Obituaries

Thomas Alexander Ray
Dec 11, 2014
Thomas Alexander Ray, 83, of Albany, GA died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lonnie Gibson will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Lumber City, GA, Mr. Ray had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He...

Shirley Ruth Palmer
Dec 10, 2014
Shirley Ruth Palmer, 68, of Albany, GA, died December 10, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, December 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Sunset Cemetery in Meigs, GA. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate.A native of York, PA, Mrs. Palmer was born to the late Paul and Ruth Myers Lentz. She had resided in Albany, GA...

Sarah Lynn Eason
Dec 9, 2014
Sarah Irvin Eason, 51, of Terrell County, GA, died December 9, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Greenbriar Church. Rev. Ken Irvin and Rev. Tim Bice will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA, Sarah grew up in Albany, GA, graduated from Albany High School in 1980 and moved to Sasser, GA...

Charles Wesley Ivey, Sr
Dec 8, 2014
Charles Wesley Ivey Sr., of Leesburg, GA, died Monday December 08, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Friday December 12, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate.Born in Brinson, GA Charles moved to Albany in 1962. He was retired from the Albany Fire Department with over twenty years of...

Ronald R. Baxley
Dec 8, 2014
Dr. Ronald R. Baxley, of Lee County, GA died Monday, December 8, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private services will be conducted.Born in Albany, GA, Dr. Baxley attended Albany Schools until his father was transferred to Tallahassee, FL where he then attended Leon High School and graduated from Paxon High School in Jacksonville, FL where he was offered a...

Jack M. Fore, Sr
Dec 7, 2014
Jack Mitchell Fore, Sr., 86, of Leesburg, GA, died December 7, 2014. Visitation will be held at Mathews Funeral Home on Thursday, December 11, 2014 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, 2014 at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg, GA. Dr. Todd Sullens and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate....

James Vasser Goode
Dec 6, 2014
James Vasser Goode, 91, of Bronwood, GA, died December 6, 2014 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Bronwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tommy McDonald, Rev. Den Brooks and Rev. Buck Kinney will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, GA.A native of Dawson, GA, Mr. Goode grew up in...

James Edwin ( Jim) Hinson
Dec 3, 2014
James Edwin (Jim) Hinson, 68, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. The Albany Police Department honor guard will provide honors.Born in Macon, GA, Mr. Hinson had resided in Albany, Georgia since 1968 before moving...
Grover Thompson (Tom) Mitchell
Dec 3, 2014
Grover Thompson (Tom) Mitchell, 80, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, 3, 2014 at Perry Hospital in Perry, GA. Memorial services will be held Friday at 6:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Billy Hanna will officiate.A native of Monroe, GA, he was born to the late, Will Dock Mitchell and Alice Thompson Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell graduated from Monroe Area High School...

Bevis Oscar Denby
Dec 2, 2014
Funeral Services for Mr. Denby will be held Friday, December 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow at Floral Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00PM Thursday December 4, 2014. On December 2, 2014, God told Gabriel it was time to bring Bevis Oscar Denby home. At 11:00 AM daddy drew his last...
Ben Lee Cheshire
Nov 29, 2014
Ben Lee Cheshire, 46, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Andy Hardin and Luke Bryan will officiate. Born in Albany, GA Lee had resided in Lee County since 1969. He was a graduate of Lee County High School Class of...
Richard Thomas (Ricky) Doherty
Nov 28, 2014
Richard Thomas (Ricky) Doherty, 26, of Albany, GA, died Friday, November 30, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 AM at The First United Methodist Church of Albany. Rev. Don Adams will officiate.Ricky was a native of Albany and lived there most of his life, He attended Deerfield Windsor School and Gainesville State College. Ricky was employed with...

Benny Frank Jones
Nov 27, 2014
Benny Frank Jones, 73, of Albany, died Thursday, November 27th at his home. A native of Cuthbert, GA. Benny graduated from Cuthbert High School in 1959 and enlisted in the United States Air Force serving his country proudly. Mr. Jones was a mechanic by trade with Keenan Auto Parts. In 1975 he graduated from Albany Tech with a diploma in...

Tracy Michelle Lindsey Flanagan
Nov 26, 2014
Tracy Michelle Lindsey Flanagan, 53, of Mitchell Co., GA, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tim Bice will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Nashville, GA, Mrs. Flanagan had resided in Mitchell Co. for the past thirteen moving from Albany, GA. She...

Charles Kenneth (Ken) Smith
Nov 25, 2014
Charles Kenneth (Ken) Smith, 80, of Albany, GA, died November 25, 2014. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Jon DuMond will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. The American Legion Post # 30 will provide Military Honors.A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Smith graduated from North East...

George Thomas Duncan
Nov 25, 2014
George Thomas Duncan, 80, of Albany, GA, died November 25, at his residence. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Matt Matthews will officiate.A native of Royston, GA, born to the late Glenn Sewell Duncan and Margaret Brown Duncan, and preceded in death by his brother, Glenn Sewell Duncan Jr,...

Clara C. Lambert
Nov 24, 2014
Clara C. Lambert, 78, of Albany, GA, died November 24, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow Monday, December 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Andersonville National Cemetery.A native of Macon, GA, born to the late Thomas and...

Joyce Clark Moreland
Nov 22, 2014
Joyce Clark Moreland, 91, of Dunwoody, GA, formerly Albany, GA, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Plantation South Assisted Living in Dunwoody, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Sale City, GA, Mrs. Moreland had resided in West Palm Beach, FL, for...

Kenneth Gene Moss
Nov 22, 2014
Kenneth Gene (Kenny) Moss, 50, of Lee Co., GA, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will conducted Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Moss had resided in Lee Co., GA for the past fourteen years. He was a 1982 graduate...

Marie Elizabeth Jefferson
Nov 21, 2014
Marie Elizabeth "Bonnie" Jefferson, 70, of Albany, GA, died Friday November 21, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services were held Tuesday November 25, 2014 at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. “Biff†Coker officiated.Born in Portsmouth, VA, Mrs. Jefferson was a retired staffing specialist with Manpower, she was a founding member of the Albany Symphony Orchestra where she...