Obituaries
Sarah Slaughter
Nov 8, 2020
Sarah Delilah McKemie Slaughter, 83, of Lee County, GA died November 8, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 13, 2020 at 11:00 with visitation at 10:00 at The Church at the Groves, Leesburg, GA. Rev. Chris Pollock, Rev. Ben Steffens and Rev. Watson McKemie will officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery...
Maryella George
Nov 6, 2020
Maryella Sanford George, 98, of Albany, GA, died November 6, 2020 at her residence. A private family committal service will be held Friday, November 13, 2020 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Father Walter Hobgood will officiate. Mrs. George was born in Ogden, UT on May 14, 1922 to John Joseph and Ruth Sanford. She graduated from the University of Idaho...
James Quattlebaum
Nov 4, 2020
James S. “Jimmy” Quattlebaum, 66, of Crisp County, GA, died November 4, 2020 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday November 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the Warwick United Methodist Church. Rev. Paul Luthman and Rev. John Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Jimmy was born in Atlanta, GA on September 5, 1954...
Betty Odom
Nov 3, 2020
Betty Cox Odom, age 89, died November 3, 2020 at Oaks at Oakland Plantation community. A Graveside service will be held Friday, November 6, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery with Rev. Roy Cook officiating. Social distancing and masks will be respected. Mrs. Odom is now united with her late husband, A. C. (Tony) Odom and her sister...
Donna Kyser
Nov 2, 2020
Donna Paschal Kyser, 66, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 2, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Born in Columbus, GA, Mrs. Kyser had lived the last 29 years of her life in Albany. Over the course of her life she had many adventures in the career field ranging from a RN to an Inventory Specialist. Survivors include her husband,...
Julian Whiting, Jr.
Nov 2, 2020
Julian D. Whiting, Jr., 80, of Albany, GA died Monday, November 2, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church of Albany. Entombment will follow in the Crown Hill Mausoleum. Dr. Bob Moon and Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate. Social distancing will be respected...
Sherry Webb
Nov 1, 2020
Sherry Lynn Webb, 67, of Albany, GA, died November 1, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. A memorial service will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Please observe social distancing and masks will be provided. Sherry was born in Glendale, AZ on May 21, 1953 to the late...
Joshua McClain
Nov 1, 2020
Joshua Christian McClain, 39, of Lee County, GA, passed away November 1, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Jeremy Lokey will officiate. Social distancing will be required and masks will be provided. Joshua was born on August 29, 1981 in Albany, GA. He graduated from Albany...
Dottie Bailey
Oct 30, 2020
Dottie Nell Bailey, 59, of Albany, GA died Friday, October 30, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Worth Co., GA. Born in Charleston, SC, Dottie has resided in Albany, GA most all of her life. She was...
Doris Lawton Curles
Oct 28, 2020
Doris Lawton Curles, 86, of Albany, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her graveside funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday, October 31, 2020 at Floral Memory Gardens. Mr. Andy Lawton will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. A native of Colquitt County, Mrs. Curles had lived in Albany the past...
Sara Rich
Oct 28, 2020
Sara Parker Rich, 71, of Lee County, GA, died October 28, 2020 at Phoebe North. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Scott Hagan will officiate. Connor Henderson will perform musical selections. Please observe social distancing and masks will be provided. Sara was born in Camilla, GA on January 25, 1949...
Marion Abney
Oct 28, 2020
Marion Sizemore Abney, 57, of Baconton, GA died Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Social distancing and masks will be respected. Born in Sylvester, GA, Marion had resided in Mitchell Co., GA for a number...
Ruby Wyatt
Oct 27, 2020
Ruby Ileen Wyatt, 88, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Friday, October 30, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. A visitation will also be held on Monday, November 2, 2020 at the Dove-Sharp-Rudicel Funeral Home in North Vernon, IN with a graveside funeral...
Billy Reed
Oct 27, 2020
Billy Ray Reed, 81, of Dawson, GA, passed away on October 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No formal funeral services will be held. Billy was born in Sulligent, Alabama, on September 24, 1939, to the late Halen and Estelle Reed. He and his family moved several times during his early life; mostly between Georgia, Alabama, and Indiana. Billy...
James Foxworth
Oct 26, 2020
James Russell Foxworth, 71, of Baconton, GA died Monday, October 26, 2020 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 30, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with military honors. ...
Lavern Daniel
Oct 25, 2020
Mrs. Lavern Obert Daniel, 94, of Leesburg, GA, died October 25, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 1:00 with visitation at 12:30 at Beattie Road Church of Christ. Minister Charles Harris will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with Minister Faron Hamner. Those in attendance...
Elizabeth Marler
Oct 20, 2020
Elizabeth “Liz” Ross Marler, 76, of Albany died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at her residence. Her funeral service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment at 3 PM in Friendship Cemetery in Donalsonville. A native of Donalsonville, Ms. Marler had lived in Albany since 1973 and was a retired legal secretary with Moore, Clark, DuVall and...
Jeanette Paul
Oct 20, 2020
Jeanette Johnson Paul, 90, of Albany, GA, passed away on October 20, 2020 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00 am at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. David Cromie and Rev. Jerry Deans will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Randolph County, GA, Mrs. Paul...
Mollie Neal
Oct 18, 2020
Mollie Ledford Neal, 73, of Albany, Georgia flew home with her angels to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 7:14 am. Celebration of her life will be held at Merry Acres Event Center in the Ballroom on Saturday, November 14, 2020. Family will have visitation and receive friends and family at 10:00 am...
Douglas McGhee, Jr.
Oct 18, 2020
Douglas Lee “Doug” McGhee, Jr., 73, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private funeral service will be conducted Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. A public Committal service will follow at 11:45 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Dan Craft will officiate. Casual attire is acceptable. Social...
