Obituaries

Mar 20, 2020

Phyllis Reinhart Ruby, 75 of Albany died Friday, March 20, 2020 at her home.

The family will have a private funeral service.

A native of Tallahassee, Mrs. Ruby grew up in Thomasville.  She moved to Albany in 1980 from Kansas after her late husband Ed Ruby, Sr. retired from the U. S. Army. 

Survivors include children, Ed Ruby, Jr., Albany,...

Mar 19, 2020

Ira Rowe, 92, of Albany, GA, died March 19, 2020 at his residence. Family graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. The United States Navy will provide military honors.

Mr. Rowe was born on May 17, 1927 in Berrien County, GA. He was raised in Nashville, GA and...

Mar 19, 2020

Barry Lee Talley, Sr., 68, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, March 19, 2020 at Willson Hospice House. Per his wishes, Mr. Talley will be cremated and a Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

Mr. Talley was born on December 12, 1951 in Duluth, GA to the late Samuel A. and Fannie Bedingfield Talley, Sr. Mr. Talley was...

Mar 19, 2020

Mavis Smith Anderson, 92, of Albany, GA died Thursday, March 19, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at a later date.

Mavis was born in McComb, MS to the late Earnest and Lillie Smith. She attended high school in McComb and was a star athlete in fast pitch softball and basketball. She...

Mar 19, 2020

Russell Terry Wood, Jr., 49, of Lee Co., GA, died Thursday, March 19, 2020 at his residence. Private graveside funeral services will be held for the immediate family. 

Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Wood had resided in Albany, GA prior to moving to Lee Co., GA. He was a graduate of Lee County High School in 1989. He received his...

Mar 19, 2020

Agnes Bostwick McCorkle was born in Early County on November 28, 1932. She passed away at The Willson Hospice House Thursday, March 19, 2020 after a short illness. Due to COVID 19, there will be a private entombment service held at the Crown Hill Mausoleum. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate.

There will be no formal viewing and visitation, however, anyone...

Mar 18, 2020

Anthony Matthew Stevens passed unexpectedly on March 18, 2020.  Anthony was born December 26, 1978 in Wurzburg, Germany while his father was serving in the military.  His family moved from West Virginia to Lee County Georgia in 1987, where he lived until his departure from this earth.     Anthony was an avid reader and enjoyed art, music, and cooking. ...

Mar 18, 2020

Ashley Ayn Hughes, 36, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Navicent Health Care in Macon. A private graveside service will be held with immediate family.

Born in Albany, GA, Ashley was a graduate of Lee Co. High School. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her husband Gordon Howard (Bo) Hughes, Jr.,...

Mar 18, 2020

Brian C. Dollar, 51, of Lee County, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. 

Ladies man, pool shark, and outlaw Brian told his last inappropriate joke and sang the night away on Tuesday, March 17 surrounded by his family. 

The way he passed is just like he lived: he wrote his own rules, he fought authority...

Mar 18, 2020

Emily W. Wallace, 67, of Albany died Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. 

Her remains have been cremated and a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. 

A native of Sylvester, Mrs. Wallace had lived in Albany for most of her life.  She and her late husband Richard Wallace were the first special needs...

Mar 18, 2020

Malcolm Jeffrey “Jeff” Lane, 56, of Acworth, GA went to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta GA. A graveside service will be held for family at Leesburg Cemetery.

While born in Dawson, Ga, Jeff considered Albany his home. Upon graduating from Albany High School in 1981, he joined the United States NAVY...

Mar 17, 2020

Lillian McDonald Haire, 78, of Lee County, died Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at Pruitt Health Palmyra.

Her remains have been cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Haire loved to cook and was always prepared to feed you when you visited her home.  She taught her grandson Ryan how to cook so he received...

Mar 16, 2020

Nancy Breeden Eubanks, 84, of Lake Blackshear, GA, formerly of Lee County, GA, died March 16, 2020 at her residence. The family will hold a Celebration of Life Service at a later date.

Nancy was born in Lee County, GA to the late Lawrence and Leslie Valeria Wisener Breeden. She attended Lee County High School and married her husband, Joel...

Mar 13, 2020

Shirley Rouse Cates, 84, of Albany, GA, died Friday, March 13, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. 

Her funeral service will be Monday March 16, 2020 2:00PM at the Chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Dr. Michael C. Catt, Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

Born in Leesburg, FL, Mrs. Cates lived in Albany most of...

Mar 13, 2020

Mar 13, 2020

 

Sherry Heflin Meierdierks, 75 of Albany passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Willson Hospice House.

Graveside services will be conducted on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors.  Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

A native of Town Creek, AL, Mrs. Meierdierks had lived in Albany for the past 40 years. ...

Mar 10, 2020

Dr. Clifton W. Elmore, 84, of Lee County, GA, died March 10, 2020 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center.  Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the East Albany Church of God.  Pastor Matthew Schluckebier will officiate.  Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Rev. Elmore was born on March 19, 1935 in Marianna,...

Mar 9, 2020

Janice Bessie Baker Bates, of Albany, and formerly of Andalusia, AL, passed away Monday, March 9, 2020 at Wynfield Park and Rehabilitation.  The family will hold a Memorial Service at a later date.

Mrs. Bates was born on July 21, 1937 in Andalusia, AL to the late F.W. Baker and Clodine Worley Baker.  She lived in Atlanta for 20 years...

Mar 9, 2020

Jan Strobel Sherman, 79, of Albany, GA died March 9, 2020 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, March 13, 2020 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, GA. Pastor John Sharpe will officiate.

Mrs. Sherman was born in Thomasville, GA on April 1, 1940 to the late Frank and Modena Strobel. She...

Mar 9, 2020

Playol Kayton Shippey, Jr., 67, of Edison, GA died Monday, March 9, 2020 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held graveside Friday, March 13, 2020 at 3:00 p m at Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery.

Born in Edison, GA, to the late Playol Kayton Shippey, Sr. and Geraldine Wilkerson Shippey, Kayton was a graduate of Calhoun Co. High School...