Obituaries
Allyse Megan Ponthier
Aug 9, 2014
On August 9, 2014, Allyse Ponthier, 28, of Leesburg, GA, went home to join family members that had gone before her. A visitation and celebration of her life will be held Tuesday at Mathews Funeral Home between the hours of 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM.Allyse was a native and lifelong resident of Lee County.Survivors include her parents, David and Linda...
Ramona Adair Smith Roberts
Aug 8, 2014
Ramona Adair Smith Roberts, 85, of Albany, GA, died August 8, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Jimmy Sharpe, Rev. Dennis Lanning and Rev. Daniel Roberts will officiate. A committal service will follow at 2:00 PM at the Lilly City Cemetery in Lilly, GA.A native of Waverly,...
Valda Clark Goss
Aug 8, 2014
Valda Clark Goss, age 85, died Friday August 8, 2014 in Albany, GA. She was born March 4, 1929, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Clark of Sale City, Georgia. She was the middle child of nine siblings. She is survived by her youngest brother and sister, Robert Clark (Robbie) and Ann Clark Taylor of Athens. She was a...
Peggy Alsobrook Strickland
Aug 4, 2014
Peggy Alsobrook Strickland, 80, of Lee County, GA died August 4, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Bobby Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Albany, born to the late James Ray and Louise Miller Alsobrook, Mrs. Strickland had resided in...
James Lynn Hill
Aug 3, 2014
James Lynn Hill, 60, of Lee County, GA died August 3, 2014 at his residence. Memorial services will be held at a later date. A native of Borger, TX, Jim grew up in Beatrice, NE. He graduated from Beatrice High School and joined the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Jim was an aeronautical engineer and moved to...
Maxie Ray Prince
Aug 1, 2014
Maxie Ray Prince, 81, of Albany, GA died Friday, August 1, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mackey Funeral Home, Greenville, SC. Rev. Ken Kessler will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenville Memorial Gardens Cemetery.Born in Edgefield, SC, Mr. Prince had resided in Albany, GA since 1997...
Frank Eldridge King
Jul 31, 2014
Frank E. King, 92, of Albany, GA, died July 31, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. King was born to the late Chalmus and Minnie King in Cusetta, GA and grew up in Chattahoochee County, GA....
Jane Ivey Meinders
Jul 30, 2014
Jane Ivey Meinders, 87 of Albany, GA, died July 30, 2014 at Wilson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Daniel Ivey will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens in Albany, GA. Born, Laura Jane Barefoot, January 12, 1927 in Whiteville, NC. She was the only daughter of...
Charlene Ruth Martin
Jul 28, 2014
Charlene Ruth Litchfield MartinALBANY - Mrs. Charlene Ruth Litchfield Martin, 89, of Albany died Monday, July 28, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family and pets.Mrs. Martin was born in Rutland, Vermont to the late Roy Stearns Litchfield of Pittsfield, Massachusetts and the late Helen Velda Bourquin Litchfield Pheil of St. Petersburg, Florida. She was the step daughter of...
Fred W. Bell
Jul 27, 2014
Rev. Fred W. Bell, 80, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, July 27, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor and Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens.A native of Toccoa, GA, Rev. Bell grew up in South Carolina. He served in the...
Robert Emory Bruner, Sr
Jul 25, 2014
Robert Emory Bruner, Sr. 83, of Leesburg, GA died Friday, July 25, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Visitation will be held Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 10:00am with Memorial Services to follow at 11:00am at Philema Road Baptist Church, Pastor Dan Harris will officiate.Born in Morgan GA, Mr. Bruner has resided in Lee County GA since 1960. Mr. Bruner was...
Annie Laura Stein
Jul 24, 2014
Annie Laura Pope Stein, 86, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Dothan, AL, Mrs. Stein had resided in Albany, Ga since 1968. She was a homemaker and the widow of the late Romain Thomas...
Marie Scruggs Spence
Jul 23, 2014
Marie Scruggs Spence, 88, of Kathleen, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died July 23, 2014 at Coliseum Medical Center in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:30 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. James Sizemore will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Thomaston, GA, born to the late William R. and Minnie O....
Ronnie Joseph Rowell
Jul 22, 2014
Ronnie Joseph Rowell Sr. 67, of Leesburg, GA, died July 22, 2014 at Mayo Clinic Health Center in Waycross, GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. E.C. Rowell will officiate. Born in Blackshear, GA, Mr. Rowell moved to Leesburg, GA in 2013. He served in the United States Navy including two tours...
Lisa Ann Walters
Jul 21, 2014
Lisa Ann Walters, 46, of Morgan, GA, died July 21, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at the Morgan Baptist Church. Rev. Chris Holdorf will officiate. Interment will follow at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery in Doerun, GA.A native of Albany, GA, Lisa graduated from Calhoun County High School in...
Robert Wayne (Bobby) Williams
Jul 19, 2014
Robert Wayne (Bobby) Williams, 63, of Albany, GA died Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be announced at a later date.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. Mr. Williams was a self-employed master plumber and was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include his mother, Allene M. Williams Leath and a brother Frank Dwight Williams...
Maxwell Joseph (Max) Rocklin
Jul 16, 2014
Maxwell Joseph (Max) Rocklin, seven year old child of Stephen and Maryann Rocklin of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday July 16, 2014 at Georgia Regents University Hospital at Augusta, GA. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg, Cemetery. Max was born at Phoebe Putney Memorial...
Paula Lynn Ames
Jul 14, 2014
Paula Lynn Pollock Ames, 40, of 111 Kinchafoone Drive, Leesburg, GA, died Monday, July 14, 2014 at her residence.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Ames had resided in Albany, GA or Leesburg, GA all of her life. She was a graduate of Byne Memorial Baptist School and a homemaker. She attended Oakfield Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Ray Allen Webb
Jul 14, 2014
Ray Allen Webb, 55 of Leesburg died Monday July 14, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Rev. John Spencer will officiate.Born in Chicago, IL, Mr. Webb had resided in the Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA most all of his...
Louette Beamon Wisener
Jul 13, 2014
Louette Beamon Wisener, 83, of Lee County, GA, died July 13, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 PM at the Smithville City Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Mrs. Wisener was a native and lifelong resident of Lee County, GA and was born to the late Waylo and Elsie Beamon. She graduated...
