Obituaries
Braddis (Don) Ladon Forehand
Jun 4, 2014
Braddis Ladon (Don) Forehand, 77 of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Forehand had resided in Albany since he was a young man. He retired as a...
Betty Gene Frazer
Jun 3, 2014
Betty Scott Frazer of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate. Born in Jacksonville, FL, Mrs. Frazer had resided in the Albany area since 1956 and in the city of Albany, GA since 1961....
Elmer Cleve (Bo) Wester, III
Jun 1, 2014
Elmer Cleve (Bo) Wester, III of Albany, GA, died Sunday, June 1, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Nancy Scarborough will officiate.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Bo was a graduate of Deerfield High School and a graduate of Georgia Southwestern University. He...
Thelma Elizabeth Woodard
May 30, 2014
Thelma Elizabeth Woodard, 94, of Leesburg, GA died May 30, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 2, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at True Life Church of God. Rev. James Baggett and Rev. Bob Prince will officiate.Born in Haralson County, GA, Mrs. Woodard resided in Moultrie before moving to the Albany area fifty eight years ago....
Mary Anne Poole
May 30, 2014
Mary Anne Poole, 76, of Lee County, passed away Friday, May 30, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Father Jay Weldon will officiate.Born in Albany, GA to the late Janie Parrish Poole and Paul C Poole Sr., Ms. Poole graduated from Albany High School...
Inez G. Duncan
May 29, 2014
Inez G. Duncan, 99, of Lee County, GA, died May 29, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Worth County, GA, born to Lonzo and Maude Gray, Mrs. Duncan grew up in Sylvester, GA and...
Eris M Tilton
May 29, 2014
Eris M. Tilton, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 2, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ben Rice will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Bishopville, SC, Mrs. Tilton was a veteran of WW II serving in the Army and...
Addie Belle Paul
May 29, 2014
Belle G. Paul, 92, of Morgan, GA, died May 29, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at New Light Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Hall, Rev. David Wolfe and Rev. J.T. Paul will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.A native of Richland, GA, Mrs. Paul was born to the late...
Dorothy Jean Farr
May 27, 2014
Dorothy Jean Farr, 80, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate.Born and raised in Atlanta, Mrs. Farr graduated from Sylvan Hills High School. She and her late husband, Mr. Carl Howard Farr, moved to Albany in 1968....
Larry Hollis Askew
May 27, 2014
Larry Hollis Askew, 63, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 29, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. A native of Columbus, GA, Larry had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He graduated from Albany High School in 1969 and was...
Dan Lawrence Brooks, Jr
May 26, 2014
Dan L. Brooks, Jr., 76, of Albany, GA, died May 26, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell will officiate and Edgar Campbell will give the eulogy.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Dan L. Brooks, Sr. and Dora Carter Brooks in 1938, he graduated...
Clairece Alice King
May 26, 2014
Clairece Jackson King, 92, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, May 26, 2014 at Magnolia Manor, Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Calvin King will officiate. Interment will follow in Salem Baptist Church, Tift Co., GA.A native of Sylvester, GA, Mrs. King had resided in Albany, GA...
Calvin Landas Hortman
May 25, 2014
Calvin Landas Hortman, 82, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, May 25, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Williams and Deacon McCorvey will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Born in Reynolds, GA, Mr. Hortman had resided in Albany, GA since 1949 moving...
Frances Brand Mixon
May 23, 2014
Frances Brand Mixon, 93, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 23, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Norman Denney will officiate. Committal services will follow at Park Hill Cemetery in Columbus, GA at 3:00 PM.A native of Gay, GA, Mrs. Mixon moved to Columbus, GA in...
Edd Jones Lisenby
May 23, 2014
Edd J. Lisenby, 83, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, May 23, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Wesley Croft will officiate.Born in Blakely, GA, Mr. Lisenby had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past forty years moving from Dougherty Co., GA. He was a veteran...
Lorraine Helen Rozmus Szczepanik
May 22, 2014
Lorraine Helen Rozmus Szczepanik, 91, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A funeral mass will be held Monday, May 26, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A prayer service/rosary will be recited Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 4:00 p.m....
Blake Edward Oxenrider
May 22, 2014
Blake Edward Oxenrider, 19, of Lee Co., GA, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Leesburg Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Panama City, FL, Blake had resided in Lee County, GA most all of his life. He was of the Christian faith.Survivors include...
Dennis Ray Gresham
May 21, 2014
Dennis Ray Gresham, 67, of Terrell Co., GA, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Beacon Baptist Church, Albany, GA. Rev Jan Conner and Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment will follow in Vilulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Coleman, GA.Mr. Gresham had lived in Terrell...
Rachel E. Whatley
May 19, 2014
Rachel E. Smith Whatley, 65, of Lee Co., GA, died Monday, May 19, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The Homecoming Celebration will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 23, 2014 at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Raymond Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Preston, GA at 3:00 p.m.Born in Shellman,...
Willile Fay Nolan
May 18, 2014
Willie Faye Nolan, 85, of Albany, GA, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Donny Nix will officiate.Born in Falkville, AL, Mrs. Nolan had resided in Albany since 1956. She was a devoted and loving mother to seven boys.Survivors include her seven...
