Obituaries
Michael Kevin Coalson
Jan 30, 2016
Michael Kevin Coalson, 48, of Leesburg, GA, took his final flight and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 30, 2016. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Neal Hager and Rev. Ron Shiver will officiate.Kevin Coalson was born on August 10, 1967 at...
Arthur E. (Art) Whetstine (USAF, Ret)
Jan 29, 2016
Arthur E. (Art) Whetstine,(MSGT, USAF retired) 76, of Albany, GA, died January 29, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Father Thomas Raines will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. The United States Air Force will provide Military Honors and Tri-County Memorial Club will provide Masonic...
Alice Ann Banks Hollcroft
Jan 29, 2016
Alice Ann Banks Hollcroft, 70, of Albany, GA formerly of Yuba City, CA died Friday, January 29, 2016 at her daughter's residence. Graveside memorial services will be conducted Monday, February 1, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Pelham City Cemetery, Pelham, GA. Rev. T. P. Pollock will officiate.A native of Pelham, Mrs. Hollcroft was a registered nurse and worked with Tift...
Doris L. Hill
Jan 27, 2016
Doris L. Hill, 84, of Albany, GA, died January 27, 2016 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Mrs. Hill will be interred at Andersonville National Cemetery beside her husband.A native of Americus, GA, born to the late James William Cooper and Ruby Lee Cooper,...
Andrew Richard Casey
Jan 26, 2016
Andrew Richard Casey, 5, child of Steve and Christy Casey, Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at Navicent Medical Center, Macon, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday at 3:00 p.m.at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate.Survivors in addition to the parents are a brother, Cade Garner, a sister, Ashley Kirksey both of Leesburg, GA, paternal...
Harrell Madison Wall
Jan 25, 2016
Harrell Madison Wall, died Monday, January 25, 2016 at Pruitt Health Palmyra.His funeral service will be 11 AM, Friday, January 29, 2016 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment at 2:00 PM at Tazewell United Methodist Church Cemetery in Marion County. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate.Born May 26, 1919 in Buena Vista, Georgia, Harrell grew up on a farm in Marion...
Charles J. (Chuck) Simpson
Jan 24, 2016
Charles J. "Chuck" Simpson (GySgt US Marines, Ret.), 79, of Albany, GA, died January 24, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow Friday at 10:00 AM at The Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA.A native of Decatur, IL, Mr. Simpson...
Ferlin Eugene Parker
Jan 23, 2016
Ferlin "Husky" Eugene Parker, 54, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.A native and life ling resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Parker worked as a carpenter installing metal awnings. He was preceded in death by his father Arthur "Jack" Hillman and a brother Bimbo Parker.Survivors include his mother, Frances Virginia Parker, two step-children, Amber...
Warren G. Maddox
Jan 21, 2016
Warren Guthrie Maddox passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 25, 2015 at 11:00 am at the First Presbyterian Church of Albany. Rev. Joshua Bower will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors.Warren was preceded in death by Josephine Maddox. Survivors include James (Jessie) Maddox of Huntsville,...
Annette T. Miles
Jan 21, 2016
Annette T. Miles, 86, of Albany, GA, died January 21, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook and Rev. Troy Fripp will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Will Sims, Richard Thomas, Matthew Miles, Brian Klein, Martin Miles and Clinton Miles...
Deidri Ann Koster
Jan 20, 2016
Deidri Ann Koster (nee Blaylock) died peacefully at home on January 20, 2016 in Albany, GA at the age of 82.Deidri is survived by children: Karen Koster Payne (Bill), grandchildren Beau (Betsy) and Lauren Payne and great granddaughter Bonnie Payne; Leah Koster Ver Steeg (Glenn), grandchildren Ashley and Paul Ver Steeg; Keith Koster, children Clay, Colie and Claire Koster and...
Philip W. Santmyer
Jan 19, 2016
Philip Wayne Santmyer, 67, died Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at the Willson Hospice House.His funeral service will be Thursday 11 AM at Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors. Rev. Ronnie Kinsaul officiating.A native of Roswell, NM, Mr. Santmyer but lived in a number of places due to his father's Air Force career. Like his father Philip served in the U...
Betty W. Carr
Jan 17, 2016
Betty Willena Hagin Carr, 78, of Albany, GA, died January 17, 2016 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with family and close friends.A native of Colquitt County, born to the late Herman and Mary Adams Hagin. Betty...
Ben Jacks, Jr
Jan 17, 2016
Ben Jacks, Jr., 87 of Albany, GA, died Sunday, January 17, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Gobey, TN, Mr. Jacks, Had resided in Albany, GA since 1950 moving from Tennessee. He was...
Johnnie Head Senn
Jan 12, 2016
Johnnie Head Senn, 86, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Enterprise, AL, Mrs. Senn had resided in Albany since 1961. She was employed with...
Louise Crook Middlebrooks
Jan 8, 2016
Louise Crook Middlebrooks, 86, of Albany, GA., passed away Friday January 8, 2016, at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Plains, GA., Mrs. Middlebrooks accompanied her husband for twenty years as he served his country in the Navy....
Rhonda Shea Jones
Jan 8, 2016
Rhonda Shea Jones, 58, of Newton, GA, died January 8, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Mitchell Co., GA. Pastor Jeff Barker will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery in Camilla, GA.A native of Donaldsonville, GA, born to the late James J. Glass and...
Glenda Gail Sheffield
Jan 5, 2016
Glenda Gail Braswell Sheffield, 69, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will be at 3:00 p.m. at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery in Donalsonville, GA.A native of Donalsonville, GA, Mrs. Sheffield had...
Hubert Jule Wallace
Jan 5, 2016
HERBERT JULE WALLACE, life-long resident of Albany, passed away on January 5 of a heart attack at the age of 62. He is now making his residence in heaven for eternity with his Savior, Jesus Christ. A memorial service will be held at Byne Memorial Baptist Church, 2832 Ledo Road, 31707, on Friday, January 22 at 12:00 noon. Visitation will...
Dorothy McDonald Bowen
Jan 4, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy McDonald Bowen died Monday, January 4, 2016 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus.Her funeral service will be Saturday, January 9, 2016 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 10 to 11 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Worth County Mrs....
