Obituaries
Mary Lou Nicholson
Feb 4, 2013
Mary Lou Thornton Nicholson, 85, of Albany, GA died Monday, February 4, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital after a long battle with failing health. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 3:00 PM at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Jay Weldon will officiate.Mrs. Nicholson was born October 15, 1927 in Forsyth County, NC to the...
Roney C. Thigpen
Feb 2, 2013
Roney C. Thigpen, 82, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Gainey Cemetery, Grady Co., GA.A native of Gibson, GA, Mr. Roney had resided in Albany, GA for the past seventy five years. He was a self-employed brick mason and was of...
Clarine W. Holton
Feb 2, 2013
Clarine W. Holton, 89, of Albany, GA, died February 2, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Matthew J. Nance will officiate. Crape Myrtle Chapter # 163 will perform The Order of The Eastern Star Rites. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Camilla, GA, born to...
Nicholas Walter Gergen
Feb 2, 2013
Nicholas Walter Gergen, 66 of Albany, GA died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service was held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Albany. Mr. Gergen was a US Navy veteran, a counselor at Turner Job Corp and retired from Lowe's in 2000. He was preceded in death by his parents, George...
Elizabeth Bell Tinsley
Feb 2, 2013
Elizabeth Bell Tinsley of Albany, GA., died February 2, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Private graveside funeral services will be conducted Monday 11:00 a.m. at Crown Hill Cemetery. Rev. Freeman Cross will officiate.A native of Columbus, GA, Miss Tinsley was retired from Sears-Roebuck and was of the Episcopal faith.Survivors include two sisters, Evangeline Burdett (Jimmy), Alpharetta, GA and Jackie T....
Anita Ellerbe Moody
Jan 31, 2013
Anita Ellerbe Moody, 63 of Leesburg, GA, died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be conducted Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church of Lee County. Rev. David Goodson, Dr. Duane Logsdon and Rev. Mark Spraggins will officiate. A native of Waynesville, NC, Mrs. Moody had resided in Leesburg, GA...
Wanda Kay Turner
Jan 31, 2013
Wanda Kay Turner, 60, of Lee County, GA, died January 31, 2013 at her residence. A visitation will be held Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Mathews Funeral Home from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. A funeral service will be held Wednesday February 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Hollomon-Brown Bayside Chapel in Virginia Beach, VA. Interment will follow in Woodlawn...
Harold Edward (Harry) Hilton
Jan 30, 2013
Harold Edward (Harry) Hilton, 81, of Leesburg, GA, died January 30, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Leesburg Cemetery with military honors. Rev. Stephan Massey will officiate. A native of Calhoun County, GA, born to the late Charlie and Eunice Hilton, he graduated from Edison High School and...
Joyce Metts Grubbs
Jan 29, 2013
Joyce Metts Grubbs, 84, of Dawson, GA, died January 29, 2013 at her residence. A private family service will be held at the Metts Cemetery in Alapaha, GA. The family will receive friends at the residence of Mrs. Grubbs on Friday, February 1, 2013 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.A native of Alapaha, GA, Mrs. Grubbs moved to Albany, GA...
Jean Perry
Jan 27, 2013
Jean Gilliam Perry, 73, of Albany, GA, died January 27, 2013 at her residence. A private family burial will be held in Screven, GA.A native of Lowell, NC, born to the late W.A. and Velma Gilliam, Mrs. Perry had resided in Albany, GA for the past fifty years. She was a graduate of Albany High School and was employed as...
Bettie Higgins Carow
Jan 26, 2013
Bettie Higgins Carow, 89, of Dawson, GA died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, The Rev. Jay Weldon and The Rev. Joy O. Davis will officiate. Honorary seating will be available for "Daughters of the King".A native of Bellevue, OH, Mrs. Carow...
Baby Rusk
Jan 25, 2013
Baby Rusk, infant son of Brandon and Britni Temples Rusk of Worth County, GA, died January 25, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Eron White officiated.In addition to the parents, survivors include his brothers, Adam Rusk, Connor Rusk and Trent Rusk, his sister, Dakota Rusk, his grandmother,...
Debra Rene Gibson
Jan 23, 2013
Debra Rene Gibson, 32, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will be in Greathouse Cemetery, Temple, TX.A native of Temple, TX, Miss Gibson had resided in Albany, GA for the past twenty...
William (Bill) Benjamin Vaughan, III
Jan 22, 2013
William B. (Bill) Vaughan, III, 57, of Lee County, GA, died January 22, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private service will be held.A native of Americus, GA, Mr. Vaughan grew up in Albany, GA and attended public schools and Albany Area Technical College. He lived in Atlanta, GA for many years before returning to Lee County, GA seven...
LaHoma Ruth Graham
Jan 20, 2013
LaHoma Ruth Graham, 76, of Tifton, GA, died January 20, 2013 at her residence. No services will be held.A native of Elwood, IN, born to the late Clay M. and Thelma Jones Rich, Mrs. Graham had lived in Albany, GA since 1979 moving to Tifton one year ago. Mrs. Graham had been employed with Jr. Food Stores and Family Dollar...
Deborah Lynn Gilliland Walls
Jan 19, 2013
Deborah Lynn Gilliand Walls, 59, of Leesburg, GA, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Bishop Roy Tolman will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Cullman, Al, and Mrs. Walls...
Donna Jean Webb
Jan 16, 2013
Donna Jean Webb, 62, of Lee County, GA, died January 16, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Hurt will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of North Augusta, SC, Mrs. Webb lived in Albany, GA from 1966 until 2008 when she moved to Lee County,...
Daniel Eugene Pollock
Jan 13, 2013
Daniel Eugene Pollock, 80, of Leesburg, GA, died January 13, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Major Gerry Dorre (USMC Ret.) will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery with military honors provided by the United States Navy and American Legion Post #30.A native of Albany, GA, Mr....
Mary Ann Jarrett
Jan 13, 2013
Mary Ann Jarrett, 79, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at the Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Isabella, GA, born to the late, James Roe and Lola Elizabeth...
Bob Ray Shaver
Jan 13, 2013
Bob R. Shaver, 76 of Albany, GA, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. A native of Nashville, TN, Mr. Shaver lived most of his life in Albany, GA. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife Emily Haire Shaver. Survivors include a daughter, Lynn Jones...
