Obituaries
Gwendolyn Swilley
May 27, 2013
Gwendolyn Swilley, 96, of Catoosa, OK, formerly of Albany and Leesburg, GA, died Monday, May 27, 2013 at her residence in Catoosa, OK. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery in Pelham, GA.A native of Camilla, GA, born to the late...
Euvida Castleberry Spivey
May 27, 2013
Euvida Spivey, 89, of Albany, GA, died May 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell and Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. A private family committal service will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.A native of Andalusia, AL, Mrs. Spivey was born September 16, 1923 to the late...
Emma Jane Wood
May 27, 2013
Emma Jane Wood, 89, of Albany, GA, died May 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 30, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. No formal funeral services will be held.Born in Washington D.C., Mrs. Wood had resided in Albany since 1957. She was an active supporter of the Albany...
Joyce Earline Gonzalez
May 27, 2013
Joyce Earline Gonzalez, 86, of Albany, GA, died May 27, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Pollock and Ross Powell will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Wrens, GA, born to the late Henry Forest Wren and Lillian...
Evelyn Ruth Dally
May 26, 2013
Caring mother and wife, Evelyn Ruth Dally, 81, died May 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Dunn will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Knoxville, TN, born to the late Claude and Johnsie Cook Scarbrough, Mrs. Dally had resided in...
Helen Hogge Rooks
May 25, 2013
Helen Hogge Rooks, 95, of Beaufort, SC, formerly of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Rooks was born on October 5, 1917, the first of five siblings to the late Clinton & Lucille Hogge. She was a United States Coast Guard veteran of World War II, and resided in Albany for many years,...
Hayward F. O'Neal
May 24, 2013
Hayward F. O'Neal, 90, of Sylvester, GA formerly of Albany, GA died May 24, 2013 at Pine Shadows Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Shiloh Baptist Church at Cotton Hill GA. Rev. Steve Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.A native of Geneva County, AL, Mr. O'Neal graduated from Andalusia High...
Ann Odom Bush
May 24, 2013
Ann Odom Bush, 74, of Newton, GA., died Friday May 24, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Newton Baptist Church, Newton, GA. Rev. Chris Mullis and Rev. Jamie Sanders will officiate. Interment will follow in Newton City Cemetery.Mrs. Bush was a life-long resident of Newton, GA and...
Ola Omega Smith Morris
May 23, 2013
Ola Omega Smith Morris, 93, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Morris had resided in Albany, GA for...
Salli A. Harrell
May 21, 2013
Salli A. Harrell, 32, of Leesburg, GA, died May 21, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:30 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Albany, GA, Salli had lived in the...
Robin Fetina Rhodes Cater
May 20, 2013
Robin Fetina Rhodes Cater, 49, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, May 20, 2013 at her residence. A memorial service will be conducted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate.Mrs. Cater was born in Albany, GA and resided in Baker Co., GA as a child and moved to Leesburg,...
Kolton Ryan Lloyd Stone
May 20, 2013
Kolton Ryan Lloyd Stone, infant son of Michael Stone, Jr. and Nicole Tarrer, of Nashville, GA, died Monday, May 20, 2013 at SGMC Berrien Campus, Nashville, GA. Graveside services will be held, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. William (Billy) Sumner will officiate.In addition to his parents a survivors include, his sister, Grace Stone of Nashville, GA, maternal...
Hubert Franklin Scott, Sr
May 19, 2013
Hubert Franklin Scott, Sr., 89, of Dawson, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died May 19, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery with Masonic Rites.A native of Worth County, GA, he was born to the late...
Wylie Fred Truitt
May 16, 2013
Wylie Fred Truitt, 75, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Phoebe North Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell and Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Tignall, GA, Mr. Truitt had resided in Albany, GA for...
William Larry Grimsley, Sr
May 15, 2013
William Larry Grimsley, Sr., 67, of Poulan, GA, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Carter will officiate. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, GA with Military Honors. The Albany Police Honor Guard will serve as active pallbearers. A native of...
James Carroll Henderson
May 14, 2013
James C. Henderson, 58, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Born in Atlanta, GA, Mr. Henderson had resided in Leesburg, GA for the past forty three years. He was...
Donald Lynn Lakey
May 11, 2013
Donald Lynn Lakey, 70, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. His remains were cremated and no formal services will be held.
Kimerly Callaway Walker
May 11, 2013
Kim Callaway Walker, 55, of Albany, passed away Saturday, May 11th following a four month battle with cancer. No formal ceremonies will be held.She was born to Bob and Betty Callaway, June 28, 1957 in Albany, GA. Kim graduated from Westover High School in 1975. Kim was the Managing Editor of the Real Estate Book for over 15 years and...
Donald Glynn Hall
May 8, 2013
Donald Glynn Hall, 51, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Jay Barcus will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Hall received a B. S. degree...
Linda Ann Vann Mullens
May 7, 2013
Linda Vann (Nanny) Mullens, 67, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday May11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Terry Siniard will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Boston, MA, Mrs. Mullens moved to Albany in 1966 from Bainbridge, GA. Miss...
