Obituaries
Tracy Marie Tumlin
Feb 28, 2017
Tracy Marie Tumlin,48, of Albany, GA., died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Friday, March 3, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Richie Marbury and Mr. Jimmy Tumlin will officiate.A native of Vidalia, GA., Tracy was a graduate of Westover High School and attended Albany Junior College. Ms. Tumlin was a...
Bobby C. Gibson, Sr
Feb 28, 2017
Bobby C. Gibson, 76, of Georgetown died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.His service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 10 AM until funeral time.Born in Cleveland, AL, Mr. Gibson moved to Albany 20 years ago from Dothan. He was an Air Traffic...
Reba Sinquefield Gillis
Feb 27, 2017
Reba Sinquefield Gillis, 80, of Lee County, GA, died February 27, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Crown Hill Mausoleum.Reba was born on November 1, 1936 in Randolph County, GA to the late Truman...
Ruth A. Stack
Feb 26, 2017
Ruth Avaleen Key Stack, 94, of Albany, GA died Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 3, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery at 12:00 p.m.Born in Pilot Mountain, NC, Mrs. Stack had resided in Albany, GA...
Jimmy Starr
Feb 25, 2017
Jimmy Wilton Starr, 81, of Fort Gaines, GA died Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, AL. Memorial services will be held at his residence, (1367 Cottonhill Road), on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.Born in Arlington, GA, Mr. Starr had resided in Fort Gaines, GA since 2010 moving there from Ellijay, GA. He had...
Rev. Bobby C. Moye
Feb 25, 2017
Rev. Bobby C. Moye, 83, of Albany, GA, died February 25, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Tom Pollock, Rev. Bobby Harrell and Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg City Cemetery.A native of Soperton, GA born to the late Dewey...
Danny J. Hatcher
Feb 24, 2017
Danny J. Hatcher, 68, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Brother Rickey Griner will officiate.Mr. Hatcher was born in Albany, GA, and had resided here his entire life. Danny was a veteran and served in the...
Whitney Blake Strickland
Feb 24, 2017
Whitney Blake Strickland, 33, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, February 24, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Eidson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Whitney was a life-long resident of Albany, GA and Lee Co., GA. She was graduate of...
Davest L. (Kip) Hardin, Jr
Feb 22, 2017
Davest L. (Kip) Hardin, Jr., 61, of Albany, GA, died February 22, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Bush and Sandy Hilton-Jacob will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the funeral services at the funeral home.Kip was a native of Muscogee County, GA and...
Myra Wanda Morrison
Feb 21, 2017
Myra Wanda Morrison, 92, of Hampton, GA., died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Vitas Hospice- Stockbridge. Graveside funeral services will be held, Friday, February 24, 2017, 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Colquitt, GA., Mrs. Morrison was an emeritus and lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked in retail...
Pearlie Merline Rainey
Feb 20, 2017
Pearlie Merline Rainey, 86, of Albany, GA, died February 20, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Enterprise, AL born to the late Robert and Zula Jones, Mrs. Rainey was married to her late husband, Benjamin Franklin...
Ben Sawyer, Jr
Feb 20, 2017
Ben Sawyer, Jr., 80, of Morgan, GA, died Monday, February 20, 2017 at Miller County Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Morgan Methodist Cemetery. Rev. Chris Holdorf, Rev. David Crowdis, and Rev. Bobby Hall will officiate.A native of Randolph County, GA, Mr. Sawyer grew up in Calhoun County. He was a graduate of...
Billy J. Brown
Feb 19, 2017
Billy J. Brown, 80, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Born in Briceville, TN, to the late Franklin and Martha Brown, Mr. Brown had resided in the Albany area most of...
Michael Freddy Bishop
Feb 18, 2017
Michael "Freddy" Bishop, 62, of Baconton, GA, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends on Monday, February 20, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.Born in Norfolk, VA, Freddy has resided in the Albany area most of his life. He was a graduate of Dougherty High School, class...
Brianna Nicole Layton
Feb 15, 2017
Brianna Nicole Layton, 20 of Albany, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 after a hard fought battle.Her funeral service will be Saturday 2 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.Brianna was born at Phoebe Putney and had lived in the Albany area all of her life. She was a graduate of Baconton Community Charter School where she...
Mary Jenny Smith Yarbrough
Feb 13, 2017
Mary Jenny Smith Yarbrough, 97, of Terrell County GA, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at Pruitt Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Atlanta, GA Mrs. Yarbrough moved to Albany in 1938. She was employed with Bobs Candy and retired...
Rita Ann Wheaton Lesieur
Feb 11, 2017
Rita Ann Wheaton Lesieur, 80, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A funeral mass will be conducted Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Born in Detroit MI., Mrs. Lesieur had resided in Albany since...
Carolyn Louise Downs
Feb 11, 2017
Carolyn Louise Caulder Downs, 71, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul and Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Downs moved to Leesburg, GA twenty years...
Michael L. (Mike) Dykes
Feb 11, 2017
Michael L. (Mike) Dykes, 63 of Lake Blackshear, GA died February 11, 2017 at Crisp Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday February 16, 2017 at 1:00 PM at The First United Methodist Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Dorsia Atkinson, Jr. will officiate. Graveside Committal services will be held on Friday at 2:00 PM...
Wayne A. Apperson
Feb 7, 2017
Wayne A. Apperson, 72, of Lee Co., Ga, died Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Pastor Chris Pollock will officiate. Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Apperson had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1990 moving from Albany, GA and was retired from the...
