Obituaries
Dorothy "Dot" Hautman
Nov 25, 2020
Dorothy Dell Griffin "Dot" Hautman, 93, died of complications related to coronavirus on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Burial will be at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery in Albany, Georgia, where Mrs. Hautman spent 75 years of her life until moving to Olive Branch Assisting Living facility in Dickson to be close to her daughter Cindi. There will be a private graveside...
Rev. Jerry Deans
Nov 25, 2020
Rev. Jerry K. Deans (1st Sergeant, Ret, USMC) 80, of Lee County, GA, died November 25, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. The United States Marine Corps Honor Guard will provide Military Honors. Rev. Deans was born on...
Mary Ann Shaw
Nov 25, 2020
Mary Ann Shaw, 71, wife of the late James L. Shaw Sr. of Sylvester, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Born December 20, 1948 in Gastonia, North Carolina, she was the daughter of Robert F. and Earlene Brown. Mrs. Shaw originated from Gastonia, North Carolina and worked as a Country Music Singer touring the United...
Robert White
Nov 23, 2020
Robert Earl White, 81, of Albany, GA, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery Mausoleum. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Robert was born on September 19, 1939, in Birmingham, AL, to the late...
Tommy Corley
Nov 23, 2020
Tommy M. Corley, 68, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 23, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in Albany, GA and a life-long resident,...
Judith Miles
Nov 23, 2020
Judith Neill Miles, 80, formerly of Fremont, NE, died Monday, November 23, 2020 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Miles was born August 25, 1940, in Walthill, NE to James and Darlene Neill. She lived most of her life in Fremont, where she worked a variety of jobs to help support her family before retiring in 2005....
Patricia Ann "Pat" Tricquet
Nov 20, 2020
Patricia Ann “Pat” Tricquet, 77, of Albany, GA, died November 20, 2020 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday November 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. William “Butch” Knight and Dr. R. Joseph Tricquet will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided. Pat was born on June 21, 1943...
Johnny Doggett
Nov 19, 2020
Johnny E. Doggett, 85, of Doerun, GA died Wednesday, November 19, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Lighthouse Ministries. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Mr. Doggett was born and raised in Warwick, GA, moved to Albany, GA in 1951and then moved to Worth County in 1999. He...
Angelia VanHouten
Nov 19, 2020
Angelia Jett “Angie” VanHouten, 63, died November 19, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Angie was born on June 26, 1957 and was a lifelong resident of Albany and Leesburg. She graduated...
Roger Newell
Nov 17, 2020
Roger Eric Newell, 64, of Iron City, GA passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 20, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Scott Messer will officiate. Social distancing will be respected. Born in Sylvester, GA, Mr. Newell had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life and was a long-...
Gina Hayes
Nov 17, 2020
Gina M. Hayes, 55, of Leesburg, Georgia died November 17, 2020 at Willson Hospice House. A private funeral service will be held Friday, November 20, 2020 at Mathews Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA, with the public invited. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Please observe social distancing and masks will be provided....
Robert "Bob" Stryker
Nov 16, 2020
Robert G. Stryker, lovingly known as Bob, passed away at Northside Hospital in Lawrenceville, Georgia on November 16, 2020, at the age of 79. His Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday April 12th, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, Georgia. Pastor Don Caulley will officiate. The family will receive friends and family from 10:00 a.m....
Hilda Hunt
Nov 16, 2020
Hilda Ford Hunt, 84, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, November 16, 2020. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Ben Steffens will officiate. Born in Cuthbert, GA to the late Claude Don Ford and Erie Cook Ford, Mrs. Hunt had resided in Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA most all of...
George Anderson, Sr.
Nov 14, 2020
George Arthur Anderson, Sr., 92, of Albany, GA died Saturday November 14, 2020 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Social distancing will be respected. Born in Lumber City, GA, Mr. Anderson was the son of the late William Henry Anderson,...
Michael Newell
Nov 11, 2020
Michael E. “Mike” Newell, 64, of Albany, GA, died November 11, 2020 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, November, 16 2020 at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Pastor Danny Evans will officiate. Please observe social distancing and mask etiquette. Mike was born in Albany, GA on January 8, 1956 to Melvin and Bernice Newell. He lived...
Walter Earl McCall
Nov 11, 2020
Walter Earl McCall, age 68, passed away on November 11, 2020, at Wilson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia, after fighting a courageous two-month battle against metastatic prostate cancer. Earl has practiced law in Albany for the past thirty-eight years. A native of Americus, Georgia, Earl was born on November 6, 1952. He was preceded in death by his parents William...
Leroy Pipkins, Sr.
Nov 9, 2020
Leroy Nelson Pipkins, Sr., 78, of Albany, GA, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2020 at his residence. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 2pm at Evergreen Baptist Church in Worth County. Rev. Todd Brooks will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Leroy was born on March 5, 1942, in...
Roger Spence
Nov 9, 2020
Roger Lee Spence,48, of Baconton, GA, died Monday, November 9, 2020 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Arrangements will be announced.
Charles Mancuso, Sr.
Nov 9, 2020
Charles "Charlie" Mancuso, Sr., 75, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 9, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jonathan LaBarge will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be requested. Born in San Fratello Italy, Charles came to the United States at the age...
Rita Wingate
Nov 8, 2020
Rita June Wingate, age 84, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2020 from natural causes. Born on the 11th of July 1936 in Miller County, Georgia to Clifford Boykin Hayes and Annie Rebecca Chester Hayes. Raised in the Bethany community, Rita picked cotton out of necessity and fished for the joy of it. She craved fresh vegetables like Georgia tomatoes...
