Obituaries
Patsy Pauline Vaughan
Mar 18, 2016
Patsy Pauline Vaughan, 74, of Kingsport, TN formerly of Albany, GA died March 18, 2016 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Kingsport, TN, Mrs. Vaughan had lived in Atlanta, GA and Albany,...
Clara Helen Shaw
Mar 18, 2016
Clara "Helen" Wingate Shaw, 84, of Albany, GA passed away Friday March 18, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 4:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Helen was born in Doerun and had resided in Albany most of her adult life. She was retired from civil service. After retirement...
Billy H. Stinson
Mar 17, 2016
Billy H. Stinson, 60, of Edison, GA, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at New Light Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Crowdis and Rev. Jackie Williams officiating.Billy was born to the late Earnest Harold Stinson and Mary Louise McGee...
Lucinda Toson Payton
Mar 10, 2016
Lucinda Toson Payton, 76, of Albany, GA, died March 10, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dan James will officiate.A native of Newton, GA, born to Freddie Lee Toson and the late Alma MacFarland Toson, Mrs. Payton moved to Albany, GA in 1964....
Joy Gwenette Eubanks
Mar 8, 2016
Joy G. Eubanks, 67, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg City Cemetery. Dr. Todd Sullens and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Born in Edison, GA, Mrs. Eubanks had resided in Leesburg, GA. She was a homemaker, a member of the Sunday...
Anna Laura Gordon (Teenie) Haire
Mar 7, 2016
Anna Laura Gordon (Tennie) Haire, 89, passed from this earthly life to her eternal home in Heaven on Monday, March 7, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Haire was born...
Richard Douglas Bryant
Mar 5, 2016
Richard Douglas (Rick) Bryant, 70, of Lake Blackshear, GA, died March 5, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. A private interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Dublin, GA, born to the late Richard and Jean Phillips Bryant, Rick grew...
Jimmy E. (Jim) Adam
Mar 4, 2016
Jimmy E. (Jim) Adam, (MSgt, USMC, Ret), 77, of Leesburg, GA, died March 4, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:00 PM at the Hasan Shrine Center in Albany, GA. Rev. Stan Glass will officiate. Tri- County Memorial Club will provide Masonic Rites and the United States Marine Corps will provide Military Honors....
Dorothy Elaine Paul Parker
Mar 3, 2016
Dorothy Elaine Paul Parker, 94, of Leesburg, GA, died March 3, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center.A native of Fall River, MA, Mrs. Parker moved to Leesburg, GA in 2010 to be closer to her family. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Guy R. Parker.Survivors include her daughter, Carol Rothwell of Leesburg, GA, a son, Bryant...
Billy G. Turner
Mar 3, 2016
Billy Gene Turner, 77, of Cochran, GA formerly of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Bleckley Memorial Hospital in Cochran, GA. Funeral services will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on Thursday at 11:00 AM. Pastor Ralph Horne will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Born June 24, 1938 in Steele, MO, he was the...
Ida Ruth Moreland Murphy
Mar 2, 2016
Ida Ruth Moreland Murphy, age 92, died March 2, 2016 at her home. Funeral services will be held at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church at 2:00 PM Saturday. Reverend Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. Interment will follow at 4:30 PM at Westview Cemetery in Moultrie. Reverend Mark Addington will officiate.Ida was born on May 10, 1923 in Leesburg. She graduated...
Earl Wall
Mar 2, 2016
Earl Wall, 91, of Albany, GA, died March 2, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ronnie Kinsaul will officiate. Tri County Memorial Club will provided Masonic Rites. Interment will follow in Mars Hill Cemetery in Edison, GA with Military Honors provided by The United States Marine...
Ethel Ward
Mar 2, 2016
Mrs. Ethel "Sally" Ward, 90 of Albany died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Bethany Hospice in Auburn, AL. Her funeral service will be 4 PM Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Mathews Funeral Home. A native of Auburn,...
Wiley Terrell Pierce
Feb 29, 2016
Wiley Terrell (Bubba) Pierce, 88, of Albany, GA, died Monday, February 29, 2016, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital North Campus. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Debbie Cone and Rev. Ken Myers will officiate.Born in Camilla, GA, Mr. Pierce had resided in Albany, GA since 1947. He had...
Dennis Brown Rawls, Jr
Feb 26, 2016
Dennis Brown Rawls Jr., age 91, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 in Albany, GA at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William D. "Biff" Coker and Mr. Carl Barnhardt will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow Wednesday at...
Ella Catherine Sizemore
Feb 24, 2016
Ella Catherine Sizemore, 76, of Thomasville, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Thomasville, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Donnie G. Nix will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Rochelle, GA, Mrs. Sizemore had resided in...
Christine Kierce Hughes
Feb 24, 2016
Christine Kierce Hughes, 88, of Albany, GA, passed away, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 26, 2016 at 3:00pm at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Norman Denny will officiate.Born in Mitchell County to the late Rudolph and Rosie Kierce, Christine had resided in Albany for most of her adult life. Mrs. Hughes...
Perley E. Eppley, Sr
Feb 23, 2016
Perley Eppley, Sr. died Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. His memorial service will be Saturday 1:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.A native of Wichita, KS, Mr. Eppley had lived in Albany for a number of years and retired from Gray Communications...
Robert E. (Bobby Gene) Coxwell
Feb 20, 2016
Robert E. (Bobby Gene) Coxwell, 80, of Leesburg, GA died February 20, 2016 his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate.Born in Leesburg, GA to the late Henry Jackson Coxwell and Bertha Claude Herrington Coxwell, Mr. Coxwell graduated from Dawson High School and Albany Technical College and served...
Larry E. Smith
Feb 20, 2016
Larry E. Smith, 73, of Albany, GA, passed away surrounded by his family on February 20, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Stanfill will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service.A native of South Portland, ME, born to the late Thale...
