Obituaries
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...
Benjamin Harvey
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...
Janie Cook
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...
Billy Davis
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....
Alan Barfield
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...
John Anglon
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...
Charles Horne, Jr.
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...
Joe Overton Maxey
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...
Jimmy Dale Shaddock
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...
Frances Martin Abbott
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...
Kenneth M. Guilbeau
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...
Timothy "Tim" Joel Wallace
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...
