Obituaries
Dianne Berry
Oct 1, 2012
Dianne Berry, of Albany, GA, died Monday, October 1, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. William E. "Butch" Knight, Jr. will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Tift Memorial Gardens, Tifton, GA.A native of Tifton, GA, Dianne had resided in Albany,...
Susan Gayle Reed
Sep 30, 2012
Susan Gayle Reed, 56, of Leary, GA, died September 30, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Tom Shanker and Chris Kendrick will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.A native of Gary, IN, born to Ronald and Jewel Ballard, Susan graduated from William A. Wirt...
Jesse Paul McLauchlin, Jr
Sep 29, 2012
Jessie Paul McLauchlin, Jr., 80, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Zion Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Crisp County, GA. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. McLauchlin served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict...
George Leonidas Deese, Sr
Sep 28, 2012
George L. "Buster" Deese, Sr., 79 of Albany, GA died Friday, September 28, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 PM at Evergreen Baptist Church, Worth County, GA. Rev. Tony Beach will officiate. Interment will follow in Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors.A native of Worth County, GA, Mr. Deese had resided in Albany,...
Catherine E. Spillers
Sep 28, 2012
Catherine E. Willis Spillers, 71, of Leesburg, GA, died September 28, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at the Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Steve Williams and Rev. Greg Ware will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, born to the late Louise and Jefferson Davis Willis, Mrs. Spillers spent eleven years with her...
Ira David Simpson
Sep 25, 2012
David Simpson of Albany, GA died September 25, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Smith, Rev. Russell Anglin, Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Ira Carlisle will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Cochran, GA, born to Henry and Jimmie Simpson, he...
Billy Hutchinson
Sep 24, 2012
Billy Hutchinson, 79, of Lee Co., GA., died Monday September 24, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 28, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Baxley, Ga., Mr. Hutchinson had resided in Lee Co., GA. for the past fifteen years...
Gordon (Buck) Hatcher
Sep 22, 2012
Gordon (Buck) Hatcher, 86, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at the Leesburg Cemetery. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley and Rev. Damon Fountain will officiate. A native of Bainbridge, GA, born to Smiley and Ola Hatcher, he had resided in Albany, GA since 1966....
James L. Cook, Jr
Sep 22, 2012
James L. Cook, Jr., 90, of Leesburg, GA, died September 22, 2012 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, September 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Worth County, GA, born to James L. Cook, Sr and Gladys Wise Cook, he had resided in Lee County, GA...
Dorothy Freeman Durbin
Sep 19, 2012
Dorothy Freeman Durbin, 86 of Albany, GA, died September 19, 2012 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Shellman, GA, born to Ed and Leila Mae Joiner, Mrs. Durbin graduated from Shellman High School and had resided in Albany since 1962. She...
Helena Robinson Banks
Sep 18, 2012
Helena Robinson Banks, 88, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Rev. Gail Long will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Jacksonville, FL, born to Glen P. Robinson, Sr. and Laura Mae Lewis Robinson, Mrs. Banks moved from...
Benny Thomas Baltimore
Sep 16, 2012
Mr. Benny Thomas Baltimore, age 73, of Oakfield, GA, formerly of Duluth, GA, died September 16, 2012 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, GA. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM at St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Albany, GA. Father Stephen Pontzer will officiate. A committal service will be held at the Crossville City...
Mickey H. Thomas Stickler
Sep 16, 2012
Mickie H. Thomas Stickler of Leesburg, GA died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at Phoebe North Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Don Adams will officiate. The family will have a private interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Jesup, GA, Mrs. Stickler had resided in the Albany,...
Lela Mae Driver
Sep 15, 2012
Lela Mae Driver, 86, of Albany, GA, died September 15, 2012 at Roswell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Eddie Garcia will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, born to the late John Earl and Ruby Jarrett, Mrs. Driver graduated from...
Sanford Waterman Stalvey, Jr
Sep 14, 2012
Sanford Waterman Stalvey, Jr. 79, of Putney, GA died Friday, September 14, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Mitchell Co., GA.A native of Marion, SC, Mr. Stalvey had resided in Albany, GA for the past forty years. He was retired from...
Angelene Nicole Hughes
Sep 14, 2012
Angelene Nicole Hughes 27, of Headland, AL, formerly of Albany, GA died Friday September 14, 2012 at the University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Richard Gill will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Angelene was born with spina bifida, was a...
James B. Parr
Sep 10, 2012
James Barnett Parr, 79 of Albany, GA died Monday, September 10, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Matt Greene will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakgrove Cemetery, Arlington, GA.A native of Blakely, GA, Mr. Parr grew up in Arlington, GA and served in the United States...
Roy Lee McDade
Sep 9, 2012
Roy L. McDade, 76, of Baconton, GA, died Sunday, September 9, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Sale City Cemetery.A native of Milledgeville, GA, Mr. McDade had resided in Baconton, GA for the past twelve years moving...
Mitchell ""Mitch"" Steven Macheers
Sep 8, 2012
Mitch Macheers, 56, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, September 8, 2012 at his home in Lee County.The family will receive family and friends on Tuesday, September 11, 2010 between 4 and 6 PM at his residence at 118 Fourth Road, Leesburg, GA.Survivors include his wife Candace Dally Macheers of 22 years, daughter Jamie Macheers Hart and her husband Tracy, granddaughter...
