Obituaries
Hildegard Kobler Bentley
Oct 3, 2015
Hildegard K. "Miss Hildy" Bentley, 88, of Americus, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died October 3, 2015 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, October 16, 2015 at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate.A native of Zurich, Switzerland, Mrs. Bentley was born on May 29, 1927 and had resided in the...
Patti Ann Barwick
Oct 3, 2015
Patti Ann Barwick, 49, of Sylvester, GA, died October 3, 2015 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Paul Payne and Ross Powell will officiate. A native of Colquitt, GA, Patti graduated from Miller County High School and received her Master's Degree from Valdosta State University. She had lived in...
Gary Lee Astolos
Oct 2, 2015
Gary Lee Astolos, 65, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No formal funeral services will be held. Mr. Astolos desired to be cremated and his urn will be placed next to his late wife Betty Jane Stephens Astolos in Crown Hill Cemetery.Gary was born and raised in Saltsburg, PA, and served in the...
Maggie W. Redding
Oct 2, 2015
Maggie W. Redding 70, of Albany, GA, died October 2, 2015 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Wayne Roe will officiate.A native of Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Redding was born to the late Thomas and Ruby Martin and graduated from Moultrie High School. She moved to Albany, GA in...
Betty Jean Craft
Oct 2, 2015
Betty Jean Craft, 74, of Albany, GA, died October 2, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church. Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Edison, GA, born to Emmett and Vadye Stevens, Mrs. Craft graduated from Edison High School in 1959 and...
Robert Neil Hall
Sep 30, 2015
Robert N. Hall (MSG, US Army, Ret.) 60, of Bronwood, GA died September 30, 2015 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Todd Sullens will officiate. A native of Cordele, GA, Robert grew up in Bronwood, GA and graduated from Terrell Academy in 1973. He joined...
Jim Calvin Paul
Sep 30, 2015
Jim Calvin Paul, 86, of Lee Co., GA died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at New Light Free Will Baptist Church, Morgan, GA. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.Born in Morgan, GA, Mr. Paul had resided in resided...
Roy Heyman Eubanks
Sep 29, 2015
Roy Heyman Eubanks, 78, of Albany, GA, died September 29, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Cuthbert, GA, Mr. Eubanks grew up in Bluffton, GA and graduated from Clay County High School and...
Bertha J. Pressley Diaz
Sep 27, 2015
Bertha J. Pressley Diaz, 72, of Linden Hurst, NY, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away September 27, 2015 at Central Island Healthcare in Oyster Bay, NY. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Tift Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Tifton, GA. Mrs. Lisa Lawson will officiate. Born and raised in Tifton, GA Bertha...
Michael David (Mike) Summerall
Sep 27, 2015
Michael David (Mike) Summerall, 41, of Lee Co., GA, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Worth Co., GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Albany, GA. Pastor Jason Spears and Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mike had resided...
Clyde Everette Lane
Sep 27, 2015
Clyde Everette Lane, (Major USMC, Ret.), 82, of Albany, GA, died September 27, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Albany. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. A committal service will follow at 5:00 PM in the Screven Memorial Cemetery in Sylvania, GA. Dr. Timothy Lane will...
Irma Nell Bynum Pierce
Sep 24, 2015
Irma Nell Pierce, 72, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Pruitt Health Center in Albany, GA. A celebration of life at which the family will receive family and friends will be held Saturday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.Born in Doerun, GA to the late Roy and Marie Harrell Bynum, Ms. Pierce moved...
Grady Adolph Hepner, Sr
Sep 24, 2015
Grady Adolph Hepner, Sr., 37, of Albany, GA died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 28, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Billy Lillis will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Hepner had resided in Albany, GA all of his life. He...
Irma Nell Pierce
Sep 24, 2015
Irma Nell Pierce, 72, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at PruittHealth Center in Albany, GA. A celebration of life at which the family will receive family and friends will be held Saturday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.Born in Doerun, GA to the late Roy and Marie Harrell Bynum, Ms. Pierce moved to...
Michael Lee (Mike) Cox
Sep 22, 2015
Michael Lee (Mike) Cox, 55, of Milledgeville, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Navicent Medical Center in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Carl R. Felts will officiate. Interment will follow in County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Stewart Co., GA.Throughout Mike's childhood...
Alan (Al) V. Jamison
Sep 21, 2015
Alan V. (Al) Jamison, 73 of Albany, GA, died September 21, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeremy Lokey will officiate and The Elks Lodge # 713 will provide Funeral Rites. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with the American Legion Post # 30 providing Military Honors....
Edwin (Ed) B. Harris
Sep 20, 2015
Edwin B. (Ed) Harris, 85, of Lee County, GA, died September 20, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Kimball Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA, Mr. Harris served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He...
Lamar B. Cannon
Sep 20, 2015
Lamar B. Cannon, 88, of Albany, GA, died September 20, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Leesburg, GA, Mr. Cannon was born to the late James Bartow Cannon and Lois Smith Cannon. He graduated from Emory at Oxford and attended Auburn University...
Eric Felix Allman
Sep 16, 2015
Eric Felix Allman, 59, of Rome, GA, died Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015 at Kindred Hospital. The family will receive friends Sunday from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home located at 3206 Gillionville Rd Albany, Georgia. A graveside service will be held Monday at Salem Seminole Cemetery in Desser, GA at 11:00 AM.Born in El Paso, TX to...
Ruby Ann Fulton
Sep 15, 2015
Ruby Ann Fulton, 84, of Lee County, GA, died September 15, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate and The Order of The Eastern Star will perform their service. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of New Market, TN, Mrs. Fulton moved...
