Obituaries
Charles Lee Godwin
Apr 17, 2017
Charles Lee Godwin, 65 of Albany died Monday, April 17, 2017 at his residence.His funeral service will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will be Thursday 3 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery in Muscadine, AL.A native of Haralson County, Mr. Godwin had lived in Albany since 1994. He loved working with wood and...
Jeannette R. Tucker
Apr 14, 2017
Jeannette R. Tucker, 85, of Lee County, GA, died April 14, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Faron Hamner and Minister Eddie Garcia will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs. Tucker was born in Albany, GA on August 1, 1931 to the late Hoyt and...
Ken L. Williams, (Capt., USMC, Ret.)
Apr 13, 2017
Ken L. Williams (Capt., USMC, Ret.), 69, of Albany, GA, passed away April 13 2017 at his residence. The family will visit at Mathews Funeral Home on Saturday, April 15, 2017 from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM. Committal services will be held Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate. Military Honors will...
Paula Rodgers Mathews
Apr 13, 2017
Paula Rogers Mathews, 61, of Lee County, GA, died April 13, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Paula was born in Topeka, KS to the late James and Patricia Rogers. Being part of a military family, she lived...
Albert ""Keith"" Phillips
Apr 11, 2017
Albert "Keith" Phillips, 51, of Albany, GA, died April 11, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. By Keith's request his body has been cremated. The family will hold a private memorial service at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery at a later date. Keith's uncle Paschal will officiate. Keith was born September 11, 1965 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to his surviving...
John ""Billy"" Bass
Apr 10, 2017
John "Billy" Bass, 57, of Albany, GA, died April 10, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Red Oak Cemetery in Worth County, GA.Billy was born on July 27, 1959 in Albany, GA to the late J.W. and Nadine Cox Bass. He...
James A. (Jimmy) Rogers, Jr
Apr 8, 2017
James A. (Jimmy) Rogers, Jr., of Georgetown, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died peacefully in his home on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Jimmy was born on May 11, 1935 in Albany, GA. He married his sweetheart, Celia Davis in 1952. He served in the Army National Guard for ten years. He retired from Four Points Grocery in 1976, after which...
Pat Lambert
Apr 8, 2017
Pat Lambert, 79, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Morningside Assisted Living. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, April 17, 2017at 2:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist church. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.Born in Quincy, FL., Mr. Lambert had resided in Albany,...
Craig Steven Mathis
Apr 7, 2017
Craig Steven Mathis, 55, of Newton, GA died Friday, April 7, 2017 at his residence. A celebration of life service will be held Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church. Pastor Danny Evans, Judge Jim Thurman, and Mr. Don Dellinger will officiate.Born in Macon, GA, Mr. Mathis had resided in Albany, GA most of his life...
Sara Carroll Taylor
Apr 6, 2017
Sara Carroll Taylor 88, of Albany, died Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation.Her service will be Monday 11 a.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church with interment at 3:30 p.m. in Bethlehem Church Cemetery, Fitzgerald, GA. Rev. Greg Carroll and Rev. Kerry Reeves will officiate.A native of Fitzgerald Mrs. Taylor had lived in Albany since 1966. She...
Daniel Wiliam Roberts
Apr 6, 2017
Daniel William RobertsMarch 15, 1946 - April 6, 2017Daniel William Roberts, 71, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, April 10 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Mike Lawson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Alma, GA,...
Wanda Davis Kimsey
Apr 4, 2017
Wanda Davis Kimsey, 57, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, April 7, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Kimsey had resided in Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA all of her life. She was formerly employed with...
Amanda Wade
Apr 2, 2017
Amanda Wade, 29, of Lee County GA, died Sunday April 2, 2017 from injuries sustained from an automobile accident in route home from Panama City, FL. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Lawson will officiate.Amanda was born September 4, 1987 in Albany, GA. She grew up in Albany and Lee County,...
Gerald F. Kirksey
Apr 1, 2017
Gerald F. Kirksey, 87, beloved husband and father passed away April 1, 2017, at Willson Hospice House. The family welcomes friends to the funeral services on Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Sherwood Baptist Church chapel. Dr. Michael C. Catt and Dr. Stephen Johnson will officiate. Visitation will be held before the service from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM in the...
Ouida Aldrich Henderson
Mar 31, 2017
Ouida Aldrich Henderson of Albany GA passed away Friday (March 31. 2017) at her home. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 7, 2017 at 11:00 with viewing at 10:00 at the Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate.Mrs. Henderson was born to Floyd and Arabel Aldrich of Patterson Georgia on September 17, 1934. She was a "long...
Glinda Diane Sizemore
Mar 30, 2017
Diane Sizemore, 63, of Albany, GA formerly of Vada, GA passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at her residence, her loved ones by her side. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Jim Naylor, Thd. Rev. A.B. Stroud, and Rev. Marion Sizemore will officiate. Interment service will follow...
Marilee Walters
Mar 29, 2017
Marilee Walters, 95, of Morgan, Ga passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Albany, GA.At her request there will be no service, and she will be cremated. Mrs. Walters was born in Wichita, KS to parents Lawrence and Myrtle Combs (Smith) on Feb 21, 1922. She married Don E. Walters, and to this union two children were born, David and...
Catherine Childress Harvard
Mar 28, 2017
Catherine Childress Harvard, 93, of Montezuma, Georgia passed away on March 28, 2017. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Montezuma United Methodist Church. Rev. Nancylee Cater and Dr. Tony Caldwell will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM in the Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville, GA with Military Honors. She was born in Indianola, Mississippi on...
Levon (Bubba) Willingham
Mar 28, 2017
Levon (Bubba) Willingham, 81, of Albany, GA, died March 28, 2017 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at Funston Cemetery in Funston, GA. Rev. Henry Kennedy will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA born to the late Julius and Hattie Willingham, Mr. Willingham grew up in Mitchell County and moved to Albany, GA...
