Obituaries
Sadie Mae Alday Golden
Aug 26, 2013
Sadie Mae Alday Golden, 84, of Albany, GA died Monday, August 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. Rev. Tom Pollock and Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Little Ochlocknee Baptist Church Cemetery.A native of Thomas County, GA, Mrs. Golden had resided...
Shirley Harrison Green
Aug 25, 2013
Shirley Harrison Green, 73, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A native of Martinsville, VA, Mrs. Green had resided in Albany, GA for the past seven years moving here from Amityville, NY. She was a nurse and retired from Suffolk State Psychiatric Hospital.Survivors include her husband, of forty three years, Paul H. Green...
Kay Elizabeth Young
Aug 21, 2013
Kay Elizabeth Young, 55, of Leesburg, GA died Wednesday, August 21 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, August 23, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Albany, GA, Kay had resided in Leesburg, GA most all of her life. She had worked as a travel agent and was of...
Steven Vaughn Paul
Aug 20, 2013
Steven Vaughan (Steve) Paul, 53 of Lee County, GA, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM at The First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Dawson, GA, Steve was born to the late Vaughan...
Armenda Purvis (Shorty) Turner
Aug 17, 2013
Armenda Purvis (Shorty) Turner, 84, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. at Sand Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Rupert, GA (Taylor Co., GA.)A native of Charing, GA, Mrs. Turner had resided in Albany before moving to Leesburg, GA in 1957. She...
Tommy Russell Sinquefield, Sr
Aug 17, 2013
Tommy Russell Sinquefield, Sr., 89, of Morgan, GA, died August 17, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. at New Light Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Hall and Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.A native of Wayback, GA, Mr. Sinquefield had resided in Calhoun County, GA all of...
Billy Junior Bridges
Aug 16, 2013
Billy Junior Bridges, 77, of Albany, GA, died Friday, August 16, 2013, at his residence. Memorial services will be Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at Mathews Funeral Home at 4:00 p.m.A native of Sylvester, GA, Mr. Bridges had lived in Albany for most of his life. He was a machinist at Flint River Textile Mill for 20 years. Mr. Bridges was...
Friedson Lee Odom
Aug 16, 2013
Friedson "Frick" Lee Odom, 88, of Leesburg, GA, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown and Rev. Kevin Clotfelter will officiate and Sylvia Spraggins will interpret. Interment will follow in Red Oak Cemetery, Worth Co., GA.A native of Worth Co.,...
Joann Willis Hammack
Aug 15, 2013
Joann Willis Hammack, 74, of Albany, GA died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at her residence. Memorial services will be held Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. at Lamad Ministries Chapel. Rev. William Eidenire will officiate. A native of Sumner, GA, Mrs. Hammack had resided in Albany, GA since 1998 moving from Brunswick, GA. She was a registered nurse and...
Ralph Grady ""Randy"" Linahan, Jr
Aug 15, 2013
Ralph Grady "Randy" Linahan, Jr., 59, of Cordele, GA died Thursday, August 15, 2013, at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be Sunday, August 18, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Rick Hamilton will officiate.A native and longtime resident of Albany, Mr. Linahan had resided at Lake Blackshear for the last six years. He was a loving...
John Thomas Deese
Aug 13, 2013
John Thomas Deese, 54, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be private. Mr. Deese, a native of Albany, Georgia was the son to the late George Leonidas Deese and Lorraine Boucher Deese. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and had worked with the Florida Department of Agriculture as a fruit inspector, Cooper Tires and...
Daniel Glynn Bullington
Aug 12, 2013
Daniel Glynn (Bull) Bullington, 62, of Albany, GA died Monday, August 12, 2013 at his residence. A visitation will be held Friday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.A lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Bullington was a 1968 Albany High School graduate. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from Merck Chemical after...
Joseph Jay Daniels
Aug 7, 2013
Joseph Jay (Joe) Daniels, Sr., 54, of Albany, GA, died August 7, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Tampa, FL, Joe had lived in Albany, GA since 1976 moving from King George, VA. He was member...
Vickey Thelma Germany
Aug 3, 2013
Vickey T. Germany Lashley, 52, of Leesburg, GA died, Saturday, August 3, 2013, at her residence. Funeral Services will be Thursday, August 8, 2013, at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Albany, Mrs. Lashley had resided in Leesburg and Albany area all her life. She was a graduate of Albany High School class...
Essie Lavern Willingham
Aug 3, 2013
Lavern Allegood Willingham, 69, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Ralph Horne, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Funston Cemetery, Funston, GA.A native of Bay, GA, Mrs. Willingham had resided in Albany since 1961...
Harold Kelley Stephens
Aug 2, 2013
Harold Kelley Stephens, 87, of Albany, GA, died Friday, August 2, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Reagan Marsh, Rev. Ron Stinson and Rev. Fred Bell will officiate. Interment will follow at Zion Hope Cemetery in Crisp County, GA.A native of Ft. Meyers, FL,...
James Harold Allen
Aug 2, 2013
James Harold Allen, 80, of Albany, GA, died Friday, August 2, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 5, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Damascus, GA, Mr. Allen had resided in Albany, GA for the past...
Elliott Lee Minor
Aug 1, 2013
Elliott Minor, 71, of Albany died August 1, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home.
Ira Earldean Pate, Jr
Jul 29, 2013
Ira "Earl" Pate, Jr, 63, of Lee County, GA, died July 29, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Bethel Baptist Church in Sycamore, GA.A native of Ben Hill County, GA, born to the late Ira Earldean Pate,...
Lee Gene Kierce
Jul 28, 2013
Lee Gene Kierce, 80, of Albany, GA, died July 28, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley and Norman Denney will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.He was a native of Sale City, GA, born to C.R. and Rosie Kierce and grew up...
