Obituaries

Jan 16, 2017

Carmen A. (Dip) Dippolito, 84, of Albany, GA, died January 16, 2017 at Phoebe North Campus. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Carlos Pinzon will officiate.A native of Norristown, PA, Mr. Dippolito was born to the late Anthony and Lucy Dippolito. He graduated from West Catholic High...

Jan 16, 2017

Dorothy Jean Pavy, 87, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral at...

Jan 16, 2017

Belinda Diana Judy, 62 of Albany, died Monday, January 16, 2017 at Pruitt Health- Palmyra.A memorial service will be held at a later date.Belinda worked in the legal field as a legal secretary and later as a legal assistant for approximately 22 years. She was a member of the Albany Legal Secretaries Association, serving three terms as president, as well...

Jan 16, 2017

Pamela Ann Roberts Lloyd, 74, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, January16, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at First Southern Methodist Church. Rev. Fletcher Rawls and Rev. George Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in West Point, GA, Mrs. Lloyd had resided in...

Jan 15, 2017

Joseph B. (Joe) Powell, Jr., 87, of Albany, GA died January 15, 2017. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Porterfield United Methodist Church. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 PM at Fender Cemetery in Lakeland, GA with Rev. Nate Lehman officiating.A native of Lanier County, GA, Mr. Powell was...

Jan 12, 2017

Mildred Joy Spargo, 75, of Newton, GA died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. David Wolfe will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA.Born in Columbus, GA, Mrs. Spargo had resided in Newton, GA for the past seven...

Jan 12, 2017

Elizabeth Hatcher Taliaferro, 74, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Lillian Carter Nursing Home in Plains, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Leesburg, GA, Mrs. Taliaferro had resided in Albany, GA most of her life, retiring from J.C. Penney's as...

Jan 12, 2017

William H. "Bill" Pollard, Jr. of Albany, died Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the Willson Hospice House. His memorial service will be 11 AM Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in the Walden Chapel of First United Methodist Church. Rev. Thad Haygood and Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. A native of Grove Hill, AL, Mr. Pollard grew up in Daphne, AL and...

Jan 11, 2017

Irene Atkinson Cox, 91, of Lee Co., GA, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Seymour Southern Comforts Assisted Living in Bronwood, GA. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Ben Steffens will officiate.Born in Mitchell County, GA, Mrs. Cox had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1964. She was a...

Jan 10, 2017

Mary McCracken Johnson, 89, of Albany, GA, died January 10, 2017 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Pete Daugherty will officiate. Interment will follow in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.Mrs. Johnson was born in Hartsfield, GA to the late Charlie and Alma McCracken. She was raised in Moultrie,...

Jan 9, 2017

Kimberly "Kim" Barfield, 41, of Lee County, GA, died January 9, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Matt Stone will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.Kim was a native of Albany, GA and had resided in Shellman, GA for twelve years before moving to Lee County,...

Jan 9, 2017

Wanda Sue Jones Bridges, 85, of Sasser, GA died Monday, January 9, 2017 at Hawthorn Senior Living in Cuthbert, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday January 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wallace Willis will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Covington, KY on December 30, 1931 to the late William Sanford...

Jan 9, 2017

Jean Garcia, 90, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, January 9th, after a five year struggle with Alzheimer's. At the time of her death, she was at home with her devoted daughter, Anita, at her bedside. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, January 13, 2016 at 10:00 am, at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. The family will...

Jan 4, 2017

Infant Damien Wyatt Thrower died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Monday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.Damien was born December 4, 2016 to Ethan M. Boultinghouse and Tatum N. Thrower of Pelham, GA. He is also survived by paternal grandmother, Veronnica Colllins of Pelham, GA, maternal...

Jan 4, 2017

Jerry Myers Wimberly, 78, of Albany, GA, died January 4, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Muelller and Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate. A private entombment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Jerry was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. She was a member...

Jan 4, 2017

Eva Jane Simmons Feagin, 76, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Lee County Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Harmony Church Cemetery, Meigs, GA.Born in Seattle, WA, Mrs. Feagin had resided in Albany, Ga since...

Jan 3, 2017

Jonathan "Boo" Manriquez, 39, of Leesburg, died Tuesday January 3, 2017 at Emory University Hospital.His memorial service will be Saturday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Paul will officiate.A native of Sylvester Jonathan had lived in Leesburg for a number of years and was the owner operator of Floors and More and was active in youth sports in...

Dec 31, 2016

Julia Frances "JuJu" Jones, 85, of Albany, GA, died December 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Pastor Josh Copron and Pastor Jason Spears will officiate. Born in Thomasville, GA to the late Chovine Cantey Pace and Julia Wooten Pace, Mrs. Jones moved to Albany, GA with...

Dec 29, 2016

William H. "Bill" Hancock, 66, of Baconton, GA, died December 29, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Etheredge will officiate. The United States Marine Corps Honor Guard will provide Military Honors. A native of Moultrie, GA, Bill grew up in Clearwater, FL and moved to...

Dec 28, 2016