Obituaries
Bettina Courtney Lester
Jun 2, 2019
Bettina Courtney Lester, 55, of Lee County, GA, died June 2, 2019, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA.
Bettina was a native of Tifton, GA and was born on October 8, 1963, to...
Jack Clinton Maddox
May 27, 2019
100 year old WWII veteran passes. Jack Clinton Maddox, born April 18, 1919, in Mystic, GA to Rolfe Hunt Maddox and Sara Riggins Maddox, passed peacefully at home on Monday, May 27, 2019 surrounded by his children. He was one of eight siblings.
During WWII he served in the 8th Army Airforce, 56th Fighter Group, 62nd Fighter Squadron based in...
Thomas Warren (Buck) Giles
May 26, 2019
Thomas Warren (Buck) Giles, 88, of Leesburg. GA died Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A graduate of Moultrie High School in 1948. Buck moved to Albany in 1952 and...
Ralph Monroe Moore
May 26, 2019
Ralph Monroe Moore, 87, of Lee County, GA, died May 26, 2019 at Lillian G. Carter Health and Rehabilitation Center in Plains, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Calvin King will officiate. A private family interment will follow in Clements Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Turner County, GA.
Mr. Moore was...
Dorothy Aines
May 25, 2019
Dorothy C. Aines, 87, of Leesburg, GA, died May 25, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
Mrs. Aines was born in Statesboro, GA on September 7, 1931 to the late Worth and Alma Skinner. She married...
James Marvin Paul
May 25, 2019
James Marvin Paul, 95, of Dawson, GA, formerly Albany, died May 25, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Darran Richmond will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Paul was born on June 21, 1923 in Terrell Co., GA to James Benjamin and Coral...
Opal Jane Rich
May 24, 2019
Opal Jane Rich, 81, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, May 24, 2019 at her residence. A private memorial service will be held by her family.
Opal was born, March 10, 1938, in Olyphant, AR, to the late Henry and Lillian Malone. She moved to Albany in 1963, where she began her new life with her family. Opal started her...
Donna McLendon Rosier
May 24, 2019
Donna McLendon Rosier, 69, of Albany, GA died Friday, May 24, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Corey Thomas will officiate.
Donna graduated from Miller...
Nola Elizabeth Cromer
May 23, 2019
Nola Elizabeth Cromer, 83, of Lee County, GA went to be with her Lord on May 23, 2019 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate.
Mrs. Cromer was born in Bibb Co., GA to J.R. and Evelyn McDonald on November 28, 1935. She resided...
Martha Ann Beamon
May 22, 2019
Martha Ann Beamon, 68, of Albany, GA, died May 22, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Johnny Nixon will officiate. Interment will be held Wednesday at 12:00 noon at Andersonville National Cemetery.
A native of Jacksonville, FL, Mrs. Beamon was born to the late Alfred and Bronnie Mae...
Drennen "Deke" Elonzo Blocker
May 22, 2019
Drennen “Deke” Blocker, 64, of Baconton, GA., died Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
A native of North Augusta, SC., Danny was a handy man and had many different occupations over his life. Mr. Blocker earned his GED diploma and went on to earn his Associates degree in computer...
Mary Lou B. Barrett
May 21, 2019
Mary Lou Buffington Barrett, 83, of Lee County died Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at the Willson Hospice House.
Her memorial service will be 9:30 a.m., Saturday May 25, 2019 at her daughter’s residence.
Mary Lou was born in Vicksburg, MS, and attended Carr Central High School, Mississippi School for Women, and received her LPN from Hinds Community College. She married...
James Lee Harper
May 19, 2019
James Lee Harper, Sr, 68, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, May 19, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate. Interment will follow at Paulks Cemetery, Worth Co., GA.
Mr. Harper was born in Leesburg, GA and had been a life-long resident. He...
William Sidney Johnson
May 17, 2019
William Sidney Johnson, 72, of Lee Co., GA died Friday, May 17, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Ortega will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.
Born in Brunswick, GA, Mr. Johnson had resided in Lee Co., GA for forty...
Charlie W. Carver US Navy, Ret.
May 17, 2019
Charlie W. Carver, (Command Master Chief, US Navy, Ret.) 87, of Albany, GA, died May 17, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 21. 2019 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Deacon George “Smitty” Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.
Mr. Carver was a native of...
Suenelle Maxwell Sauls
May 17, 2019
Suenelle Maxwell Sauls, 76, of Bainbridge, GA, died May 17, 2019 at Bainbridge Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at the Crown Hill Cemetery Mausoleum. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Entombment will follow the service.
Mrs. Sauls was born in Stuart, FL on April 4, 1943 to the late Colbert and Lena Maxwell. ...
Eunice Plowden Greene
May 15, 2019
Mrs. Eunice Plowden Greene of Albany died Wednesday, May 15th, 2019. Visitation will be Friday, May 17th at 1:00 pm until the funeral hour at 2:00 pm. Both services with be held at Mathews Funeral Home. The burial will be private. The Rev Keith Alderman will officiate.
Mrs. Greene was born in Fort Gaines GA to the late Robert Franklin...
Kendall James Clark, Jr.
May 15, 2019
Kendall James “Kenny” Clark, 55 of Albany, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. There will be a Celebration of Life held Saturday, May 18th at 2pm at 852 Armena Road, Leesburg, GA 31763.
A lifelong resident of Albany, Kenny worked in the Heating and Cooling industry.
He was preceded in death by his parents Kendall and...
Cecelia Ann Jordan Bailey
May 10, 2019
Cecelia Ann Jordan Bailey, 71, of Sumter County, GA died May 10, 2019 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Greg Kirk and Dr. Michael Walker will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Robbie Horne, Randy Horne, Chase Horne, Kevin Wade, Elijah Walker...
Mavis Jarvis Ross Biven
May 9, 2019
Mavis Jarvis Ross Biven, 96, of Albany, GA died May 9, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillespie and Rev. David Miller will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery in Donalsonville, GA.
Mrs. Biven was born on July 20, 1922 in Early...
