Obituaries

Sep 23, 2020

Benjamin Harvey, 73, of Albany, died Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Evergreen Assisted Living. His service will be Saturday 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Meigs, GA, Mr. Harvey was a retired Turf Management Specialist working with numerous golf courses in South Georgia.  He proudly served his country during the Vietnam...

Sep 23, 2020

Janie Sue Cook, 80, of Albany, GA, died September 23, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Chris Pollock will officiate. Social distancing will be required. Sue was born in Iola, TX on September 12, 1940 to Ray and Thelma Wells. She grew up there and graduated...

Sep 22, 2020

Billy Joe Davis, 82 of Lee County, GA, died September 22, 2020 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 pm at the Chapel at Crown Hill Cemetery. Entombment will follow. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Billy Joe was born on December 22, 1937 in Worth County, GA to Joseph and Kansas Davis....

Sep 22, 2020

Alan Barfield,79, of Albany, Georgia passed away on Tuesday September 22, 2020 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Alan was born on August, 21, 1941 in Columbia, South Carolina to Dan and Aline Barfield. Alan Barfield is survived by his daughter Lisa Barfield, a half-brother Ron Gilbert and his...

Sep 21, 2020

John William Anglon, 39, of Baconton, passed away peacefully on September 21, 2020 at UF Health Shands Hospital after a lengthy illness. A huge Georgia Bulldogs fan, Mr. Anglon was a native of Baconton, and was born September 17, 1981 in Albany, GA. He was a 2000 graduate of Darsey Private School. Upon graduation, he joined the United States Marine...

Sep 18, 2020

Charles Lucius Horne, Jr., 82, of Albany, GA., died Friday, September 18, 2020 at Phoebe Putney North Campus Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Andrew Kornegay will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Mask and social distancing will be required. Born in Doerun, GA., Mr. Horne...

Sep 17, 2020

Joe Overton Maxey, 72, of Albany, GA, died September 17, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday the 26th of September at The Pointe Church in Leesburg, Georgia at 5:00 PM.

Joe was born in Oconee County, GA on February 4, 1948. He fell in love with music at an early...

Sep 15, 2020

Jimmy Dale Shaddock, 77, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 15 at Lillian Carter Health and Rehabilitation in Plains, GA.

Jimmy was born November 2, 1942 in Texarkana, TX to Daniel Kenneth and Maudie Sue (Gentry) Shaddock and was raised in Wiergate, a tiny town in East Texas centered around the sawmill operated by his parents. He graduated from nearby...

Sep 13, 2020

Frances Martin Abbott, 83, of Albany, GA, died September 13, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Irwinville, GA. Rev. Raymond Mixon will officiate. Interment will follow in Irwinville Cemetery.

Mrs. Abbott was a native of Irwin County, GA born on January 31, 1937 to Randolph and...

Sep 11, 2020

Kenneth M. Guilbeau, 73, of Steinhatchee, FL passed away after a short bout with cancer on Friday, September 11, 2020 at Haven Hospice in Chiefland, FL.

He was born in Albany, GA and lived most of his life in Leesburg and Sylvester, GA until retiring from MCLB Albany, in 2007. At that time, he moved to Steinhatchee, FL.

He was...

Sep 9, 2020

Timothy “Tim” Joel Wallace, 67, of Lee County, GA died September 9, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:30 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Social distancing will be required. 

Tim was born in Atlanta, GA on February 23, 1953 to the late Bernie Joe and Nancy Hopkins Wallace.  He was the son...

Sep 9, 2020

Vera Frances Hagin, 84, of Albany, GA, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 3:00 pm at Westview Cemetery in Moultrie, GA.  Rev. Shane Mullins will officiate.

Mrs. Hagin was born July 1, 1936, in Spokane, WA, to the late Gus Ackerman and...

Sep 8, 2020

William Gerald (Doobie) Hawke, 85, of Calhoun Co., GA died Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Private graveside funeral services will be held.

My sweet Daddy, William G. Hawke, whom I will miss more than words can say. Daddy was born on March 5th 1935 in Calhoun Co. After graduating he worked and retired from Sears 41 years as a Appliance...

Sep 8, 2020

Angela Bernice Anderson, 56, of Coldwater, MS formerly of Albany, GA died September 8, 2020 at her residence.  Family and friend’s visitation will be held Wednesday evening Sept. 18th, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday September 17th at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Ross Powell will officiate.  Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. ...

Sep 7, 2020

Terrie Delaine McGee, 57, of Albany, GA, died September 7, 2020 at her residence. A visitation and viewing will be held Friday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Social distancing will be required.

Terrie was born on March 21, 1963 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to Charles and Dorothy Stone. She had lived in Albany all...

Sep 6, 2020

Sybil Dianne Holmes, 66, of Albany, GA died September 6, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

Dianne was born on May 4, 1954 in Dawson, GA to the late Billy Joe and Lucille Kilpatrick Garner....

Sep 5, 2020

Ashton Jonathon Taylor, 24, of Lee County passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020. His service will be Friday 4:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg with interment to follow at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Ben McFather and Lee Wright will officiate.

A native of Lee County, GA. and born in Lawrenceville, Ashton attended Lee County School system through majority of...

Sep 2, 2020

Sawyer Kate Peterman, infant daughter of Justin and Kim Peterman, who died Wednesday, September 2, 2020. 

Her service will be Saturday 10 AM at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Pastor Trent Cory will officiate.  

Survivors include her parents Justin and Kim Peterman, siblings Braylyn, Braelyn, Avery and Jace. Maternal grandparents, Walter and MaDonna Gee, paternal grandparents, Eddie and Gwen Peterman, aunts and...

Sep 2, 2020

Mary “Louise” Hobby Cox, 92, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Graveside services will be conducted Friday, September 11, 2020 at 10:30 AM at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Turner County, GA. Rev. Charlie Brown and Rev. Jerry Cooper will officiate.

Mrs. Cox was born in Turner County, GA to the late Morris Andrew and...

Sep 2, 2020

Lucy Ellen Wisehart Hyman of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. Donnie Burke will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Social distancing guidelines will be observed.

Lucy...