Obituaries
Doris Evelyn Preston
Feb 21, 2014
Doris Evelyn Krumel Preston, 73, of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her remains have been cremated and a visitation will be held Thursday February 26, 2015 at Mathews Funeral Home from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Mrs. Preston was born August 23, 1941 to Frank Charles and Evelyn Doris Fischer Krumel at St....
Lee Andrew Davis
Feb 20, 2014
Lee Andrew Davis, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye, Mr. Harry Bryant, and Mr. Glenn Zern will officiate.Mr. Davis was a lifelong resident of Albany. He was a graduate of Dougherty High School...
Garnett Andrew (G.A.) Allen
Feb 19, 2014
Garnett Andrew (G.A.) Allen, 92, of Sylvester, GA died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Palmyra Nursing Home in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Dawson, GA he was born to the late Windsor Alexander Allen, Sr. and...
William (Bill) N. Price
Feb 17, 2014
William N. (Bill) Price, 79, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 17, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner, Rev. Noah Phillips, and Rev. Perry Lamey will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Mausoleum.Born in Calhoun County, GA, to the late James N. and Susie Musgrove...
Roy E. Harrell
Feb 16, 2014
Roy E. Harrell, 80, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Dunn and Chaplain Rodney Stamey will officiate. Members of the Order of the Eastern Star and Masons will serve as honorary pallbearers. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery...
Sarah Evelyn McLeod Mock
Feb 15, 2014
Sarah Evelyn Mock, 88, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 17, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Richard Collins and Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. A private interment will follow on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Colquitt City Cemetery, Colquitt, GA.Born in Baker Co., GA,...
Earl Hudgins
Feb 15, 2014
Earl Hudgins, 74, of Albany, GA, died February 15, 2014 at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at the Pelham City Cemetery. Chaplin Jimmy Albritton will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.A native of Calhoun County, GA, he was born to the late Earl...
Alice Fay Scott Taranto
Feb 13, 2014
Alice Fay Scott Taranto, 71, of Albany, GA died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg First United Methodist Church. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.Born in Smithville, GA, Mrs. Taranto had resided in Lee Co., GA for...
Leo Stacy Gray
Feb 13, 2014
Leo S. Gray, 81, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will be Monday, February 17, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Newnan, GA.Born in Enigma, GA, Mr. Gray...
Thomas Jefferson Ledford
Feb 12, 2014
Thomas Jefferson Ledford, 92, of Lee County, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.Mr. Ledford had resided in Lee County nearly fifty years...
Tony C. Stanton
Feb 11, 2014
Tony Charles Stanton, 70, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at his residence. A funeral service will be conducted Friday, February 14, 2014 at 11:00 A. M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Billy Lillis will officiate. A native of Anderson, IN, born to Charles R. and Marciel B. Stanton, Mr. Stanton moved to Albany, GA...
Woody H. Woodard
Feb 9, 2014
WALTER HERBERT WOODARD ("W.H" "/ "Woody")April 6, 1939 - February 9, 2014Peacefully passed away at his home in Albany, Georgia on February 9, 2014,After an extended illness. Woody was born and grew up in Baker County, GA until attending the University of Georgia and afterwards moving to Arlington, GA, where he went to work with his Father, Herbert Woodard. In...
Clara Sue Parker
Feb 8, 2014
Clara Sue Parker, 90, of Leesburg, GA., formerly of Albany, GA., died Saturday, February 08, 2014, at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Davisboro, GA, born to William H. and Reba W....
William H. Carswell
Feb 8, 2014
William H. Carswell, 66, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, February 08, 2014, at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. William was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA. He graduated from Albany High School in 1965, joined the...
Olivia Burrell Williams
Feb 8, 2014
Olivia Burrell Williams, 76, of Albany, GA, formerly of Rome, GA, died February 8, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 14, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Mt. Harmony Baptist Church in Mableton, GA. Dr. Carl Rees will officiate. Interment will follow in Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:30...
Karen Alanna Shirley Goolsby
Feb 7, 2014
Karen Alanna Shirley Goolsby, 43, of Lee County, GA, went to be with her Lord on February 7, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Her time on this earth was short but this is not her true home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at the Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Dr. Glen L. Shultz and Rev. Johnny...
Jonathan Lee (John) Skaggs
Feb 4, 2014
Jonathan Lee (John) Skaggs, 60, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, February 8, at 11:00 a.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. (Biff) Coker will officiate.Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Mr. Skaggs had resided in Albany, GA since 1977. He was in construction management at MCLB-Albany and...
David E. Hutto
Feb 2, 2014
David E. Hutto, 53, of Baconton, GA, died Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Archbold Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla, GA. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Poulan City Cemetery, Poulan, GA. Rev. Roger Tillery and family members will officiate. Born in Wildwood, FL. David had resided in Baconton, GA for the past...
Alisa Diana Penrod
Feb 2, 2014
Alisa Anderson Penrod, 56, of Hiram, GA died February 2, 2014 at Wellstar Paulding Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday February 6, 2014 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Chester (Chet) T. Anderson, Jr. will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Alisa was a 1975 graduate of Westover High School where she participated on the flag corps and...
