Obituaries
Frank Edward Widner
Dec 23, 2013
Frank Edward Widner, 81, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 27, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Gordon Cemetery, Damascus, GA. Dr. Jeffery D. Spicer and Rev. W. A. Bingham will officiate.Born in Colquitt, GA, Mr. Widner had resided in Orlando,...
Edna Moree McDonald
Dec 22, 2013
Edna Moree McDonald, 86, of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 435 Dunbar Lane, Albany, GA. Mrs. McDonald was born in Grady County, Georgia on January 18, 1927. Mrs. McDonald worked many years in retail and as...
Tammy Jean Woodard
Dec 22, 2013
Tammy Jean Woodard, 46, of Albany, GA, died December 22, 2013. Funeral services will be held Friday, at 11:00 AM December 27, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bob Prince will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native and longtime resident of Albany, GA, Tammy had resided in Oakwood, GA for twelve years before returning home. Survivors include...
Corrine Shattles Swearingen
Dec 21, 2013
Corrine Shattles Swearingen, 63, of Dawson, GA, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Mrs. Swearingen was born in Dawson, GA and had been a lifelong resident. She was...
Jefferson (Jeff) Millage Irvin
Dec 19, 2013
Jefferson Millage (Jeff) Irvin, 58, of Sylvester, Georgia, died Wednesday, December 19, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Travelers Rest Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Chandler, AZ, Mr. Irvin had resided in Albany, GA before...
Hildegard Maria Bernatzki Minor
Dec 16, 2013
Hildegard Maria Minor, 74, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 16, 2013 at her residence. Private interment will be held at a later date.A native of Germany, Mrs. Minor had resided in Albany for many years coming from Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Albany Friendship Force and the International Club of Albany. Mrs. Minor is preceded in death...
Robert (Bob) Calvin Whitfield
Dec 15, 2013
Robert Calvin (Bob) Whitfield, 84, of Albany, GA died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Tampa Shores, FL, Mr. Whitfield grew up in Funston, GA and had resided...
Fay Lillian Payne
Dec 12, 2013
Fay L. Payne, 91 of Lee Co. GA died Thursday, December 12, 2013 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A native of Tulsa, OK, Mrs. Payne had resided in Leesburg since 1958 moving from Savannah, GA. She was an art teacher at Doughty Junior...
Ruth Margaret Smith
Dec 11, 2013
Ruth Margaret Smith, 76, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private committal service will be held at a later date.A native of Chicago, IL, Mrs. Smith had resided in the Albany area for approximately 20 years coming from Apopka, FL. She was a spirit-filled Christian and a member of the Million Dollar...
Annie Mae Wright
Dec 11, 2013
Mae Daniels Wright, 85, of Albany, GA, died December 11, 2013 at Phoebe North. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at the First Southern Methodist Church of Albany, GA. Rev. Fletcher Rawls and Rev. George Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Macon, GA, born to the late A.C and Willa Daniels,...
Infant Charles Reed Courtney
Dec 11, 2013
A private graveside funeral service will be held for Charles Reed Courtney, infant son of Donald (Scooter) and Kelly Courtney at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Baker County, GA on Monday, December 16, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Rev. Garrett Andrew will officiate.Survivors in addition to his parents are his sisters, Allison Claire Courtney and MaryRuth Dearing Courtney, maternal grandparents, Gaylon...
Charles Michael (Mike) Bush
Dec 11, 2013
Charles Michael (Mike) Bush, 59, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at his residence. Mike was born in Albany, GA on June 29, 1954 and lived in Dougherty and Lee County all of his life except when he served in the United States Navy. He was a graduate of Lee County High School and he was retired from...
Carolyn Floyd Jewell
Dec 10, 2013
Carolyn Floyd Jewell, 76, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Keith Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Mrs. Jewell had resided in Albany, GA all of her life except...
Tommie Ray Spraggins
Dec 9, 2013
Tommie Ray Spraggins, 84, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 09, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Spraggins and Rev. Carl Felts will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors.A native of Dadeville, AL, born to the late Tommie J. and Deara Kate...
Ouida Helen Griffin
Dec 9, 2013
Ouida Helen Griffin, 80, of Albany, GA, died December 9, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Chaplin Will Archibald will officiate.Mrs. Griffin was born to the late Preston and Quilla Mae Corbett in Albany, GA on March 13, 1933 and had resided there all of her life....
Josephine Beverly Hampton
Dec 7, 2013
Josephine Beverly Hampton, 90, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate.A native of Conway, SC, Mrs. Hampton had resided in Albany and Leesburg most all of her life. She was a homemaker and...
Infant Luke Rusk
Dec 7, 2013
Infant Luke Rusk, son of Christopher and Danielle Rusk of Lee Co., GA, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Troy Simmons will officiate.Survivors in addition to the parents are, a brother, Dirks Rusk and a sister, Bailee Rusk both of Lee...
Jack Peterman
Dec 6, 2013
Jack Peterman, 85, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Jessie Marvin Layfield
Dec 2, 2013
Jessie Marvin Layfield, 92, of Albany, GA died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.Born in Tifton, GA, Mr. Layfield had resided in Albany since the age of seven years old and...
Clara Shiver Campbell
Dec 2, 2013
Clara Shiver Campbell, 82, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will be held at Cool Springs Cemetery in Colquitt County, GA at 2:00 PM.A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Campbell was born...
