Obituaries
Ross Cook
Apr 13, 2016
Ross Cook, 83, of Albany, GA, died April 13, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Committal services will follow at 2:00 PM at Boykin Church of God Cemetery in Miller County, GA.A native of Miller County, GA, born to...
Margie Ellerbe Hamby
Apr 13, 2016
Margie Lenora Hamby, 89, of Albany, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside memorial services will be conducted at Bougainvillea Cemetery, Avon Park, FL, Saturday, May 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.Born in Okeechobee, Florida, February 7, 1927 to James and Nora Flowers. Margie grew up in Avon Park, FL and graduated from Avon...
Carrie Lynn Brooks
Apr 13, 2016
Carrie Lynn Brooks, 43, of Albany, GA passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Albany. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Carrie was born in Livonia, MI and grew up in Albany, GA, graduating from Monroe High School...
Bobby Dean Sadler
Apr 13, 2016
Bobby Dean Sadler, 55, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Bobby attended Dougherty High School. He enjoyed baseball, becoming a certified umpire and worked as a truck driver and self-employed auto maintenance...
Clarice Carden Livingston
Apr 12, 2016
Clarice Carden Livingston of Albany, died Tuesday April 12, 2016 at her residence.Her funeral service will be Saturday 4 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev Ken Chancellor will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.Born in Reform, AL, Mrs. Livingston grew up in Bessemer, AL before moving to Birmingham,...
Dorothy Jean Mathis
Apr 12, 2016
Dorothy Jean Mathis, 72, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roger Tillery and Rev. Terry Mack will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Baldwin, FL, Dorothy had resided in Albany, GA all of her...
Ethelyn Green Runge
Apr 12, 2016
Ethelyn Green Runge, 95, of Albany died Tuesday, April 12 at her residence.Her memorial service will be 11 AM, Saturday, April 16 at Byne Memorial ChurchA native of Madison, Wisconsin, Mrs. Runge had resided in Albany 8 years, and prior to that had lived in St. Petersburg, FL &vicinity some 53 years. She was a joyful, Spirit-filled Christian, serving as...
Allie Elizabeth Jones
Apr 6, 2016
Allie Elizabeth Jones, 13, of Lee County GA, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. E.C. Rowell will officiate. The family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service.Allie, was one of the most beautiful, outgoing and kindest, 13 year...
Cap Perry Turner
Apr 5, 2016
Cap Perry Turner, 77, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at his residence. No funeral services will be held.
Richard Dix Hobbs
Apr 5, 2016
Richard Dix Hobbs, 80, of Lee County, GA, passed away Tuesday, April 05, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 8, 2016 at 11:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn will officiate.Born and raised in Mitchell County Richard moved to Lee County in 1965 and has resided there ever since....
Mary Luthera (Cee) Oakes Raney
Apr 4, 2016
Mary Luthera (Cee) Oakes Raney, 90, of Albany, GA died Monday, April 4, 2016 at Wynfield Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Walt Hobby will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Cee Raney was born in Turner Co., GA on January 27, 1926 to the...
Louise Hopping Bianco
Apr 3, 2016
Louise Hopping Bianco, 83 of Leesburg died Sunday April 3, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House. Her funeral service will be Wednesday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev Melvin Slappey will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service and following the service. Interment will be in Hollywood Memorial Gardens in Hollywood, FL on Friday.Born...
Rita Mae Lloyd
Apr 2, 2016
Rita Peace Lloyd, 69, of Albany, GA, died April 2, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Colquitt, GA, born to the late John David and Johnnie Mae Donley Peace, Rita was raised by her grandparents,...
John Anthony Duke
Apr 2, 2016
John Anthony (Tony) Duke, 35, of Albany, GA, died April 2, 2016 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Eastview Cemetery in Shellman, GA. Pastor Bruce Pittman will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Tony was raised in Albany and Ft. Gaines. He graduated from Randolph County High School in 1998, attended Albany Technical...
Jeffery Charles (Jeff) Cook
Mar 31, 2016
Jeffery Charles (Jeff) Cook, 38, of Lee County, GA, died March 31, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday April 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Brian Marchant will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Jeff grew up in Lee County, GA and graduated from Lee County High...
Joann Odom Watson
Mar 30, 2016
Joann Odom Watson, 66, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Willson Hospice House. Private graveside services will be held at Leesburg Cemetery.Ms. Watson was born in Albany, GA to the late James and Bessie McMillan Odom and had lived in Lee County the majority of her life. She enjoyed fishing and spending time with her grandchildren and...
Eugene (Gene) Freeman, Jr
Mar 27, 2016
Eugene (Gene) Freeman, Jr., 55, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Sam Hartline and Rev. Landon Poulsen will officiate.Born in Fitzgerald, GA, Mr. Freeman had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past fifteen years moving from...
Edwin (Ed) Pinney
Mar 25, 2016
Edwin "Ed" Pinney, 89, of Albany died Friday, March 25, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House.His funeral service will be Monday 3 PM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Chris Turner and Rev. Terry Mack will officiate. The family will receive friends on Monday one hour prior to the service.A native of Stafford, CT, Mr....
Florrie Clark Foreman
Mar 21, 2016
Infant Florrie Clark Foreman, born Tuesday, March 15, 2016 passed away Monday, March 21, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday. Rev. Tim Horne will officiate. Survivors include her parents Chris and Casey Foreman of Albany, GA, Paternal Grandparents Larry and Debbie Foreman of Albany, GA, Maternal Grandparents Ernie and Dale Bowen of...
William Elton Keaton
Mar 21, 2016
William Elton Keaton, 69, of Lee County, Ga, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Le Conte Medical Center in Sevierville, TN. The son of the late William Earl Keaton and Flonnie Day Keaton, Elton was born Oct. 9, 1946 in Bainbridge, Ga. He graduated from Bainbridge High School, class of 1964 and attended Bainbridge Junior College. Following his discharge...
