Obituaries
Hubert Royce (Roy) Swain
Jun 2, 2015
Hubert Royce (Roy) Swain, 66, of Albany, GA went to be with the Lord Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Keith Rossitter, Pastor Chuck Smith and Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Pebble City Cemetery, Sale City, GA.Roy was born March...
Helen Hancock Powell
May 30, 2015
Helen Hancock Powell, 89, of Albany, GA, died May 30, 2015 at Morningside Assisted Living. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Ronnie Kinsaul will officiate. Helen was born in Sylvester and resided in Waycross before moving to Albany twenty five years ago. Helen enjoyed baking cakes and was...
Joshua David Pollock
May 29, 2015
Joshua D. Pollock, 29, of Albany, GA, died May 29, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Sam Hartline will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Joshua was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He was employed with Wright Turf Farm of eight years and was currently...
Eunice Kimbrell Carter
May 28, 2015
Eunice Kimbrell Carter"Tincy"Eunice Kimbrell Carter (Tincy), of West Palm Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2015 at home surrounded by her children. Funeral services will be held at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, Georgia on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Visitation will be held at 10:00 am with funeral services immediately following and burial at Floral Memory Gardens. Eunice's...
Bobbie Oates Carter
May 27, 2015
Bobbie Oates Carter, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Michael McBride and Rev. Steve Williams will officiate. Interment will be Monday, June 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs. Carter was born in Americus,...
John Emmett Stewart
May 26, 2015
John Emmett Stewart, 88, of Albany, GA passed away on May 26, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, June 1, 2015 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Brown and Rev. William Collins will officiate. Mr. Stewart was born in Lee County Georgia to the late Minnie Lee Luker Stewart and Etheridge Stewart....
Charles F. (Charlie) Calfee
May 25, 2015
Charles F. (Charlie) Calfee, 63, of Leesburg, GA, died May 25, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, May, 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Scott Tomlinson will officiate. Military Honors will follow.A native of Tucson, AZ, Charlie grew up in Arizona and California. He graduated from Pueblo High School and...
Tasha Lynn Bodiford
May 25, 2015
Tasha Lynn Bodiford, 28, of Albany, GA, died Monday, May 25, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 29, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Tasha attended Albany High School and was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include her mother and step-father Wanda...
Buford Paul Rolling
May 24, 2015
Buford Paul Rolling, 81, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Lillian G. Carter Health and Rehab. in Plains, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Mausoleum Chapel. Elder Bobby Marshall will officiate. Entombment will follow in Crown Hill Mausoleum.Mr. Rolling was born in Slocomb, AL on August 23,...
William Eugene (Gene) Pearson
May 18, 2015
William E. (Gene) Pearson of Oakfield, GA, died Monday, May 18, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Joe Poitevint will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Oakfield, GA.Gene was born in Oakfield, GA on April 17, 1940. Gene graduated from...
James Sidney Lanier
May 17, 2015
James Sidney Lanier, 75, of Montezuma, GA, was born at home, September 28, 1939, in Candler County, GA, to the late J.C. and Juanita Lanier. Mr. Lanier grew up in Metter, GA, and graduated from Metter High School in 1957. He attended Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College and graduated from The University of Georgia with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in...
Jay Bradley (Brad) McGee
May 15, 2015
Jay Bradley McGee, 35, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015.Mr. McGee was born in Albany, GA, the son of Betty Jane Wilson McGee and Jay Barry McGee. He was an Auxiliary Operator in the nuclear power industry with Duke Energy. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Stephanie Navarro, sons James Connor...
Kent Griffin Adam
May 10, 2015
Kent G. Adam, 50, of Leesburg, GA, died May 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Stan Glass will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Hot Springs, AR, Kent moved with his family from Philadelphia, PA when he was young. He was a...
James Leroy Kerfoot
May 10, 2015
James Leroy Kerfoot, 80, of Lee Co., GA, died Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Minister Frankie James Freeman will officiate.Born in Eads, Colorado, Mr. Kerfoot had resided in Lee Co., GA for the past forty five years moving from...
Eleanor Wynelle (Nelle) Sceals
May 7, 2015
Eleanor Wynelle (Nelle) Sceals, 71, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Palmyra - Pruitt Health Services. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA and a lifelong resident, Nelle was a member...
William Hillman Williams, Sr
May 6, 2015
William Hillman Williams, Sr., 83, of Lawrenceville, GA, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Hope Memory Care in Dacula, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, 2700 Westgate Dr., Albany, GA. Ritchey Marbury and Steve Hall will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory...
Bethany Michelle Wren
May 5, 2015
Bethany Michelle Wren, 14, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday May 5, 2015 at her residence. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm at Family Bible Church. Pastor Windall L. Widner will officiate.Bethany was born in Albany, GA September 22, 2000 and attended Kinchafoonee Primary School.Survivors include her parents, Tabitha Nicole McCorvey (Robert Baker)...
Linda Kay Peek
May 3, 2015
Linda Kay Allman Peek, 66, of Putney, GA, died Sunday, May 3, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Wednesday at the First Baptist Church of Putney. Rev. Tabb Howell and Rev. Jamie Sanders will officiate. Interment will follow at Salem Seminole Cemetery in Desser, GA at 3:00 pm.Born in Donalsonville, GA to the late...
SSgt. Ernie Griffin
May 1, 2015
Ernie Griffin, 65, of Lee County, died Friday, May 1, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell, Mr Frank Mills, Mr. Robert C. Tadlock and Mr. Tom Carden will officiate. Military Honors will follow.Born in Albany, GA Ernie attended Dougherty County High School. He...
Calvin E. Milling
May 1, 2015
Calvin Edrew Milling, 91, of Albany, GA, died May 1, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements will be held Wednesday at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. The American Legion Post # 30 providing Military Honors. A native of Manchester, GA, Mr. Milling...
