Obituaries
Megan (Zell) Jennifer Renee Harris
May 4, 2013
Megan (Zell) Jennifer Renee Harris, 26, of Paju, Korea, formerly of Albany, GA, died May 4, 2013 in Incheon, Korea. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Megan's life was short but she lived it to the fullest and with courage. She...
E.C. Cleve Cleveland
May 4, 2013
E C "Cleve" Cleveland, 88, of Albany, GA, died Saturday May 4 2013 at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, FL, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday May 7, 2013 at 2:00 at PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Cleveland had been a resident of...
Rex Byrd
May 3, 2013
Rex Byrd, 86, of Albany, GA, died May 3, 2013 at his residence. A private graveside funeral service will be held Monday. Mr. Byrd will lie in state at Mathews Funeral Home for viewing on Sunday, May 5, 2013 from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM.A native of Enterprise, AL, Mr. Byrd moved to Albany, GA in 1957. He was employed...
Arby C. Richards, Jr
May 2, 2013
Arby C. Richards, Jr., 68, of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at his residence. No services have been arranged at this time.A native of Clopton, AL, Mr. Richards was a builder and had previously worked with Carrol Givens Construction Co. a Vietnam veteran serving in the Air Force, an avid sportsman and was of the Baptist faith. He...
Johnny Malcom McLeod
May 2, 2013
Johnny Malcolm McLeod, 66, of Albany, GA, died May 2, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Cory Wise will officiate. Interment will be at Oakridge Cemetery in Tifton, GA.A native of Tifton, GA, Johnny had lived in Albany, GA all of his life and graduated from...
Catherine Betty Rawle
May 1, 2013
Catherine Betty Rawle, 91, of Albany, GA, died May 1, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charlie Brown and Dr. William E. (Butch) Knight will officiate.A native of Hilltop, AZ, Mrs. Rawle was born to the late William and Louise Forbes Rawle on...
Warren Leon Johnson
Apr 30, 2013
Warren Leon Johnson, 77, of Douglasville, GA, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Friends are invited to join the family in a celebration of his life, 5:00 pm Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the home of his sister, Mariellen Bateman, 2409 E. Doublegate Drive. A private family service will be held at a later date. A native...
Beatrice Carlene Holley Hammock
Apr 30, 2013
Beatrice Carlene Holley Hammock, 84, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Southside Baptist Church. Rev. Bill Suggs and Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Quincy, FL.A native of Sylvania, GA, Mrs. Hammock...
Carroll Lee Bass
Apr 30, 2013
Carroll Lee Bass, 81, of Lee County, GA, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus, GA. Rev. Russell Anglin will officiate.A native of Americus, GA, born to the late Arthur T. and Ruby Bass, Sr, Mr. Bass was a 1948 graduate of Americus...
Mary Elizabeth Guyett
Apr 30, 2013
Mary H. Guyett, 90, of Sylvester, GA, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.Mrs. Guyett was born in Keysville, FL and raised in Damascus, GA. She had spent most of her adult life in the...
Lou Ella Bates
Apr 28, 2013
Lou Ella Bates, 87, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, April 28, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Sherwood Baptist Church Chapel. Mr. Ross Powell and Rev. John Spencer will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Irwington, GA, Mrs. Bates was employed as a nurse in...
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...
