Obituaries

Hurley Edward Davis
Aug 7, 2015
Hurley Edward Davis, 83, of Albany, GA, died August 7, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Marlow, GA, born to the late Lester and Ella Davis, Hurley graduated from Effingham County High School. Mr....

Rebecca Ann Brown
Aug 6, 2015
Rebecca Ann Holley Brown, 86, of Albany, GA, died August 6, 2015 at Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Pastor Casey Bradford and Pastor Jerry Willis will officiate. Interment will follow at Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Decatur Co., GA to the late Willie Ed and Flewellyn Lewis...

Joyce E. Turner
Aug 6, 2015
Joyce E. Turner, 72, of Lee County, GA, died August 6, 2015 at her residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Pastor Todd Sullens will officiate.A native of Lee County, GA, born to the late, Wilbon L. and Verna P. Etheridge, Joyce had lived in the...
Elizabeth D. Williams
Aug 4, 2015
Elizabeth D. Williams, 95, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Americus, GA, Mrs. Williams was born February 5, 1920, to the late Richard A. and Elizabeth Duff. She enjoyed school, graduating as...

Polly Schwartz Young
Aug 3, 2015
Polly Schwartz Young, 86, of Lee County, GA, died August 3, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. A native of Berne, IN, Mrs. Young was born to the late Adam and Mary Schwartz and had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1974 moving...

Jeanene Craft Shadburn
Aug 2, 2015
Jeanene Craft Shadburn of Albany, GA died Sunday, August 2, 2015 at her daughter's home in Leesburg, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Norman Denney will officiate.Born in Baker County, GA on December 8, 1935, the youngest of five children, Mrs. Shadburn graduated Arlington High School where she...

Jimmy Wayne Thompson
Aug 1, 2015
Jimmy Wayne Thompson, Sr., 65, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Tom Howard will officiate.Born in Aragon, GA, Mr. Thompson had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA in 1990. He was a veteran of the Vietnam...

Betty Ann Alred
Jul 30, 2015
.Betty Ann Willingham Alred, 75,0f Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 3:00 pm. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Baker Co., GA, Mrs. Alred moved to Leesburg, GA in 1964. She was a home maker and...

Glenda S. Hanson Linahan
Jul 30, 2015
Glenda S. Hanson Linahan from Albany, GA passed away Thursday, July 30th, in Palm Harbor, FL.Survivors include her daughter, Kristi Bryant and her three children (Emily, Sarah, and Joseph) and her son, Rob Hanson and his three children (Reid, Spencer, and Jordan.) A memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 20, at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.In lieu...

George Wallace (Bud) McDonald
Jul 28, 2015
George Wallace (Bud) McDonald, 82, of Dawson, GA died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, July 31, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tommy McDonald will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Worth Co., GA.Bud was born in Sylvester, GA to Gordon & Louise McDonald. He...

James Wesley Curtis
Jul 27, 2015
James Wesley Curtis, 46, of Dawson, GA, died July 27, 2015 at Phoebe Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Leesburg, with Dr. Todd Sullens officiating.Born in Albany, GA, James was raised in Lee Co, GA, graduating from Lee County High School in 1987 and Albany Tech in 1997. James worked...

Joseph Albert (Joe) Chapman
Jul 22, 2015
Joseph Albert (Joe) Chapman, 84, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA.Born in Bronwood, GA, Mr. Chapman moved to Albany, GA in 1952. He served...

Chester Harold Brown
Jul 22, 2015
Chester "Chet"Harold Brown, 63, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 11:00AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Raymond Levreault will officiate.A native of Providence RI, Mr. Brown was born to the late Chester Harold Brown, Sr. and Gladys May Hetu. Chester served...

Mary Ann Griffin
Jul 21, 2015
Mary Ann Griffin, 67, of Lee County, GA, died July 21, 2015 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.A native of Sylacauga, AL, Mrs. Griffin was born to the late William and Ida Ramsey. She grew up in...

Kimberly Ann Robinson
Jul 18, 2015
Kimberly Ann (Kim) Robinson, 33, of Albany, GA, died July 18, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Jason Spears will officiate. A private interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Columbus, GA, Kim grew up in Lee County, GA and graduated from Lee County High...

Nora Dorothy Benson Morrison
Jul 17, 2015
Nora Dorothy Benson Morrison of Albany, GA, died Friday, July 17, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Deans will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Ocilla City Cemetery, Ocilla, GA.Born in Irwin Co., GA, Mrs. Morrison had resided in Albany, GA since...

Doris Goodwin Fuller
Jul 17, 2015
Doris Goodwin Fuller, 95, of Albany, GA, died Friday, July 17, 2015 at Pruitt Health Palmyra. Graveside memorial services will be held Monday, July 20, 2015 at 10:00 am at Floral Memory Gardens. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate.Mrs. Fuller was born in Isabel, SD where she attended school graduating in 1937. She came to Albany in 1941 where...

Susan Alice Brooks
Jul 17, 2015
Susan Alice Brooks, 63, of Benevolence, GA, died Friday, July 17, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Bayou's (411 Philema Road, Albany, GA 31701)Born in Meriden, CT, Susan moved to Albany in 1995. She was previously employed with Waterbury Telephone Company in CT and...

James Douglas (Doug) Boss
Jul 16, 2015
James Douglas (Doug) Boss, 72, of Lee Co., GA, died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Phoebe North Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight will officiate. Interment will follow Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 12:30 PM at Chattanooga National Cemetery. A native of Chickamauga, GA,...

Lily Faye Norman McCook
Jul 15, 2015
Lily Faye Norman McCook, 61, of Lee Co., GA, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Leesburg First Baptist Church. Rev. Tommy Carlisle will officiate.Born in Albany, GA., Mrs. McCook had resided in Albany, GA until she moved to Lee Co.,...