Obituaries
John Keith Walls
Jan 14, 2012
John Keith Walls, 47, of Albany, GA, died January 14, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Eron White will officiate.Born in Hazlehurst, GA on Christmas Day in 1964, Keith lived in Albany, GA all of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Putney...
Barbara Ruth (Bobbie) Pines
Jan 13, 2012
Barbara Ruth (Bobbie) Pines, 77, of Smithville, GA died January 13, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Jason Spears will officiate. Interment will follow in the Smithville City Cemetery. A native of Floyd County, GA, born to the late Floyd and Myrtice Caldwell, Mrs. Pines grew...
Rickman C. Anglin
Jan 12, 2012
Rickman Chason Anglin, 78, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Ben Bush will officiate. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors.A native of Donaldsonville, GA, Mr. Anglin had resided in Albany, GA since 1972 moving from Mountain Home,...
Mary C. Gergen
Jan 12, 2012
Mary Cliff Gergen, 89, of Albany, GA died Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Wilson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Albany. Rev. William E. (Butch) Knight and Rev. Michael Sparks will officiate. Interment will follow at 3:00 PM at Park Hill Cemetery in Columbus, GA.A native of Columbus, GA,...
Donald E. Salada
Jan 11, 2012
Mr. Donald (Don) E. Salada, 79, of Albany, GA, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, due to a fatal heart attack that culminated a 30 year battle with heart disease.Mr. Salada, the son of the late George L. and Julia Ann Griffith Salada, was born in Bradford, PA, on July 5, 1932. After graduating, with honors, from Bradford...
Marty Morris Leverett
Jan 10, 2012
Marty Morris Leverett, 50, of Leesburg, GA died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. Mickey Shaw, Donnie Worrell, Brett Hunter, Ricky Thompson, Bruce Bennett and Dan Harden will serve as active pallbearers....
Linda Oma Power Smith
Jan 10, 2012
Linda Power Smith, 68, of Albany, GA., died Tuesday January 10, 2012 at Willson Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Thursday January 12, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. John A. Jones will officiate.A native of Alpharetta, GA., Mrs. Smith moved to Albany, Ga. in 1952 and had lived and worked in Thomasville, GA. and...
Julie Ann Billings McClung Watson
Jan 3, 2012
Julie Ann Billings McClung Watson, 39, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday January 3, 2012 at Phoebe North, Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday January 6, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Buddy Watson will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery. A native of Tifton, GA, Julie Ann had resided in Leesburg, GA for the...
Robert (Bob) William Hartley, Sr
Jan 3, 2012
Robert (Bob) W. Hartley, Sr., 84, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday January 3, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Friday January 6, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye and Rev. Michael P. Lyons will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg City Cemetery.A native of Peach County GA Mr. Hartley had resided in...
Garland Sloan Sheeks
Dec 29, 2011
Garland S. Sheeks, 82, of Albany, GA died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at his residence after a valiant fight with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Matthews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.Born January 6, 1929 in Mooresville, NC, Mr. Sheeks resided in...
Nelma Jo Pressley
Dec 29, 2011
Nelma Jo Pressley, 87, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 PM at Tift Memorial Gardens, Tifton, GA. Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate.A native of Marshall County, AL, born to the late Allen and Jewell Gilbreath Allen, Mrs. Pressley grew up in Tifton, GA and...
Gary Ward Bailey
Dec 29, 2011
Gary Ward Bailey, 59, of Leesburg, GA. died Thursday December 29, 2011 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Monday January 2, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. at Mathews Funeral Home. Pastor Tim Olds will officiate.A native of Charleston, S.C., Mr. Bailey moved to Leesburg, GA where he had resided for the past sixteen years. He was employed with...
Cart Hudson
Dec 28, 2011
Cart Hudson, 61, of Leesburg, GA, died Tuesday December 28, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday December 31, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Marvin McDaniel will officiate. Interment will follow in Live Oak Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery.Born in Colquitt, GA., Mr. Hudson lived in Baker County, GA until he moved to...
Frances Marie Riley Parker
Dec 28, 2011
Frances Marie Riley Parker, 74, Albany, GA, died Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Liberty Parkway Church of God. Rev. Pastor Ralph Horne, Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.A native of Omega, GA, Mrs. Parker had lived most of her life in Albany,...
Rita Henshaw
Dec 26, 2011
Rita Widner Henshaw, 71, of 4429 Stagecoach Road, Albany, GA, died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 PM at Faith Baptist Church. Rev. Jerry Deans will officiate. Interment will follow in Gordon Cemetery in Early County, GA.A native of Miller County, GA, born to the late, William Joel Widner...
Thomas Mark Sells
Dec 22, 2011
Mark Sells, 30, of Vero Beach, FL formerly of Albany, GA died December 22, 2011. The funeral service will be conducted Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Leigh Ann Raynor and Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Albany, GA, Mark was a graduate of Westover High School...
Elward Mathews
Dec 20, 2011
Elward Matthews, 89, of Newton, GA, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Newton, GA. Rev. Robert Lewis, Sr. and Mr. Jim Barker will officiate.A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Matthews had resided in Newton, GA....
Marcelle Chapman Beck
Dec 20, 2011
The graveside funeral services for Marcelle Chapman Beck of Albany will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Morgan Methodist Church Cemetery in Morgan, Georgia. Minister Doug Haught and Minister Forrest Chapman will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Marcelle was born on October 1, 1919 in Moultrie, Georgia,...
Robert Rodriguez
Dec 20, 2011
Robert Rodriguez, 34, of Jackson, GA died Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Fred Bell will officiate. A native of Jacksonville, NC, Mr. Rodriguez was a contractor with Proctor and Gamble.Survivors include his wife, Priscilla Palacios, two daughters, Ruby Roxanne Rodriguez, Aalyah Rodriguez, a son, Luisangel Roberto Rodriguez,...
Joyce Marie Newman
Dec 19, 2011
Joyce M. Newman of Albany, GA, died Monday, December 19, 2011 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Kimball Methodist Cemetery, Doerun, GA.Joyce was born on April 12, 1934 in Worth Co., GA, and had lived...
