Obituaries
Clarence David Edwards, Sr
Apr 27, 2013
Clarence David Edwards, Sr., 71, of Dawson, Georgia died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Beulah Primitive Baptist Church. Elder Lynwood Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Terrell Co., GA, Mr. Edwards was a furniture salesman...
Rebecca Bernell Dabbs
Apr 27, 2013
Rebecca Bernell Dabbs, 93, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carrie Meyers will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. A private interment will follow at Crown Hill...
Shirley Temple Odom
Apr 24, 2013
Shirley Temple Odom, 77, of Lee County, GA, died April 24, 2013 at her residence. Services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. A private interment will follow in Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Mitchell County, GA, Mrs. Odom had lived in Lee County since 1997 moving from Dougherty...
Joseph (Joe) Henry Solomon, Jr
Apr 24, 2013
Joseph Henry (Joe) Solomon, Jr., 69, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, April 24, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Monday, April 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Sunset Cemetery in Meigs, GA. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. A native of Danielsonville, CT, Mr. Solomon had resided in Albany, GA for the past forty seven years...
Billy Dan Akins
Apr 23, 2013
Billy Dan Akins, 75, of Lee Co., GA, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House.Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Arthur Lee Johnson and Rev. Rufus Williams will officiate.Bill Akins was born to James and Lucy Akins on March 28, 1938 in Redbone. He attended the...
Rheda Blackwell Hall
Apr 23, 2013
Rheda Blackwell Hall, 79, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at her residence. The funeral service will be held Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Lakeside Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Monticello, GA, Mrs. Hall graduated from Monticello High School and Valdosta State College (Uni.)...
Micky (Mick) Lee McGuire
Apr 22, 2013
Micky Lee (Mick) McGuire, 63, of Lee County, GA, died April 22, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Stillwater, OK, born to the late Earl L. and Geneva May McGuire, Mick...
James R. (Rusty) Rogers, Sr
Apr 20, 2013
James Rustin (Rusty) Rogers, Sr. 87, of Albany, GA, died April 20, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Josh Duckworth of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with Masonic Rites.A native of Reidsville, GA, Mr. Rogers was an US Army...
Raymond A. (Ray) Brown
Apr 19, 2013
Raymond A. (Ray) Brown, 54, of Lee County, died Friday, April 19, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Dan Harris will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.A native of East Hartford, CT, Mr. Brown had resided in Albany, GA...
Charles R. (Catfish) Cleveland
Apr 18, 2013
Charles Ray "Catfish" Cleveland, 59, of Warwick, GA, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM at Crisp County Power Dam. A resident of Eldorado, IL, Mr. Cleveland had lived in Warwick since 1998. He was a handyman by trade and a member of First Baptist Church of Warwick. Mr. Cleveland was...
Betty Jean Haynes
Apr 14, 2013
Betty Jean Haynes, 67, of Lee County, GA, died Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Worth County, GA, born to the late John and Cora Lee Downs, Mrs. Haynes grew...
Charles Eugene Harrell
Apr 14, 2013
Charles Eugene "Gene" Harrell, 70, of Albany, GA, died April 14, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery with military honors.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Julius and Ida Corine Harrell, he graduated...
Donna M. Sapp
Apr 11, 2013
Donna M. Sapp, 57, of Worth County, GA, died April 11, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Kenny Rogers will officiate. Interment will follow in Providence Primative Baptist Church Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Worth County, GA, Donna was a self employed contractor and...
Virginia (Jinny) Ann Turner
Apr 10, 2013
Virginia A. (Jinny) Turner, 80, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Hilton Gillespie will officiate. Interment will follow at Cordray Methodist Church Cemetery.A native of Unionville, MO, Mrs. Turner had resided in Albany, GA for the last forty five...
Lenore Frances Plisch
Apr 3, 2013
Lenore Frances Plisch, 82, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private memorial services will be held Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Rothschild, WI, Mrs. Pilsch had resided in Albany, GA for the past five years. She was a retired dietary...
Eldridge Carlos Richardson
Apr 3, 2013
Eldridge Carlos Richardson, 75, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Friday, April 5, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Lexington, AL, Mr. Richardson had resided in Leesburg for the last 30 years. He was a truck driver and United States...
Donna Clardy Steen
Apr 1, 2013
Mrs. Donna Jean Clardy Steen, 62, of Albany passed away peacefully, Monday, April 1, 2013 at Willson Hospice House, with her family at her side. Donna was born on December 20th, 1950 in Valdosta, GA to Jeffie M. and Walter B. Clardy. Residing in Orlando, FL, Waterloo, IA and Albany, GA throughout her entire life. Baptist by faith, she belonged...
Matthew Payne Taylor
Mar 30, 2013
Matthew Payne Taylor, 3, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Life Christian Center International. Pastor Stan Glass will officiate.Survivors include his grandmother, Midge McDowell, Albany, GA, his mother, Olivia McDowell Taylor, Albany, GA, his father, Darrell Taylor, Jr., Camilla, GA,...
William (Bill) John Doyle
Mar 28, 2013
William (Bill) John Doyle, 50 of Albany, GA died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Mercedes Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Willis will officiate. A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Doyle was employed at Interstate Warehouse and was of the Baptist...
Gerald D Smith
Mar 27, 2013
Gerald D. Smith, 82, of Leesburg, GA, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home, Rev. Bruce Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Thundering Springs Cemetery. Born in Bainbridge, GA, Mr. Smith graduated from high school and joined the United States Army and...
