Obituaries

Sep 7, 2017

Lake Haden Ellis, 96, of Albany, GA, died September 7, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.

A native of Ellijay, GA, born on October 20, 1920, Mr. Ellis moved to...

Sep 6, 2017

Judson Chester “Chet” Banks, Jr., 74, of Albany, GA, passed away September 6, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Sherwood Baptist Church in the Chapel.  Rev. John Spencer and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate and interment will follow in Pelham City Cemetery, Pelham, GA.

The family will receive...

Sep 6, 2017

Charles Hoyt Gay, 83, of Albany, GA, died September 6, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Central Baptist Church. Rev. Timothy Gay will officiate. Interment will follow in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Terrell County, GA.

Born to the late Charlie and Pauline Nation Gay, Mr. Gay...

Sep 5, 2017

Richard Farris, 93, of Leesburg, GA, died September 5, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 9th at 11:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. A short service will immediately follow at Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Pelham, GA, born to the late Joseph...

Sep 5, 2017

Dr. Ron Bradley Holman, 49, of Leesburg, GA, entered heaven September 5, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Albany, GA. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Ron was born on August 25, 1968 in Decatur, GA. He...

Sep 4, 2017

Franklin D. (Lynn) Mitchell, 84, of Albany, GA, died September 4, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Tuesday September 11, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.  Ross Powell will officiate.

A native of Ashburn, GA, Mr. Mitchell was born to the late George and Maggie Pearl Johnson Mitchell. He was the youngest of...

Aug 31, 2017

Barbara Heuton Cheshire, 66, of Lee County, GA, died August 31, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday September 3, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at the Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Davis Thurman will officiate. A native of Carroll, Iowa, Mrs. Cheshire had resided in Lee Co., GA for the past fifty years. She was retired...

Aug 31, 2017

Mamie Maude Watford Cook, 75, of Albany, GA, died August 31, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church of Albany.  Rev. Thad Haygood, Rev. Scott Stanfill, Rev. Hunter Pugh, Rev. Julianna Cooper and Dr. Matt Mobley will officiate.  A private interment service will follow on Tuesday...

Aug 31, 2017

Grover Cleveland (G.C.) Croft, Jr., 90, of Albany, GA, died August 31, 2017 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Jason Jones and Embree Bolton will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the American Legion Post 30 Honor Guard. A...

Aug 30, 2017

Shirley Hubbard Chance, 82, of Albany, GA, died August 30, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at New Park Cemetery in Fort Gaines, GA. Rev. Michael Williams will officiate.

Born in Calhoun County, GA., Mrs. Chance had resided in Albany since 1996 moving from Bluffton where she was...

Aug 29, 2017

Ruth Horne Karau, 85, of Lee County, died Tuesday August 29, 2017 at her residence.

Her service will be Friday 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Floral Memory Gardens.  Rev. Calvin Smith will officiate.

Born in Leslie, GA, Mrs. Karau was a woman of Christian values and Pentecostal faith.  She retired from McGregor Golf after 30 years. ...

Aug 29, 2017

Sandra Lee Rittenhouse Searcy Shipman, 76, of Leesburg, GA, passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Sandra was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia to the late...

Aug 29, 2017

Edna (Jean) Woods Gunn, 86, of Albany, GA, died August 29, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center.  Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church.  Norman Denny will officiate.  The Men’s Bible Class will serve as Active Pallbearers.  Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. 

A native of Columbus, GA, born to the...

Aug 26, 2017

After 69 years of filling every room he ever entered, Thomas B. Ezell of Albany, GA, died Saturday, August 26, 2017 at home. Born in Tallahassee, FL, Tom was a lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He graduated in 1966 from Dougherty High School. He attended the Citadel briefly and went on to graduate from the University of Georgia. He worked...

Aug 24, 2017

Dorothy Bryant Hamlin, 92, of Parrott, died Thursday, August 24, 2017 at her residence.

Her funeral service will be Sunday 2 PM at Parrott City Cemetery.  Bishop Brad Gleeson, Rev. Chad Ellis and Rev. R. T. Beverly will officiate.

Born in Ft. Valley, GA, Mrs. Hamlin had resided in Parrott for the past 66 years.  She was a member of...

Aug 20, 2017

Aug 19, 2017

On August 19, 2017, Addison Lindsey Short, 23, lost his battle with addiction. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Ministry Center of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. William Collins, Rev. Bruce Pittman and Rev. John Spencer will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at...

Aug 18, 2017

Vivian Breit  Borom, 94, of Albany, GA, died August 18, 2017 at her residence.  Mr. Dave Smoot and The Women of the Moose will conduct Funeral Rites Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 8:00 PM.  Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time at Ransom...

Aug 18, 2017

Dorothy (Dot) Nell Tresslar, 81, of Albany, GA died Friday, August 18, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.

 

Dorothy was born in Ben Hill County, Georgia on October...

Aug 17, 2017

Frances Stoddard Dunn, 94, a resident for many years at Morningside of Albany, Georgia, died on August 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at Gillionville Baptist Church on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:00 PM. The family will be holding private graveside services at the family cemetery in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017...