Obituaries
Michael Lance Bishop
Jul 7, 2013
Michael Lance Bishop, 22, of Albany, GA died July 7, 2013. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Lance was a lifelong resident of Albany, GA and was employed with Wal-Mart in the garden center. He was preceded in...
Ruben Douglas Edmunds
Jul 5, 2013
Ruben Douglas Edmunds, 70, of Albany, GA, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at Gentiva Hospice Unit at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. A private ceremony for immediate family will be held at a later date.A native of Bainbridge, GA, Mr. Edmunds was retired having last worked at American General Life Insurance Co. He was a veteran having served in the...
Thelma Jewell Griffin
Jul 4, 2013
Thelma Jewel Griffin, 86, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted Monday, July 8, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mrs. Griffin was retired from Fritex and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her...
Lewis W. Harris
Jul 4, 2013
Lewis W. Harris, Sr., 67, of Leesburg, GA, died July 4, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at the chapel of The Leesburg United Methodist Church. Rev. Wesley Kaylor, Rev. Mike Lyons and Rev. Lee Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Bristol, VA, born to the late...
Ruby Viola Saxon
Jul 3, 2013
Ruby Viola Saxon, 85, of Albany, GA, died July 3, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Donnie Nix will officiate.A native of Sylvester, GA, Mrs. Saxon graduated from Sylvester High School and had resided in Albany, GA for the past sixty years moving from Key West,...
James Willoughby Hunt
Jun 29, 2013
James Willoughby (J.W.) Hunt, 68, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, June 29, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Reagan Marsh and Rev. Fred Bell will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rusty Hunt, Ricky Hunt, Thomas Broome, Jonathon Burris, Michael Newberry, Randy Newberry, Robbie Barkley...
Gary Michael Lush
Jun 28, 2013
Gary M. Lush, 62, of Cobb, GA, died Friday, June 28, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at Mathews Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Lee Guerry will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Gary graduated from Dougherty High School in 1970. He was employed with Smith-Gray Electric for...
Christopher Randall (Rere) Heath
Jun 24, 2013
Christopher Randall ( Rere ) Heath, 33, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, June 24, 2013 at his residence. Memorial services will be held Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Randolph Pate will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Heath had resided in Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA all of his life. He was a house...
Hugh Bennett Ethridge
Jun 22, 2013
Hugh Bennett Ethridge, 58, of Baconton, GA., died Saturday, June 22, 2013. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Travelers Rest Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. David Wolfe will officiate. Interment will follow in Travelers Rest Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery. A native of Meigs, GA., Mr. Ethridge had resided in Mitchell Co., GA...
Herbert Kimbrell
Jun 20, 2013
Herbert Kimbrell, 82, of Albany died June 20, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday, June 24, 2013 at 12:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Jerry Deans will officiate.A native of Ocilla, GA, Mr. Kimbrell resided in Albany, GA most of his adult life moving from Oklahoma. He served in...
Elizabeth Ann Slaughter
Jun 18, 2013
Elizabeth Ann Slaughter, 62, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside memorial services will be held Saturday June 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Ann was a 1969 graduate of Albany High School and attended Albany Technical College. She...
Jack Clower Gay
Jun 14, 2013
Jack Clower Gay, 83, of Albany, GA, died Friday, June 14, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Acree. Rev. Gerald Purvis, Rev. Ken Baker and Mr. Bobby Hall will officiate. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Berlin, GA at 4:00...
Michael Z. Kirkland
Jun 13, 2013
Michael (Mike) Z. Kirkland, 63, of Albany died Thursday, June 13, 2013. Funeral services to be held 2:00 PM Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Doerun, GA. Rev. Chris E. Turner will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA, Mr. Kirkland grew up in Mitchell County, GA and has resided...
Glenda Carol Fuller
Jun 12, 2013
Glenda Carol Fuller, 65, of Albany, GA, died June 12, 2013. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Russellville, AL, born to the late Robert and Mary Fuller, Glenda had resided in Albany, GA since 1986 from Bessemer, AL. She...
Eric Dwayne Miller
Jun 12, 2013
Eric Duane Miller, 47, of Snellville, GA., died Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Ebenezer Christian Center, Albany, GA. Minister Patrick Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Mr. Miller had resided in the Atlanta Metro area for the past twenty five...
Willie Raymond Goff
Jun 11, 2013
Willie Raymond Goff, 88, of Albany, GA, died June 11, 2013 at Agape Heath and Rehabilitation Center in Moultrie, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Murphy Cemetery in Colquitt County, GA. Rev. Chuck Scarborough will officiate.A native of Murphy, GA, Mr. Goff served in the United States Army during World War II and had...
Christine D. McConnell
Jun 9, 2013
Christine Powell McConnell, 86, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 14, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Plant City, FL, Mrs. McConnell had resided in Albany, GA since 1957 moving from...
Lynwood Dewayne Cross
Jun 8, 2013
Lynwood Dewayne Cross, 86, of Albany, GA died Saturday, June 8, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Rouse will officiate.A native of Camilla, GA., Mr. Cross had resided in Albany, GA since 1958. He was retired from sales and was formerly...
Donna Etheridge Griffin
Jun 7, 2013
Donna E. Griffin, age 48, of Norcross, Georgia, formerly of Albany, Georgia, died on Friday, June 7, 2013 from an apparent heart attack. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 10, 2013, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel in Snellville, Georgia.A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at 11:00...
Charlie L. McConnell, Jr
Jun 5, 2013
Charlie Less McConnell, Jr., 65, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Bainbridge, GA, Mr. McConnell had resided in Albany, GA all of his adult...
