Obituaries

Ernest Wayne McCrary, Jr
Feb 20, 2016
Ernest Wayne McCrary, Jr., 39, of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 20, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Glyn McCrary and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. McCrary had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life except for a short time in Minnesota....

Martha Bowen Rawls
Feb 19, 2016
Martha Bowen Rawls, 85, passed away on February 19, 2016 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation in Leesburg, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 22, 2016, 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 be...

Gerald T. (Tommy) Vititoe
Feb 17, 2016
Gerald T.Vititoe "Tommy", 57, of Albany, GA, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Tommy was born in Oak Hill, Ohio and has resided in Albany, GA since 1961. He began working for Keenan...

Frankie Jeanette Houston
Feb 17, 2016
Frankie Jeanette Houston (Ms. Frankie), 91, of Leesburg, GA, died February 17, 2016 at Morningside Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Ms. Houston was born in Athens, Georgia and moved to Leesburg, GA in 1955...

Robert A. Western
Feb 16, 2016
Robert A. Western, 62, of Sharpsburg, GA, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Griffin Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ray Levreault will officiate.Born in Jacksonville, FL, Mr. Western had resided in Sharpsburg, GA a number of years. He was the owner/operator of his asphalt paving company...

Isaac (Jack) Newton Kennedy, Jr
Feb 15, 2016
Mr. Jack Kennedy of Lee County died Monday, February 15, 2016 at his residence.His memorial service will be 2 PM Friday at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends Friday 1 to 2 PM in the Parlor at Porterfield Memorial United Methodist ChurchA native of Eustis, FL, Mr. Kennedy had lived in Lee County for the last...

Allen Johnson
Feb 14, 2016
Allen Johnson, 24, of Worth County, GA, died February 14, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Joe Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Lee County, GA, Allen moved to Worth County five years ago. He was employed with...

Emily Jean Tomlinson Brown
Feb 13, 2016
Emily Jean Tomlinson Brown, 84, of Americus, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Edward Lambert and family members will officiate.Born in Bainbridge, GA, Mrs. Brown had resided in Albany for fifty plus years...

Carol G. Rowlette
Feb 12, 2016
Carol Gunn Rowlette passed away at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, GA on Friday, February 12, 2016 one day after her 78th birthday. There will be a memorial service Sunday, February 28, at 2:00 p.m. at Christian Covenant Church, 1105 W. Second Avenue, in Albany.Carol was born in Michigan and was a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois. She...

Quinton ""Chic"" Houston Butler, Jr
Feb 9, 2016
Quinton (Chic) Houston Butler Jr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday February 9, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, with his wife by his side. A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Kris Mullis will officiate.Quinton was born in Camilla Ga and raised in Newton Ga. He attended Baker County...

Teresa Lynn Glass
Feb 9, 2016
Teresa Lynn Glass, 58, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February, 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Douglas Hatcher and Rev. Ronnie Ross will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Teresa grew up in the Lester Community and attended Spring Hill Baptist Church in Mitchell...

Jacob Benjamin Rowe
Feb 5, 2016
Jacob B. (Jake) Rowe, 93, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 5, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in the Walden Chapel. Dr. Don Adams and Rev. Scott Stanfield will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors.Born in Alapaha, GA,...

Alma Juanita Thames
Feb 5, 2016
Alma Juanita Long Thames, 99, of Albany, GA, died February 5, 2016 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Funeral services will be held Monday February 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Avondale Baptist Church in Macon, GA. Rev. Marty Watson will officiate. Interment will follow at the Avondale Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Centerville, GA to William Hardeman Long and Alma Leaptrot Long,...
Frances Deanna Daughtry
Feb 2, 2016
Mrs. Frances Deanna Daughtry, 70, of Albany, died Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House.Her Celebration of Life service will be held 2 PM Friday at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Joe Poitevent and Rev. Larry Daughtry, Jr. will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday 1 to 2 PM at Mathews Funeral...

Harold Clifton Hudgins
Feb 2, 2016
Harold Clifton Hudgins, 79, of Albany, GA passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on February 2, 2016 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday February 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Oak Grove Cemetery in Arlington, GA. Rev. Bob Prince will officiate.Harold was born May 22, 1936 in Edison, GA, where he attended school and moved...
Ruth Williams Keister
Feb 1, 2016
Our loving mom Ruth Williams Keister, 87, of Roswell, GA formally of Albany, GA passed away peacefully with family by her side on February 1, 2016 at Embracing Hospice of Cumming, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home with Ross Powell officiating. As per the family's request a private entombment will follow at...

Charles F. Clark
Feb 1, 2016
Charles "Charlie" F. Clark, 15, of Leesburg, GA, passed away peacefully in his sleep, February 1, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Eron White will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Charlie was a magical boy who taught us life lessons, despite his challenges. He exhibited a tremendous...

John F. Sedberry
Jan 31, 2016
John F. Sedberry, 71 of Lee County, GA, died January 31, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 5:30 PM at The Albany Shrine Club, 135 Shrine Club Rd., Leesburg, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Food and fellowship will immediately follow the service.A native of Montgomery, AL, born to the...

David Britt Knight
Jan 30, 2016
David Britt Knight, 40, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, January 30, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. James Emery and Rev. Marsha Emery will officiate. Pallbearers will be Keith Posey, Marvin Denny, Brannon Letchworth, Mark Brown, Lewis DeAngelis, and Greg Coleman, all employees of Art Sign Co. Interment...

Brittany Lauren Kerfoot
Jan 30, 2016
Brittany Lauren Kerfoot, 30, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 30, 2016. Visitation will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on February 2, 2016 from 6-8. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 3rd 2016, 11:00 am at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Thomas Baggett and Pastor Bruce Deal will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery. Brittany Kerfoot...