Obituaries
Kevin Owens
Dec 16, 2020
Kevin Gary Owens, 53, of Lee Co., GA passed away, Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Lee Co., GA Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Mark Walker will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be expected. Born in Titusville, FL, Kevin had resided in the Albany, GA and Lee...
Arthur "Art" Johnson
Dec 14, 2020
Arthur E. (Art) Johnson, 64, of Albany, died Monday, December 14, 2020, at his residence. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, December 18, 2020, at First United Methodist Church. Rev. Anna Miller will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Born in March 1956 at Chaumont U.S. Air...
Ronald Keel
Dec 10, 2020
Ronald F. “Ronnie” Keel, 83, of Albany, GA, died December 10, 2020 at his residence. Private graveside funeral services will be held Monday, December 14, 2020 at Floral Memory Gardens. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Masonic rites will be provided by the Tri-County Memorial Club. Ronnie will lie in state at Mathews Funeral Home Sunday from 1:00 pm...
Jack Bailey, Jr.
Dec 10, 2020
Jack Amos Bailey, Jr., 64 of Albany, GA., died Thursday, December 10. 2020 at his residence. Born in Welch, VW, Mr. Bailey had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life. He was a carpenter employed with P & T Construction before his illness, a Vietnam veteran serving in the Air Force and was the most Humble and Generous...
Lucy Power
Dec 8, 2020
Lucy Page Power, 79, of Albany, GA passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, December 11, 2020, at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Lucy was born September 7, 1941, in Cuthbert, GA, to the late Emory and...
Darren Bishop
Dec 7, 2020
Darren Michael Bishop, 51, of Albany, GA passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at his residence. Private services will be held for his family to honor his life, Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carson Chambliss will officiate. Mr. Bishop was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina on June 10th, 1969 to Dorothy Plemmons (Bumpus) and preceded...
Rodney Cannon
Dec 7, 2020
Rodney Jordan Cannon, 52, of Leesburg, GA passed away Monday, December 7, 2020. Private family funeral services will be held. Born in Albany, GA, Rodney had resided in Leesburg, GA most all of his life. He was a graduate of Lee County High school, employed with Applied Fibers and an avid guitar player. He was preceded in death by his...
H. Tim Reynolds
Dec 6, 2020
H. Tim Reynolds, PA., 77, of Cordele, GA passed away, Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Crisp Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. His remains will be cremated and the family will have private services. After the Covid-19 pandemic a celebration of life will be held at his home. Tim was born in Decatur, GA to the late Roy Reynolds, Jr....
Ruby Clarice Aycock
Dec 6, 2020
Ruby Clarice Walker Aycock, 86, of Albany, GA passed away, Sunday, December 6, 2020 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 11, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. Donnie Burke will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be expected. Mrs. Aycock was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia in 1934 to...
Patricia Stone
Dec 6, 2020
Patricia Pope “Patti” Stone, 64, of Leesburg, GA, died December 6, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private graveside funeral service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Robert Greene will officiate. Patti will lie in state at Mathews Funeral Home on Tuesday December 8, 2020 from 9 am until 5 pm for those who would like to visit....
Lola Moreland
Dec 6, 2020
Lola Burk Moreland, 90, of Bronwood, Ga. died Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital North. A graveside service will be conducted at Floral Memory Gardens in Albany, Georgia at 11:00 a.m., December 12, 2020. Reverend Debbie Cone will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be respected. Mrs. Moreland was born in Eldorado, Georgia in 1930 to Sam...
Christopher Westmoreland
Dec 5, 2020
Christopher A. “Chris” Westmoreland, 49, of Worth County, GA, died December 5, 2020 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Roy Fripp will officiate. Chris was born in Albany, GA on October 18, 1971. He graduated from Dougherty High School in 1989 and was employed with Proctor and...
Sharon Eubanks
Dec 4, 2020
Sharon Elizabeth Eubanks, 61, of Smithville, GA passed away at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Sandy Springs. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Eastview City Cemetery in Shellman, GA. Dr. Emil Askew will officiate. Sharon was born December 14, 1958, in Cuthbert, GA, to Marcellus and Lois Sammons. She graduated from Randolph...
Patricia Burk
Nov 29, 2020
Patricia Ann Gardner Burk, 73, of Albany, GA died Sunday, November 29, 2020 at her granddaughter’s home in Trion, GA. Private family funeral services will be conducted at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Doc Rufus Williams will officiate. Graveside funeral services for the public will be conducted on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery with visitation to...
James Geiger
Nov 29, 2020
James Paul Geiger, 83, of Fitzgerald, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died November 29, 2020 at Life Care Center. Graveside memorial services will be held December 9, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. Mr. Geiger was born in Albany, GA on January 15, 1937 to Floyd and Montine Geiger and was a life-long resident before moving to...
Owen Glaze, Jr.
Nov 29, 2020
Owen Richard Glaze, Jr., (GySgt USMC Ret.) 87, of Lee County, GA died November 29, 2020 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. The United States Marine Corps Honor Guard will provide Military Honors. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Crown Hill Mausoleum. Mr....
Betty Stroud
Nov 27, 2020
Betty Jane Davis Stroud, 80, of Leesburg, GA died November 27, 2020 at her residence. Graveside services will be held Tuesday at 1:00 pm at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. A native of Worth County, Mrs. Stroud was born to the late Elzy Jackson and Ruby MacDonald Davis on December 16, 1939. She grew up in...
Charles Tallent
Nov 27, 2020
Charles Hayward Tallent, 88, of Lee Co., GA died Friday, November 27, 2020. Family graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be respected. Mr. Tallent was born in Cordele, GA, while most of his life he lived in Albany, GA....
Jimmy Deese
Nov 27, 2020
Jimmy Deese passed away at age 72 on Friday, November 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Jason Steege will officiate. Jimmy was born in 1948 in Dothan, Alabama to J.P and Grace Deese. He graduated from Dougherty High School in 1967...
Elizabeth West
Nov 26, 2020
Elizabeth Jean West, 90, from Albany, GA passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Pruitt Health-Palmyra. Miss West was born December 31, 1929 and was a graduate of Tulane University. She retired from the Water Board of New Orleans, LA then returned to Albany to care for her parents. Miss West was preceded in death by her parents Clarence Lane...
