Obituaries
Marvin Clayton Bryant
Feb 5, 2017
Marvin C. Bryant, 80, of Bronwood, GA, died February 5, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Morgan, GA, born to the late Irvin and Lourie Bryant, Mr. Bryant grew up in Terrell County,...
Gail Davis Padgett
Feb 5, 2017
Gail Davis Padgett, 74 of Worth County, died Sunday February 5, 2017 at her residence. Her memorial service will be Thursday 6:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bud Womack will officiate. A native of Savannah Mrs. Padgett lived in the Worth County area most of her life. She was a retired bookkeeper with First State Bank. She was preceded...
Anneliese Haynes
Feb 4, 2017
Anneliese Haynes, 76, of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 4, 2017 at her residence. No public memorial services are planned at this time.Born in Berlin, Germany, Ms. Haynes has lived in Albany for one year, coming from Gwinnett County, GA. She was a human resource officer for Gold Kist. She was dearly loved by her family and friends. Survivors include...
James Howard Cason
Feb 3, 2017
James Howard Cason, (1st. Lt., USMC, Ret), 85, of Albany, GA died February 3, 2017 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Barnhardt and Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Interment will follow in Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery in Adel, GA with Military Honors provided by the...
James Willis Daughtry
Feb 3, 2017
James Willis Daughtry, 78, of Albany, GA passed away Friday, February 3, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Rev. Larry Daughtry, Jr. and Rev. Joe Poitevent, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA and a life-long resident,...
Mary Marie Golden
Feb 3, 2017
Mary Marie Golden, 79, of Albany, GA, died February 3, 2017 at Wynfield Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Keith Smith and Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Berrien County, GA born to the late Vernon and Mizzie...
W. C. Webb, Jr
Jan 31, 2017
W.C. Webb, Jr., 66, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died January, 31, 2017 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM at The First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Ken Myers and Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Crown Hill Mausoleum.A native of Ocala,...
Lucille Smith Leland
Jan 30, 2017
Lucille Smith Leland, 91, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 10, 2017, at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate.Born in Chowchilla, CA, Mrs. Leland spent most of her adult life in the Springfield and Eugene area of Oregon....
Larry Wilson
Jan 30, 2017
Larry Wilson, 76, of Albany, GA, died January 30, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at the Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Dr. Michael C. Catt, Rev. John Spencer, and Rev. David Smith will officiate. Committal services follow at 3:00 PM at Oakland Cemetery in Tallahassee, FL. A native of Decatur, County, GA, Mr....
Kimberly (Kim) Davis Anglin
Jan 28, 2017
Kimberly (Kim) Davis Anglin, 50, of Lee Co., GA, died Saturday, January 28, 2017 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Terry Smithson will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Anglin had resided in Turner Co., GA for several years before moving to Lee Co., GA fifteen years...
Helen Jeanette Crowell Goff
Jan 25, 2017
Helen Jeanette Crowell Goff, 88 of Albany will be held at 11:00 AM Friday January 27, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. A private interment will held following at Crown Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday 10:00 to 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.Helen died Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House...
Rhea Squires Gompf
Jan 24, 2017
Rhea Squires Gompf, 89, died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Lee County Health and Rehab. Graveside services will be conducted Monday, January 30, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate.Born in El Reno, OK, Mrs. Gompf had resided in Albany, GA since 2011. She was a retired nurse and a member of First...
Henry ""Hank"" Garner, Jr
Jan 21, 2017
Henry "Hank" Garner, Jr., (MSgt USAF, Ret), 81, of Sasser, GA, died January 21, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Pastor Steve Youngblood will officiate. The United States Air Force Honor will provide Military Honors. Charlie Carver, Mike Morgan, Ed Walls, Kenny Sproul, Tom Arthurs,...
Nell Jennings Wall
Jan 21, 2017
Nell Jennings Wall, 97, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 25, 2016 at 11:00 am at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. Coker will officiate. A private interment will follow in Tazewell Cemetery.Mrs. Wall was born January 26, 1919 in Orangeburg, SC, to the late Mr....
Ruby Smith Drinkwater
Jan 21, 2017
Ruby Smith Drinkwater, 97, of Morgan, GA, passed away January 21, 2017 at Morningside Assisted Living in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 11:00 am at New Light Free Will Baptist Church, Morgan, GA. Rev. Watson McKemie, Rev. Mike McAfee and Rev. Joe Murkerson will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Born...
Susan Kay Hardee
Jan 21, 2017
Susan Kay Hardee, 56, of Lee County, GA, died January 21, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Christ United Methodist Church. Rev. Jeff Cook will officiate.A native of Troy, MO, Susan grew up there and graduated from Buchannan High School in 1978 and received her Bachelor Degree from Culver-Stockton...
Sarah Tappan King Mitchell
Jan 20, 2017
Sarah Tappan King Mitchell (1923 - 2017) passed peacefully from this life into her heavenly home, Friday January 20, 2017. Born in Sandersville, GA and raised in White Plains, GA, she lived in Albany, GA for most of her life. She was a long time member of Byne Memorial Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday School and Bible...
Kelley Leigh Pickett
Jan 19, 2017
Kelley Leigh Pickett, 58, of Albany, GA died January 19, 2017 at her residence. She was a kind, beautiful and amazing Grams, mother, Aunt, daughter, sister and friend who never laid judgement on a soul and showed compassion and unconditional love to all. A visitation will be held January 28, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the home...
Annette Priscilla Shadburn
Jan 19, 2017
Annette P. Shadburn, 65, of Albany, GA, died January 19, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Sylvester, GA, born to the late Ammonette and Lula Porter, Annette lived in Albany, GA most of...
Cheryl Ann Knaak
Jan 17, 2017
Cheryl Ann Knaak, 72, of Cobb, GA, died January 17, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Cheryl was born in Reno, Nevada on June 30, 1944, daughter of the late Walter and Hazel West. She moved...
