Obituaries
Earl Wallace Grubbs
Sep 9, 2016
Earl Wallace Grubbs, 89, of Albany, GA, died September 9, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Faron Hamner will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside cemetery. A native of Sylvester, GA, Mr. Grubbs moved to Albany, GA in 1941. He was the owner and...
John B. Turner
Sep 8, 2016
John B. Turner, 78, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Sand Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Rupert, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Ellaville, GA, to the late John William and Ruth Elizabeth Cooper Turner, Mr. Turner graduated from Butler High...
Alicia Akins Price
Sep 8, 2016
Alicia Akins Price, 32, of Smithville, joined her Heavenly Father Thursday, September 8, 2016. She was taken from this earth too soon. She was loved by many and loved everyone. Alicia was born in San Diego, California and was raised in a military family. She settled back home in Leesburg, GA where she graduated from Lee County High School in...
Carol Fletcher Williams
Sep 7, 2016
Carol Fletcher Williams, 68, of Albany, GA died September 7, 2016. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Betty Jackson will officiate. A private family entombment will follow.A native of Albany, GA, Carol graduated from Albany High School in 1966 and received her Bachelor of Education from Valdosta State University. She lived in...
Denise Lee Bauman
Sep 6, 2016
Denise Lee Bauman, 21, of Albany, died Tuesday September 6, 2016 at her residence.The family will receive friends Friday 6 to 8 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.Survivors include her mother, Samantha Curl, Marshallville, sister, Tabitha Driskill, Albany, granny, Dot Parrish, Fort Valley, aunts, Sernca Driskill, Donna Carswell, Camie Edwards, uncles, Donnie Bauman, Ed Bauman, great aunts, Barbara Smith, Lowell Smith...
Jack Russell Middleton
Sep 6, 2016
Jack Russell Middleton, 79, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Fulford will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post #30 will provide military honors.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Middleton had...
James L. Norris, Jr
Sep 4, 2016
James Lee Norris, Jr., 71, of Albany, GA, died September 4, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private graveside funeral service will be held Tuesday at Leesburg Cemetery. A celebration of life service will follow at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Grand Island, NE, Jim moved to Albany, GA with his family...
Phyllis Carpenter Clum
Sep 1, 2016
Phyllis Carpenter Clum, 70, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 5, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs. Clum was born in Marshall, AR, to the late Everett Wayne and Marjorie Massey...
Ramona Patrick Smith
Aug 31, 2016
Ramona Patrick Smith, 64, of Lee County, GA, died August 31, 2016 at Doctor's Hospital of Augusta. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens and Jim Thurman will officiate. Committal services will follow at 3:00 PM at Bertha Dozier Memorial Park Cemetery in Montezuma, GA. A native of...
Shirley Ann Drinkwater
Aug 26, 2016
Shirley Ann Drinkwater, 57, of Leesburg, GA., died Friday, August 26, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Patmos Free Will Baptist Church. The interment will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Curtis Alligood will officiate.A native of Dawson, GA., Mrs. Drinkwater had resided in Leesburg, GA. since 2003 moving...
Dorothy Parrish Hardy
Aug 25, 2016
Dorothy Parrish Hardy died Thursday, August 25, 2016 at her residence in Lee County. Her remains have been cremated and no services are scheduled at this time.A lifelong native of Lee County Mrs. Hardy along with her husband James Thomas Hardy, Sr. owned and operated Hardy Restorations.Survivors include her daughters Tina Marie Tison, Albany, Samantha Lynn Wilson, Lee County, Denise...
Barbara Jean Wright
Aug 25, 2016
Barbara Smith Wright, 75, of Albany, GA passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church, 2806 N Jefferson Street, Albany, GA 31701. Pastor Ken Chancellor will officiate. A graveside commitment will follow in Macon, GA at 4:00 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, 3000 Evergreen Drive,...
Mary Louise Gay Snow
Aug 23, 2016
Mary Louise Gay Snow, 90, of Quitman, GA, died August 23, 2016 at her niece's residence in Leesburg, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Quitman, GA. Rev. Chris Hilliard will officiate.A native of Quitman, GA, Mrs. Snow was born to the late John L. and Elizabeth Gay....
Gayle Francis Cowart
Aug 23, 2016
Gayle Francis Cowart, 73, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. No public services will be conducted.Mrs. Cowart was born in New Orleans, LA to the late Martin Smith and Evelyn Duffy Reynolds. She was the proprietor of Dresses, Inc. and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Cowart enjoyed fashion, was an...
Charles Wayne Hunt
Aug 22, 2016
Charles Wayne Hunt, 83, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, August 22, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church at the Groves, Leesburg, GA. Pastor Ben Steffens will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.Born in Charleston, WV, Mr. Hunt had resided in Albany,...
Joanne Terese Bryan
Aug 19, 2016
Joanne T. Bryan, 65, of Lee County, GA, died August 19, 2016 at her residence. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday at 10:00 AM at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Norwood, MA, Joanne was born to the late John and Gilda Silvi. Joanne moved to the...
Jeanette Marsh Geeslin
Aug 16, 2016
Mrs. Jeanette Marsh Geeslin, 90, passed away on August 16, 2016 at Doctor's Hospice in Fayetteville, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on August 19, 2016 at Crown Hill Cemetery, Albany, GA. Dr. Keith Moore of Dogwood Church in Peachtree City, GA will officiate. Mrs. Geeslin was born April 3, 1926 to Marion and Lena Marsh...
Adam Clark Stegall
Aug 15, 2016
Adam Clark Stegall, 86, of Lee County, died Monday, August 15, 2016 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, August 19, 2016 at 10:00 am at Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Mississippi, Mr. Stegall had resided in Albany and Lee County over forty years. He worked with Carlton Company and Yancey as a truck driver until his retirement. Mr....
Christopher A. Breen
Aug 15, 2016
Christopher A. Breen, 86, of Albany, GA, died August 15, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held August 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.A native of Newark, NJ, born to the late Lawrence and Margaret Breen, Mr....
Billie Louise Keith McDowell
Aug 13, 2016
Billie Louise Keith McDowell, 81, of Baconton, GA, died Saturday, August 13, 2016 at Mitchell County Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery in Leesburg, GA. Rev. Tim Mathews and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Born in Willard NM., Mrs. McDowell had resided in Albany, Ga since 1959 moving...
