Obituaries
Jean Roberts Johnson
May 17, 2014
Jean Roberts Johnson, 92, of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Hatley, GA, Mrs. Johnson was raised in Montezuma, GA, and graduated from Montezuma High School. She earned a Home Economics degree from Berry College...
Hobert (Butch) Quinton Duren, Jr
May 17, 2014
Hobert Quinton (Butch) Duren, Jr., 66, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Born in Daytona Beach, FL, Mr. Duren had resided in Albany, GA since 1966. He was a retired insurance...
Dan L. Brooks, Jr
May 16, 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...
William Alton Turner
May 12, 2014
William Alton Turner, 87, of Leesburg, GA, died May 12, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Sand Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Rupert, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Rupert, GA, he was born to the late John William and Ruth Elizabeth Turner. After attending school in Ellaville,...
Gracelyn Nicole Taylor
May 11, 2014
A graveside funeral service will be held for Gracelyn Nicole Taylor, infant daughter of Christopher Dakoda Taylor and Dorothy "Dot" Reynolds at Leesburg Cemetery in Lee County, GA on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Rev. A.B. Stroud will officiate.Survivors in addition to her parents are her paternal grandparents, Hope and Chuck Tillery and maternal grandmother, Rita Reynolds. She...
Carol Delaine Townsend
May 8, 2014
Carol Delaine Townsend, 71, of Albany, GA died Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital North. Graveside services are to be held Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. Gene Newell, Tony Newell, Kim Moore, Todd Morgan, Joey Morgan and Brian Morgan will serve as active pall bearers.A native of Sylvester, GA...
Betty Sue Eubanks
May 7, 2014
Betty Sue Eubanks, 79, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Donnie G. Nix will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Warwick, GA, Mrs. Eubanks, fondly known as "Mama Bud", had resided in Leesburg for the past forty...
Robert E. Miller
May 7, 2014
Robert E. Miller, 79, of Albany, GA died early Wednesday morning May 7, 2014 at Wilson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 9, 2014 at 6:00 PM in the chapel of Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Caleb Miller will officiate. Interment will be at 11:00 AM the following morning, May 10, 2014 at Laurel...
Brenda Bain Scott
May 3, 2014
Brenda Bain Scott, 73, of Lee County, passed away Saturday May 03, 2014 at her residence. The family will hold a private interment at Paran Baptist Church Cemetery, Melrose, FL., at a later date.Born in Tampa, FL, she graduated from Baker High School in Columbus, GA, and obtained an associate's degree from Northwestern State University of Louisiana. She worked in...
Ethel Marie Barton
May 2, 2014
Ethel Marie Barton, 58, of Albany, GA, died May 2, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.Marie was a native of Cherry Point, NC and as a Marine's daughter, she lived in many stations. She had lived...
Rodney Dexter Humphries
May 1, 2014
Rodney Dexter Humphries, 48, of Worth County, GA died May 1, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 5, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens with Military Honors.A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Humphries grew up in Albany, GA graduating from Albany...
Linda M. Akridge
Apr 30, 2014
Linda M. Akridge, 71, of Acworth, GA, died April 30, 2014 at her residence. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, May, 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Mike Maxwell will officiate. Born in Ashburn, GA, to the late Roy and Luthera Mitchell, Sr. Mrs. Akridge grew up in Albany, GA and graduated from Albany High School...
Sidney Eugene Boyett
Apr 28, 2014
Sidney E. Boyett, 65, of Albany, GA, died Monday, April 28, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 pm at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Elbert E. and Miriam Boyett, Sidney lived in Albany most of his life. He graduated from Albany...
W. L. Tillman, Jr
Apr 28, 2014
W. L. Tillman, Jr. 55, of Moultrie, GA died April 28, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday April 30, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of El Paso, TX, Mr. Tillman grew up in Moultrie, GA and Boston, GA and had...
Ronald Kinnon Powell
Apr 27, 2014
Ronald K. Powell (CW-3 Ret.), 65, of Worth County, GA formerly of Albany, GA died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM at East Albany Church of God. Rev. Dewayne Joiner and Dr. Clinton Elmore will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.A native of...
Edna Florence Smith
Apr 24, 2014
Edna Florence Smith, 87, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Damon Fountain will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Bainbridge, GA, Mrs. Smith was raised in Donalsonville, GA. She and her late...
Fannie Louise Prosser
Apr 21, 2014
Fannie Hunter Cooper Prosser, 91, of Albany, GA died Monday, April 21, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Lancaster, SC, Mrs. Prosser had resided in Albany, GA since 1994 moving from McCall, SC. She...
Tyler Andrew Smith
Apr 20, 2014
Tyler Andrew Smith, 21, of Lee Co., Ga., died Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Bertha Dozier Memorial Park Cemetery, Montezuma, GA at 3:00 p.m.Born March 7, 1993 in...
Dr. Oliver C. Sindersine, III
Apr 19, 2014
Dr. Oliver Champlin Sindersine, III, OD, 65, of Albany, GA, died April 19, 2014 at his residence. Memorial Services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Hall will officiate. Born in Camilla, GA, Dr. Sindersine grew up in Newton and graduated from Baker County High School. He attended Georgia Southwestern University and Albany Junior...
Betty Louise Watson
Apr 17, 2014
Betty Foxworth Watson, 74, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, April 17, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held, Monday, April 21, 2014 at Kinchafoonee Baptist Church. Rev. Melvin Slappy and Chaplain James Randall Foxworth will officiate.A native of Nashville, GA, Mrs. Watson had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1997 moving from Florida to Albany in 1975. She was...
