Obituaries
Margaret Eugenia Whitaker Creel
Oct 25, 2023
Margaret Eugenia Whitaker Creel, 85, of Albany, GA passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Suggs will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Born in Damascus, GA on January 4, 1938, Mrs. Creel attended the Miller County School...
Grace Denby
Oct 23, 2023
Grace Lee Hall Denby, 94, of Newton, Georgia passed away peacefully Monday, October 23, 2023.
Her funeral service will be 3:00 PM Friday, October 27, 2023 at Mathews Funeral Home with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Jamie Sanders will officiate.
Grace was a devoted Christian with the most precious soul. She loved her family and God endlessly,...
Carrie Haire-Joiner
Oct 23, 2023
Carrie Haire-Joiner, 90, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 23, 2023 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Doc Rufus Williams will officiate and Rev. Matthew Schluckebier will officiate at the committal at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Carrie was born January 6, 1933 in Blakely, GA. She was raised by...
Gregory Christian Clark
Oct 22, 2023
Gregory Christian Clark, 38, of Chesapeake, VA, formerly of Albany, GA passed away Sunday, October 22, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am at Flint Reformed Baptist Church. A private family Interment service will be held at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Joshua DeLong will officiate.
Born August 19, 1985 in Albany, GA, Christian was a...
Joseph Earl "BOOMER" Benton, Jr.
Oct 21, 2023
Joseph Earl "Boomer" Benton, Jr., 51, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm at Radium Springs Gardens, 2501 Radium Springs Road, Albany, GA 31705. Live music will be in honor of Boomer and food will be served....
Louise Turner Roney
Oct 20, 2023
Louise Turner Roney, 73, of Edison, GA, died October 20, 2023 at the Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 11:00 am at Salem Baptist Church in Edison, GA. Rev. Jackie Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Cordray Methodist Cemetery.
Louise was born in Leary, GA on July 19, 1950 to Dewitt and...
Terry Gene Wilson
Oct 20, 2023
Terry Gene Wilson , 77, of Leesburg, GA passed away Saturday, October 20, 2023 at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Arrangements will be announced.
Mr. Wilson was born in Cordova, NC, served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was retired from Wilson Insurance and a member of First Methodist Church, Albany, GA.
He was preceded in death by...
Effie Schall Goodwin
Oct 19, 2023
Effie Schall Goodwin, 83, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia. Memorial service will be held Monday, October 23, 2023 at 6:00 pm Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Johnny McGee will officiate. Effie was born on December 2, 1939, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to her parents the late Louis Gilbert...
Samma Brown Campbell
Oct 18, 2023
Samma Brown Campbell, 86, of Macon, GA, formerly of Albany, GA, died peacefully on October 18, 2023 at Pine Pointe Hospice. Private services will be held by the family with Mathew Luce officiating.
Samma was born in Greeneville, TN on September 21, 1937 to the late Peter R. and Sarah Susong Brown. She graduated from Gulf Park College in Gulfport,...
Michael David Lawrence
Oct 15, 2023
Michael Davidson Lawrence, 56, of Albany, GA, died Sunday, October 15, 2023 at the Willson Hospice House. A visitation will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2023 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at the residence of Tommy and Ginger Lawrence, 2589 Georgia Highway 49 S., Smithville, GA, 31787.
David was born on February 28, 1967 at the Terrell County...
Josie Bridges Fletcher
Oct 15, 2023
Josie Bridges Fletcher, 98, of Bronwood, Georgia, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2023, at the Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM at Parrott Baptist Church, Parrott GA. Interment will be private in Parrott City Cemetery. Rev. David Martin will officiate.
Josie was born in Dawson, Georgia, on June 11, 1925 to...
Dustyn Alan Driggers
Oct 13, 2023
Dustyn Alan Driggers, 39, of Dawson, GA passed away Friday, October 13, 2023 at his residence. Private services will be held.
Born in Albany, GA, Mr. Driggers was educated in the Lee County School System and was a graduate of Albany Technical College. He was a diesel mechanic formerly employed with Flint Equipment and at the present, OMC.
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Jimmy Julius Bowles, Sr.
Oct 12, 2023
Jimmy Julius Bowles, Sr., 85, of Albany, GA, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023 at his residence. Private family services will be held at the Graham Angus Farm.
Jimmy was born in Sale City, GA to Wilborn and Sally Will Bowles. His family soon moved to Lee County, GA, where Jimmy grew up on Fowl Town Farms. He graduated from...
James Emmitt Page. Jr.
Oct 12, 2023
James Emmitt Page, Jr., 75, of Lee Co., GA passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023 at his residence. No formal services are planned at this time.
Mr. Page was born in Albany, GA and educated in the Dougherty Co., School System. He was a sheet metal mechanic and worked with Albany Sheet Metal before retirement. He was a member of...
Joyce M. Wetherbee
Oct 12, 2023
Joyce M. Wetherbee, 80, of Albany, GA died Thursday, October 12, 2023 at her residence. A visitation will be held Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 5:00 pm until 6:30 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.
Born in Seminole County, GA to William and Dora Fiveash Mims, Joyce graduated from Seminole County High School in 1960. After High School she...
Jacqueline Salisbury Rice
Oct 11, 2023
Jacqueline Rice (Salisbury), age 84, slipped peacefully from this earth and into the Lord’s merciful embrace while at home on October 11th, 2023, thanks in part to the efforts of Regency Hospice. She was born on August 28th, 1939 in Hunter, Kentucky to Jake Salisbury and Susie (Martin). When Susie unexpectedly died in July 1944 at the age of 45,...
Barbara "Babs" Joyce Duncan Turner
Oct 11, 2023
Barbara "Babs" Joyce Duncan Turner, 88 of Albany formally of Lee Co. peacefully passed away at the Phoenix of Albany. Graveside funeral service will be held Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Babs was born in Whitesburg, Georgia to the late David and Annie Jewel Duncan. She dedicated a significant...
Saville Elizabeth Sullivan Larkin
Oct 10, 2023
Saville Elizabeth Sullivan Larkin of Albany, Georgia, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2023, lovingly surrounded by her closest family. A wife, daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, aunt, and friend, Saville lived a life dedicated to caring for others.
Saville was born in Albany, Georgia on January 12, 1997, to adoring parents Colleen and Tommy Sullivan. She was raised around...
Robert Lane Hall
Oct 9, 2023
Robert L. Hall, 92, of Albany, GA, died October 9, 2023. Graveside services will be held, Friday, October 13, 2023 at 1:00pm at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Hall was born in Ocilla, GA on February 13, 1931 to Robert B. and Pauline Hall. He graduated from Ocilla High School and served his country in The U.S. Army. Mr. Hall moved...
Carolyn Juliette Harris Lofton
Oct 8, 2023
Carolyn Juliette Harris Lofton, formally of Dawson, GA, died Sunday, October 8, 2023 in Delta Junction Alaska. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Travis Hoague, Jack Harris and Rev. Calvin Stephens will officiate.
Born in Morgan/Calhoun County to the late Grady and Estelle Harris; she was the fifth...
