Obituaries

William Britton Freeman
Oct 2, 2014
William Britton Freeman, 87, of Lee County, GA died Thursday, October 2, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 2014 at New Hope Baptist Church. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.Mr. Freeman was born in Colquitt Co., Georgia has resided in Albany, GA and Lee County,...

Quentin Dezelle Erickson
Oct 2, 2014
Quentin (Q.D.) Erick Erickson, Jr., 67, of Warwick, GA, died Thursday, October 2, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Eastside Church of Christ. Rev. Sam Hartline will officiate. Interment will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Worth County, GA.A native of Natchitoches, LA, he graduated from Lafayette High School....

Betty Jo Adams
Oct 1, 2014
Betty Jo Adams, 80, of Calhoun County, GA, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jean Watson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Laurens County, GA, born to the late Marvin E. and Lollie Mae Ellis, Mrs. Adams...

Juanita Evelyn Burnham
Oct 1, 2014
Juanita Evelyn Burnham, 85, of Lee County, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Alma, GA Mrs. Burnham moved to Albany in 1969 when her late husband, Mr. Robert “Bob†Burnham, retired from the U.S. Navy. She later...

Patsy Laverne McLeod
Sep 29, 2014
Patsy Laverne McLeod, 66, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, September 29, 2014 at her home in Leesburg, GA. Memorial Services will be held on a later date. The family is at the residence of Annie Elizabeth Ryals. Patsy retired from Central State Hospital where she was an LPN for 23 years. She is survived by her mother Annie Elizabeth Ryals...

Jimmy Bartley Tabb
Sep 28, 2014
Jimmy Bartley Tabb, 74, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, September 28, 2014 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Gordon Cemetery, Colquitt, GA. Mr. Barney Williams will officiate.Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Tabb had resided in Albany, GA most all of his life. He was a veteran of the Vietnam...

Arthur Boland (Buddy) Lindler, III
Sep 26, 2014
A tribute to our BuddyArthur Boland Lindler III, 64, died, Friday September 26, 2014. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 11:00 am at Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA. Rev. Freeman G. Cross, Jr. will officiate. Buddy was born in Columbia, SC on December 1, 1949 to Arthur and Emily Lindler. Buddy spent his youthful summers at his...

Robert Lee Wilson, Jr
Sep 23, 2014
Robert Lee Wilson (US Army, RET), 82, of Palm Bay, FL, died September 23, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Myers will officiate. Committal services will follow at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with Military Honors.Mr. Wilson was born in Warrington, NC and enlisted in the...

Betty Sue Harper Hall
Sep 23, 2014
Betty Sue Harper Hall, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 26, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Nashville Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Nashville, GA. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate.Born in Alapaha, GA, Mrs. Hall had resided in Albany, GA for the past thirty nine years moving from Valdosta,...

Raymond L Cook
Sep 21, 2014
Raymond L. (Buddy) Cook, 67, of Albany, GA, died September 21, 2014 at the Lillian Carter Health and Rehabilitation Center in Plains, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Douglas Hatcher will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Greenville, AL, born to the late, Raymond R. and...

Larry T. Arnold, Sr
Sep 20, 2014
Larry T. Arnold, Sr., 68, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 10:00 am at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev Bobby Moye will officiate.Born and raised in Moultrie GA, Larry moved to Albany and has resided here all of his adult life. He was currently...

Glen Melvin Pinkston
Sep 17, 2014
Glen Melvin Pinkston, 66, of Lee County, GA., died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Wilson Hospice House.Glen was born on September 27, 1947 in Knoxville, TN to the late Lane Cox Pinkston and Laura Ann Pinkston, previously of Seymour, TN. He graduated from East High Knoxville, TN in 1965 and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, receiving a...

Corinne Warren Rentfrow
Sep 13, 2014
Corinne Warren Rentfrow, 80, of Albany, GA died Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Cartersville Medical Center in Cartersville, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ronnie Kinsaul will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Tifton, GA, Mrs. Rentfrow moved from Omega, GA to Albany, GA and...

Mary Alice Follendore
Sep 13, 2014
Mary Alice Follendore, 86, of Wewahitchka, FL, died September 13, 2014 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday a 2:30 PM CST at Roberts Cemetery in Wewahitchka, FL. Chief Scott Rigsby will officiate.Mrs. Follendore was born to John and Ruby Jackson on September 13, 1928 in Columbus, GA. She grew up and attended...

Ruth Vermel (Mel) Thornton
Sep 13, 2014
Ms. Ruth Vermel (Mel) Thornton passed away September 13, 2014 at Memorial Manor in Bainbridge, Ga. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 16, at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA with Rev. Watson McKemie officiating. Interment will follow at Morgan Baptist Church Cemetery in Morgan, GA. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM at Mathews...

Bessie Laverne Parrish Forehand
Sep 12, 2014
Bessie Laverne Forehand, 51, of Dougherty Co., GA, died Friday, September 12, 2014 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, September 19, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Rev. Chris Hurt will officiate.Born in Brunswick, GA, Mrs. Forehand had resided in Albany, GA and Dougherty Co., GA all of her adult life. She was a...

Richard Jimmie Davis
Sep 10, 2014
Richard Jimmie Davis, 71, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Phoebe Worth Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Acree Baptist Church. Rev. Chris Hurt will officiate.Born in Irwinton, GA, Mr. Davis resided in Albany, GA most of his adult life. He was retired from Cooper Tire and Rubber Company....

Geneva L. Daughtry
Sep 8, 2014
Geneva L. Daughtry, 98, of Albany, GA formerly of Sylvania, GA, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2014 at her daughter's home in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 2:00 PM at First Christian Church in Sylvania, GA. Interment will follow at Screven County Memorial Cemetery.Mrs. Daughtry was born in Screven County, GA and...

Anna Maxine Helms
Sep 4, 2014
Maxine Cristy Helms, 91, formerly of Albany, GA died September 4, 2014 at Calhoun County Nursing Home.Born in Lebanon, IN, Mrs. Helms moved to Albany, GA in 2004. She was employed with Alexander National Insurance as an insurance claims processor for twenty eight years. Survivors include her son, William Howard Helms of Suffolk, VA, a daughter, Nancy J. French, five...

Charles F. Reynolds. JR
Sep 4, 2014
Charles Farrell Reynolds, Jr., passed away Thursday September 4, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service.Charles was born in Sacramento, CA and moved often due to his father serving in the...