Obituaries

Dec 4, 2015

Margaret Ann Kirkland Simpson, 77, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, December 4, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Cool Springs Baptist Church, Mitchell Co., GA with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Brother Ron Shiver will officiate.Born in Dawson, GA, Mrs, Simpson was the daughter of...

Dec 4, 2015

Wynell King O'Hair, 83, of Dallas, GA formerly of Albany, GA died Friday, December 4, 2015 at her daughter's residence in Dallas, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 7, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Sale City, GA, Mrs. O'Hair grew up in...

Dec 3, 2015

Robert L. (Buck) Peek, Jr., 67, of Leesburg, GA, died December 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Bob Prince, Pastor Jamie Baggett and Rev. Dana Swain will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg City Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA to the late Robert and...

Dec 3, 2015

Dec 3, 2015

Thomas David Preston, Jr., 84, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, December 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A visitation will be held Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.Born in Camilla, GA, Mr. Preston was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the Navy and resided in Newton, GA before moving...

Dec 2, 2015

Roberta Boardman Dauphinais, 80, of Albany died Wednesday December 2, 2015 at the Willson Hospice House.Her funeral service will be Monday 10 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment in Andersonville National Cemetery. A native of New Jersey Mrs. Dauphinais was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and a former member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Survivors include her...

Dec 1, 2015

Billy D. Hines, 85, of Albany, GA, died December 1, 2015 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at...

Nov 28, 2015

Mary Agnes Martin, 89, of Lee County, GA, died November 28, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Prince will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Ideal, GA, Mrs. Martin was born to the late Cronic Joseph and Lollie Mae...

Nov 27, 2015

Norma O'Neill Klatt, 95, of Ellijay, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died Friday, November 27, 2015 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, GA. Committal services will be held Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Andersonville National Cemetery. Pastor James E. Boyd will officiate. Born in Toledo, OH, Mrs. Klatt had resided in Michigan before moving to Lake Blackshear...

Nov 24, 2015

Samuel Elisha (Eli) Whitaker, 76, of Lee County, GA died Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 27, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Albany. Rev. Bruce English and Rev. Bruce Gordon will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Whitaker was a graduate of...

Nov 22, 2015

Lillie Dennis Cantrell, 90, of Albany, died Sunday, November 22, 2015 at PruittHealth Palmyra. Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Walter Flint will officiate.Born in Florala, AL to the late Sherry and Alice Phillips Dennis, Mrs. Cantrell moved to the Albany, GA in 1945. She was retired from...

Nov 20, 2015

Lillian Sherman Fuller, 93, of Albany, Ga. died November 20th at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:00 a. m. at Riverside Cemetery. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. A native of Thomas County, GA. Mrs. Fuller was born November 10, 1922 to the late James Claude Sherman and...

Nov 20, 2015

William P. (Wild Bill) Wilson, IV, 71, of Camilla, GA formerly Putney, GA, died Friday, November 20, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Putney. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Rev. Joe Carr will officiate.Born in Muskegon, MI, Mr. Wilson had resided...

Nov 17, 2015

Betty Jean Giddens Griffith, 80, of Lee County, GA, died November 17, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wesley Kaylor will officiate. Committal services will follow at 12:00 Noon at Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Winter Park, FL, Mrs. Griffith grew up in...

Nov 15, 2015

Marjorie Marie Ashton, 92, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Pruitt-Palmyra Health Care. Ms. Ashton has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date. A native of Hooks, TX, born to the late Clyde Allen Page and Clara LaRue Page Hardy, Ms. Ashton had resided in Albany/Leesburg, GA. area since moving...

Nov 13, 2015

. James E. (Spike) Hinman, Jr., GySgt (USMC Retired), 89, of Albany, passed away November 13, 2015 at his residence after battling cancer. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery at 12:00 p.m. with Military Honors.Spike was born and...

Nov 11, 2015

Stephanie Knight Rowell, 48, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Phoebe North Hospital. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Mrs. Rowell had lived in the Albany and Leesburg, GA, area most of her life....

Nov 10, 2015

J.T. Atkinson, 94, of Albany, GA, died November 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. William Suggs will officiate. A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Atkinson was raised in Miller Co, GA and had resided in Albany, GA since 1939. He was Navy Veteran...

Nov 8, 2015

Shirley Grace Studstill Paustian, 78, of Albany, GA died Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lewis Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow in Isabella Baptist Church Cemetery, Worth Co., GA.Born in Plant City, FL, Mrs. Paustian had resided in Albany, GA...

Nov 4, 2015

Eugene Loren (Gene) McCoy, 73, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Interment will follow at 12:00 p.m. in Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors.Born in Pikeville, KY, Mr. McCoy...