Obituaries

Apr 6, 2019

Donald Michael Griner, 79, of Albany, GA died Saturday, April 6, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, April 9,2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Gerry Doree and Rev. Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.

Born in Toledo, OH, Mr. Griner had resided in Albany, GA...

Apr 4, 2019

Hazel Cagle Reese, 94, of Lee County, GA, died April 4, 2019 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Private graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.

Mrs. Reese was born on July 15, 1924 to Columbus and Mary Cagle. She grew up on a farm in Colquitt County. She was married...

Apr 4, 2019

Thomas Gray Fountain of Albany, GA died peacefully at his home on April 4, 2019. He was born to Helen Gray and Thomas Lester Fountain of Butler, Georgia on October 1, 1922. He spent his childhood on the family farm raising peaches on the Red Level of Taylor County. 

He graduated from Butler High School as salutatorian and best all-round boy in...

Apr 3, 2019

Apr 3, 2019

Christeen Davis, 80, of Lee County, GA died April 3, 2019 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.

A native of Albany, GA, Mrs. Davis was born on August 16, 1938 to the late Ruben and Lois...

Apr 2, 2019

David Kenneth Schlegel, 73, of Albany, GA., died Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 5, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. The American Legion will provide military honors.

A native of Rochester, NY., Mr. Schlegel was a veteran of the Vietnam War...

Mar 31, 2019

Irene Zolomy Seely, 94, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation.  Mrs. Seely will be transported to Staten Island, NY for entombment.  

Mar 28, 2019

Jewell Lee Shaw, 93, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Willson hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March, 30, 2019 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Herbert Waid will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Jewell was born and raised in Sylvester, GA to the late John and Bessie...

Mar 27, 2019

William “Bill” G. Robarts, 81, of Albany, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

His memorial service will be 2 PM Monday, April 8, 2019 at Riverside Cemetery in White Springs, FL.

A native of White Springs, Mr. Robarts worked in construction most on his life and was a veteran of the U S Air Force.

He was preceded in death by...

Mar 26, 2019

Mar 25, 2019

Mildred Kennedy Masters, 83, of Albany, GA, peacefully joined her Lord and Savior at her home on March 25, 2019. A visitation will be held Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at West View Cemetery in Wrightsville, GA. Rev. David Oliver will officiate.

Mrs. Masters...

Mar 23, 2019

 

William L. "Bull"  Perryman, 59, of Ft. Gaines, GA formerly of Morgan, GA, died March 23, 2019 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Al.  Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate.  Interment will follow in Cordray Methodist Church Cemetery.

A native of Calhoun County, GA, Mr. Perryman was born on...

Mar 22, 2019

Frances Rouse McLendon, 88, of Rockwall, TX formerly of Albany, died Friday, March 22, 2019 in Rockwall, TX. Her funeral service will be Sunday 3 PM at Westview Cemetery in Moultrie. Rev. William E. “Butch” Knight will officiate.

A native of Moultrie, Mrs. McLendon lived in Albany for 53 years and she and her late husband Walter McLendon owned and...

Mar 21, 2019

Shirley Tester Hartsfield, 79, of Albany, GA passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Pruitt Health Palmyra.  Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Grady Morey will officiate.

 

Shirley was born in Pelham, GA to the late Lonnie Gregory Sr. and Emma Lucille Gregory.  She was employed for...

Mar 21, 2019

Tiffany A. Brett, 35, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, March 21, 2019 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Gail Morrill will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.

Tiffany was born in Albany, GA and grew up in Leesburg. She graduated from Lee County High School in 2002....

Mar 21, 2019

Marcus D. “Denny” Fackler, died Thursday, March 21, 2019.  Per his wishes he has been cremated and a service will be held at a later date.

Survivors include his mother, Rita H. Fackler and his brother, Bruce Fackler (Patti).

Mar 21, 2019

Willie Ralph Cravey, 78, of Albany, Georgia died Thursday, March 20, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Charles Harris will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Mausoleum.

Born in Moultrie, GA, Mr. Cravey was a graduate of Moultrie High School was a veteran of the Vietnam...

Mar 20, 2019

Esther Mary Farris Eckstein, 94, of Albany, GA died Wednesday March 20, 2019 at Wynfield Park. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate.

Mrs. Eckstein was born April 21, 1924 in Pelham, GA. She will always be remembered as “The Crossing Guard” due to her...

Mar 18, 2019

Kelly Jo Hancock, 73, of Mitchell County, GA, died March 18, 2019 at her residence.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Warren Rogers will officiate.  Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Kelly was born in Port Wentworth, GA on November 28, 1945 to the late Gibson and Mary Ruth Cornwell. ...

Mar 17, 2019

John L. Temple, 81, of Albany and Sky Valley, Georgia, died peacefully at Willson Hospice House in Albany on Sunday, March 17, after a brief illness. The beloved husband of Ouida Brown Temple, father of two, grandfather of six, and friend to everyone, he had lived an exemplary life of service and integrity.

Born on August 27, 1937, to J....