Obituaries
John C. Harris, Jr.
Aug 11, 2017
John C. Harris, Jr., 72, of Tallahassee, FL died Friday, August 11, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Beau Cooksey will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Harris was born in Albany, GA and had resided in Tallahassee, FL for the past...
Margaret Elizabeth Baxley Pellicano
Aug 11, 2017
Margaret Elizabeth Baxley Pellicano, 94, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA. Rev. Charles Brown will officiate, Rev. Charles Jones will be the vocalist and her...
Wanda S. Boyd Johnson
Aug 7, 2017
Wanda Strenth Boyd (Johnson) age 83 passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Danielsville, Ga. Mrs. Boyd was a longtime resident of Albany who operated an in-home daycare for many years. She was a former member of Beacon Baptist Church and a member of Red Oak Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jim...
Patricia Ann Faircloth Puckett
Aug 7, 2017
Patricia Faircloth Puckett of Dawson, Georgia passed away after a battle with cancer at the home of Bobby and Deborah McConnell in Leesburg, Georgia on Monday, August 7, 2017. Patricia was a registered nurse and worked at Dawson Rehabilitation Center for many years. She was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Barfield Faircloth, and father, Frank Faircloth. She is...
Maj. Samuel E. Thames
Aug 6, 2017
Maj Samuel E. Thames, USMC retired, 85, of Albany, GA, passed away August 6, 2017 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until the funeral hour. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery on Friday August 11, 2017...
Donald Jathon (Jay) Corbitt, Jr.
Aug 6, 2017
Donald Jathon (Jay) Corbitt. Jr., 49, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Lillian Carter Health and Rehabilitation in Plains, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. William H. (Bill) Raney, III will officiate. Born in the Republic of Panama, Mr. Corbitt was a...
Anne Marie Eubanks
Aug 5, 2017
Anne Marie Eubanks, 17, daughter of Becca and Jason Eubanks, died August 5, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Todd Sullens and Wayne Naramore will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.
Anne was born in Montgomery, AL on Feb.5,...
Shirley Ann Collins Green
Jul 30, 2017
Shirley Ann Collins Green, 74, of Lee Co., GA died Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery. Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Green had resided in Lee Co., GA...
Robert Wesley Merriam
Jul 30, 2017
Robert Wesley Merriam, 75, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at his residence. A memorial service will be conducted on Wednesday at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Malcolm C. Parker will officiate.
Born in Buffalo, NY, Bob relocated to California where he lived the majority of his life with his family and worked at CDC/FDM...
Carolyn Joyce Lovett
Jul 28, 2017
Carolyn Joyce Lovett, 70, passed away on July 28, 2017, at Wilson Hospice House in Albany, Ga. She was born on September 24, 1946, in Lambert, MS to Juanita Roeder Martish. Carolyn grew up in Earle, AR and moved to Chicago, IL with her mother Juanita during her high school years. She graduated from Main East High School in Chicago,...
Sherrie Lynn Hodges Cowart
Jul 27, 2017
Sherrie Lynn Hodges Cowart, 50, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, July 27, 2017 at her parents’ residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Craig Howell will officiate. Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Cowart had resided in Lee Co., GA all of her life. Before her illness Sherrie was...
Mary Jean Remington Oaks
Jul 25, 2017
Mary Jean Remington Oaks, 82, of Albany passed away at Willson Hospice House on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. A native of Akron, Colorado, Jean was born on 06/12/1935 to the late Mary Kincheloe and Fred Remington. She graduated from the University of Colorado in Greeley where she met and married a marine, so she lived in California, Hawaii, and Virginia...
James Patrick Beasley
Jul 24, 2017
James Patrick Beasley, 39, of Albany, GA, passed away July 24, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. William “Butch” Knight will officiate.
Born in Albany, GA, James Patrick Beasley attended Monroe Comprehensive High School. For several years he worked as an...
Joan Patricia Brown
Jul 24, 2017
Joan P. Brown, 83, of Albany, GA, died July 24, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Sylvester, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Pastor Bruce Smith will officiate.
A native of Saugerties, NY, Mrs. Brown was born December 12, 1933 to the late Gustav and Dorothy Knauert. She grew up...
Eva Batton Stoudenmire
Jul 20, 2017
Eva Batton Stoudenmire, 86, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Robert Greene and Rev. Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. A private interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Jacksonville, FL, Mrs. Stoudenmire had...
Eva Collins Suggs
Jul 20, 2017
Eva Collins Suggs, 74 of Baconton Georgia, died Thursday July 20, 2017 at Regency Hospital in Macon, GA.
Her funeral service will be Monday 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Putney GA with interment in Mt. Enon Cemetery, Mitchell County, GA. Rev. Danny Evans will officiate.
Born in Mitchell County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Westley Collins and...
Hilda McCorkle Vann
Jul 20, 2017
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Hilda McCorkle Vann, 96, of Dawson, GA died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Interment will follow at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Edison, GA.
Born in Edison, GA, Mrs. Vann had resided in Dawson, GA since...
Cynthia Oliver Harrold
Jul 20, 2017
Cynthia Oliver Harrold, 58, of Lee County, died Thursday, July 20, 2017 at her residence.
Her memorial service will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home.
A native of Albany, Cindy was a home maker. She loved staying home and taking care of her two children. As they grew and became adults, she took up gardening...
Otilia Vidal Beasley
Jul 18, 2017
Otilia V. Beasley died Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No services are scheduled at this time. Born in San Juan, PR, Mrs. Beasley was a long time resident of Albany and Leesburg and was retired from M.C.L.B. She had attended St. Teresa’s Catholic Church and volunteered with the American Red Cross. She was preceded in death...
V. Carlysle Sullivan, Jr.
Jul 17, 2017
Victor Carlysle Sullivan, Jr., 87, of Albany, Georgia, died July 17, 2017, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be heldSaturday, July 22, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. “Biff” Coker and Dr. Paul E. Luthman will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post # 30 will perform Military...
