Obituaries
Robert Gardner
Jun 17, 2016
Robert Gardner, 70, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Robert joined the United States Navy and served his country for four years....
Joanne Bryant Webb
Jun 13, 2016
Joanne Bryant Webb, 79, of Albany, GA, died Monday, June 13, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Hurley and Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Garden Cemetery.Joanne was born in Buckhead, Morgan County, GA, on August 16, 1936. After graduating...
Barbara Carden Burgess
Jun 10, 2016
Mrs. Barbara Carden Burgess, 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on June 10, 2016, in her home at Sunrise Assisted Living in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Private funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.The daughter of the...
Linda Everson Kidd
Jun 9, 2016
Linda Everson Kidd, 70, of Lee County, GA, died June 9, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Evangelist Gail Morrill will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA, born to the late, A. D. Everson and Susie Blunt Everson, Linda grew up in Albany, GA. She graduated from Dougherty...
Andriana Link
Jun 8, 2016
Adriana "Andi" Page Link, 65, of Leesburg, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at her residence.Her memorial service will be Saturday 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Mathews Funeral Home.Born June 9, 1950 in Portsmouth, VA to Herman Ray and Jacqueline Webb Marbry, Mrs. Link had lived in Lee...
Whitney Ann Adams
Jun 8, 2016
Whitney Ann Adams, 51, of Lee County GA, passed away June 8, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 10, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Father Ray Levreault will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Royal Oak, MI, Whitney moved to Lee County in 1989. She was a homemaker...
Catherine Elizabeth (Beth) Teixeira
Jun 8, 2016
Catherine Elizabeth "Beth" Roberts Teixeira, 61, of Albany died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at her residence. A memorial service will be Monday 10 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. The family will receive friends following the memorial service.Born in Columbus, GA, Beth was raised in Albany and graduated from Dougherty High School in 1972. She was...
Aubrey Melvin Craft, Sr
Jun 6, 2016
Aubrey Melvin Craft, Sr., 83, of Albany, GA, died June 6, 2016 at Evergreen Assisted Living Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church. Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Patmos, a Mr. Craft was raised in Arlington, GA and graduated from Arlington High School in 1950....
Richard Allan Menton, Sr
Jun 4, 2016
Richard Allan Menton, Sr., 64 of Lee Co., GA, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2016 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with military honors.Born in Longview, WA, Mr. Menton was a retired truck driver with Reeves Construction Co., and a veteran of the Vietnam War...
Phillip L. (Phil) Davis
Jun 3, 2016
Phillip L. (Phil) Davis, 58, of Thomasville, GA formerly Albany, GA, died June 3, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at the Poulan United Methodist Church. Rev. Alan Miller will officiate. Pallbearers will be Sam Knighton, Cody Rogers, Buck Rogers, Doyle Rogers, Johnny Houston and Cody Gable. Interment will follow in the Poulan...
Lillian Kimbrel Allen
Jun 1, 2016
Lillian Kimbrel Allen, 84, of Leary, GA, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at her daughter's residence in Leary, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. Preston Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leary City Cemetery.Born in Arlington, GA, Mrs. Allen had resided in Leary for...
Marilyn Murphy Bullington
Jun 1, 2016
Marilyn Murphy Bullington, 68, of Lee County, GA, died June 1, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Atlanta, GA, born to the late James and Billie Anne Murphy, Marilyn grew up in...
Wayne Albert Markoski
Jun 1, 2016
Wayne Albert Markoski, 71, of Leesburg, GA passed away, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, June 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Services will conclude with the Albany Police Honor Guard.Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Wayne joined the United States Army in 1963 to...
Mary Gail Stringer
May 31, 2016
Mary Gail Stringer, 62, of Albany, GA, died May 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A visitation will be held Friday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM at the family plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery (Thomasville, GA.)Gail was a native of...
Robert Eugene Church
May 31, 2016
Bob E. Church, 75, of Lee County, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Dr. Todd Sullens will officiate.Born in Fort Wayne Indiana, Bob has resided in Lee County for the past ten years. Bob retired...
Charlotte Mayo Willliams
May 31, 2016
Charlotte Mayo Williams, 69, of Albany, GA formerly of Wrightsville, GA, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at East Albany Church of God. Pastor Josh Toomey will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at West View Cemetery, Wrightsville, GA.Born in Gulf Port, MS, Mrs. Williams...
Hugh Morgan Hays
May 31, 2016
Hugh Morgan Hays, 65, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at his residence. The family will hold a memorial service Saturday at 11:00 AM at Kamp Kirksey, 2416 Kirksey Road, Albany, GA 31705. Rev. Bruce English will officiate.Born in Thomasville, GA, Hugh grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1969. He attended...
Helen Jenkins Farris Whatley
May 29, 2016
Helen Jenkins Farris Whatley, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, SC formerly of Americus, GA, died May 29, 2016 at East Cooper Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:00 PM at the Mt. Zion-St. Luke Lutheran Church. Pastor Barb Koch will officiate and Joe Smith will give the eulogy. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Andersonville,...
Vera Carter King
May 29, 2016
Vera Carter King of Albany, GA died Sunday, May 29, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home, Albany, GA. Rev. Jeff Cook will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. (EST) at Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co., AL, (approx. three to five...
Clarice Marie Brady
May 28, 2016
Clarice Marie Brady, 84, of Leesburg GA passed away Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service, Funeral will be held Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Albany, GA. Father Raymond Levreault will officiate.Clarice was born in Philadelphia PA, she graduated from Saint John's High School, Philadelphia is also where she met...
