Obituaries
Jennie Pearl Morrell
Oct 24, 2013
Jennie Pearl Morrell, 85, of Albany, GA, formerly of Marietta, GA died Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna and Rev. Mike Woods will officiate. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pelham, GA.Born in...
Jowanna Gail Hammack
Oct 23, 2013
Jowanna Gail Hammack, 62, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Thundering Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Giles Lovejoy will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.Born in Albany, GA, Jowanna had resided in Albany, GA before moving to Leesburg, GA in...
Joseph Ralph Albano
Oct 23, 2013
Joseph Ralph Albano, 85, of Lee County, GA died Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home. A private family interment will be held at Colonial Memorial Cemetery in Hamilton, NJ. A native of Trenton, NJ, born to Phillip and Mary Kichinko Albano, he...
Mary E. Fetch
Oct 22, 2013
Mary E. Fetch, 59, of Albany, GA and Pompano Beach, FL, died October 22, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Thursday, October 24, 2013 from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. A visitation and memorial service will be held Sunday October 27, 2013 at 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Fred Hunter's...
Annie D. Cox
Oct 19, 2013
Annie Dean Cox, 89, of Leesburg, GA, died October 19, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 5:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Melvin Slappy will officiate. A private family interment will be held at Riverside Cemetery.A native of Jacksonville, FL, born to the late William H. Ramsey, Sr. and Ida Bell Ramsey Haynes,...
Carl Neil Morey, Sr
Oct 16, 2013
Carl Neil Morey, Sr., 61, of Lee County, GA, died October 16, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Tampa, FL, Mr. Morey grew up in Lester, GA and graduated from...
William Sidney Fender
Oct 14, 2013
William Sidney Fender, 74, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM at Avalon United Methodist Church. Rev. Dennis Lanning will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral at Avalon United Methodist Church.A...
Charles Edward Outlaw
Oct 13, 2013
Charles Edward Outlaw, 82, of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at First Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born in Coy, AL, Mr. Outlaw had resided in Albany, GA since 1953. He...
David Lee Reed
Oct 11, 2013
David Lee Reed, 74, of Albany, GA, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Alliance, OH, Mr. Reed had resided in Albany since 1957. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was retired from...
Braxten Tenner Richter
Oct 8, 2013
Braxten Tenner Richter passed peacefully in the arms of his loving parents on October 8, 2013. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Braxten was born on September 28, 2013 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. During his days on earth he touched many lives and is...
Wanda Lea Withers
Oct 7, 2013
Wanda Lea Withers, 79, of Newton, GA, died Monday, October 7, 2013 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. The remains have been cremated.A native of Chanute, Kansas, Mrs. Withers had resided in Newton, GA since 1974 moving from Bedford, VA and she was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carthel Jack Withers and a brother,...
Mark Lee Creel
Oct 7, 2013
Mark L. Creel, 41, of Lee County, GA, died October 7, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native and longtime resident of Albany, GA, Mark had resided in Lee County for the past three years. He attended Albany Technical College, was formerly employed with...
Helen Irene Kirkpatrick
Oct 6, 2013
Helen Ayers Lane Kirkpatrick, 91, of Albany, GA, died October 6, 2013 at her residence. Her family will celebrate her life and she will be interred next to her late husband, Oliver Russell Lane on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery. A native of Ebro City, FL, born to the late Benjamin Franklin Ayers and Annie...
Nancy R. Shugart
Oct 4, 2013
Nancy R. Shugart, 77, of Albany, GA, died Friday, October 4, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. A celebration of life for Mrs. Shugart will be held Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William D. "Biff" Coker will officiate.A native of Chattanooga, TN, born to the late Henry H. and Beulah Swafford Roberson...
Henry Franklin England
Oct 3, 2013
Henry Franklin England, 43, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, October 3, 2013 at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. England, a native of Virginia Beach, VA, was a 1990 graduate of Western Branch High School and was presently attending Darton...
Nora M. Carter
Sep 29, 2013
Nora Mae Carter, 80, of Albany, GA died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ernie Beckwith will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Spring Hill Christian Church Cemetery in Ochlocknee, GA.Born in Grady County, GA, Mrs. Carter had...
Evangeline Mayes Matthews
Sep 29, 2013
Evangeline Mayes Matthews, 87, of Albany, GA. died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Willson Hospice House, as a result of acute myeloid leukemia.Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by her parents, Roberta Cardell Mayes and Joseph E. Mayes, Sr., her mother-in-law, Delilah Kirkland Matthews, son-in-law Ralph Joseph Evans, III, brother and sister-in-law, Joseph E. Mayes, Jr. and Virginia Osborn Mayes,...
Doris M. Bateman
Sep 28, 2013
Doris Massey Bateman, 90, of Marietta, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died September 28, 2013 at Manor Care Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Gillionville Baptist Church. Pastor Tony Heafs will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA.A native of Doerun, GA, born to...
Gregory (Greg) G. Howell
Sep 26, 2013
Gregory Gordon (Greg) Howell, 42, of Leesburg, GA, died September 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 30, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Keith Smith and Rev. Mark Bullock will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of the Leesburg area, Greg was employed as...
Daniel Wesley (Dan) Harden, Sr
Sep 24, 2013
Daniel W. (Dan) Harden, Sr., 56, of Leesburg, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Philema Road Baptist Church. Rev. Kent Miller will officiate. Cremation will follow after the services.Born in Morroco, North Africa, Dan had resided in Leesburg, GA for the...
