Obituaries

Jan 14, 2014

Robert Franklin Griffin, 81, of Ideal, GA died Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at his residence. Private services will be held.Born in Mayo, FL, Mr. Griffin had resided in Ideal, GA since 1980 moving there from Macon, GA. He was retired from Lee-Way Enterprises in the design and engineering department. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the...

Jan 12, 2014

Commander William Jacocks Rivers, Sr. (US Navy, Ret.), 93, of Leesburg, GA, died January 12, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. The Rev'd. Freeman G. Cross, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with military honors. Commander Rivers was born May 28,...

Jan 12, 2014

Donna S. Rogers, 63, of Albany, GA, died January 12, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Roy Cook will officiate.A native of Miami, FL, Donna moved to Turner County, GA in 1963 was active in Bethel Baptist Church and graduated from Turner High...

Jan 11, 2014

Bennie F. (Ben) Hatcher, Jr., 46, of Plains, GA, formerly of Albany, GA died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Knight, Rev. Rufus Williams and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Ben graduated...

Jan 7, 2014

Trace Norris, 27, of Stockbridge, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died January 7, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Greenbriar Church. Rev. Tim Bice and Rev. Ken Irvin will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Trace attended Westover High School where he played on the Soccer...

Jan 7, 2014

Henry Leonard Casey, Jr., 77, of Lee Co., GA, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Pastor Dan Harris and Rev. Calvin King will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Casey had resided in...

Jan 6, 2014

Alma Walls, 78, of Albany, GA went to be with the Lord Monday, January 6, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Pastor Keith Smith and Pastor Mark Bullock will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Cairo, GA, born to the late John and Lena...

Jan 5, 2014

Martha Elizabeth Thompson Watkins, 90, of Stonegate Manor Circle, Leesburg, GA went to be with her Lord and Savior January 5, 2014. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Thursday at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Smith, Rev. Conway Harris, and Rev. Calvin James will officiate.Born in Calhoun County Mrs. Watkins and her family moved to Leesburg over 80...

Jan 5, 2014

Susan Griffin Morgan, 51, of Lee County, GA, died January 5, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell and Garrett Grubbs will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.A native of Albany, GA, Susan had lived here all of her life. She graduated from Westover High...

Jan 5, 2014

Robert (Bob) Clyde Gilbert of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 10, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Lee Gilbert and Rev. Carl Barnhardt will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA. Born in Winston-Salem, NC, Mr. Gilbert had resided in both...

Jan 5, 2014

Catherine Leigh Burgess Watkins, 77, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, January 5, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Berlin, GA, Mrs. Watkins had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past twenty years moving from Albany, GA. She...

Jan 4, 2014

Wilburn Charles (Mike) Jeschke, Jr., 66, of Leesburg, GA died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Albany, GA. Rev. Mark Rabe will officiate. Graveside services will be held at Miles Cemetery in Miles, Texas on January 11, 2014.A native of...

Jan 4, 2014

Mrs. R. B. (Myrtice) Lindsey, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Magnolia Manor in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Harry Cobb will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Early Co., GA, Mrs. Lindsey had resided in Albany, GA since 1964 moving...

Jan 4, 2014

Thomas Gene Clark, 65, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Medical Center of Georgia in Macon, GA. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, January 9, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass and Pastor Mark Fulford will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Clark had resided in Albany, GA most of...

Dec 31, 2013

Christopher "Chris" Mark Hall, 52, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at his residence. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillispie will officiate.Chris was born in Albany, GA, he graduated from Dougherty County High School in 1979 and had resided here all of his life. He attended the...

Dec 31, 2013

Lavonia Corrine (Sissy) Vanzant, 76, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Worth Co., GA she had resided in Albany, GA most all of her life. She was preceded...

Dec 29, 2013

Kenneth Wayne (Kenny) Shewmake, 66, of Albany, GA, died December 29, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. A visitation and viewing will be held January 1, 2014 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Plainfield, NJ, Kenny lived in Tuscaloosa, AL and grew up in New Orleans, LA, where he graduated from Warren Easton High School....

Dec 29, 2013

Dec 29, 2013

Bobbie Sue Eidson, 72, of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, January, 2, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Curtis Eidson will officiate.A native of Pelham, GA, Mrs. Eidson had resided in Albany, GA for fifty years. She was a nurse at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital...

Dec 28, 2013

Willie Mae Tennille, 72, of Albany, GA died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Reagan Marsh and Rev. Fred Bell will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Ashburn, GA Mrs. Tennille had resided in Albany most of her adult life. She...