Obituaries

Oct 31, 2015

Teresa Diane Smith, 58, of Albany, GA, died October 31, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate.A native of Albany, GA and a lifelong resident of this area, Teresa graduated from Albany Technical College. She was a self-employed accountant and owned and operated...

Oct 31, 2015

Lillie Ivey Watson Elmore, 78, of Lee County, GA, died October 31, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Bishop Allen Bingham and Pastor Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. A native of Hawkinsville,...

Oct 30, 2015

Barbara Ann Thames, 78, of Albany, GA, passed away Friday, October 30, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery.Mrs. Thames was raised in Holden, West Virginia and graduated from Logan High School. Upon...

Oct 29, 2015

Lambert Joseph Suess 86 years old, passed away October 29, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. A private family service was held Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Crown Hill. Lambert was born in Buckman, Minnesota. His parents are the late Frank and Catherine Suess. He was raised on a family farm that included a dairy. They also hunted and fished for...

Oct 28, 2015

David Allen (Little Dave) Wren, Jr., 26, of both Leesburg, GA and Athens, GA died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in a motor vehicle accident. Memorial services will be conducted Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Burke Wren will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Little Dave lived in Lee County and attended Lee County schools. He...

Oct 28, 2015

Joo yon Kim, 68, of Albany, GA, died October 28, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate.Mrs. Kim was born in South Korea on January 7, 1947 and moved to Albany, GA in 1974 from New York, NY. She...

Oct 25, 2015

Emilio Daniel (Pete) Gonzalez, 82, of Worth County, GA, died October 25, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Gordon and Ross Powell will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of New Haven, MI, Mr. Gonzalez was born to the late Felisitos Gonzalez Cantu and...

Oct 25, 2015

James Turner (Jimmy) Terry, 69, of Albany, GA, died October 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 30, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Jimmy was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He was born to the late Guyton Otis Terry, Sr. and...

Oct 24, 2015

Gordon Hitchcock, 96, of Albany, GA, was born on January 17, 1919 and died October 24, 2015. His wife of nearly 75 years, Dora Hitchcock, precedes him in death. Visitation will be held in advance of the Funeral Service on Wednesday, October 28th at Mathews Funeral Home at 10:00 AM. The Funeral Service will begin at 11:00 AM and Rev....

Oct 24, 2015

Teresa Wilder Shipman, 49, of Albany, GA died Saturday, October 24, 2015 in Panama City Fl. A visitation service will be held Thursday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.Raised in Albany, Teresa attended St. Teresa's school and graduated from Westover High School in 1984. She was employed with Pruitt Health at Palmyra retirement home as a...

Oct 24, 2015

Teresa Fulkerson Holmes, 62, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 losing a battle to pancreatic cancer at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Teresa had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1982. She...

Oct 21, 2015

Edna McClendon Clark, 78, a long-time resident of the Albany, GA area went to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Dr. Michael Catt and Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in...

Oct 20, 2015

Dennis James "Griff" Griffin, 42, of Albany, GA, departed this life Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial gathering will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the The Catch Restaurant from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM where the family will receive relatives and friends.Dennis was a native of Philadelphia, PA, then moved to Albany, GA...

Oct 18, 2015

Betty J. Mossburg, 84, of Albany, GA, died October 18, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Kerry Reeves will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service.A native of Baghdad, FL, Mrs. Mossburg spent fifty-six years of her adult...

Oct 16, 2015

Harold Lee Johnson, Jr., 53, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, October 15, 2015 in Viet Nam. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Steve Johnson and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Johnson had resided in Atlanta, GA and Marshville, NC....

Oct 14, 2015

Chester Alvin Smith, Jr, 67, of Leesburg, GA, died October 14, 2015 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 2:00 PM at The Commons Church, 3014 Sylvester Road in Albany, GA. A native of Atlanta, GA, Mr. Smith attended Auburn University before being drafted into the United States Army. He had been a...

Oct 14, 2015

Latrelle Law Lane, 81, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Lane had resided in Albany, GA for the past sixty years moving from Montezuma, GA....

Oct 10, 2015

Richard Roger Moreau, 74, of Lee Co., GA, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Henry Kennedy will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.Born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, Mr. Moreau had resided in Lee Co., GA since 1976...

Oct 7, 2015

Oct 5, 2015

Hazel Virginia Ethridge Slagle, 85, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 5, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Newton, GA, Mrs. Slagle had resided in Albany, GA for sixty six...