Obituaries
Thelma A. Apperson
Feb 10, 2018
Thelma Audrey Apperson, 87, of Albany, GA, died February 10, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at the True Life Church of God. Rev. W.A. Bingham will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 PM in Oakridge Cemetery in Tifton, GA.
A native of Brookfield, GA, Mrs. Apperson moved to Florida with...
Elizabeth Stevens Welch
Feb 10, 2018
Elizabeth Stevens Welch, daughter of Ed Stevens and Carolyn Mott Stevens, died peacefully February 10, 2018 one week short of her 104th birthday. She was surrounded by three generations of her loving family as well as her faithful and very dear caregiver, Comfort Sambola. In college, Elizabeth was asked what her ambition in life was. She answered, “To be some...
William Snyder Fleming
Feb 9, 2018
William S. (Bill) Fleming, 101, died Friday, February 9, 2018 at Wynfield Park and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Bill Ashbury and Rev. William Collins will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with the American Legion Post # 30 providing Military Honors.
Mr. Fleming was born August...
Evelyn Collins Bruner
Feb 8, 2018
Evelyn Collins Bruner, 97, of Albany, GA died Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born in Colomokee, GA, Mrs. Bruner had resided in Albany, GA all of her...
Richard A. Goodson
Feb 7, 2018
Richard A. Goodson, 85, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at his residence. Private family services will be held. A native of Kimball, WV, Mr. Goodson was born to the late Paul and Gladys Goodson and served in the United States Army during Korea. He worked in the Perlis Coal Mines in West Virginia before moving to Albany,...
Jyl Jennings Goodson
Feb 6, 2018
Jyl Jennings Goodson, 63, of Albany, GA died February 6, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A native of Blakely, GA, Ms. Goodson was born to the late Guy and Sallie Jennings. Ms. Goodson earned a nursing degree from Darton College. She worked as a registered nurse for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital for many years. In addition to her parents,...
Charles Samuel Wells
Feb 5, 2018
Charles Samuel Wells, 72, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 5, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Smithville City Cemetery, Smithville, GA. Rev. William Collins will officiate.
Born in Smithville, GA, Mr. Wells had resided in Albany, GA all of his adult life. He was retired from...
Stoy Franklin Robinson
Feb 3, 2018
Stoy F. (Rob) Robinson, 79, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 2, 2018 at his son’s residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
A native of the Charlesborough Community in South Carolina born to the late Walter and Nancy Robinson,...
Rhoda Dorothy Tillis
Feb 3, 2018
Rhoda Dorothy Tillis, 74, of Albany, GA, died February 3, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Newton, GA. Ross Powell will officiate. A native of Towanda, PA, born to the late Leonard and Dorothy King, Rhoda moved to Albany at a young age...
Tina Renee Hanners
Jan 31, 2018
Tina Renee Whitaker Hanners, 56, of Albany, GA., died Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at her residence. Private memorial services will be held.
A native of Bremerton, WA., Tina has lived in Albany most of her life as well as in Crestview, FL. Mrs. Hanners was a loyal friend to many and loved helping those in need. She was an adventurous...
Wanda Cruz
Jan 30, 2018
Wanda Tomlinson Cruz, 61, of Albany, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Her memorial service will be Saturday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
A native of Palatka, FL, Mrs. Cruz was a retired Bookkeeper. She was preceded in death by her parents Jim and Wilma Tomlinson, brother Jimmie...
Eley Cappleman Frazer, III
Jan 29, 2018
Eley Cappleman Frazer, III, 91, of Albany, GA died Monday, January 29, 2018 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Albany, GA. Dr. William D. “Biff” Coker will officiate. Interment will be Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. CST in Lafayette, AL at Lebanon...
Walter Kenneth Usher
Jan 28, 2018
Walter Kenneth Usher, 76, of Albany died Sunday, January 28, 2018 at his home. His funeral service will be 11 AM Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Gerry Dorre’ and Pastor Eddie Usher will officiate.
A native of Union, SC Mr. Usher had lived in Albany for the past fifty three years moving from...
Minor Stanfield Jones, IV
Jan 28, 2018
Minor Stanfield Jones IV, 77, of Albany, Georgia, passed away January 28, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2018 at The Coach House, 1308 Dawson Road, Albany, Georgia. He was a fourth generation Floridian, born in Winter Haven, Florida to the late Minor S. Jones III and Arlene Summerlin Jones. He grew up on...
Doris Russell
Jan 28, 2018
Doris Russell, 85, of Albany, GA died Sunday, January 28, 2018 at Phoenix Assisted Living. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Deans, Rev. Damon Fountain and Rev. Paul Wilkes will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Born in Crisp Co., GA, Mrs. Russell had resided in...
Betty Jean Freeman Beamon
Jan 26, 2018
Betty Jean Freeman Beamon, 67, of Smithville, GA died Friday, January 26, 2018 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loved ones, after battling a series of “one thing after another”. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mrs. Beamon was born in Parrott, GA to Charles Hubert Freeman and...
Lillian Ruth Blackburn
Jan 24, 2018
Lillian Ruth Blackburn, 83, of Americus, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died January 24, 2018 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.
A native of Mobile, AL, born to the late John Patrick and Virginia Wigham, Mrs. Blackburn moved to Arlington, GA...
Olivia Williams Strickland
Jan 23, 2018
OLIVIA WILLIAMS STRICKLAND, daughter of William Isaiah Williams and Elizabeth Duff Williams, passed away on January 23, 2018, from ovarian cancer. Livie was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Cissy (Elizabeth Allen). Livie was born April 1, 1956 (which fell on Easter Sunday that year, as well as being April Fool’s Day) in Hampton, Virginia. Billy Williams (father)...
James Shawn Cox
Jan 22, 2018
James Shawn Cox, 49, of Lee County, GA, died January 22, 2018 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA.
A Funeral Mass will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate.
A native of Dawson, GA, Shawn grew up in Lee County and graduated from Lee County High School in 1988. He...
Carl Clayton Thompson
Jan 20, 2018
Carl Clayton Thompson, 84, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018 in Lake City, FL. His family will receive friends at 3:00 pm Friday, February 2, 2018 at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA, with a Celebration of Life to follow at 4:00 pm. Born in Mitchell County, GA on May 9, 1933, Carl was an Air Force Veteran, an avid...
