Obituaries
Ray Eugene Tucker
Mar 12, 2024
Ray Eugene Tucker of Albany, GA., 81 died Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Pruitt Health Sylvester.
A graveside service will be held Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:00 am at Live Oak Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Mr. Tucker was born in Newton, GA. He was a peanut farmer and enjoyed going to auctions to purchase equipment to...
Billie Cowart Kirksey
Mar 11, 2024
Billie Cowart Kirksey, 95, of Albany, GA died March 11, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Patrick Sebesta will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Kirksey was born on January 24, 1929 in Colquitt, GA to Stephen and Louella Tiner Cowart....
Terri Richardson Barrett
Mar 10, 2024
Terri Richardson Barrett, 63, of Leesburg, GA, died March 10, 2024 at The Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held, Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Shane Mullins will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Terri was born in Albany, GA on September 29, 1960 to the late Frank M. and Alma Richardson,...
George Lee Baker
Mar 9, 2024
George Lee Baker, 63, of Leesburg, GA passed away Saturday March 9, 2024 at his residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Lewis and Rev. Olen Cain will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.George was born in Miami, FL to Jack and Mitzie Baker. He received his...
Betty Jean Everson
Mar 8, 2024
Betty Jean Mock Everson, 86, peacefully passed away Friday March 8, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.Betty was born on November 29, 1937 in Miller County Georgia to the late Lee Roy...
Jessica H. & Julianna D. Thompson
Mar 7, 2024
Jessica Lynn Thompson, 41, and Julianna “JuJu” Denise Thompson, 17, mother and daughter, died March 7, 2024 at their residence in Smithville, GA. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home, visitation will begin at 1:00pm. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Mitchell County.
Jessica was born in...
Jennifer Ann Vonier
Mar 7, 2024
Jennifer Ann Vonier of Smithville, GA., died Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. She will be cremated with no formal services held at the time.
Jennifer was born in Lansing, MI., to the late Jerry and Margaret Caldwell. She was a hard worker and never could sit still. Even though she was in a wheelchair it did not stop...
Nina Elise Pearson Glass
Mar 7, 2024
Nina Elise Pearson Glass, 73, of Baconton, GA passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral arrangements at this time are incomplete.Mrs. Glass was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Moree Pearson and Eula Mae Butts Pearson and siblings, Beverly Starling, Gloria Jean Burns and Randolph Edward Pearson.Survivors include her children, Cherri Glass Holloway (Tom), George...
James Edward Reynolds
Mar 6, 2024
James Edward Reynolds, 62, of Sylvester, GA., died Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at his residence. He will be cremated, with no services being held at this time.
Born in Japan to Charles and Emogene Reynolds, Jimmy retired from Tara Foods after many years of service.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ahn Reynolds, his father Charles Farrell Reynolds, Sr. and...
Marion Eve Paul
Mar 4, 2024
Marion Eve Paul, 65, of Lee County, GA, died March 4, 2024 at The Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, March 8, 2024 at 11:00 am at Leesburg Cemetery. Mr. Eddie Meeks will officiate.
Eve was born in Cuthbert, GA to Herman Marcus and Marion June Hilton. She grew up in Shellman, graduated from Randolph Southern School...
Kenny Lee Parker
Mar 4, 2024
Kenny Lee Parker, 65, of Albany, GA died March 4, 2024 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 pm in the Chapel at Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Kenny was born in Albany, GA on October 16, 1958 to Gratten and Elsie Parker, Sr. He grew...
William Vincent Blanton
Mar 2, 2024
William Vincent Blanton, 71 of Albany, GA, died Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. His ashes were spread at Dickey Presbyterian Church cemetery where many of his ancestors are buried.
Vincent was born in Clinton, SC, to William (Doug) and Jeannette Davis Blanton (Robinson). He grew up in Texas but spent most of his life in South Georgia....
Richard Benard Huiras
Mar 1, 2024
Richard Benard Huiras, 65, of Leesburg, GA passed away Friday, March 1, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at The Vine, 242 Walnut Street Leesburg, GA. Rev. Jamie Baggett will officiate.Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard M. Huiras and Shirley Carol Elsberry Huiras, a brother,...
Kendell W. Pressley
Mar 1, 2024
Kendell Pressley, 67, of Lee County, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024 at his residence.
His memorial service will be 3:00 PM, Monday, March 4, 2024 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Aaron McCulley will officiate.
Born in San Antonio, TX, Kendell had spent most of his life in Lee County. He worked with Glass Service Center for a number of years...
Talmadge Dewitt "Buddy" Jarrell, II
Feb 29, 2024
Talmadge Dewitt “Buddy” Jarrell, II, 79, of Warwick, GA, died February 29, 2024 at his residence. A graveside entombment service will be held Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:00 pm at The Butler Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Justin Kirksey will officiate.
Buddy was born in Americus, GA on November 25, 1944 to Woodrow Wilson Jarrell, Sr and Virginia Brooks Jarrell. He grew...
Richard "Dick" Warren Guilds
Feb 28, 2024
Richard “Dick” Warren Guilds, 80, of Lee County, GA., died Wednesday, February 28, 2024. A memorial service will be held Monday, March 4, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Chad Ellis will officiate.
Mr. Guilds was born in Cass City, MI to the late Warren and Elenor Guilds. Dick served his country in the...
Houston Ray Cannon, Sr.
Feb 28, 2024
Houston Ray Cannon, Sr. 85, of Albany, passed away surrounded by his family at his home on County Line Rd.
His funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Monday March 4, 2024 at First Baptist Church of Putney with Rev. Danny Evans officiating. Interment will be at 3:00 PM, Monday, March 4, 2024 at Roberts Cemetery in Miller County.
Ray was born, August...
Kathy Spires
Feb 24, 2024
Margaret Katherine “Maw Maw” Spires,53, of Lee County, GA, died February 24, 2024 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.
Kathy was born in Albany, GA on October 15, 1970 to Walter and Peggy Mainor. She lived in the Albany area most...
Brother Donny G. Nix
Feb 24, 2024
Brother Donny G. Nix, 72, of Albany, GA, died February 24, 2024 at Tift Regional Health Care. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 1, 2024 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Randolph Pate will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Donny was born in Butler, AL on December 9, 1951 to Hugo and Beatrice Nix....
Kathleen Maiden Lawson
Feb 23, 2024
Kathleen Maiden Lawson, age 86, of Oakfield passed away Friday, February 23, 2024, surrounded by her family. Kathleen was born in Whitley County, Kentucky she was a daughter of the late George Craig Maiden and the late Georgia Ann Sears Maiden. She married her late husband Carl Kearny Lawson, Sr. Kathleen was a Navy wife, and they settled their family in Sylvester, GA...
