Obituaries
Robert Willie Cook
Jan 10, 2019
Robert W. Cook, 69, of Albany, GA died Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate.
Born in Opp, AL, Mr. Cook had resided in Albany, GA most all of his adult life. He was a truck driver...
Annette Davis
Jan 8, 2019
Annette Davis, 75, of Worth County, GA, died January 8, 2019 at Tift Regional Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Visitation will be held from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM before the funeral at Mathews Funeral Home followed by the funeral procession to the Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis...
Julia Bishop (Jube) Tucker
Jan 7, 2019
Julia Bishop (Jube) Tucker, 96, died Monday, January 7, 2019 at Eatonton Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Fitzgerald, GA, Mrs. Tucker had resided in Albany, GA since 1953 moving here from...
Teresa "Teri" F. Burnsed
Jan 7, 2019
Teri F. Burnsed, 63, of Lee County died Monday, January 7, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her memorial service will be 11 AM Saturday, January 12, 2019 at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Chris Ortega will officiate.
Born at Travis Air Force Base, California. Teri had lived in Lee County for the past twenty-seven years
She was preceded in death...
Olin Latimer Jones
Jan 6, 2019
On Sunday, January 6, 2019, Olin Latimer Jones closed his eyes and entered into eternal life, with his loving wife and daughter by his side, at home in Saint Johns, FL.
“OJ” as he was known to his friends, “fought the hard fight, finished the race and kept the faith.” OJ was born on September 19, 1949, in Orlando, FL...
Lawrence "Larry" Joseph Dupell, III
Jan 6, 2019
Lawrence J. “Larry” Dupell, III, 78, of Albany, GA, passed away January 6, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, June 15, 2019 at River Pointe Golf Club.
Larry was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 21, 1940 to the late Lawrence J. and Margaret T. Dupell, Jr., graduating from St. Thomas...
Sara A. Houston
Jan 4, 2019
Sara A. Houston, 78, of Americus, GA formerly of Sylvester, GA, died January 4, 2019 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 1:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Aaron McCulley and Ronnie Poole will officiate.
Mrs. Houston was born in Dothan, AL on December 26, 1940 and had lived in Albany, GA...
Dr. Laurence Tarver Crimmins, DVM, MD.
Jan 4, 2019
Dr. Laurence Tarver Crimmins, DVM, MD, 92, of Albany, GA died Friday January 4, 2019 at the Willson Hospice House. Visitation will be Tuesday January 8, 2019 1:00 PM First United Methodist Church of Albany in Ford Hall. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM in the sanctuary. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate.
Born October...
Terry Wesley Lunsford
Jan 3, 2019
Terry W. Lunsford, died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 2 PM Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson. Rev. Allen Bingham will officiate.
A native of Weston, Mr. Lunsford lived most of his life in the Albany area and had managed several hotels in the area, the last...
Carol Wilson Corbett
Jan 3, 2019
Carol Oleda Wilson Corbett, 67, of Albany, GA died Thursday, January 3, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Monday, January 7, 2019 at 5:30 PM at the Adventist Fellowship Church, 381 Fussell Road, Leesburg, GA 31763. The family will receive family and friends at 6:30 PM in the church’s Fellowship Hall, immediately following...
Sara Cushenbery Willis
Jan 3, 2019
Sara Margot Cushenbery Willis, 95, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Pruitt Health Care-Sylvester. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 7, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wallace Willis and Dr. Johnny Nixon will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Born in Dawson, GA, Mrs. Willis had resided in Albany, GA and...
Donald E. Lee
Jan 2, 2019
Donald E. Lee, 83, died January 2, 2019 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Hanna and Rev. Donnie Burke will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum.
A native of Westville, FL, Mr. Lee was born to the late Roy and...
Stanley Terrell Dowda
Jan 2, 2019
Stanley Terrell Dowda, 80, of San Diego, CA died at his residence on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. His remains will be interred at Miramar, CA with full military honors on February 1, 2019.
A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Dowda was a retired Signalman, 1st Class, US Navy. He was Company Commander at the Naval Training Center at San Diego,...
Howard "H.W." Lee Wilson
Dec 31, 2018
Howard "HW" Lee Wilson was born in 1949 in Cuthbert, GA to Bernice Galloway Rogers and Wesley Howard Wilson. Howard graduated from Terrell County High School and attended college for a short time until he was offered a job with the State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries as Hatchery Superintendent. He later transferred to Albany Fisheries where he...
Florence Ann Holmes
Dec 31, 2018
Florence Ann Holmes, 74, of Albany, GA, died December 31, 2018 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappy will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A native of Greenwood Lake, NY, Mrs. Holmes moved to California when she was grown. There, she met her late husband...
Imogene Weatherford Woody
Dec 29, 2018
Imogene Weatherford Woody, 94, of Albany, GA died Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 5, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Beebe, Arkansas, Mrs. Woody moved to Albany, GA in 1961. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist...
Frank E. Surface
Dec 26, 2018
Frank E. Surface of Albany, Georgia, passed away on December 26, 2018, at Willson Hospice House after a long battle with Vascular Dementia. In lieu of flowers, we ask that all who wish to participate make a donation in memory of Frank E. Surface to Alzheimer’s Caregiver Time Out (ACTO), P.O. Box 448, 314 N. Jefferson Street, Albany, Georgia 31702.
Raymond "Hawkeye" Sorrells
Dec 26, 2018
Raymond “Hawkeye” Sorrells 73, of Albany, GA died December 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
His funeral service will be 2 PM Friday, December 28, 2018 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Interment will be Sunday 1 PM at Stephens Memorial Gardens in Toccoa, GA.
Hawkeye was born in Toccoa, GA on March 22nd, 1945 to the late Claude and...
David E. Batts
Dec 24, 2018
David Edward Batts, 73, of Albany, GA, passed away December 24, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be conducted Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Matt Harrell will officiate. A private interment will follow at Hartsfield Cemetery in Colquitt County.
David was born in Moultrie, GA to the late Blanie...
Shirley F. Goff
Dec 23, 2018
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SHIRLEY FRANKLIN GOFF, 85, A RESIDENT OF ALBANY, GEORGIA WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2018 AT MATHEWS FUNERAL HOME, 3206 GILLIONVILLE ROAD, ALBANY, GEORGIA. THE FAMILY WILL GREET FRIENDS FROM 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, 2018 AT MATHEWS FUNERAL HOME 3206 GILLIONVILLE ROAD, ALBANY, GEORGIA. BROTHER ROY COOK FROM GILLIONVILLE...
