Obituaries

Feb 1, 2020

Cynthia Darby Mitchell, 83, of Albany, GA passed away at her residence.  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.  Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. 

 Cynthia was born in Columbus, GA to the late Yeoman and Minnie Darby.  She had resided in Albany, GA since 1963.  She worked many years at Gayfers...

Jan 29, 2020

Billy D. Carswell, 83, of Albany, GA, died January 29, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery.

Pastor Bruce English will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the United States Navy and the American Legion. 

Mr. Carswell was a native of Crisp County, GA and lived...

Jan 28, 2020

Mrs. Audrey Massey Wiggins, 73, of Albany passed away January 28, 2020 at Willson Hospice House.  A Memorial Service will be conducted by her family at a later date.

Mrs. Wiggins was born on August 30, 1946 in Vienna, GA to the late Varnie and Edna Tarrer Massey.  She had lived in the Albany area for most of her life. ...

Jan 27, 2020

Robert Fulton Pennington, II, 74, of Albany, GA died Monday, January 27, 2020 at Willson House in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Fowler will officiate. Private interment will be in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.

Born in Charleston, SC, Mr. Pennington had resided in...

Jan 26, 2020

Bobby Gene Brinson, 85, of Putney, GA, passed away January 26, 2020 at Columbus Specialty Hospital.  A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday February 1, 2020 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home.  Pastor Danny Evans will officiate.

Mr. Brinson was born in Bainbridge, GA, on June 5, 1934 to the late Jason and Mary Brinson.  After high school...

Jan 25, 2020

Janie Key Odom, 81, of Lee County died Saturday, January 25, 2020 at her residence. There will be a Celebration of Life service with a meal Monday 6 P.M. at Kinchafoonee Baptist Church and a graveside service Tuesday 1 P.M. at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate.

A native of Portal, GA, Mrs. Odom grew up in Portal, Metter...

Jan 24, 2020

Louise Rowe Marsh, 90 of Albany, died Friday, January 24, 2020 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. 

Her funeral service will be 10 AM Monday, January 27, 2020 at Crown Hill Cemetery.  Rev. Pete Daughtry will officiate.

Louise a loving wife and mother was born July 29, 1929 in Albany to  the late John Hill Rowe and  late Callie Barnes...

Jan 24, 2020

Robert Nathan (Bobby) Johnson, 64, of Baconton, GA died Friday, January 24, 2020. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Born in Moultrie, GA, Mr. Johnson had resided in Mitchell Co., Ga most all of his adult life. He...

Jan 24, 2020

Louvine McLemore Adams 89, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, January 24, 2020 at Lee Co. Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Brian Mobley will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Adams was born in Sumner, GA and had resided in Albany, GA...

Jan 23, 2020

John A. Duke, 73, of Shellman, GA died Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 27, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Pittman, Rev. Brad Savage and Mr. Tyler Taylor will officiate.

Born in Worth Co., GA, Mr. Duke was a retired farmer and...

Jan 23, 2020

COL Wayne Russell Brossett of Lee County, died Thursday, January 23, 2020 at his home in Lee County Georgia.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12 Noon at Kelley Hill Chapel on Ft. Benning with interment in the Main Post Cemetery at Ft. Benning.  Flowers are welcome, but those so desiring may make memorial donations to the Phoebe Cancer Center.

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Jan 21, 2020

Mary Gruhl Scheidt, 90, of Albany, Georgia, formerly of Hope, IN, passed away January 21, 2020 at The Phoenix at Albany. Visitation for Mary will be Saturday, February 1, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Norman Funeral Home in Hope, IN. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. with Pastor Andy Kilps officiating. Burial will be at Hope Moravian...

Jan 20, 2020

Senior Master Sgt. Dale Carl Hoffman (Ret.), 91, of Albany, GA, went home to be with his Maker on Monday, January 20, 2020 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1508 Whispering Pines Road, Albany, GA 31707. Rev. Doug Hudson will officiate. Entombment will...

Jan 19, 2020

Jan 18, 2020

Koltyn Wayne Phillips, stillborn infant son of Keith and Chelsey Phillips of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.

In addition to his parents, survivors include his paternal grandparents, Mike and Laura Phillips and maternal grandparents, Chris...

Jan 17, 2020

Donald E. “Don” Strickland, Jr., 77, of Albany, GA, died January 17, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church.  Rev. Robert Greene will officiate.  Interment will follow in Chickasawhatchee Baptist Church Cemetery in Dawson, GA.

 

Don was a native of Albany and was born on...

Jan 17, 2020

Robert Louis Conger, 77, of Andersonville, Ga, formerly of Leesburg, GA and Baconton, GA passed away on Friday, January 17, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. 

A private family ceremony will be held in the near future.

Born April 2, 1942 in Miami, FL, he was the second of three sons born to Thelma Wilcox Conger and Marcus Simpson Conger.  Robert selflessly...

Jan 17, 2020

Paul “Don” Cook, 71, of Albany, GA, died January 17, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Don Moore and Chris Moore will officiate.  Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Don was born in Wyoming County, WV to the late Paul K. and Gladys Gaughf Cook on...

Jan 12, 2020

Henry West Hays, Jr. (Hank) passed away on January 12, 2020.  Hank had just celebrated his 73rd birthday.  A memorial service will be conducted on Friday, Jan 17, 2020 at 11:00 am at Covenant Presbyterian Church.  Dr. William “Biff” Coker will officiate.  The family will receive friends one hour before the service.

Hank was born in Mitchell Co, Georgia January...

Jan 12, 2020

Pauline (Polly) Dinsmore McGowan Stadnik joined her husband of 29 years, Paul Harrison Stadnik, Sr in eternal life on January 12, 2020, in Albany, Georgia.

Polly was born December 15, 1957, in Langdale, Alabama, to John Benton and Joan McCrea McGowan, Sr.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and by her brother, John...