Obituaries
Jackson Kyle O' Quinn
Jan 18, 2015
Jackson Kyle O'Quinn, 13, died January 18, 2015. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Camilla. Rev. David Pickering will officiate. Interment will follow in Mt. Enon Baptist Church Cemetery.Jackson was born in Albany, but had resided in Baconton most of his life. He attended the Baconton Community Charter School where he...
Mary Ann Hardy Cuff
Jan 17, 2015
Mary Ann Cuff, 61, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The funeral mass will be conducted Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Paulinus Okpala will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Jackson, TN, Mrs. Cuff had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past...
Vangeline Virginia Richter
Jan 16, 2015
Vangeline Virginia Posey Richter, 83, of Albany, GA, died Friday, January 16, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at First Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Camilla, GA, Mrs. Richter had resided in Albany, GA, since 1950 moving from...
Nancy Ann Freeland
Jan 14, 2015
Nancy Ann Freeland, 68, of Worth County, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 10:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dan J. Story Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Opp Alabama Nancy had resided in the Albany area most of her...
Ryan Scott Smith
Jan 13, 2015
Ryan Scott Smith, 30, of Lee County, GA died January 13, 2015. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Eschol Graham will officiate.Ryan was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and attended Albany Technical College. He was formerly employed with South Georgia Pecan and associated with Open Door Baptist Church in Adel,...
Jewell Evelyn Carr
Jan 12, 2015
Jewel Evelyn Carr, 74, of Albany, GA, died January 13, 2015 at the Baptist Medical South Hospital in Montgomery, AL. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Mrs. Carr was born in Milledgeville, GA on November 21, 1940, moved to Albany, GA as a child and graduated from Albany High...
Jean Carolyn Walters
Jan 11, 2015
Jean Carolyn Duke Walters, 80, of Sylvester, GA formerly of Albany, GA, died January 11, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Thomas Holloway and Rev. Mike Deloach will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Wiley Barker, Chuck Farmer, Bob Brooks, Philip Duke, Roger Royal and...
Marcus Trey Perryman
Jan 11, 2015
Marcus Trey Perryman, 23, of Morgan, GA, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray United Methodist Church Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Trey had resided in Calhoun Co., GA all of his life, he was...
Rufus Randall Futch
Jan 10, 2015
Rufus Randall Futch, 51, of Lee County, GA, died January 10, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Dawson, GA, Randall resided in Lee County, GA all of his life. He was a truck driver and was employed with Oxford Construction Company, Boyd Brothers...
Fred Glass
Jan 10, 2015
Fred Glass, 83, of Albany, GA, died January 10, 2015 at his residence. A celebration of his Home Going will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Douglas Hatcher, Rev. John McComas and Pastor Jill Willingham will officiate. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Pavo, GA, he was born to the...
Royce William Wood
Jan 8, 2015
Royce William Wood, 56, of Lee County GA, passed away Thursday January 8, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate.Born and raised in Albany, Royce moved to Lee County with his wife Rhonda in 1981. He was a self-employed carpenter and formerly employed with Beauchamp...
Barry Franklin Tennison
Jan 7, 2015
Barry Franklin Tennison, 52, of Lee County, GA, died January 7, 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A native of Athens, AL, Barry grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School in 1980. He moved to Lee County, GA from Pelham,...
Dennis Edward Lillis, Sr
Jan 7, 2015
Dennis E. Lillis, Sr., 78, of Albany, GA, died January 7, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Billy Lillis will officiate. The Albany Fire Department will provide honors.A native of Winchester, VA, Mr. Lillis served in the United States Air Force and moved to Albany, GA in 1964....
Nina Fay Hartzell
Jan 4, 2015
Nina Fay Hartzell, 84, of Albany, GA died Sunday, January 4, 2015 peacefully in her sleep at Lee County Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery.Mrs. Hartzell was born March 1930 in Kosciusko, MS to the late George and Lyda Taylor. She met and married the love...
Joan Pinion Norman
Jan 3, 2015
Joan Pinion Norman, 66, of Arlington, GA, died Saturday, January 3, 2015 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate.Born in Moultrie, GA, Mrs. Norman had resided in Arlington, GA for the past eighteen years moving from Thomasville, GA. She was a...
Jerry Fredrick Crauswell
Jan 2, 2015
Jerry Fredrick Crauswell, 77, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Albany Community Seventh - Day Adventist Church. Pastor Steve Shaw will officiate.Mr. Crauswell was born in Birmingham, AL, and had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA....
Fera Cloud
Jan 1, 2015
Fera Cloud, 80, of Colquitt, GA died, Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, January 5, 2015, at 2:00 P.M. at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Morris Harp will officiate.A native of Bainbridge, GA, born to the late Ruben and Nellie Cloud, he moved to Albany, GA at the age of nine....
Gloria Lenah Merchant
Dec 31, 2014
Gloria Smith Merchant, 85, of Albany, died December 31, 2014 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William H. (Butch) Knight will officiate. Interment will follow in the Blakely City Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, born to the late, Willie Preston and Velma Paul Smith, Mrs. Merchant graduated...
Dorothy Louise Cortez
Dec 29, 2014
Dorothy Louise Cortez, 57, of Albany, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home and Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, January 2, 2015 p.m. at Southside Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate.Mrs. Cortez was born in...
Maxine Corbitt Wilson
Dec 29, 2014
Maxine Corbitt Wilson, 85, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 29, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 31, 2014 in Walden Chapel at First United Methodist Church. Rev. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
