Obituaries
Patricia Rucker
Oct 17, 2020
Patricia Ann Rucker, of Newton, GA, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Pruitt Health-Moultrie. A private service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Rucker was a registered nurse and retired as a school nurse with the Baker County School System. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Rucker, Sr. Mrs. Rucker was a member of the...
Valencia Babette Senn
Oct 17, 2020
Valencia B. Senn, 60, of Leesburg, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her service will be 2 PM Monday, October 19, 2020 at Floral Memory Gardens. A native of St. Louis, Ms. Senn had lived in the Albany area most of her adult life and was a homemaker. She liked to rescue animal, gardening, cooking and...
Terry Futch
Oct 17, 2020
Terry L. Futch, 48, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Willson Hospice House, Albany, GA. Born in Dawson, GA, Mr. Futch had resided in Leesburg, GA most all of his life and worked with Wilson Tree Service before ill health. He was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by his father, Foy Futch and his...
Robert Rhodes
Oct 14, 2020
Robert E. Rhodes, 71, of Albany, GA, died October 14, 2020 while in Sumter County, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Please observe social distancing. Robert was born on September 22, 1949 in Barwick, GA to the late Harmon and Lorine Rhodes. He grew up in Albany, GA, was part...
Sara Watson
Oct 12, 2020
Sara Cook Watson, 93, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Mrs. Watson had resided in Lee Co., GA most all of her adult...
Gloria Scott
Oct 12, 2020
Gloria Robinson Scott, 74, of Lee County, GA died Monday, October 12, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be will be held Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. A private committal service will be held Friday at Leesburg Cemetery. Please observe social distancing and wear a mask....
Joyce Sartain
Oct 9, 2020
Joyce Elaine Sartain, 78, of Albany, Georgia, passed away on Friday, Ocotober 9, 2020 at Pruitt Health Palmyra Nursing Home. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Paul Wilkes will officiate. Interment will be held at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Joyce was born September 7, 1942, in Colquitt, GA, to Noah and...
Myra Holladay Mathews
Oct 5, 2020
Myra Holladay Mathews, 76, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 5, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 11:00 A.M.. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be respected. Born in Wilcox, Co., GA, Mrs. Mathews...
Shannon Moore
Oct 5, 2020
Shannon Leah Moore, 50, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 5, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Sammy Randolph will officiate. Please wear a mask and respect social distancing guidelines. Shannon was born and raised in Albany, GA. She graduated from Monroe High School, attended...
Valerie Fleming
Oct 5, 2020
Valerie Ann Fleming, 66, of Mitchell County, GA died Monday, October 5, 2020 at Willson Hospice House. There will not be a formal service held at this time. Born in San Francisco, CA to Robert Doyle and Betty Jean Petree Pope, Valerie grew up in Albany, GA, graduating from Dougherty High School in 1972. She worked making a loving home...
George Rex Stone
Sep 28, 2020
George Rex Stone, 73, of Albany, GA, died Monday, September 28, 2020 surrounded by his daughters and grandchildren. A visitation will be held Thursday from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rex was born on December 8, 1946 in Troy, AL to Ralph and Jenie Stone. He moved to Albany, GA with his family in 1953, grew...
Patsy Lamb
Sep 28, 2020
On Monday, September 28, 2020, Patsy B. Lamb went to be with the Lord at the age of 74. Patsy peacefully passed at home, surrounded by family and loved ones. Patsy doted on her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, spent time with friends and family, loved traveling, enjoyed sewing, crafting,& quilting, and adored her husband. Patsy was a member of Bethel...
Henry Scott, Jr.
Sep 27, 2020
Henry Quentin Scott, Jr., 77, of Leslie, GA died Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be will be held Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Please observe social distancing and wear a mask. Born in Leslie, GA to...
William Mansfield
Sep 27, 2020
William Cosby (Will) Mansfield, 73, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones and Rev. Terry Siniard will officiate. Interment will follow in the Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery. Social distancing and masks will be expected. Born...
Linda E. Phillips
Sep 25, 2020
Linda E. Phillips, 72, of Leesburg, GA, died September 25, 2020 at her residence after a hard-fought battle with bladder cancer. Funeral services will be held Tuesday September 29, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Doug Hall will officiate. Interment will follow in the Brooksville Cemetery in Randolph County. Linda was born in Randolph County, GA on...
Juanita Chevallier
Sep 25, 2020
Juanita Zerlean Chevallier, 86, of Leesburg, GA, passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Juanita was born October 5, 1933, in Moultrie, GA, to...
Wayne Shiver
Sep 25, 2020
Wayne Rudolph Shiver, 85, of Albany, died September 25, 2020 at Evergreen Assisted Living Center. A private family service will be held at a later date. Mr. Shiver was born on October 25, 1934 in Sylvester, GA to the late Wesley and Annie Green Shiver. He served in the Army and the Navy in his early years. He was a...
Lawrence E. "Larry" Skinner, Sr.
Sep 24, 2020
Lawrence E. “Larry” Skinner, Sr., 75, of Baconton, GA, died September 24, 2020 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate. Larry was born on May 20, 1945 at the West Point, NY Hospital to Eugene Augustus Skinner and Shirley Edwards Skinner. He was a military brat and...
Dennis Alan Parker
Sep 24, 2020
Dennis Alan Parker, 67, of Lee County, GA, died September 24, 2020. No public services will be held and Dennis will be interred on the family lot at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dennis was born on August 8, 1953 in Screven County, GA to John and Bernice Parker. His family moved to Albany, GA when Dennis was sixteen. He graduated from...
Melissa Harpe
Sep 23, 2020
Melissa Lynn Wingate Harpe, 47, of Albany, GA died September 23, 2020 at Northside Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Graveside memorial services will be held Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery at 120 Old Pretoria Road, Albany, GA 31721. Please observe social distancing. Melissa was the daughter of Brad and Cheryl Harpe born on...
