Obituaries
David Richard Judkins
Aug 26, 2015
David R. Judkins, 77, of Albany, GA, formerly of St. Augustine, FL, died August, 26, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. Rev. Jay Weldon will officiate. Visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:00 PM.A native of South Paris, ME, he was born to the late...
Charles Augustus (Gus) Wiggins
Aug 25, 2015
Charles Augustus (Gus) Wiggins, Sr., 82, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lawrence Wiggins will officiate.Mr. Wiggins was born in Colquitt Co., GA on November 27th in 1932 to Charlie Franklin Wiggins and Pearlie Summerlin Wiggins,...
Harry Arthur (Butch) Peacock
Aug 25, 2015
Harry Arthur (Butch) Peacock, III, 66, of Pensacola, FL, died August 25, 2015 at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, FL of pancreatic cancer. Born and raised in Albany, GA, he was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving honorably in the US Navy and was awarded a National Defense Service Medal. Until retirement, he worked for Digital Equipment Corporation managing...
Stevie E. Etheridge
Aug 25, 2015
Stevie Elbert Etheridge, 63, of Lee County, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His remains have been cremated per his request. The family will have a private memorial service at a later date.Born in Sylvester, GA, Stevie attended schools in Dougherty County before joining the United States Army. He was stationed in Burtonwood England as...
Stephanie Nichole Rumburg
Aug 22, 2015
Stephanie Rumburg, 30, of Fitzgerald, GA formerly of Sylvester, GA died August 22, 2015 at her residence. A visitation will be held Thursday, August 27, 2015, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Albany, GA, Stephanie grew up in Worth County, GA and graduated from Worth County High School in 2005. She was preceded in death...
Betty C. Dietzel
Aug 20, 2015
Betty C. Dietzel, 75, of Sylvester, GA, died August 20, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Brother Kevin Moore will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Xenia, OH, Mrs. Dietzel moved to Albany, GA in 1974 from Ochlocknee, GA and moved to Sylvester,...
Maybelle Gilley McPherson
Aug 19, 2015
Maybelle Gilley McPherson, 72, of Dawson, GA died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, August 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Thomas Michael McPherson will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA.Born in Lee Co., GA, Mrs. McPherson had resided in Dawson, GA for...
Carolyn Lea Pearson
Aug 18, 2015
As the hands of Carolyn Lea Pearson were held and kissed, her husband Jeff relinquished his duties as protector to He that would protect her for all of eternity. Her daughter Sarah continued to speak softly telling her I love you and reminding her of everyone that was in the room.Carolyn Lea Pearson was born February 8, 1965 to Connie...
Henry Vernon Walls, Sr
Aug 18, 2015
Henry V. Walls, Sr., 77, of Sasser, GA, died August 18, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Harris will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Cordele, GA, he was born the youngest of twenty children born to the late Lummie and...
Ronald S. (Ronnie) Ritch
Aug 17, 2015
Ronald S. (Ronnie) Ritch, 66, of Albany, GA, died August 17, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Monday at 6:00 pm at Central Baptist Church. Rev. Greg Davis will officiate.Born in Miami, FL, Ronnie has lived in the Albany area for ten years and was a member of Central Baptist Church. He was preceded...
Raelynn Sydney Huff
Aug 17, 2015
Infant Raelynn Sydney Huff, 2 years of Worth Co., GA died Monday, August 17, 2015 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Survivors include her mother and step-father, Jamie Danielle Jacobs and Lonnie Mark Jacobs, Worth Co., GA, her father, Ryan Sydney Huff, Albany,...
Michael Byron Tabb, Sr
Aug 17, 2015
Michael Byron (Mike) Tabb, Sr., 71, of Leary, GA, went to be with his Savior Monday, August 17, 2015 at his residence. A celebration of his life will be conducted Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Milford Baptist Church. Rev. Preston Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. There will be available a basket to...
Bobby Ray Collins
Aug 15, 2015
Bobby R. Collins, 78, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, August 15, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Allen Bingham will officiate. Mr. Collins was born Oct. 14, 1936 in Albany, GA to the late Oscar Weldon Collins and Cynthia Nadlene Collins.Early in life he...
Shirley Faye Raines
Aug 10, 2015
Faye Daughtry Raines, 76, of Albany, GA, died August 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Albany. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker and Dr. Joel Richardson will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA.A native of Screven County, GA,...
David James Gambrell
Aug 8, 2015
David James Gambrell, 77, of Arabi, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died August 8, 2015. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday, August, 12, 2015 at 9:30 AM at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Cordele, GA. Rev. Scott Winchell will officiate. Interment will follow at 12:00 Noon at Andersonville National Cemetery. The Patriot Riders will escort the funeral procession to...
Pamela D. Sizemore
Aug 7, 2015
Pamela D. Sizemore, 65, of Lee County, GA, entered into eternal life, Friday, August 7, 2015 at her home. Going Home Services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Hagadorn and Rev. Jerry Griffin will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Tracy Sizemore, Micheal Royal, Robert Graham, Brandon Long, Jason Woodward and...
Hurley Edward Davis
Aug 7, 2015
Hurley Edward Davis, 83, of Albany, GA, died August 7, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Marlow, GA, born to the late Lester and Ella Davis, Hurley graduated from Effingham County High School. Mr....
Rebecca Ann Brown
Aug 6, 2015
Rebecca Ann Holley Brown, 86, of Albany, GA, died August 6, 2015 at Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Pastor Casey Bradford and Pastor Jerry Willis will officiate. Interment will follow at Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Decatur Co., GA to the late Willie Ed and Flewellyn Lewis...
Joyce E. Turner
Aug 6, 2015
Joyce E. Turner, 72, of Lee County, GA, died August 6, 2015 at her residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Pastor Todd Sullens will officiate.A native of Lee County, GA, born to the late, Wilbon L. and Verna P. Etheridge, Joyce had lived in the...
Elizabeth D. Williams
Aug 4, 2015
Elizabeth D. Williams, 95, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Americus, GA, Mrs. Williams was born February 5, 1920, to the late Richard A. and Elizabeth Duff. She enjoyed school, graduating as...
