Obituaries
Jimmy Ray Austin, Sr
Feb 1, 2014
Jimmy Ray Austin, Sr., 78, of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillespie, Rev. Danny Thomas and Rev. Joe Miller will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Austin had resided in...
Faye Storey Kerfoot
Feb 1, 2014
Faye Storey Kerfoot, 79, of Lee County, GA died February 1, 2014 at her daughters' residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Calvin King will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.A native of Iron City, GA, born to the late Arthur and Susie Storey, Mrs. Kerfoot...
Vernice W. Hastings
Jan 31, 2014
Vernice Woods Hastings, 71, of Albany, GA died January 31, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Monday, February 3, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. David Benton will officiate.A native of Rome, GA, born to the late Raymond and Thelma Jane Woods, Mrs. Hastings had resided in Albany, GA since 1956. She...
Nita Dyes Wingate
Jan 31, 2014
Nita Dyes Wingate died Friday, January 31, 2014 at Presbyterian Home of Quitman, Quitman, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Lee Co, GA, Mrs. Wingate had resided in Albany, GA all of her adult life...
Michael J. McKinnon
Jan 28, 2014
Michael J. (Mike) McKinnon, 63, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Albany Bible Church. Rev. Greg McKinnon and Pastor Pete Daughtry will officiate. The Deacons of Albany Bible Church will serve as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour before the funeral at...
James A. Bridges Sr
Jan 26, 2014
James A. (Jimmy) Bridges, Sr., 77, of Sasser, GA, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Wallace Willis will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late A.M. and Etta Flowers Bridges, he attended Albany...
William Arthur Shipley
Jan 26, 2014
William Arthur Shipley, 61, of Worth Co., GA, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. Stephen Kendrick and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mr. Shipley was born in Buffalo, NY and had...
Richard Lee Hunter
Jan 26, 2014
Richard L. Hunter, 66, of Lee County, GA, died January 26, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery with Masonic Rites.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Harry and Maude Hunter, Richard graduated from Dougherty High School...
Michael E. (Mike) Gavin
Jan 25, 2014
Michael Eugene (Mike) Gavin, 56, of Lee County, GA, died January 25, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Prince will officiate.Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA born to the late Vernon and Sara Gavin, Mike lived in Albany all...
Robert J. Hinman
Jan 24, 2014
Robert James (Bob) Hinman, 88, of Albany, GA, formerly of Binghamton, NY, died January 23, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 29, at 6:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Eric Newman will officiate. Interment will follow at Glenwood Cemetery in Lockport, NY.A native of Lockport, NY born to the late Howard D. and Edith...
Jerry Wayne Shipley
Jan 19, 2014
Jerry Wayne Shipley, 59, of Albany, GA died Sunday, January 19, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Matthew Nance will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Mr. Shipley was born in Albany, GA and had been a lifelong resident. He was employed at...
Charles Franklin Ledford, Sr
Jan 17, 2014
Charles Franklin (Frank) Ledford, Sr., 84, of Albany, GA died Friday, January 17, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 20, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate.Mr. Ledford was born in Rochelle, GA and moved to Albany, GA sixty one years ago. He was retired from Nation Linen...
Henry Forrest Wren, Jr
Jan 17, 2014
Henry F. Wren, Jr., 73, of Warwick, GA died Friday, January 17, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Norman Denney and Rev. Walter Burke Wren will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Augusta, GA, Mr. Wren had resided in Albany, GA since 1955 and moved...
Lena N. Stripling
Jan 16, 2014
Lena H. Stripling, 93, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Crisp Co., GA. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate.A native of Cordele, GA, Mrs. Stripling had resided in Albany, GA for the past fifty...
Robert Franklin Griffin
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...
Commander William J. Rivers (US Navy, Ret.)
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,...
Donna S. Rogers
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...
Bennie F. (Ben) Hatcher, Jr
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...
Trace Norris
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...
Henry Leonard Casey
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...
