Obituaries
Frances Carolyn Conner
Aug 27, 2020
Frances Carolyn Conner, 88, of Albany, GA, died August 27, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. She had resided at Lee Co. Health and Rehabilitation following a stroke in 2017. A private interment will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Ms. Conner was born in Quitman, GA on January 19, 1932 to Francis August Conner and Mattie Frances Smith Conner....
Gladys Pauline Summerlin
Aug 26, 2020
Gladys Pauline Summerlin, 95, of Lee County, GA, died August 26, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Social distancing will be required.
Mrs. Summerlin was born in Carroll County, GA on May 19, 1925 to Alonzo...
James William Whitaker, Jr.
Aug 25, 2020
James William (Jim) Whitaker, Jr., 67, of Albany, GA died August 25, 2020 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Saturday, at 3:00 p.m. September 12, 2020 at Albany Bible Church. Pastor Pete Daughtry will officiate. Social distancing will be required.
Jim was born in Atlanta, GA to the late James W. Whitaker, Sr. and Verna Audrey...
Emmie W. Simmons
Aug 24, 2020
Emmie Singleton Simmons, 89, of Lee County, GA, died August 24, 2020 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery near Vada, GA. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Social distancing will be required.
Mrs. Simmons was born in Mitchell County, GA on October 22, 1930...
James Lovett Williford
Aug 24, 2020
James Lovett Williford, 91, of Albany, GA died August 24, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday August 28, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Keith Smith and Pastor Mark Bullock will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Social distancing is required.
Mr. Williford was born on June 19,...
Ottis Sinquefield
Aug 23, 2020
Ottis A. Sinquefield, “Mr. Coffee”, 79, of Lee County, passed away on August 23, 2020 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 11:00 am at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Andrew Kornegay will officiate.
Ottis was born, June 27, 1941, in Blakely, GA. He enlisted in the US...
Sandra Lynn Yerby
Aug 23, 2020
Sandra Lynn Yerby, 63, of Leesburg, died Sunday, August 23, 2020 at her residence. Her funeral service will be 11 AM Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate.
A native of Birmingham, AL, Mrs. Yerby had lived in Lee County since 1999. She was a retied school teacher, teaching for more than 38 years...
Charles H. "Chuck" Willcox
Aug 22, 2020
Charles “Chuck” H. Willcox passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 11 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Reverend Robert Greene will officiate.
Chuck was born on October 3, 1939 in Fitzgerald, Georgia to the late Charles Minor Willcox and Stella Fletcher Willcox. After...
James Tipton Haugabook
Aug 22, 2020
James Tipton Haugabook, aged 64, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. Graveside services will be held Saturday, August 29, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. at Felton Cemetery in Montezuma, GA. Rev. Jonathan Beckum will officiate.
James was born and raised in Montezuma, GA and graduated from high school at Southland Academy in Americus, GA. He...
Starlet Ingram Cherry
Aug 17, 2020
Starlet Ingram Cherry, 78, of Lee County died Monday, August 17, 2020 at her residence. A private service will be held.
A native of Newton, Mrs. Cherry had lived in Lee County for 47 years. She was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church where she played the piano and taught Sunday School.
Survivors include her husband, Talmadge Cherry, sons David...
Verna Elinor Yates
Aug 16, 2020
Verna Elinor Yates, 89, of Albany, GA, died August 16, 2020 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate. Social distancing will be required. A private burial will follow in Singers Glen Cemetery in Singers Glen, VA.
Mrs. Yates was born on December 17,...
Louise Clark Pickelsimer
Aug 15, 2020
Louise Clark Pickelsimer, 73, of Albany, GA passed away on August 15, 2020 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery.
Louise was born on December 5, 1946, to the late Noah and Mary Locklear, in Maxton N.C. She has resided in the Albany area since...
Robert E. Smith
Aug 14, 2020
Robert Emmit Smith, 87, of Worth County, GA, passed away Friday August 14th, 2020 at Pruitt Palmyra Health Care after a brief stay. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Pine Forest Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Trey Brown will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour before the service in the church Sanctuary.
Robert was born...
William Grady Rhodes
Aug 14, 2020
William Grady Rhodes, 79, of Leesburg, GA, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Monday, August 17, 2020, at 11:00 am at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Joe Poitevint will officiate.
Mr. Rhodes was born February 19, 1941, to the late Claudie and Sarah Rhodes. He was born and grew...
Linda Provencher Hartley
Aug 12, 2020
Linda Provencher Hartley, 76, of Lee County died Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation.
Her memorial service will be Saturday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. You are ask to wear a mask and practice social distancing.
A native of Ogdensburg, NY, Mrs. Hartley had lived in Albany area for the past 47 years. She was...
Nadine Knight Askew
Aug 12, 2020
Nadine Knight Askew, 81, of Lee Co., GA died Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Baggett and Rev. Johnny White will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.
Born in Lee Co., GA, Mrs. Askew had been a life...
Cecil Carrington
Aug 11, 2020
Cecil Carrington, 84, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Oakridge Cemetery, Tifton, GA. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. Social distancing will be respected.
Born in Berrien Co., GA, Mr. Carrington had resided in Albany, GA since the 1970’s. Mr....
Laquita Chapman Thomas
Aug 11, 2020
Sheila “Laquita” Chapman Thomas, 88, of Jasper, GA died August 11, 2020 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held on August 14 at Little Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Mark Poole will officiate. Mrs. Thomas will lie in state at the Ideal Baptist Church on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Social distancing...
Lemuel "Lem" Van Griffin, Sr.
Aug 11, 2020
Lemuel “Lem” Van Griffin, Sr., 77, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at his residence. Private family services will be held Friday at 4:00 p.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. The service will be livestreamed on Mathews Funeral Home's Facebook page. A Celebration of Life service for the community will be held at a later...
LaVerne Kato Croft
Aug 9, 2020
LaVerne Kato Croft, 85, of Albany, GA, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, August 9, 2020 at the Oaks at Oakland. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Social distancing will be required.
Mrs. Croft was born in Worth...
