Obituaries

Edwin (Ed) B. Harris
Sep 20, 2015
Edwin B. (Ed) Harris, 85, of Lee County, GA, died September 20, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Kimball Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA, Mr. Harris served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He...

Lamar B. Cannon
Sep 20, 2015
Lamar B. Cannon, 88, of Albany, GA, died September 20, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Leesburg, GA, Mr. Cannon was born to the late James Bartow Cannon and Lois Smith Cannon. He graduated from Emory at Oxford and attended Auburn University...

Eric Felix Allman
Sep 16, 2015
Eric Felix Allman, 59, of Rome, GA, died Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015 at Kindred Hospital. The family will receive friends Sunday from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home located at 3206 Gillionville Rd Albany, Georgia. A graveside service will be held Monday at Salem Seminole Cemetery in Desser, GA at 11:00 AM.Born in El Paso, TX to...

Ruby Ann Fulton
Sep 15, 2015
Ruby Ann Fulton, 84, of Lee County, GA, died September 15, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate and The Order of The Eastern Star will perform their service. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of New Market, TN, Mrs. Fulton moved...

Mack Gary Eubanks
Sep 15, 2015
Mack Gary (Wine) Eubanks, 80, of Leesburg, GA, died September 15, 2015 at Pruitt Health Center in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Reverend Bobby Moye and Rev. Jim Case will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery where the Tri County Memorial Club will perform Masonic HonorsBorn in Shellman,...

Mary Louise Hubble
Sep 14, 2015
Mary Louise Hubble 74, of Albany, GA, died Monday, September 14, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, September 18, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Debbie Cone will officiate.Born in Riverside, CA, Mrs. Hubble had resided in Albany, GA for the past two years to be with two of...

Sherry Adams Walls
Sep 13, 2015
Sherry Adams Walls, 49, of Sylvester, GA died Sunday, September 13, 2015 at her residence. Graveside Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.at Poulan City Cemetery, Poulan, GA. Rev. Jimmy Albritton and Rev. Sylvia Evans will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Sherry had resided in Sylvester, GA since 1997. For the past 13 years Sherry worked...

Diamond Jack S. Smith
Sep 11, 2015
Diamond Jack S. Smith, 72, of Albany, GA, died September 11, 2015 at Emory University Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church in Doerun, GA. Pastor Dana Swain and Pastor Ray Jenkins will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.A native of Sigsbee, GA, Mr. Smith graduated...

Yvonne Casey Suggs
Sep 10, 2015
Yvonne Casey Suggs, 73, of Lee Co., GA died Thursday, September 10, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dennis Taylor will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Mrs. Suggs was born and lived in Albany, GA all of her life. She was retired...

William Edward (Eddie) Coleman
Sep 9, 2015
William Edward (Eddie) Coleman, 57, of Lee Co., GA, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Pastor Casey Bradford and Pastor Johnny White will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Eddie had resided in Lee Co.,...

Elsie Mae Oliver
Sep 9, 2015
Elsie Mae Oliver, 95, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Bobby Marshall will officiate.Born in LaGrange, GA, Mrs. Oliver had resided in Albany, GA since 1946. She was a retired beautician and formerly owned...
Nicholas (Nick) Bradley Widner
Sep 8, 2015
Nicholas (Nick) Bradley Widner, 17, of Lee County, GA, died September 8, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at True Life Church of God. Pastor Kip Boswell and Terry Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. To honor his request and raise awareness for childhood cancer, specifically osteosarcoma, please wear yellow...

David Max Attell, Jr
Sep 7, 2015
David Max Attell, Jr., 60, of Morrow, GA formerly of Albany, GA died Monday, September 7, 2015 at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 11, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.David was born in Thomasville, GA on September 13, 1954 to the late David and Vermell Attell. The...

James Edward Baker, Sr
Sep 6, 2015
James Edward Baker, Sr., 70, of Albany, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015. Born in Troy, New York, Jim was the son of Edward Bernard Baker and Genevieve Baker. He is survived by his wife Betty, daughter Cam, son Jim, son Brian and eight grandchildren. A funeral mass will be held at St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Albany at...

Curtis E. Kennedy
Sep 6, 2015
Curtis E. Kennedy, 68, of Albany, was called home to our Lord on Sunday, September 6, 2015. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Arcadia Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Ronnie Arrington will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery with full military honors.Mr. Curtis was born in Dale County on November 29,...

Patricia (Patty) Willis
Sep 6, 2015
Patricia Ann (Patty) Willis, 66, of Albany, GA, died September 6, 2015 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. The 4th Georgia will provide honors.Patty was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. She was born to the late Charles and Louise Pate on...

Clemmie Mae Fedd (Toson) McClain
Sep 5, 2015
Clemmie Mae Fedd (Toson) McClain, the oldest daughter of the late Henry and Hurley Fedd, was born on July 15, 1952 in Donaldsonville, Georgia. She was one of 10 children born to her parents. She was proceeded in death by siblings, Theresa Fedd and Alfonzo Fedd. After a long and courageous 4-year battle with systemic scleroderma, all of her pain...

Warren Otis Brinson
Sep 5, 2015
Warren Otis Brinson was born in Soperton, Georgia on November 25, 1927, the second child of Alvie Otis Brinson and Cora Lee Calhoun Brinson. Mr. Brinson passed away on September 5, 2015.Graduating from Soperton High School in 1945, he joined the United States Navy, serving as a Hospital Corpsman. When his enlistment ended, he enrolled in Mercer University where he...

Joann L. Watzlowick
Sep 5, 2015
Joann L. Watzlowick, 81, of Albany, GA died September 4, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Huntsville, MO, Mrs. Watzlowick had resided in Albany, GA most of her adult life. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. Joann...

Robin Alane Goodson
Aug 31, 2015
Robin Alane Goodson, 52, of Albany, GA, died Monday, August 31, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Albany. Rev. Jay Barcus and Mr. Bart Cannon will officiate.Born in Colquitt, GA, Robin had lived in Albany, GA all of her life. Before her illness...