Obituaries
Edward Gerald Herrod, Sr
Oct 16, 2012
Edward Gerald Herrod, 76, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA, with military honors. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley will officiate. A native of Waynesburg, PA, Mr. Herrod was a veteran of the Vietnam War and...
John Stanley Felter
Oct 15, 2012
John Stanley Felter "Uncle Jack", 68, died Monday, October 15, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held November 17, 2012 in Conyers, GA at the Georgia International Horse Park and a memorial service will be held in Lake Wales, FL at a later date.Mr. Felter was a native of Nuremberg, PA and has resided...
Brandon DeWayne Wood
Oct 15, 2012
Brandon DeWayne Wood, 28, of Albany, GA died Monday, October 15, 2012 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chuck Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. A native of Albany, Brandon had lived in the Albany area all his life and he attended schools...
James Marvin Davidson
Oct 13, 2012
James Marvin Davidson, 80, of Leesburg, GA., died Saturday, October 13, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leesburg City Cemetery.A native of Colquitt Co., GA., Mr. Davidson had resided in Leesburg, GA., for the past fifty...
Joan Carroll
Oct 12, 2012
Joan Carroll, 71, died Friday, October 12, 2012 at Douglasville Nursing and Rehab. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Dennis Lanning officiating. Interment will be at 3:00 PM at Hazlehurst City Cemetery in Hazlehurst, GA.Mrs. Carroll was a native of Hazlehurst, GA and a resident of Leesburg. She...
Stephen B. Geer, Sr
Oct 9, 2012
Stephen Blocker (Steve) Geer, Sr., 59, of Albany, GA died Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church of Albany. Dr. Don Adams will officiate. Interment will follow in the Colomokee Baptist Church Cemetery in Blakely, GA. Will Geer, Rob Geer, Lawrence Geer, Hank Goodyear, Fred Settles and Forrest...
Herschel Titus Mock
Oct 8, 2012
Herschel Titus Mock, 63, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, October 8, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Memorial services will be conducted Friday, October 12, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Minister Richard Collins will officiate.A native of Colquitt, GA, Mr. Mock had resided in Albany, GA and Leesburg, GA for the past fifty three years. He was a...
Walker Sidney Coston
Oct 8, 2012
Walker Sidney Coston, 83, of Albany, GA, died October 8, 2012 at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Thundering Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Leesburg, GA, born to Jay and Nannie Coston, he had resided in Albany, GA since 1951. Mr. Coston was the...
James Martin Apperson
Oct 5, 2012
James Martin Apperson, 83, of Albany, GA died Friday, October 05, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 PM at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. W.A. Bingham and Rev. Ralph Horne will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakridge Cemetery, Tifton, GA. Pallbearers will be Tommy Perry, David Aumsbaugh, Charles Albritton, Utah Combs, Mike...
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...
