Shiver (US Army, Ret.), 90, of Albany, GA, passed away January 29, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. His daughter, Pastor Vivian Horne will officiate. Social distancing will be required. Interment will follow in the Seville Cemetery, Seville, GA at 3:00 PM. Mr....
Deborah Frazier
Jan 29, 2021
On Friday, January 29, 2021, Deborah Frazier, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away at age 66. Deborah was born on August 20, 1954 in Franklin, IN to Wayne and Patricia Bennett. She received a bachelors, masters, specialists, and was in the process of completing a PhD in education. She married Joseph Frazier in 1974 and they raised...
Geraldine "Jerry" Hembree
Jan 29, 2021
Geraldine (Jerry) Reid Hembree, 84, of Albany, GA went home to be with her Savior and Lord on January 29, 2021. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Monday, February 1, 2021 at 11:00 am at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Jerry was born on June 11, 1936 in Tampa, FL. She grew up in Jacksonville, FL...
Douglas Evans
Jan 28, 2021
Douglas Brand Evans, 52 of Albany, died Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Doug was raised in Attica, Indiana and graduated from Attica High school, Class of 1986, and was a member of Gillionville Baptist Church. He enjoyed time with his family and enjoyed music and movies of all genres. He was preceded in death by his...
Joy Zolomy
Jan 28, 2021
Joy Morgan Zolomy, 93, of Albany, GA, died January 28, 2021 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Zolomy was born to Joseph Paul and Ophelia Coffey Morgan in Albany, GA on March 9, 1927. She graduated from Albany High School and was married in 1946 to Eugene Michael Zolomy from New York He was stationed at Turner Field Air...
Emily Whittle Wakefield
Jan 27, 2021
Emily Dekle Whittle Wakefield, 95, of Cordele, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died January 27, 2021 at the Fellowship Home at Cordelia Manor in Cordele, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday 11:00 AM at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, GA. Dr. John G. Smith, III will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided. ...
Alma "Teddie" Lee
Jan 26, 2021
Alma W. “Teddie” Lee, 85, of Albany, GA, died January 26, 2021 at her residence. A private graveside funeral service for family will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 29, 2021 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Billy Hanna and Rev. Donnie Burke will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum. A native and lifelong resident of Albany,...
Lucette Strickland
Jan 25, 2021
Lucette Rose Strickland, 85, of Columbus, GA, passed away on January 25, 2021 at her daughters’ residence in Albany, GA. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make memorials to the American Cancer Society or a charity of their choice. The immediate family members will hold a small private memorial service honoring her beautiful life. Lucette was born April 29,...
C.T. Harvey
Jan 25, 2021
C.T. Harvey, 70, of Vienna, GA, formerly of Montezuma, GA died January 25, 2021 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Graveside memorial services will be held Friday, January 29, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Riverview Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service. Rev. Jeremy Barrett will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided....
Kathryn Ann White
Jan 24, 2021
Kathryn Ann Hobbs White, 91, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Wynfield Park Nursing Home due to complications of Covid-19. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA. Rev. Wesley Marshall will officiate. Kathryn was born to Wilbur T. (W.T.) Hobbs and Annie Mead Scott Hobbs. Kathryn and Elton White were...
James Lester Brown
Jan 20, 2021
James Lester Brown, 85, of Dawson, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His graveside service will be Saturday 2:00 PM at New Light Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. A native of Albany, Mr. Brown had lived in Dawson, for the past fifty seven years. He had worked with Keenan Auto Parts and ASCS Crop Insurance. He was...
Gloria "June" Rix
Jan 20, 2021
Mrs. Gloria Willis Rix (June to her family), 70, of Leesburg, passed away, January 20,2021. A private memorial will be held at a later date. She was born September 25. 1950 in Albany, Georgia to the late Perry Jackson Willis Sr. and Evelyn Latrelle Marshall. She was the owner of Nana's Playhouse in Leesburg for many years. Mrs. Rix was...
William "Randy" Barnes
Jan 19, 2021
William Randall (Randy) Barnes, 55, of Albany, GA., passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Phoebe North from complications due to COVID-19. A private graveside will be held at the City Cemetery in Sale City, GA., at a later date. Pastor David Blackwell will officiate. Born in Panama City, FL., Randy lived in Albany for the past fifty four years....
James Johns
Jan 19, 2021
James Troy Johns, 90, of Albany, GA passed away on January 19, 2021, at Phoebe Sumpter Medical Center. The family will hold a memorial service at Andersonville National Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Johns is survived by a loving wife of 23 years, Barbara, two children: Bill Johns and Cindy Dix. He also leaves behind two grandchildren (Echo Valera...
