Obituaries

Jun 17, 2017

Corinne Augusta Beverly Flanigan, 74, of Ellaville, GA (Schley Co.), died Saturday, June 17, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. Visitation for friends and family begins at 10:00 a.m. Rev. James Bullion will officiate.Born in Douglas, GA, Mrs. Flanigan has resided in Albany, GA...

Jun 16, 2017

Ralph Milam, 69 of Albany, GA, died Friday, June 16, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow Thursday in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Columbus, GA, Mr. Milam had lived in Albany most of his life and graduated from Lee County...

Jun 16, 2017

Jun 15, 2017

Betty Singletary Newsome, 84, of Georgetown, GA, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2017 at Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 11:00 am at Sunnyside City Cemetery in Cordele, GA. Rev. J.T. Smith will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm at Mathews...

Jun 15, 2017

Gladys Boggs, 101, of Lee County, GA died June 15, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM before the service at Mathews Funeral Home and go in procession to the cemetery.A...

Jun 13, 2017

Michael Richard Lee Roe, 31, of Ewa Beach, HI, formerly of Albany, died Tuesday June, 13th at Queen's Medical Center in West Oahu HI related to a motorcycle accident. His service will be this Saturday July 1st at 2 pm at Thundering Springs Baptist Church in Leesburg. Rev Carl Barnhardt will officiate. The family will receive friends and family this...

Jun 12, 2017

Sherry Joyce Davis Askew, 56, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, June 12, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, June 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Sherry had resided in Albany, GA most all of her life. She was a former sales representative and homemaker. She...

Jun 11, 2017

Brent Eric Grigg, 58 of Albany died Sunday, June 11, 2017 at his residence.His memorial service will be Wednesday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Coffeyville, KS, Mr. Grigg had lived in Albany most of his life. He loved to work on cars, fishing and watching racing. His survivors include his wife Lisa...

Jun 11, 2017

Lois McClanahan, 72, of Fitzgerald, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died June 11, 2017 at Life Care Center. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Rev. Charles Cox and Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate. Entombment will immediately follow.A native of Nashville, TN born to the late Harry and Martha McClanahan, Lois had lived...

Jun 9, 2017

Thomas Wendell Grace, 74, of Lee County, GA, died June 9, 2017. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Kerri Reeves will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. The A & P Sunday School Class and Deacons will serve as Honorary Pallbearers.A native of Shorterville, AL, Mr. Grace grew up in...

Jun 9, 2017

Aline Bussey Grace, 92, of Magnolia Manor, formerly of Leesburg, GA, died June 9, 2017. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith and Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Rupert, GA, Mrs. Grace was born to the late Willie C. and Artie Bussey....

Jun 9, 2017

Debbie Kay Armstrong, 57, of Lee County passed away Friday, June 09, 2017 at her residence. The family will hold a private memorial service later this week.In lieu of flowers those desiring may make memorials to Albany Community Hospice, 320 Foundation Lane Albany, GA 31707.Born in Santa Ana, CA, Debbie moved to Albany in 1977.She was a long time employee...

Jun 8, 2017

Maxine Moore, 87, of Bainbridge, GA., died Thursday, June 8, 2017 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date.A native of Newton, GA., Mrs. Moore has resided in Bainbridge, GA., for sixty-seven years. She was retired from Amoco Fabrics and Fibers where she worked for over twenty years. Granny was devoted to her family. Her...

Jun 7, 2017

David Glenn Ellis, 46, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Glenn was a life-long resident and attended the Dougherty Co. Schools. Glenn...

Jun 7, 2017

John Louis "Buddy" Lott, Jr., 70, of Albany, GA died June 7, 2017 at Lee County Health & Rehab. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home with military honors. Rev. William Collins and Rev. Brenda Crawford will officiate.He was born in Macon, GA to the late John Louis Lott, Sr. and Mary Frances Long...

Jun 7, 2017

Betty Ruth McIntyre Kimbrell, 88, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Ousley, GA in Lowndes County, to the late James D. and Susie Adams McIntyre, Mrs. Kimbrell attended Clyatte High School then...

Jun 6, 2017

Dolores Rooks Sowell, 99, of Albany, GA, passed away June 6, 2017 at her home at Phoebe Senior Living at Morningside. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Methodist Church Cemetery in Baker County, GA. Rev. Charles Jones will preside. Born on June 10, 1917 to the late Warren and Doris Rooks,...

Jun 4, 2017

Myrtis Wilkes Howard, 92, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Magnolia Manor, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born in Ocilla, GA, Mrs. Howard had resided in Albany, GA for all of...

Jun 3, 2017

Estelle Cribbs Rogers, 91, of Albany, GA died Saturday, June 3, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. William Collins will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Mausoleum.A native of Clyde, GA, Mrs. Rogers had resided in Savannah, GA prior to moving to Albany, GA...

Jun 1, 2017

Evelyn Louise Harrell, 96, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Sylvester, GA. Funeral services will be Monday, June 5, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Sunnyside Baptist Church. Rev. Bobby L. Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.Born December 28, 1920 in Lauderdale County, MS, Mrs. Harrell had resided...