Obituaries
Oleta Cooper Hancock
Apr 14, 2015
Oleta Cooper Hancock, 70, of Albany, GA, died April 14, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday at Mathews Funeral Home. Mrs. Hancock was a lifelong resident of Albany, GA, she...
W. Larry Dudley
Apr 14, 2015
W. Larry Dudley, 64, of Sevierville, TN formerly of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Marshall will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery in Leesburg, GA.A native of Albany, GA, Larry was born to the late Richard...
Geraldine Lowery Watts
Apr 13, 2015
Geraldine Lowery Watts, 86, of Albany, GA, died April 13, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Finleyson, GA, born to the late William and Ora Jones, Mrs. Watts grew up in Pulaski County,...
Charles Eugene Bonnell
Apr 12, 2015
Charles E, Bonnell, 75, of Baconton, GA., died Sunday April 12, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Scott Bonnell, Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Salem WVA, the only child of Jennings and Leona...
Cyle Jonathan Pittman, Sr
Apr 11, 2015
Cyle Jonathan Pittman, Sr., 65, of Preston, GA. and Live Oak, FL. formally of Lee County, GA. died Saturday, April 11, 2015 at his residence. Memorial services will be conducted Tuesday April 14, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.A native of Valdosta, GA Mr. Pittman was raised in Hamilton, FL and had resided...
Karen Joyce Creech
Apr 8, 2015
Karen Joyce CreechOn Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Karen Joyce Creech, 72, of Putney, GA, made the journey home for a joyous reunion with her Lord and Savior, and her loved ones who made the journey before her. Karen was born in West Palm Beach, FL, but moved to Albany in 1957. She will be loved and remembered by all who...
Lisa R. Watson
Apr 5, 2015
Lisa R. Watson, 50, of Worth County, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 5, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Lisa was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and was born to the late,...
Margot Anna Valencik
Apr 2, 2015
Margot Anna Valencik, 91, of Albany, GA died Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Private funeral services will be held at Andersonville Nat'l Cemetery.Born in Korniburg, Prussia, Mrs. Valencik had resided in Albany, GA since 1968 moving from Maine. She was retired from the YMCA as the Ladies Health Club Director. She was of the Lutheran faith and...
Jeremy Scott Bradshaw
Apr 2, 2015
Jeremy Scott Bradshaw, 35, of Mitchell County, died Thursday, April 02, 2014 in Lake County Fl. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 am at Lighthouse Ministries. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Emanuel Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA Scott had resided in Mitchell County since 1984. He was formerly employed with Georgia Power and...
James Edwin Moody
Apr 1, 2015
James Edwin Moody, 76, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Lee Co., GA. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday April 4, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home with military honors to follow. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate.Born in LaGrange, GA, Mr. Moody had resided in Lee Co., GA for the past thirty years. He had...
Josephine J. NeSmith
Mar 31, 2015
Josephine J. NeSmith, 91, of Albany, GA, died March 31, 2015, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Boston, GA, and born to the late Ira and Ada Martin, Mrs. NeSmith graduated from Boston High School and married her late husband, Willis...
Dennis Lynwood Wade
Mar 30, 2015
Dennis Lynwood Wade, 72, of Albany, GA, died Monday, March 30, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Albany, GA. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight and Rev. Bruce English will officiate. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Traveler's Rest Free Will Baptist Church...
Ina Ragnhild Sutton
Mar 29, 2015
Ina Ragnhild Sutton, 89, of Albany, GA died Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Services plans will be announced at a later date.Ina was born in Lewistown, Montana and moved to Texas around 1941, where she met and married Joseph (Jody) Leland Abel on April 18, 1945. Their daughter Maggie Lou Sophia Abel was born in 1951 in...
Leon Elmo Thompson
Mar 26, 2015
Leon Elmo Thompson, 96, of Albany, GA, died March 26, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors provided by The United States Navy.A native of Kirksville, MO, Mr. Thompson was born to the...
Larry Gordon May
Mar 25, 2015
Larry Gordon May, 52, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Victory Tabernacle Assembly of God.Larry was born in Eglin Air Force Base in Florida and moved to the Albany area in 1975. He worked...
Shirley C. Huiras
Mar 24, 2015
Shirley C. Huiras, 80, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens. Norman Denney will officiate.A native of Miami, FL, born to the late William Henry Elsberry and Stella Harp Elsberry. Mrs. Huiras had resided in the Albany...
Wilma Jean Potter
Mar 23, 2015
Wilma Jean Potter, 86, of Leesburg, GA died Monday March 23, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 4:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappey will officiate. Graveside interment services will be Monday, March 30, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery, Moberly, MO.Born in Moberly, MO, Mrs. Potter had...
James Melvin Pilgrim
Mar 23, 2015
James Melvin Pilgrim, 77, of Albany, GA, died Monday, March 23, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Anderson, SC, Mr. Pilgrim had resided in Albany, GA since 1972. He was retired from the clothing manufacturing industry having...
Robert D. Waller, MD
Mar 22, 2015
Robert D. Waller, MD, 89, of Americus, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died March 22, 2015 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at The First United Methodist Church of Americus. Rev. Jim Smith and Rev. Dennis Stalvey will officiate.A native of Mauk, GA in Taylor County, Dr. Waller was born to the...
Clara Hall Brown
Mar 22, 2015
Clara Hall Brown, 80, of Lee County, GA, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappy will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as active pallbearers.A native of Baconton, GA, born to the late Joe and Christine...
