Obituaries

Mar 12, 2018

Sally A. Bloom, 79, of Colquitt County, GA, died Monday, March 12, 2018 at Evergreen Assisted Living Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Southside Baptist Church in Norman Park, GA. Pastor John Myrick will officiate. Interment will follow in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Climax, GA. A native of Climax, GA Mrs. Bloom was born...

Mar 11, 2018

Torri Dianne Baker Harman, 65, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ti Barnhill will officiate. Interment will follow in the Colquitt City Cemetery, Colquitt, GA at 3:00 p.m. Born in Bainbridge, GA, Ms. Harman had resided...

Mar 10, 2018

George L. Barrow, 76, died Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital while visiting his wife of over fifty-four years, Janet Barrow. The couple moved to Albany for retirement from Connecticut where they were both born. Mr. Barrow was preceded in death by his father, George A. Barrow. Survivors include his wife, Janet Barrow, Albany, GA, his mother,...

Mar 8, 2018

Virginia Broome Brooks, 92, of Albany, GA, died March 8, 2018 at Phoebe Hospice. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tommy White and Pastor Robert E. Varnadore will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Brooks is the daughter of the late Leonard and Eunice Broome and was a native and...

Mar 8, 2018

Donald Cobb Merritt, 65, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family.  Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.  A private interment will be at Springvale-Morris Cemetery in Randolph Co., GA. 

Born in Albany, GA, Mr....

Mar 7, 2018

Norma Ellan Stinson, 70, of Lee County, GA, died March 7, 2018 at her residence.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 P.M. at Friendship Baptist Church of Leesburg.  Rev. Barney Austin, Rev. Reagan Marsh and Rev. Walter Hare will officiate.  Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.

A native of Dalton, GA, born to the late Dewey and Lizzie...

Mar 1, 2018

Roger Wade Pollock, 63, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018 at his residence.  Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Liberty Parkway Church of God, 1301 Schley Ave., Albany, GA, 31707, at 2:30pm.  Pastor Matthew Schluckerbrier and Brother Chris Turner will officiate. 

Born in Pelham, GA, Roger moved to Albany and entered the HVAC and...

Feb 27, 2018

V. Gail Paul Church, 74, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 2, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullen will officiate. Interment will follow in New Light Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Calhoun Co., GA. Born in Leary, GA, Mrs. Church...

Feb 26, 2018

Charles Wayne Lovelady, 63, of Albany, GA, died February 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 5:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Patrick Williams will officiate. A native of Oklahoma City, OK, Mr. Lovelady graduated from Capitol Hill High School and joined the United States Army during Vietnam. He was employed in...

Feb 20, 2018

Nellie Ree Wohlforth, 87, of Leary, GA, died February 20, 2018 at Willson Hospice House.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.  Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate.  Interment will follow at 12:00 Noon at Andersonville National Cemetery.

 

A native of Calhoun County, GA, Mrs. Wohlforth grew up and graduated from Morgan High School...

Feb 16, 2018

Nettie Hill Willis, 91, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 16, 2018 at Southeastern Georgia Health System in Brunswick, GA.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:00 AM graveside at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.  Pastor Pete Daughtry will officiate.

 

A native of Tuscaloosa, AL, Mrs. Willis was born to the late Thomas and Sara Hill...

Feb 15, 2018

Russell “Terry” Wood, Sr. 70, of Lee County, GA, died February 15, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Bob Brooks, Dale Saunders, Richard Boyd, Lee Williams, Charlie Thorne and Tom Wilson. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Arlington,...

Feb 15, 2018

Sharon Evon Maddox Gay, 61, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted Monday, February 19, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Gray will officiate.

Born in Fort Stewart, GA, Mrs. Gay had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1994 moving from Albany,...

Feb 14, 2018

Donna Walters Ferrell, 56, of Albany, passed away, Wednesday February 14, 2018, at her residence.  Memorial services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.

A native of Opelika, AL, Ms. Ferrell resided in Albany since 1974.  Ms. Ferrell graduated from Westover High School in 1979. She then attended the University of Georgia.

Feb 14, 2018

Sandra Lee Breckenridge died Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at The Willson Hospice House. 

 

Born in 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, Sandy lived in many places, but settled in Leesburg, Georgia in 1993. 

 

Sandy worked tirelessly throughout her career. She was employed with Potter Motor Company for 25 years and MidSouth Ice Company for many years. She finished her career...

Feb 13, 2018

Wynelle Minshew, 87 years young of Albany, GA., died Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday February 17, 2018 at 11:00 am at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Dr. Charlie Bridges will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. A native of Cordele, GA., Mrs. Minshew had resided...

Feb 11, 2018

Feb 11, 2018

Darleen Walsh-Tate, 70, of Worth County, GA, died February 11, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Herbert Waid and Rev. Sam Tate will officiate. Interment will follow in Mt. Enon Baptist Church Cemetery. Born in Albany, GA, Darleen grew up in Worth County, GA and graduated...

Feb 10, 2018

Christopher Rolin Shaw, Jr., 21 of Albany, died Saturday, February 10, 2018.

His funeral service will be Tuesday 7 PM at First Baptist Church of Albany.  Dr. Butch Knight will officiate.

Born in Atlanta, Christopher was a 2014 graduate of Deerfield-Windsor School and was employed with Stewbos. 

Survivors include his parents, Chris and Lisa Shaw, sister, Mary Angeline Shaw, brother...

Feb 10, 2018

Lareva Ann Warrington, 80, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 10, 2018 at The Phoenix of Albany. Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. William Collins and Rev. Ed Loy will officiate. Mrs. Warrington was a native of Georgetown, KY and had resided in Albany, GA for the...