Obituaries
Orion Hardy Peeples
Feb 15, 2012
Orion Hardy Peeples, 89, of Albany, GA died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday February 17, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Serving as pallbearers will be: Hollis Hood, Britt Peeples, Jason Peeples, Jackson...
Walter Oris Mitchell
Feb 14, 2012
Walter Oris Mitchell, 96, of Albany, GA departed this life on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He had been living in Warner Robins, GA with his sister, Josephine, for the last 5 ½ years. He passed away at Peachbelt Health and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness. Funeral services will be...
Eddie Wallace (Bubba) Bullock, Jr
Feb 14, 2012
Eddie (Bubba) Bullock, Jr., 35, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Chris C. Ward, Minister will officiate. A lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Eddie was a sales driver with Albany Beverage Company. He graduated from Dougherty...
Flora Ethel McMillan
Feb 13, 2012
Flora Ethel McMillan, 88, of Albany, GA died February 13, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Byne Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Matthew Nance will officiate. The deacons will serve as active pallbearers. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery.A native of Leslie, GA, Mrs. McMillan grew up in...
Bexie Kirksey
Feb 12, 2012
Bexie Kirksey, 86, of Leesburg GA, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at her residence surrounded by family. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Mike Lawson will officiate. Interment will follow at Live Oak Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Baker County, GA. A native of Colquitt, GA, Mrs. Kirksey had resided in Leesburg...
Lena Catherine Simmerman Miller
Feb 10, 2012
Lena Catherine Simmerman Miller, 99, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 10, 2012 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Fred T. Miller and Rev. Lawrence Loughmiller will officiate. Interment will follow at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, GA.A native of Numa, Iowa, Mrs. Miller had resided in...
William Robert (Bill) Walton
Feb 9, 2012
William Robert (Bill) Walton, 62, of Albany, GA, died Thursday February 9, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Episcopal in Albany, GA. Rev. Jay Weldon and Deacon Jim Purks will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m. in Liberty Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Abbeville,...
Bernell Yeomans Kirkland
Feb 9, 2012
Bernell Elizabeth Yeomans Kirkland, 87, of 222 Kinchafoonee Creek Road, Leesburg GA, died Thursday, February 9, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 3:00 p .m. at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Chip Gresham and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Geneva, AL, Mrs. Kirkland had...
Wilson Crews Barber, Sr
Feb 7, 2012
Wilson Crews Barber, 68, of Huntsville, AL, formerly of Lee Co., GA, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Joey Cannon and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Born at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital to the late Francis Marion Barber and Dorothy Crews Barber,...
Jane Stephens Astolos
Feb 6, 2012
Jane Stephens Astolos, 60, of Albany, GA, died Monday, February 6, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Chancellor will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Blakely, GA, Mrs. Astolos had resided in Albany, GA, for the past fifty years. She was...
Gwin Nichols Crawford, Sr
Feb 5, 2012
Gwin Nichols Crawford, Sr., 59, of Columbus, GA, died Sunday February 5, 2012 at Lillian Carter Health and Rehab. in Plains, GA. Memorial services will be held Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Birmingham, AL, Mr. Crawford had resided in Columbus, GA for the past twenty two years moving from Albany, GA. He...
Susan Diane Hagen
Feb 3, 2012
Susan Diane Hagen, 61, of Albany, GA, died Friday, February 3, 2012, at her residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Montezuma. Dr. Randy Gregg will officiate.A native of Fulton Co., Atlanta, GA, Susan had resided in Albany, GA, for the past twenty five years. She was...
Betty Dean Sullivan
Jan 31, 2012
Betty Dean Sullivan, 73, of Albany, GA, died January 31, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald R. Baxley and Melinda Andrew will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Campbell, AR born to the late Wilburn C. and Bessie Mae Massey, Mrs....
Mary Catherine Fulmer
Jan 30, 2012
Mary C. Fulmer, 95 of Albany, GA died Monday, January 30, 2012 at the residence of her son. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Dr. William (Biff) Coker will officiate.A native of Rockdale, TX, Mrs. Fulmer had resided in Albany, GA since 2004 moving from Jacksonville, FL. She was employed at St....
Sam L. Lawton
Jan 30, 2012
Samuel L. Lawton, 51, of Hanahan, SC, formerly of Albany, GA, passed away January 30, 2012.Born in Albany, GA, he was the son of Doris Curles and the late M.C. Lawton. Mr. Lawton was a graduate of Riverview Academy, Albany Campus, he was a truck driver, he loved Georgia football, Nascar and fishing. He is survived by three daughters, Heather...
Madeleine Z. Lisenbee
Jan 25, 2012
Albany's French Lady Madeleine Lisenbee died Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery. Dr. Charlie Rouse will officiate.Madeleine was born in Dijon, France and moved to Albany, GA from London, England in 1959. In her early life, she worked as a short hand typist. She loved gardening,...
Mary Jo McKnight
Jan 25, 2012
Mary Jo Poulsen McKnight, 47, of Lee County, GA, died January 25, 2012 at her residence. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:00 PM at True Life Church of God. Pastor Sam Hartline will officiate.A native of Albany, GA, Mary Jo was born to the late Paul Erick and Meriam Jackie Poulsen. She graduated from...
David Wyatt Thomas
Jan 25, 2012
David Wyatt Thomas, 46, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Charlie Rouse will officiate. Interment will follow at Oakview Cemetery, Camilla, GA.A native of Camilla, GA David had lived most of his life in Albany, GA....
Roy Futch
Jan 24, 2012
Roy Futch, 74, of 188 Hartley Lane, Leesburg, GA, died January 24, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 AM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.A native of Calhoun County, GA, Mr. Futch grew up in Leary, GA and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After his...
George Conner Allen
Jan 22, 2012
George Conner Allen, 84, of Leary, GA, died Sunday January 22, 2012 at Willson Hospice House.Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Leary Baptist Church. Rev. John Beck and Rev. Preston Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in the Leary City Cemetery.A native of Tennessee, Mr. Allen had resided in Leary, Georgia most all of his adult...
