Obituaries
Charles Lee Godwin
Nov 5, 2013
Charles Lee "Charlie" Godwin, 61, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home at 2:00 pm. Dr. Ron Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Birmingham, AL, Mr. Godwin had resided in Leesburg for the last 38 years coming...
Jerry W. Simpson
Nov 5, 2013
Jerry W. Simpson, 61, of Morgan, GA, died November 5, 2013 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM graveside at Cordray Cemetery. Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Albany, GA born to the late Roy and Alma Foy...
Wannie C. Brookerd
Nov 4, 2013
Wannie Carson Brookerd, 61, of Albany, GA, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 8, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.He was born to the late Roy Carson Brookerd and Margaret Morris Brookerd on December 1,...
Richard Adrien Davis
Nov 3, 2013
Richard Adrien Davis, 61, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Gary Collier and Randy Vaughn will officiate. Interment will follow at Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Chicago, IL, he was born to the late Early and Margie Davis. Mr. Davis lived...
Herbert Gary Godbee
Oct 31, 2013
Herbert Gary Godbee, 63, of Albany, GA, died October 31, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. No funeral services will be held.A native of Bethesda, Maryland, born to the late Herbert Gordon Godbee and Vallie Virgina Godbee, Gary had resided in Albany, GA most of his life. He was a retired self employed truck driver. Survivors include his wife, Katherine...
Cynthia Ann Mathews Cook
Oct 27, 2013
Cynthia Ann Mathews Cook McDuffie, 56, of Leesburg, GA, died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. George Mathews will officiate.Born in Americus, GA, Mrs. McDuffie had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Lee Co., GA forty eight years ago. She...
Gerald Fowler Junkin
Oct 25, 2013
Gerald Fowler Junkin, 79, of Lee County, GA died Friday, October 25, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 12:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Doug Junkin will officiate.A native of Little Rock, AR, Mr. Junkin had resided in the Lee County area for the past four years, coming from Kentucky. He...
Mary Virginia Fomby Brooks
Oct 24, 2013
Mary Virginia Fomby Brooks, 87, of Lynn Haven, FL, formerly of Albany, GA died October 24, 2013 at Covenant Hospice in Panama City, FL. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home in Albany, GA. Rev. Tony Haef will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service. Interment will follow at Floral...
Jennie Pearl Morrell
Oct 24, 2013
Jennie Pearl Morrell, 85, of Albany, GA, formerly of Marietta, GA died Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. Mike Woods will officiate. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pelham, GA.Born in...
Jowanna Gail Hammack
Oct 23, 2013
Jowanna Gail Hammack, 62, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Giles Lovejoy will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Jowanna had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA in...
Joseph Ralph Albano
Oct 23, 2013
Joseph Ralph Albano, 85, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home. A private family interment will be held at Colonial Memorial Cemetery in Hamilton, NJ. A native of Trenton, NJ, born to Phillip and Mary Kichinko Albano, he...
Mary E. Fetch
Oct 22, 2013
Mary E. Fetch, 59, of Albany, GA and Pompano Beach, FL, died October 22, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Thursday, October 24, 2013 from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. A visitation and memorial service will be held Sunday October 27, 2013 at 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Fred Hunter's...
Annie D. Cox
Oct 19, 2013
Annie Dean Cox, 89, of Leesburg, GA, died October 19, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 5:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappy will officiate. A private family interment will be held at Riverside Cemetery.A native of Jacksonville, FL, born to the late William H. Ramsey, Sr. and Ida Bell Ramsey Haynes,...
Carl Neil Morey, Sr
Oct 16, 2013
Carl Neil Morey, Sr., 61, of Lee County, GA, died October 16, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Tampa, FL, Mr. Morey grew up in Lester, GA and graduated from...
William Sidney Fender
Oct 14, 2013
William Sidney Fender, 74, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Dennis Lanning will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral at Avalon United Methodist Church.A...
Charles Edward Outlaw
Oct 13, 2013
Charles Edward Outlaw, 82, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at First Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Coy, AL, Mr. Outlaw had resided in Albany, GA since 1953. He...
David Lee Reed
Oct 11, 2013
David Lee Reed, 74, of Albany, GA, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Alliance, OH, Mr. Reed had resided in Albany since 1957. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was retired from...
Braxten Tenner Richter
Oct 8, 2013
Braxten Tenner Richter passed peacefully in the arms of his loving parents on October 8, 2013. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Braxten was born on September 28, 2013 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. During his days on earth he touched many lives and is...
Wanda Lea Withers
Oct 7, 2013
Wanda Lea Withers, 79, of Newton, GA, died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. The remains have been cremated.A native of Chanute, Kansas, Mrs. Withers had resided in Newton, GA since 1974 moving from Bedford, VA and she was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carthel Jack Withers and a brother,...
Mark Lee Creel
Oct 7, 2013
Mark L. Creel, 41, of Lee County, GA, died October 7, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native and longtime resident of Albany, GA, Mark had resided in Lee County for the past three years. He attended Albany Technical College, was formerly employed with...
